Rastas on the road to healing: plant-human mobilities in Cape Town, South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorFuh, Divineen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorWynberg, Rachelen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorReid, Andrew Men_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-02T09:44:57Z
dc.date.available2014-09-02T09:44:57Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.description.abstractDrawing on two months of deep ethnographic fieldwork consisting of informal conversations, recorded life history interviews, and participant observation, this dissertation employs a central theme of mobility to trace the processes through which individuals first come to engage with Rastafari and medicinal plants in Cape Town, South Africa, along with the movements through which they develop their knowledge and skill in relation to plant-medicines and healing. In doing so, the work develops an understanding of ganja (Cannabis sativa) as a catalytic link or connector between people, other medicinal plants, and transformation. Furthermore, plant-human assemblages are followed as they move across local and regional boundaries, with an examination of the implications these movements have for the health of people and ecosystems. On their transformational journeys, herbalists increase their plant knowledge, expand their secondary language capacity, learn to navigate multiple modes of transport, gain physical stamina and knowledge of the body, establish trade networks and build customer bases;; all of which contribute to the authority and healing abilities of an herbalist.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationReid, A. M. (2014). <i>Rastas on the road to healing: plant-human mobilities in Cape Town, South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6795en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationReid, Andrew M. <i>"Rastas on the road to healing: plant-human mobilities in Cape Town, South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6795en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationReid, A. 2014. Rastas on the road to healing: plant-human mobilities in Cape Town, South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Reid, Andrew M AB - Drawing on two months of deep ethnographic fieldwork consisting of informal conversations, recorded life history interviews, and participant observation, this dissertation employs a central theme of mobility to trace the processes through which individuals first come to engage with Rastafari and medicinal plants in Cape Town, South Africa, along with the movements through which they develop their knowledge and skill in relation to plant-medicines and healing. In doing so, the work develops an understanding of ganja (Cannabis sativa) as a catalytic link or connector between people, other medicinal plants, and transformation. Furthermore, plant-human assemblages are followed as they move across local and regional boundaries, with an examination of the implications these movements have for the health of people and ecosystems. On their transformational journeys, herbalists increase their plant knowledge, expand their secondary language capacity, learn to navigate multiple modes of transport, gain physical stamina and knowledge of the body, establish trade networks and build customer bases;; all of which contribute to the authority and healing abilities of an herbalist. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Rastas on the road to healing: plant-human mobilities in Cape Town, South Africa TI - Rastas on the road to healing: plant-human mobilities in Cape Town, South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6795 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationReid AM. Rastas on the road to healing: plant-human mobilities in Cape Town, South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6795en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSocial Anthropologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleRastas on the road to healing: plant-human mobilities in Cape Town, South Africaen_ZA
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