Ian Macqueen
Biographic Data
| ID | 84132 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ian Macqueen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ian |
| FAMILY NAME | Macqueen |
| SIGNATURE | MACQUEEN I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9154-4625 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The creation of a Polish community in the Vaal Triangle, South Africa 1980-1989
During the 1980s, amid a domestic crisis, almost a million Poles left their homeland, fleeing a failing socialist economy and a repressive regime. The majority settled in Western Europe, Scandinavia and the United States of America, but some elected to relocate to South Africa. Drawing on Everett Lee’s ‘push and pull theory’, firstly, this article examines factors influencing the migration of Poles to South Africa. Secondly, it examines the forma…
Documenting South African Exile in the Polish People’s Republic in the 1980s
Shaka Zulu in the Polish People’s Republic (PRL)
In the late 1980s, Poles tuned in with great enthusiasm to the miniseries Shaka Zulu, starring Henry Cele as the so-called Black Napoleon. The apartheid-era production was one instance of exchanges between the apartheid regime and the Polish People’s Republic. This counter-intuitive consonance – the screening of an apartheid cultural production in late-Communist Poland – is a fascinating case study that provides one important lens to understand t…
Peter Cole. Dockworker Power
Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area is a sparkling exercise in comparative labor history. Informative and informed, morally anchored, and successfully mastering two sets of literature, it is also a pleasure to read. Peter Cole is also informed by an activist commitment to workers—those in society who bear and have borne the brunt of dangerous and precarious work. This commitment comes through the pages of …
Class versus Nation
This article explores the eclipse and resurgence of the influence and ideas of Richard Turner in South Africa between 1968 and today. The article does this by first exploring Turner’s historical context more closely. It provides an overview of the contributing factors to Turner’s eclipse, namely: government repression, generational differences and strategic disagreements within the New Left. Andrew Nash’s (1999) argument that the eclipse of Turne…
Embroiled
Embroiled is drawn from a study report funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation that was supervised by Patrick Harries at the University of Basel. The commissioning of such a report points t
The Native School that Caused all the Trouble
IAN MACQUEENSociety, Work and Development Institute, University of the Witwatersrand© 2014 Ian Macqueen
Black Consciousness in Dialogue in South Africa
This article examines a progressive moment under apartheid referred to retrospectively as 'the Durban moment' by activists. By exploring the friendship of assassinated activists Stephen Bantu Biko and Richard Turner, the paper calls for a nuanced assessment of the rich context of the emergence of Black Consciousness under apartheid, and shows how the rigid racial and ethnic categories imposed by the state could be challenged by creative and resou…
Resonances of Youth and Tensions of Race
This paper examines the relationship between white liberal students and black students in the Black Consciousness-aligned South African Students' Organisation (SASO). It explores the often fraught personal relationships between young leaders, but also points out their commonalities: a search for ideas, resonances they felt with international struggles for justice, and the unique and distinctive history that characterised South Africa at this peri…
Students, Apartheid and the Ecumenical Movement in South Africa, 1960-1975
This article examines ecumenical endeavour and student politics in South Africa in the 1960s and early 1970s to bring into fresh perspective sources of antiapartheid activism. The article explores Christian ecumenical developments in the twentieth century and specifically the crisis point reached in 1960 after the Sharpeville massacre. It turns to discuss the formation of two key black student leaders, Steve Biko and Barney Pityana, in the Easter…
Black Consciousness in Dialogue in South Africa
This article examines a progressive moment under apartheid referred to retrospectively as 'the Durban moment' by activists. By exploring the friendship of assassinated activists Stephen Bantu Biko and Richard Turner, the paper calls for a nuanced assessment of the rich context of the emergence of Black Consciousness under apartheid, and shows how the rigid racial and ethnic categories imposed by the state could be challenged by creative and resou…
Shaka Zulu in the Polish People’s Republic (PRL)
In the late 1980s, Poles tuned in with great enthusiasm to the miniseries Shaka Zulu, starring Henry Cele as the so-called Black Napoleon. The apartheid-era production was one instance of exchanges between the apartheid regime and the Polish People’s Republic. This counter-intuitive consonance – the screening of an apartheid cultural production in late-Communist Poland – is a fascinating case study that provides one important lens to understand t…
Students, Apartheid and the Ecumenical Movement in South Africa, 1960-1975
This article examines ecumenical endeavour and student politics in South Africa in the 1960s and early 1970s to bring into fresh perspective sources of antiapartheid activism. The article explores Christian ecumenical developments in the twentieth century and specifically the crisis point reached in 1960 after the Sharpeville massacre. It turns to discuss the formation of two key black student leaders, Steve Biko and Barney Pityana, in the Easter…
Resonances of Youth and Tensions of Race
This paper examines the relationship between white liberal students and black students in the Black Consciousness-aligned South African Students' Organisation (SASO). It explores the often fraught personal relationships between young leaders, but also points out their commonalities: a search for ideas, resonances they felt with international struggles for justice, and the unique and distinctive history that characterised South Africa at this peri…
Students, Apartheid and the Ecumenical Movement in South Africa, 1960-1975
This article examines ecumenical endeavour and student politics in South Africa in the 1960s and early 1970s to bring into fresh perspective sources of antiapartheid activism. The article explores Christian ecumenical developments in the twentieth century and specifically the crisis point reached in 1960 after the Sharpeville massacre. It turns to discuss the formation of two key black student leaders, Steve Biko and Barney Pityana, in the Easter…
Embroiled
Embroiled is drawn from a study report funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation that was supervised by Patrick Harries at the University of Basel. The commissioning of such a report points t
The Native School that Caused all the Trouble
IAN MACQUEENSociety, Work and Development Institute, University of the Witwatersrand© 2014 Ian Macqueen
Black Consciousness in Dialogue in South Africa
This article examines a progressive moment under apartheid referred to retrospectively as 'the Durban moment' by activists. By exploring the friendship of assassinated activists Stephen Bantu Biko and Richard Turner, the paper calls for a nuanced assessment of the rich context of the emergence of Black Consciousness under apartheid, and shows how the rigid racial and ethnic categories imposed by the state could be challenged by creative and resou…
Class versus Nation
This article explores the eclipse and resurgence of the influence and ideas of Richard Turner in South Africa between 1968 and today. The article does this by first exploring Turner’s historical context more closely. It provides an overview of the contributing factors to Turner’s eclipse, namely: government repression, generational differences and strategic disagreements within the New Left. Andrew Nash’s (1999) argument that the eclipse of Turne…
Peter Cole. Dockworker Power
Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area is a sparkling exercise in comparative labor history. Informative and informed, morally anchored, and successfully mastering two sets of literature, it is also a pleasure to read. Peter Cole is also informed by an activist commitment to workers—those in society who bear and have borne the brunt of dangerous and precarious work. This commitment comes through the pages of …
Shaka Zulu in the Polish People’s Republic (PRL)
In the late 1980s, Poles tuned in with great enthusiasm to the miniseries Shaka Zulu, starring Henry Cele as the so-called Black Napoleon. The apartheid-era production was one instance of exchanges between the apartheid regime and the Polish People’s Republic. This counter-intuitive consonance – the screening of an apartheid cultural production in late-Communist Poland – is a fascinating case study that provides one important lens to understand t…
Documenting South African Exile in the Polish People’s Republic in the 1980s
The creation of a Polish community in the Vaal Triangle, South Africa 1980-1989
During the 1980s, amid a domestic crisis, almost a million Poles left their homeland, fleeing a failing socialist economy and a repressive regime. The majority settled in Western Europe, Scandinavia and the United States of America, but some elected to relocate to South Africa. Drawing on Everett Lee’s ‘push and pull theory’, firstly, this article examines factors influencing the migration of Poles to South Africa. Secondly, it examines the forma…
History (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · History (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · South African History and Culture (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (4 works)