Rachel E Johnson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3827850 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel E Johnson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel E |
| FAMILY NAME | Johnson |
| SIGNATURE | JOHNSON R E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Race for Education
In 2015 a wave of protest swept South Africa’s university campuses as students demanded free higher education, a decolonised curriculum and the dismantling of apartheid- and colonial-era symbolic structures—in particular the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes from the centre of the University of Cape Town campus. To understand this moment, which has reverberated around the world, and in particular here in the United Kingdom, Mark Hunter’s study …
David Thelen and Karie L. Morgan, Building a New South Africa
The Day that Fell Off the Calendar
This article explores the repertoire of commemorative activities that developed around the anniversary of the fatal 16 June 1976 Soweto schoolchildren’s march against the imposition of Afrikaans. It uses the coverage of 16 June commemorations from 1977 up to 1996 to think through the role of newspapers, journalists and editors in the framing of this day as a ‘national’ moment. Newspaper reports reveal ongoing conversations and debates over who we…
Haunted by the Somatic Norm
This article uses the concept of an institutional somatic or bodily norm alongside the notion of haunting to suggest a new way of thinking about processes of institutional change. The article asks, is it an overwhelming presence of men that creates and maintains an institution as masculine? This question is explored in relation to the South African Parliament, an institution that was transformed in 1994 by democratic elections that altered its pu…
Democracy in Practice
This collection makes a compelling case for the importance of studying ceremony and ritual in deepening our understanding of modern democratic parliaments. It reveals through rich case studies that mo
Women as a Sign of the New? Appointments to South Africa's Constitutional Court since 1994
The aim of the article is to develop our understanding of the role bodies play in processes of institutional change. It does so through developing an approach to the politics of institutional newness that highlights the way in which raced and gendered bodies can become entangled with claims to, or judgements of, “being new.” These questions are explored through South Africa's Constitutional Court, newly established as part of South Africa's trans…
Disrupting the South African parliament
The article focuses on the most common form of institutionally punished disruption seen in South Africa's National Assembly since 1994: orders for individual MPs to withdraw from the chamber. The shifting dynamics of such “set-piece” dramatizations of opposition and their relationship with the established analyses of political opposition in post-apartheid South Africa, especially “dominant party democracy” theory are explored. There have been two…
Disrupting the South African parliament
The article focuses on the most common form of institutionally punished disruption seen in South Africa's National Assembly since 1994: orders for individual MPs to withdraw from the chamber. The shifting dynamics of such “set-piece” dramatizations of opposition and their relationship with the established analyses of political opposition in post-apartheid South Africa, especially “dominant party democracy” theory are explored. There have been two…
Democracy in Practice
This collection makes a compelling case for the importance of studying ceremony and ritual in deepening our understanding of modern democratic parliaments. It reveals through rich case studies that mo
Women as a Sign of the New? Appointments to South Africa's Constitutional Court since 1994
The aim of the article is to develop our understanding of the role bodies play in processes of institutional change. It does so through developing an approach to the politics of institutional newness that highlights the way in which raced and gendered bodies can become entangled with claims to, or judgements of, “being new.” These questions are explored through South Africa's Constitutional Court, newly established as part of South Africa's trans…
Disrupting the South African parliament
The article focuses on the most common form of institutionally punished disruption seen in South Africa's National Assembly since 1994: orders for individual MPs to withdraw from the chamber. The shifting dynamics of such “set-piece” dramatizations of opposition and their relationship with the established analyses of political opposition in post-apartheid South Africa, especially “dominant party democracy” theory are explored. There have been two…
Haunted by the Somatic Norm
This article uses the concept of an institutional somatic or bodily norm alongside the notion of haunting to suggest a new way of thinking about processes of institutional change. The article asks, is it an overwhelming presence of men that creates and maintains an institution as masculine? This question is explored in relation to the South African Parliament, an institution that was transformed in 1994 by democratic elections that altered its pu…
Democracy in Practice
This collection makes a compelling case for the importance of studying ceremony and ritual in deepening our understanding of modern democratic parliaments. It reveals through rich case studies that mo
Women as a Sign of the New? Appointments to South Africa's Constitutional Court since 1994
The aim of the article is to develop our understanding of the role bodies play in processes of institutional change. It does so through developing an approach to the politics of institutional newness that highlights the way in which raced and gendered bodies can become entangled with claims to, or judgements of, “being new.” These questions are explored through South Africa's Constitutional Court, newly established as part of South Africa's trans…
The Day that Fell Off the Calendar
This article explores the repertoire of commemorative activities that developed around the anniversary of the fatal 16 June 1976 Soweto schoolchildren’s march against the imposition of Afrikaans. It uses the coverage of 16 June commemorations from 1977 up to 1996 to think through the role of newspapers, journalists and editors in the framing of this day as a ‘national’ moment. Newspaper reports reveal ongoing conversations and debates over who we…
David Thelen and Karie L. Morgan, Building a New South Africa
Race for Education
In 2015 a wave of protest swept South Africa’s university campuses as students demanded free higher education, a decolonised curriculum and the dismantling of apartheid- and colonial-era symbolic structures—in particular the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes from the centre of the University of Cape Town campus. To understand this moment, which has reverberated around the world, and in particular here in the United Kingdom, Mark Hunter’s study …
Sociology (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Democracy (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · South African History and Culture (4 works)