Ruth Sacks
Biographic Data
| ID | 3923048 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth Sacks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth |
| FAMILY NAME | Sacks |
| SIGNATURE | SACKS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Johannesburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0987-1959 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Behind Johannesburg: Plants and Possible Futures in an Industrialized Hinterland
This chapter explores two ubiquitous edible plants of Johannesburg’s hinterland by way of their cultivation: maize (a staple crop) and blackjack (an invasive species). Traversing wholescale maize production in the most industrialized hinterland in Africa, to the informal farming initiatives from inner city Johannesburg to its surrounds, how crops are grown and invasives are treated in different spaces point to toxic apartheid and colonial legacie…
Rethinking resilience: South Africa and self-reliance
This article, as the introduction to the Rethinking Resilience special issue, lays out the political and historical terrain of thinking with resilience, from South Africa, in 2021. It outlines the urgencies of the current moment, while delving into how the use of “resilience” has been adapted from scientific disciplines into various fields and broader popular culture. We discuss the two primary interlinking and overlapping themes of Rethinking Re…
Sites of unfinished independence in Johannesburg and Kinshasa
This article looks at the material remains of the African independence era in Johannesburg's Constitution Hill (2004) and Kinshasa's Tour de l'échangeur de Limete (1974) according to how they function within their respective cityscapes. Adapting Walter Benjamin's method, I trace the contemporary meanings of built representatives of momentous eras
Lived Remainders: The Contemporary Lives of Iron Hotels in the Congo
This article looks at the contemporary situation of the Hotels Alimentation du Bas-Congo in Kinshasa and Mbanza Ngungu (Democratic Republic of the Congo). The distinctive iron frameworks of these colonial buildings were manufactured in Belgium between circa 1904 and 1911 and sent to the Congo to serve as hotels. I analyse the corporeal state of these remainders of early Belgian colonialism according to the evident manner in which they are entangl…
Lived Remainders: The Contemporary Lives of Iron Hotels in the Congo
This article looks at the contemporary situation of the Hotels Alimentation du Bas-Congo in Kinshasa and Mbanza Ngungu (Democratic Republic of the Congo). The distinctive iron frameworks of these colonial buildings were manufactured in Belgium between circa 1904 and 1911 and sent to the Congo to serve as hotels. I analyse the corporeal state of these remainders of early Belgian colonialism according to the evident manner in which they are entangl…
Lived Remainders: The Contemporary Lives of Iron Hotels in the Congo
This article looks at the contemporary situation of the Hotels Alimentation du Bas-Congo in Kinshasa and Mbanza Ngungu (Democratic Republic of the Congo). The distinctive iron frameworks of these colonial buildings were manufactured in Belgium between circa 1904 and 1911 and sent to the Congo to serve as hotels. I analyse the corporeal state of these remainders of early Belgian colonialism according to the evident manner in which they are entangl…
Sites of unfinished independence in Johannesburg and Kinshasa
This article looks at the material remains of the African independence era in Johannesburg's Constitution Hill (2004) and Kinshasa's Tour de l'échangeur de Limete (1974) according to how they function within their respective cityscapes. Adapting Walter Benjamin's method, I trace the contemporary meanings of built representatives of momentous eras
Rethinking resilience: South Africa and self-reliance
This article, as the introduction to the Rethinking Resilience special issue, lays out the political and historical terrain of thinking with resilience, from South Africa, in 2021. It outlines the urgencies of the current moment, while delving into how the use of “resilience” has been adapted from scientific disciplines into various fields and broader popular culture. We discuss the two primary interlinking and overlapping themes of Rethinking Re…
Behind Johannesburg: Plants and Possible Futures in an Industrialized Hinterland
This chapter explores two ubiquitous edible plants of Johannesburg’s hinterland by way of their cultivation: maize (a staple crop) and blackjack (an invasive species). Traversing wholescale maize production in the most industrialized hinterland in Africa, to the informal farming initiatives from inner city Johannesburg to its surrounds, how crops are grown and invasives are treated in different spaces point to toxic apartheid and colonial legacie…
Archaeology (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Economy (2 works) · Geography (2 works)