The frontier revisited
Displacement, land and identity among farm labourers in the Sundays River Valley
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11423255 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Teresa K Connor (0000-0002-3135-8502, University of Fort Hare, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 289-311 |
| Publication date | 2012-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0258-9001 • E-ISSN: 1469-9397 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02589001.2012.662612 |
| OpenAlex | W2143064009 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 33 |
This paper aims to unpack the dynamics of displacement and the relationship of physical movement to elements of space (i.e. land) and place (or identity), in the Sundays River Valley, near the town of Kirkwood, in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It primarily uses the motif of frontiers to cast light on displacement as an ongoing phenomenon and explore the different eras of occupation of land in the Sundays River Valley, from the early nineteenth century until 1970. It relates different layers of belonging and identity to the unfolding of capitalism and apartheid in South Africa. The article argues that ties to land are multiple, contested and based upon dispossession and physical movement rather than upon stability. While such a high degree of contestation of oral evidence in the Sundays River Valley might not give current claimants a detailed legal basis for restitution, it is an academically valuable idea to explore the origins of the inhabitants in the Sundays River Valley – because it can indicate the degree to which local identities are influenced by experiences of disruption and displacement. The paper argues that frontier relationships in the SRV are central in the formation of larger systems of relationships of race and class, and that this casts new light on displacement (both as a historical event and a contemporary experience), in the formation of identity and place in southern Africa
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Capitalism · Displacement (psychology · Ethnology · Frontier · Geography · Identity (music · Political science · Restitution · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Law · South African History and Culture · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
The Shaping of South African society, 1652-1820
Putting a plough to the ground
The social consequences of resettlement
The Frontier in History
Environmentalism
Gaining Ground?
Economy and society in pre-industrial South Africa
The Rise of Conservation in South Africa
Involuntary Migration and Resettlement
Locality and Belonging
Involuntary resettlement in development projects
The Dead Will Arise
The Future of Large Dams
Development-induced Relocation and Refugee Studies
Repatriation and De-territorialization
The Struggle for the Eastern Cape, 1800–1854
The Khoikhoi Rebellion in the Eastern Cape (1799-1803)
Losing Place
Holding the Line
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie
Forced Migration and the Anthropological Response
Putting the Plough to the Ground
Black Villagers in an Industrial Society
African history and environmental history
In Search of Cool Ground
Landlord and tenant in a colonial economy
Beyond Red and School
Umgidi at the Mabambas
Resistance to 'betterment' in the Transkei
Farm Labour in South Africa
Purity and Exile
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2020 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |