Violencia en las calles sudafricanas como única respuesta: el movimiento de protesta estudiantil sudafricano “#FeesMustFall”

Morwe, K.G.; España, Elisa García; Luescher, Thierry M.

doi:10.24310/boletin-criminologico.2020.v26i2020.8590

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“…One such risk is the experience of violence (Sabina and Banyard 2015). Previous research on student movement-related violence focused on motivations for engaging in violent protests (Morwe, García España, and Luescher 2020) and the experience of victimisation, without tapping into indicators of functioning that might ameliorate effects of the prevailing violence.…”

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The dance of the positives and negatives of life: Student wellbeing in the context of #FeesMustFall-related violence

Fadiji

Luescher

Morwe

2023

SAJHE

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Violence has become a regular occurrence in the context of the South African student movement. However, to date there are no studies that investigate student wellbeing in the context of student movement violence. How are violence and wellbeing experienced in the context of the student movement? What resources do students draw upon to protect or restore their wellbeing during and in the aftermath of violence? This article discusses students' experiences of violence and wellbeing and particularly the resources that fostered their psychological wellbeing during and after experiences of violence related to the #FeesMustFall protests of 2015/16. The study used a photovoice methodology and worked with groups of former student activists from four universities in South Africa. Student psychological functioning in the midst of adverse circumstances is Wilson Fadiji, Luescher, Morwe Student wellbeing in the context of #FeesMustFall-related violence 2 demonstrated in their ability to make meaning of their experiences by inventing knowledge spaces; creating spaces of inner harmony; having a sense of purpose; and protecting symbolic spaces of hope. It is also shown in their courage to challenge spaces of oppression. This study suggests that the co-production of social space for functioning occurs through an important psychological process of meaning-making that provides direction for student movement activities. Given our findings, it is recommended for student affairs and counselling services to m,./=-09864 facilitate the co-creation of spaces of knowledge and spaces of safety, spaces where students can experience being wanted and connected, and spaces where they can make sense of their experiences in the unfamiliar and potentially alienating higher education space.

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The dance of the positives and negatives of life: Student wellbeing in the context of #FeesMustFall-related violence

Fadiji

Luescher

Morwe

2023

SAJHE

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“…In South Africa, a nationwide wave of student protests started in the second half of 2015 under the banner of #FeesMustFall. The protests continued with increased violence in 2016 (Langa, 2017;Morwe et al, 2020;Naidoo, 2015). The #FeesMustFall-related campaigns primarily focused on the rising costs of higher education faced by students and their inability to access sufficient funding, along with other social justice matters such as the plight of outsourced support workers at universities; inadequate student accommodation; and the generally poor living conditions of socio-economically disadvantaged students (Lewis & Hendricks, 2017;Luescher & Klemenčič, 2017).…”

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“…In South Africa, they are "a recurrent, if not normalised, and frequently violent part of university life on many campuses" (Luescher et al, 2020, p. 2). A recent study by Morwe et al (2020) found that most student protesters in South African universities are peaceful and averse to violence, but that the presence of individuals who are pro-violence can transform protest actions into violence. Typically, such violence is directed toward property, rather than toward other students; other members of the university community; security personnel; and police (Morwe et al, 2020).…”

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Rapid Photovoice as a Close-Up, Emancipatory Methodology in Student Experience Research: The Case of the Student Movement Violence and Wellbeing Study

Luescher

Fadiji

Morwe

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International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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In this paper, we critically reflect on our conceptualization and operationalization of “rapid photovoice” as a close-up, emancipatory, action research methodology which has multiple, intersecting social-justice goals; and consider the methodology’s potential for helping to achieve such goals. We first consider photovoice in relation to its typical use in public health research, as well as in prior research into student experiences of higher education. We then consider our pragmatic redesign of the methodology as rapid photovoice (RPV), which we conceptualized in response to the goals, parameters, and constraints inherent in our project, which studied student movement violence and wellbeing. In the third part of the article, we describe and discuss our operationalization of RPV in this study on four university campuses in South Africa. In the fourth section, we reflect on some of the ethical considerations arising from the topic and the methodology. In the final section of the article, we critically assess the interim outcomes of our use of RPV in terms of (1) psychologically empowering students to reflect on traumatic experiences in a safe space and enhancing their self-awareness of wellbeing, wellbeing resources and coping strategies; (2) the politically emancipatory potential of photovoice to represent student experiences authentically and with immediacy to higher education policy role-players, and (3) its ability to co-create artifacts of collective memory that provide authentic empirical material for making trustworthy knowledge claims.

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Violencia en las calles sudafricanas como única respuesta: el movimiento de protesta estudiantil sudafricano “#FeesMustFall”

Cited by 2 publications

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The dance of the positives and negatives of life: Student wellbeing in the context of #FeesMustFall-related violence

The dance of the positives and negatives of life: Student wellbeing in the context of #FeesMustFall-related violence

Rapid Photovoice as a Close-Up, Emancipatory Methodology in Student Experience Research: The Case of the Student Movement Violence and Wellbeing Study

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