Diamonds on the soles of their feet: groundwater monitoring in the Hout Catchment, South Africa

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cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystemsen_US
cg.coverage.countrySouth Africaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZAen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.subregionLimpopoen_US
cg.coverage.subregionHout Catchmenten_US
cg.coverage.subregionHout Riveren_US
cg.creator.identifierKaren Grothe Villholth: 0000-0002-7552-6715en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/09734082211014435en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH050493en_US
cg.identifier.wlethemeVariability, Risks and Competing Usesen_US
cg.issn0973-4082en_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.journalJournal of Education for Sustainable Developmenten_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.volume15en_US
dc.contributor.authorGoldin, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMokomela, R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKanyerere, T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorVillholth, Karen G.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-24T06:52:34Zen_US
dc.date.available2021-06-24T06:52:34Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/114091en_US
dc.titleDiamonds on the soles of their feet: groundwater monitoring in the Hout Catchment, South Africaen_US
dcterms.abstractWith the impulse to control and order the disorderly, the threads or tributaries of affect and emotion, which mimic the meanderings of the aquifer itself, are often oversimplified or ignored. These are not anomalies of citizen science (CS) but ‘normal’ and expected ‘disconnects’ that surface when working within a multidisciplinary environment. The article adds value to current discourse on CS by reflecting on the confusing configurations and shifting allegiances that are part and parcel of CS experience. In presenting research from a current project in the Hout Catchment, Limpopo Province in South Africa, it suggests that CS is often oversimplified and does not capture the array of emotions that emerge at multiple scales around CS projects. The authors reflect on the field, which is fraught, fragile and fleeting—and on the intrusions into the field—similar itself to an aquifer with its dykes and flows. Considering CS within the frame of feminist philosophy, it is emancipatory and personally transformative with the element of ‘surprise’ that the end point is undetermined—and the process, however much ‘planned’ is unknown. CS in this instance is a powerful tool for creating virtuous cycles of inclusion and equality and promoting sustainable development through improved water literacy through a grassroot, out-of-the-classroom pedagogy.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2021-06-03en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGoldin, J.; Mokomela, R.; Kanyerere, T.; Villholth, Karen G. 2021. Diamonds on the soles of their feet: groundwater monitoring in the Hout Catchment, South Africa. Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 15(1):25-50. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/09734082211014435]en_US
dcterms.extentp. 25-50en_US
dcterms.issued2021-03en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dcterms.subjectgroundwater managementen_US
dcterms.subjectmonitoringen_US
dcterms.subjectcitizen scienceen_US
dcterms.subjectparticipatory action researchen_US
dcterms.subjectwater resourcesen_US
dcterms.subjectcatchment areasen_US
dcterms.subjectriversen_US
dcterms.subjectstakeholdersen_US
dcterms.subjectfarmersen_US
dcterms.subjectrural communitiesen_US
dcterms.subjectempowermenten_US
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen_US
dcterms.subjectgroundwater tableen_US
dcterms.subjectcase studiesen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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