A call to care : exploring the social politics of compassionate care and rescue in the context of a care programme for children in contemporary Swaziland

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dc.contributor.advisorLevine, Susanen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMarshak, Naomien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-15T10:08:07Z
dc.date.available2015-09-15T10:08:07Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis paper draws on ethnographic research conducted in 2011 and 2012 in an abandoned mining town in Northern Swaziland. In 2001 the isolated 'ghost town' was bought by a Faith Based Organisation and transformed into what the organisation terms a vibrant 'sustainable orphan village'. Against a backdrop of political uncertainty, deepening economic-crisis related poverty, increasing numbers of children in need of extra-familial care and the parallel proliferation of humanitarian organisations being set up to deal with these systemic vulnerabilities, this thesis explores the practices and politics of childcare and rescue in contemporary Swaziland. Focusing on a single extended case study, I trace the material affects and effects of interventionist help. Situating this study in a broader global, particularly Christian philanthropic preoccupation with the project of 'saving children', this study forms part of a burgeoning body of anthropological theory and research that critically explores the logic and practice of what Didier Fassin (2011) calls 'humanitarian government'.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMarshak, N. (2013). <i>A call to care : exploring the social politics of compassionate care and rescue in the context of a care programme for children in contemporary Swaziland</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13928en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMarshak, Naomi. <i>"A call to care : exploring the social politics of compassionate care and rescue in the context of a care programme for children in contemporary Swaziland."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13928en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMarshak, N. 2013. A call to care : exploring the social politics of compassionate care and rescue in the context of a care programme for children in contemporary Swaziland. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Marshak, Naomi AB - This paper draws on ethnographic research conducted in 2011 and 2012 in an abandoned mining town in Northern Swaziland. In 2001 the isolated 'ghost town' was bought by a Faith Based Organisation and transformed into what the organisation terms a vibrant 'sustainable orphan village'. Against a backdrop of political uncertainty, deepening economic-crisis related poverty, increasing numbers of children in need of extra-familial care and the parallel proliferation of humanitarian organisations being set up to deal with these systemic vulnerabilities, this thesis explores the practices and politics of childcare and rescue in contemporary Swaziland. Focusing on a single extended case study, I trace the material affects and effects of interventionist help. Situating this study in a broader global, particularly Christian philanthropic preoccupation with the project of 'saving children', this study forms part of a burgeoning body of anthropological theory and research that critically explores the logic and practice of what Didier Fassin (2011) calls 'humanitarian government'. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - A call to care : exploring the social politics of compassionate care and rescue in the context of a care programme for children in contemporary Swaziland TI - A call to care : exploring the social politics of compassionate care and rescue in the context of a care programme for children in contemporary Swaziland UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13928 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13928
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMarshak N. A call to care : exploring the social politics of compassionate care and rescue in the context of a care programme for children in contemporary Swaziland. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13928en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSocial Anthropologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSocial Anthropologyen_ZA
dc.titleA call to care : exploring the social politics of compassionate care and rescue in the context of a care programme for children in contemporary Swazilanden_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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