Impotence and omnipotence : problematising the articulation of anthropological perspectives within the land restitution process

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dc.contributor.advisorSpiegel, Mugsyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGordon, Jenniferen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-10T08:55:28Z
dc.date.available2014-11-10T08:55:28Z
dc.date.issued1997en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation attempts to illustrate to what extent applied anthropologists operating within institutional contexts can effectively articulate their anthropological perspectives in order to contribute towards effecting positive social change. In order to explore the above thesis, I have reflected upon and analysed my role as an applied anthropologist in an effort to inform and advance an understanding of the strengths and limitations of this role. Accordingly, I have reflected upon my experiences during a three month research internship which I served at the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (Western and Northern Cape), working on the Ndabeni Land Restitution Claim. Through reflecting upon my own inability to appropriately incorporate anthropological perspectives within the Ndabeni Land Restitution process, I was able to identify two constraints within the institutional context of the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (Western and Northern Cape) which served to paralyse these perspectives. I concluded that applied anthropologists are simultaneously rendered impotent and omnipotent to articulate their perspectives. This can be attributed firstly to the role applied anthropologists play within the institutional context, and secondly, to the type of knowledge that the institutional context requires applied anthropologists to produce.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGordon, J. (1997). <i>Impotence and omnipotence : problematising the articulation of anthropological perspectives within the land restitution process</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9476en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGordon, Jennifer. <i>"Impotence and omnipotence : problematising the articulation of anthropological perspectives within the land restitution process."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9476en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGordon, J. 1997. Impotence and omnipotence : problematising the articulation of anthropological perspectives within the land restitution process. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Gordon, Jennifer AB - This dissertation attempts to illustrate to what extent applied anthropologists operating within institutional contexts can effectively articulate their anthropological perspectives in order to contribute towards effecting positive social change. In order to explore the above thesis, I have reflected upon and analysed my role as an applied anthropologist in an effort to inform and advance an understanding of the strengths and limitations of this role. Accordingly, I have reflected upon my experiences during a three month research internship which I served at the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (Western and Northern Cape), working on the Ndabeni Land Restitution Claim. Through reflecting upon my own inability to appropriately incorporate anthropological perspectives within the Ndabeni Land Restitution process, I was able to identify two constraints within the institutional context of the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (Western and Northern Cape) which served to paralyse these perspectives. I concluded that applied anthropologists are simultaneously rendered impotent and omnipotent to articulate their perspectives. This can be attributed firstly to the role applied anthropologists play within the institutional context, and secondly, to the type of knowledge that the institutional context requires applied anthropologists to produce. DA - 1997 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1997 T1 - Impotence and omnipotence : problematising the articulation of anthropological perspectives within the land restitution process TI - Impotence and omnipotence : problematising the articulation of anthropological perspectives within the land restitution process UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9476 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9476
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGordon J. Impotence and omnipotence : problematising the articulation of anthropological perspectives within the land restitution process. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 1997 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9476en_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.titleImpotence and omnipotence : problematising the articulation of anthropological perspectives within the land restitution processen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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