Kathleen Erwin
Biographic Data
| ID | 82026 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathleen Erwin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathleen |
| FAMILY NAME | Erwin |
| SIGNATURE | ERWIN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durban University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1785-6457 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Surfacing solidarity praxis in transdisciplinary research for blue justice
In this article, we centre the knowledge and contributions of environmental justice social movements towards transformations for sustainability in Transdisciplinary Research. Scholar activists within research teams can help bridge networks of scholars with social movement networks to build strongly engaged and relational transdisciplinary research. We draw on reflections and learnings from the Coastal Justice Network, a scholar activist network w…
Working with Waste
Informal waste pickers in cities across the Global South divert significant amounts of tonnage from landfills. This diversion contributes towards a sustainable environment and better public health practices. Informal workers globally derive livelihoods from collecting, sorting, and selling recyclable waste. In South Africa, there is growing recognition of the valuable work that waste pickers carry out. Despite this, however, these informal worker…
The economic lives of migrant women in a South African city
This article explores the economic lives of 30 migrant women who recounted their oral histories as part of a project on migration, gender, and inclusion in the city of Durban, South Africa. The oral histories include narratives from internal migrants, South African women migrating from rural areas, as well as women arriving from other African countries. These narratives illustrate tangled and complex strategies and coping mechanisms deployed by t…
Storytelling as a political act
Making accessible research findings through forms of storytelling is a useful method for activist and public scholarship. This article explores these possibilities through a project on migration and gender in the city of Durban, in South Africa. The research project collected oral histories of migrant women’s experiences in the city, and, in collaboration with artists, wove these narratives into a theatre performance titled The Last Country. The …
Race, Place and Identity in Kenneth Gardens
Dangerous others, insecure societies
Europe today faces economic instability and austerity as well as flows of people into, and the movement of jobs outside of, the continent. This edited collection analyses how the structural project
Les enjeux du don de sang dans le monde
The Possibilities of Researching Non-Racialism
Using as a starting point the research conducted by the Gauteng City-Region Observatory for the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation in 2011 to explore the status of non-racialism in South Africa, we conclude that in nearly all of the focus groups the participants and moderators find it impossible to define the notion of non-racialism—at least, not in a way that distinguishes it from non-racism, multi-racialism or ‘good/better race relations’. We initiate t…
Governing through Blood
Public health works
Glorious Deeds
With advances in medical technology, the potential uses for human blood have proliferated, and in turn, so has the demand for blood. Blood and blood products circulate in a medical marketplace as a `good' that can be bought and sold to meet various health and commercial demands. Nevertheless, its point of origin - or `production' - remains the individual human body, and reliance on voluntary blood donation remains a cornerstone for meeting this g…
Building stakeholder partnerships for an on‐site HIV testing programme
Because of the large number of individuals at risk for HIV infection who visit gay saunas and sex clubs, these venues are useful settings in which to offer HIV outreach programmes for voluntary counselling and testing (VCT). Nevertheless, establishing a successful VCT programme in such a setting can be a daunting challenge, in large part because there are many barriers to managing the various components likely to be involved. Using qualitative da…
The Circulatory System
The market for blood thrived in China for more than a decade, preying on rural villagers desperate for cash. Profit motives and unhygienic collection created an AIDS epidemic, where now up to 80 percent of adults in some villages are HIV infected. Today, illegal blood banks continue to operate in some areas. Moreover, better screening and blood testing do little to address the underlying cultural reluctance to give blood. This article examines wh…
Historicizing fear
The Circulatory System
The market for blood thrived in China for more than a decade, preying on rural villagers desperate for cash. Profit motives and unhygienic collection created an AIDS epidemic, where now up to 80 percent of adults in some villages are HIV infected. Today, illegal blood banks continue to operate in some areas. Moreover, better screening and blood testing do little to address the underlying cultural reluctance to give blood. This article examines wh…
Storytelling as a political act
Making accessible research findings through forms of storytelling is a useful method for activist and public scholarship. This article explores these possibilities through a project on migration and gender in the city of Durban, in South Africa. The research project collected oral histories of migrant women’s experiences in the city, and, in collaboration with artists, wove these narratives into a theatre performance titled The Last Country. The …
Dangerous others, insecure societies
Europe today faces economic instability and austerity as well as flows of people into, and the movement of jobs outside of, the continent. This edited collection analyses how the structural project
Glorious Deeds
With advances in medical technology, the potential uses for human blood have proliferated, and in turn, so has the demand for blood. Blood and blood products circulate in a medical marketplace as a `good' that can be bought and sold to meet various health and commercial demands. Nevertheless, its point of origin - or `production' - remains the individual human body, and reliance on voluntary blood donation remains a cornerstone for meeting this g…
Historicizing fear
Public health works
The economic lives of migrant women in a South African city
This article explores the economic lives of 30 migrant women who recounted their oral histories as part of a project on migration, gender, and inclusion in the city of Durban, South Africa. The oral histories include narratives from internal migrants, South African women migrating from rural areas, as well as women arriving from other African countries. These narratives illustrate tangled and complex strategies and coping mechanisms deployed by t…
The Possibilities of Researching Non-Racialism
Using as a starting point the research conducted by the Gauteng City-Region Observatory for the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation in 2011 to explore the status of non-racialism in South Africa, we conclude that in nearly all of the focus groups the participants and moderators find it impossible to define the notion of non-racialism—at least, not in a way that distinguishes it from non-racism, multi-racialism or ‘good/better race relations’. We initiate t…
The Circulatory System
The market for blood thrived in China for more than a decade, preying on rural villagers desperate for cash. Profit motives and unhygienic collection created an AIDS epidemic, where now up to 80 percent of adults in some villages are HIV infected. Today, illegal blood banks continue to operate in some areas. Moreover, better screening and blood testing do little to address the underlying cultural reluctance to give blood. This article examines wh…
Building stakeholder partnerships for an on‐site HIV testing programme
Because of the large number of individuals at risk for HIV infection who visit gay saunas and sex clubs, these venues are useful settings in which to offer HIV outreach programmes for voluntary counselling and testing (VCT). Nevertheless, establishing a successful VCT programme in such a setting can be a daunting challenge, in large part because there are many barriers to managing the various components likely to be involved. Using qualitative da…
Public health works
Glorious Deeds
With advances in medical technology, the potential uses for human blood have proliferated, and in turn, so has the demand for blood. Blood and blood products circulate in a medical marketplace as a `good' that can be bought and sold to meet various health and commercial demands. Nevertheless, its point of origin - or `production' - remains the individual human body, and reliance on voluntary blood donation remains a cornerstone for meeting this g…
Governing through Blood
Les enjeux du don de sang dans le monde
The Possibilities of Researching Non-Racialism
Using as a starting point the research conducted by the Gauteng City-Region Observatory for the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation in 2011 to explore the status of non-racialism in South Africa, we conclude that in nearly all of the focus groups the participants and moderators find it impossible to define the notion of non-racialism—at least, not in a way that distinguishes it from non-racism, multi-racialism or ‘good/better race relations’. We initiate t…
Race, Place and Identity in Kenneth Gardens
Dangerous others, insecure societies
Europe today faces economic instability and austerity as well as flows of people into, and the movement of jobs outside of, the continent. This edited collection analyses how the structural project
Storytelling as a political act
Making accessible research findings through forms of storytelling is a useful method for activist and public scholarship. This article explores these possibilities through a project on migration and gender in the city of Durban, in South Africa. The research project collected oral histories of migrant women’s experiences in the city, and, in collaboration with artists, wove these narratives into a theatre performance titled The Last Country. The …
Working with Waste
Informal waste pickers in cities across the Global South divert significant amounts of tonnage from landfills. This diversion contributes towards a sustainable environment and better public health practices. Informal workers globally derive livelihoods from collecting, sorting, and selling recyclable waste. In South Africa, there is growing recognition of the valuable work that waste pickers carry out. Despite this, however, these informal worker…
The economic lives of migrant women in a South African city
This article explores the economic lives of 30 migrant women who recounted their oral histories as part of a project on migration, gender, and inclusion in the city of Durban, South Africa. The oral histories include narratives from internal migrants, South African women migrating from rural areas, as well as women arriving from other African countries. These narratives illustrate tangled and complex strategies and coping mechanisms deployed by t…
Surfacing solidarity praxis in transdisciplinary research for blue justice
In this article, we centre the knowledge and contributions of environmental justice social movements towards transformations for sustainability in Transdisciplinary Research. Scholar activists within research teams can help bridge networks of scholars with social movement networks to build strongly engaged and relational transdisciplinary research. We draw on reflections and learnings from the Coastal Justice Network, a scholar activist network w…
Historicizing fear
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · South African History and Culture (4 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Business (3 works)