Understanding informal segregation : racial and spatial identities among the Indian minority of Mokopane

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dc.contributor.advisorFoster, Donen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorShaker, Sahbaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T07:10:30Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T07:10:30Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa is a melting pot and a meeting place for a multitude of "races", representing an optimal arena for understanding the psychology of contact and desegregation. This study focuses on the spatial arrangement of minority identities, through continued informal segregation, among the Indian minority of Mokopane. Drawing on 28 open-ended interviews, segregation is explored in everyday interactions and spaces. Working within a spatial-discursive framework, critical discourse analysis is employed, paired with a basic observational and descriptive analysis. Participants' discursive constructions overwhelmingly demonstrate patterns of informal segregation among the Indian minority community, within the micro-ecology of contact. Caught within a sandwiched or "buffer" identity, issues of space constantly inform negotiating conceptions of "Indianness". In mapping the dialogue of the Indian community, a story of the evolution of segregation emerges, creating a replication of internal divisions. This study ultimately demonstrates the need for a spatial-discursive orientation and a more "embodied" turn in our understanding of segregation.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationShaker, S. (2010). <i>Understanding informal segregation : racial and spatial identities among the Indian minority of Mokopane</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18375en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationShaker, Sahba. <i>"Understanding informal segregation : racial and spatial identities among the Indian minority of Mokopane."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18375en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationShaker, S. 2010. Understanding informal segregation : racial and spatial identities among the Indian minority of Mokopane. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Shaker, Sahba AB - South Africa is a melting pot and a meeting place for a multitude of "races", representing an optimal arena for understanding the psychology of contact and desegregation. This study focuses on the spatial arrangement of minority identities, through continued informal segregation, among the Indian minority of Mokopane. Drawing on 28 open-ended interviews, segregation is explored in everyday interactions and spaces. Working within a spatial-discursive framework, critical discourse analysis is employed, paired with a basic observational and descriptive analysis. Participants' discursive constructions overwhelmingly demonstrate patterns of informal segregation among the Indian minority community, within the micro-ecology of contact. Caught within a sandwiched or "buffer" identity, issues of space constantly inform negotiating conceptions of "Indianness". In mapping the dialogue of the Indian community, a story of the evolution of segregation emerges, creating a replication of internal divisions. This study ultimately demonstrates the need for a spatial-discursive orientation and a more "embodied" turn in our understanding of segregation. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Understanding informal segregation : racial and spatial identities among the Indian minority of Mokopane TI - Understanding informal segregation : racial and spatial identities among the Indian minority of Mokopane UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18375 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/18375
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationShaker S. Understanding informal segregation : racial and spatial identities among the Indian minority of Mokopane. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18375en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPsychologyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherminority groupsen_ZA
dc.subject.othersegregationen_ZA
dc.subject.otherracial isolationen_ZA
dc.subject.otherrace relationsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherinter-group relationsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherspatial identityen_ZA
dc.titleUnderstanding informal segregation : racial and spatial identities among the Indian minority of Mokopaneen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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