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Loss of Ford children at sea: extract from Log of John enroute to Cape Town in 1820
Get PDF1820 Settler Samuel Liversage of Staffordshire led a joint-stock party that ‘included a high proportion of young children’(Nash, MD, 1987, p 87). William Ford, farmer, 30, and his wife Hannah, 27, sailed on the John and lost all three of their children to measles: George, 5; John, 3; and William, 1 year. William and Hannah went on to have another three children, who survived. After William’s death at Radway Green near Grahamstown Hannah married Benjamin Keeton of Hope Farm, where still today there is a portrait of Hannah (Ford) Keeton. Of her 18 children, only three Fords and six (of 12) Keetons survived. The Fords and Keetons have been associated with, or farmed, Hope Farm, Glendower and Lombard’s Post since the 1820s
120 Not Out! History of the Pineapple Cricket Tournament
Get PDFCricket clubs had existed at Buchner’s on the Bushman’s River, Kaba (Bedford) and the Fish River as far back as 1845’ (Tournament booklet 2024), but until Luke Alfred, sports writer, with support from Justin Stirk, produced the well-documented history “Pineapple”: An Astonishing Cricketing Story (2024), the history had not been shared. Ross regretted that the book hadn’t been published 20 years sooner to mark the centenary; sadly, since 2004, much institutional knowledge has been lost
Outing to Salem, ‘Place of Peace’
No full textOn 21 September 2023 - a beautiful sunny day - a good turnout of LAHS members gathered outside the famous 1832 Salem Wesleyan Church for a guided tour by Daphne McNeill. She is the granddaughter of Rev Peter Eyre, Salem minister, who died in the 1918 flu epidemic. His widow, Grace, Daphne’s grandmother, moved with her four children into Rosslyn House, Salem, and soon after married the owner, Sid Hill
The Global South to the front: critical questions from two South-South dialogues on community engagement
Get PDFIn this article, I will reflect on the importance of two recent “South-South” exchanges organized by faculty and leadership from the Universidad de la República in Uruguay and Rhodes University in South Africa. I believe these encounters represent an innovative and much-needed alternative to collaborations where Global North voices are most prominent and Global South is reduced to an object of study. Finally, I identify five critical questions that emerged in these conversations for future South-South dialogues in the field: What is the Global South? Why should we have a dialogue? What should that dialogue look like? What are the main challenges for a South-South dialogue? What can the Global North learn from a South-South dialogue on community engagement
Exploring the synergies between intervention research and engaged research in South Africa
Get PDFEngaged research is a space where collaborative work takes place with groups of people within a specific geographic area and special interests in relation to their wellbeing – this being understood as a community (Balls-Berry & Acosta-Pérez, 2017). Intervention research design is a dynamic process which involves researchers (based within universities), organisations and practitioners (Fraser et al., 2009; Rothman & Thomas, 1994). Furthermore, intervention research follows distinct stages, with collaboration at the core of each of these stages. Given that collaboration is a core theme for engaged research as well as the intervention research design process, the question arises if the intervention research design process could be considered a tool to promote engaged research. The aim of the following paper is to provide insight into how the intervention research design was used for the design and development of the Sihleng’imizi family intervention. The paper will look at how collaboration was a feature in each of the phases. A reflective discussion on the successes of collaborative work and how this may contribute to engaged research, as part of community engagement will be discussed
Re-imagining engaged scholarship in South Africa: a transdisciplinary perspective
Get PDFThis article represents a constructive disruption of the extant habits of mind associated with community engagement in South Africa. The constructive disruption is developed by applying a critical realist method placing emphasis on engaged transdisciplinary knowledge co-production processes. The argument that is developed suggests two plausible disruptions. The first disruption argues that it is possible to consider a second order form of methodological decision making using a concept labelled ‘critical epistemological selectivity’ as a mechanism to increase the armamentarium of engaged, transdisciplinary scholarship. The second disruption focuses on the real-world utility of the current ‘spirit’ of engagement – ‘social justice’ – in the face of increasingly complex global challenges. The article concludes by suggesting that second and third order perspectives could contribute to a more reflexive form of engaged scholarship that may be of benefit to both academe and its neighbouring communities
Editorial: Towards relational ways of learning, knowing, and being in African universities
No full textIntroducing Community Engagement through Hospitality
Get PDFThe objective of this thought piece is to explore Nouwen’s notion of hospitality as a means of introducing participatory research, in particular community-based participatory research, to academics who may be interested in community engagement but have little or no experience in recent scholarly developments in the field. This includes knowledge democracy, social and epistemic injustice, and epistemic agency. The approach is not intended to replace well-established orientation processes but to engender interest in further orientation in participatory research
Outing to Hope Farm April 2024
No full textThe Lower Albany Historical Society’s first outing of the year was to Hope Farm. Our visit took place on Thursday, 18 April, a lovely sunny autumn day. Hope Farm is situated west of Port Alfred, about 7km from the Civic Centre.
The history of Hope Farm is closely linked to the early development of the Kowie, through Henry Nourse, William Cock and Benjamin Keeton. Darian Keeton, a commercial beef farmer and the current owner of Hope Farm, represents the fifth generation of Keetons who have farmed on Hope Farm. Darian gave us a brief history of the farm while LAHS members enjoyed their picnic tea in his garden
Reflections on an engaged research approach to understanding patient record-keeping systems in a local clinic in Makhanda
Get PDFThe taking and archiving of accurate record-keeping is an essential part of caregiving in health care. There is extensive evidence that record-keeping systems are affected by systemic problems that impact healthcare provision globally and in South Africa, particularly in public healthcare. Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) has been applied in healthcare settings to address these systemic challenges, including those related to record keeping, but not in South Africa. With participation being a critical element of HFE, a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) framework can but has not been used to understand and optimise systems such as those linked to record keeping. This reflection provides an overview of how an HFE approach was applied, using a CBPR framework to understand the challenges affecting patient record-keeping in a clinic in Makhanda. Specifically, it provides insights into how CBPR was applied and reflections on this experience from both the researchers’ and collaborators\u27 perspectives. The importance of patience and flexibility, empathy, constant feedback and consultation and listening to collaborators\u27 and participants\u27 contributions emerged as important lessons. The community collaborator also experienced the process positively, where she emphasised the empowering experience of being able to help guide and facilitate research, which, in turn, revealed challenges that affected the daily running of the clinic. The collaboration using the CBPR approach was a practical framework for applying several HFE approaches to understand the challenges around record keeping