M Van Der Riet
Biographic Data
| ID | 37046 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Van Der Riet |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Der Riet |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DER RIET M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7840-4089 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Young people’s investments in sexual relationships: A different prioritization of self in the negotiation of safe sex practices in South Africa
In the South African context of high HIV prevalence, sexual relationships are entwined with risk. This qualitative study in a rural context examined how young people negotiate sexual practices and engage with this risk. Data was gathered from men and women (aged 15 to 33) in eight focus groups and 11 individual interviews. Abdication of self-care and deprioritization of self in the negotiation of safe sexual practices are reformulated into an und…
I can tell that he’s serious because uyandicheckha’: The reproduction of sexual vulnerability through scripted sexual practices
This paper explores how vulnerability is produced through the adoption of sexually scripted practices by young people in a rural area in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. It uses script theory to explore how scripted practices sustain and reproduce dominant gender norms, and in the process reproduce vulnerability for young women. Qualitative data drawn from 23 individual interviews and six focus groups with participants between 18 and 35 years of…
Developmental Work Research: A Theory-informed Method for Collective Analysis and Transformation
Mutizwa Mukute provides a resource book ostensibly for researchers, educators, and development facilitators working with innovation in agricultural and natural resource management (NRM). Rapid soci
Exploring the Impact of Trust on Safe Sex for Women in Long-term Stable Relationships in a Rural Eastern Cape Setting
Embedding community-based service learning into psychology degrees at UKZN, South Africa
From 1999 to 2002, the centrally funded Community-Higher Education Service Partnership (CHESP) aimed to drive community engagement in several South African universities. It intended to develop socially accountable models of meaningful student engagement in communities. This led to community-based service learning (CBSL) being embedded into a number of psychology modules for over a decade (progressing from undergraduate to postgraduate levels of s…
Racing risk, gendering responsibility: A qualitative study of how South African students talk about sexual risk and responsibility
Individuals' perceptions of risk have implications for whether and how they engage with protective strategies. This study investigated how sexual risk, specifically HIV and pregnancy and responsibility for these risks were constructed in discussions across five groups of youth in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The qualitative study used focus groups and interviews with a sample of 28 tertiary level students and 7 peri-urban youth. The constructions…
HIV and Aids Related Stigma: A Necessary Protective Mechanism for Children in High Exposure Areas
Much research conducted within the context of stigma related to HIV and AIDS focuses on the effects of stigma without reflecting on the complex social processes which contribute to its construction. In order to render HIV and AIDS interventions and treatment strategies more effective, it is important to consider the function of stigma. This study reflects on the complex social processes underlying children's understandings and construction of sti…
Shifting Research Dynamics: Addressing Power and Maximising Participation through Participatory Research Techniques in Participatory Research
Power dynamics in the research interaction are inevitable, particularly in research in rural contexts. Hierarchical and heterogeneous research groups, and the disproportionate power of the researcher in relation to the research participants, are some of the problems that create particular challenges for the social science researcher. Power relations within the research context also affect the way in which knowledge is generated. Participatory res…
Children's Loss of Agency under Extreme Adversity
This study explores the notion of children's agency in situations of extreme adversity. The child participants (n=117) live in the midst of the HIV/AIDS pandemic; extreme poverty; and systemic educational malfunction. Four focus group interviews were conducted with the children to explore their experiences of potential barriers to education. The findings indicated that contextual factors had a profoundly negative impact on the children, with thei…
Diagramming as Mediational Means: Vygotskian Theory and Participatory Research
Participatory research adopts the political position of engendering empowerment and generating social change. The incorporation of research participants into the management, planning, and implementation of the research process is assumed to lead to changes on individual and social levels. However, change originating in the participatory research (PR) process is based on more than just the moral imperatives inherent in PR. PR techniques rely heavi…
Shifting Research Dynamics: Addressing Power and Maximising Participation through Participatory Research Techniques in Participatory Research
Power dynamics in the research interaction are inevitable, particularly in research in rural contexts. Hierarchical and heterogeneous research groups, and the disproportionate power of the researcher in relation to the research participants, are some of the problems that create particular challenges for the social science researcher. Power relations within the research context also affect the way in which knowledge is generated. Participatory res…
Embedding community-based service learning into psychology degrees at UKZN, South Africa
From 1999 to 2002, the centrally funded Community-Higher Education Service Partnership (CHESP) aimed to drive community engagement in several South African universities. It intended to develop socially accountable models of meaningful student engagement in communities. This led to community-based service learning (CBSL) being embedded into a number of psychology modules for over a decade (progressing from undergraduate to postgraduate levels of s…
HIV and Aids Related Stigma: A Necessary Protective Mechanism for Children in High Exposure Areas
Much research conducted within the context of stigma related to HIV and AIDS focuses on the effects of stigma without reflecting on the complex social processes which contribute to its construction. In order to render HIV and AIDS interventions and treatment strategies more effective, it is important to consider the function of stigma. This study reflects on the complex social processes underlying children's understandings and construction of sti…
Children's Loss of Agency under Extreme Adversity
This study explores the notion of children's agency in situations of extreme adversity. The child participants (n=117) live in the midst of the HIV/AIDS pandemic; extreme poverty; and systemic educational malfunction. Four focus group interviews were conducted with the children to explore their experiences of potential barriers to education. The findings indicated that contextual factors had a profoundly negative impact on the children, with thei…
Diagramming as Mediational Means: Vygotskian Theory and Participatory Research
Participatory research adopts the political position of engendering empowerment and generating social change. The incorporation of research participants into the management, planning, and implementation of the research process is assumed to lead to changes on individual and social levels. However, change originating in the participatory research (PR) process is based on more than just the moral imperatives inherent in PR. PR techniques rely heavi…
Shifting Research Dynamics: Addressing Power and Maximising Participation through Participatory Research Techniques in Participatory Research
Power dynamics in the research interaction are inevitable, particularly in research in rural contexts. Hierarchical and heterogeneous research groups, and the disproportionate power of the researcher in relation to the research participants, are some of the problems that create particular challenges for the social science researcher. Power relations within the research context also affect the way in which knowledge is generated. Participatory res…
HIV and Aids Related Stigma: A Necessary Protective Mechanism for Children in High Exposure Areas
Much research conducted within the context of stigma related to HIV and AIDS focuses on the effects of stigma without reflecting on the complex social processes which contribute to its construction. In order to render HIV and AIDS interventions and treatment strategies more effective, it is important to consider the function of stigma. This study reflects on the complex social processes underlying children's understandings and construction of sti…
Racing risk, gendering responsibility: A qualitative study of how South African students talk about sexual risk and responsibility
Individuals' perceptions of risk have implications for whether and how they engage with protective strategies. This study investigated how sexual risk, specifically HIV and pregnancy and responsibility for these risks were constructed in discussions across five groups of youth in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The qualitative study used focus groups and interviews with a sample of 28 tertiary level students and 7 peri-urban youth. The constructions…
Exploring the Impact of Trust on Safe Sex for Women in Long-term Stable Relationships in a Rural Eastern Cape Setting
Embedding community-based service learning into psychology degrees at UKZN, South Africa
From 1999 to 2002, the centrally funded Community-Higher Education Service Partnership (CHESP) aimed to drive community engagement in several South African universities. It intended to develop socially accountable models of meaningful student engagement in communities. This led to community-based service learning (CBSL) being embedded into a number of psychology modules for over a decade (progressing from undergraduate to postgraduate levels of s…
I can tell that he’s serious because uyandicheckha’: The reproduction of sexual vulnerability through scripted sexual practices
This paper explores how vulnerability is produced through the adoption of sexually scripted practices by young people in a rural area in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. It uses script theory to explore how scripted practices sustain and reproduce dominant gender norms, and in the process reproduce vulnerability for young women. Qualitative data drawn from 23 individual interviews and six focus groups with participants between 18 and 35 years of…
Developmental Work Research: A Theory-informed Method for Collective Analysis and Transformation
Mutizwa Mukute provides a resource book ostensibly for researchers, educators, and development facilitators working with innovation in agricultural and natural resource management (NRM). Rapid soci
Young people’s investments in sexual relationships: A different prioritization of self in the negotiation of safe sex practices in South Africa
In the South African context of high HIV prevalence, sexual relationships are entwined with risk. This qualitative study in a rural context examined how young people negotiate sexual practices and engage with this risk. Data was gathered from men and women (aged 15 to 33) in eight focus groups and 11 individual interviews. Abdication of self-care and deprioritization of self in the negotiation of safe sexual practices are reformulated into an und…
Sociology (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Focus group (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)