Popular pedagogy and the changing political landscape: a case study of a women's housing movement in South Africa

Ismail, Salma

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“…Popular education also made significant inroads to change poor women's living conditions. However, in the third phase they were not able to sustain the movement towards the eventual goal of independent and self-reliant communities (Ismail. 2009).…”

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“…Therefore the framework includes the interaction of the macro and organisational contexts and illustrates the complexity of learning and consciousness-raising. Because of South Africa's particular history of racial capitalism, other dimensions such as class, gender, race, socialisation and poverty, which determine the nature of social change, also required attention (Ismail, 2009;2015).…”

Section: Is To Challengementioning

confidence: 99%

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Imali Nolwazi (“We Need Money and Knowledge”): A rallying cry from the South African Homeless Peoples Federation

Ismail¹

2019

RHJ

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This article tracks the history of the Victoria Mxenge Housing Project (1994-2013), from its start as a development organisation to its evolution into a social movement, then as a service provider and currently as an independent organisation. I discuss these developments against the political context in which there is rapid urbanisation in a country with a history of violent land dispossession. Post-apartheid, the state has built many houses, provided sanitation and electricity to thousands of poor people but it did not live up to the promises presented in the South African Constitution that was mapped out in 1994. Against this background, the article tells the story of poor, homeless African women in the Victoria Mxenge Project (VM), an affiliate of the South African Homeless People’s Federation linked to International social movements such as Indian Slum dwellers International. The women, through a process of learning, acquired the skills to save, secure land, build more than 5000 houses and become leaders of a housing social movement which later became a service provider to the state. It describes the choices they faced in an ever-changing social movement caught up in a struggle to mobilise for land and housing. This story further explores the creative and critical role that radical adult education played in a development context. It illustrates how South African poor citizens learned through social activism and community development. It explores the current context in which the housing movement has become fractured and more radical organisations enter the struggle, Finally, it discusses the different and more complex interactions between social movements, NGOs and the state and how knowledge is produced in informal sites which can lead to social transformation.

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Imali Nolwazi (“We Need Money and Knowledge”): A rallying cry from the South African Homeless Peoples Federation

Ismail¹

2019

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“…Community mobilisations started during the apartheid time and civic associations developed in different forms but often isolated from each other. The social movements that emerged in the democratic era (Madlingozi, 2007) are oriented toward sensitize the broader community about the necessities of the underserved areas, and to support activities of lobbying and advocacy toward the government (Ismail, 2009). “(…) Collective challenge, common purpose, solidarity, and sustained interaction” (Madlingozi, 2007, pp.…”

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Processes of frugal social innovation: Creative approaches in underserved South African communities

Lorini

Ngwenyama

Chigona

2022

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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The article presents three case studies of frugal social innovation developed by groups of citizens from underserved communities of Cape Town, South Africa. The processes are analyzed to highlight how innovation emerged. Three factors were crucial: lack of resources, social transformation goals, and flexibility of the approach to technologies. Their combination allowed for creativity and inclusivity to become the drivers of the processes. The information and communication technology outcomes are innovative in the context and for the participants. More innovative are the processes, which maintained a high level of participation, a collective collaboration and a focus on the social transformative impact of the digital solutions. Furthermore, while much of the literature on frugal and social innovation has a business perspective whereby users are referred to as customers, the cases present community groups as innovators. This approach contributes to the development of a theory, which expands existing ones on frugal and social innovation. The principles derived from the analysis represent the contribution to practice in the ICT4D domain. They show how in a space with limited technical and procedural knowledge, it is possible to reduce the blinders toward innovation and operate in an ecosystem where participation, inclusion, and growth develop.

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“…The nature of women as caregivers and nurturers of the family (Ismael, 2009 ) had given them the opportunity to directly involve with their children education. They wanted their children to get the best that required them to learn more about the present education system including choosing the best education for them.…”

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The Rise of National Plus School in Indonesia – Education for Parents and Government

Rinaldi

Saroh

2017

Lingua Didaktika

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This paper explores a social movement that has happened in Indonesia in the field of education. It also explores its effect to 'educate' the government as well as most parents in the country about the education quality in Indonesia. The exploration focuses on how this new concept of education which is referred as National Plus school was introduced to society that has encouraged many people to develop the schools with the same (national plus) concept. It also focuses on the parents who have learnt more about the new education system then participate in it by sending their children to such the schools. Not only in the grass root level, has it also focused onthe factors of the government who was indirectly forced to respond this phenomenon by developing international-leveled school. This movement has happened nationally within the last 10 years and has changed the national curriculum as well as educational system, including the recognition of special needs students among the government schools. This movement has changed the old conventional style of education that was commonly found in Indonesian national schools.Keywords: adult learning, National Plus, national education, movement AbstrakArtikel ini membahas tentang sebuah gerakan sosial yang terjadi di Indonesia di bidang pendidikan. Artikel ini juga menggali pengaruh gerakan social terhadap 'mendidik' pemerintah serta orang tua di negeri ini tentang kualitas pendidikan di Indonesia. Eksplorasi berfokus pada konsep pendidikan baru yang disebut dengan istilah "Sekolah Nasional Plus" yang diperkenalkan kepada masyarakat yang telah mendorong banyak orang untuk mengembangkan sekolah dengan konsep yang sama (nasional plus). Artikel ini juga berfokus pada orang tua yang telah belajar

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Popular pedagogy and the changing political landscape: a case study of a women's housing movement in South Africa

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Imali Nolwazi (“We Need Money and Knowledge”): A rallying cry from the South African Homeless Peoples Federation

Imali Nolwazi (“We Need Money and Knowledge”): A rallying cry from the South African Homeless Peoples Federation

Processes of frugal social innovation: Creative approaches in underserved South African communities

The Rise of National Plus School in Indonesia – Education for Parents and Government

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