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

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cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.coverage.countrySouth Africa
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZA
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.subregionLimpopo
cg.coverage.subregionHout Catchment
cg.coverage.subregionHout River
cg.creator.identifierKaren Grothe Villholth: 0000-0002-7552-6715
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/09734082211014435en
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH050493
cg.identifier.wlethemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses
cg.issn0973-4082en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalJournal of Education for Sustainable Developmenten
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume15en
dc.contributor.authorGoldin, J.en
dc.contributor.authorMokomela, R.en
dc.contributor.authorKanyerere, T.en
dc.contributor.authorVillholth, Karen G.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-24T06:52:34Zen
dc.date.available2021-06-24T06:52:34Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/114091
dc.titleDiamonds on the soles of their feet: groundwater monitoring in the Hout Catchment, South Africaen
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
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2021-06-03
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
dcterms.extentp. 25-50en
dcterms.issued2021-03
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSAGE Publicationsen
dcterms.subjectgroundwater managementen
dcterms.subjectmonitoringen
dcterms.subjectcitizen scienceen
dcterms.subjectparticipatory action researchen
dcterms.subjectwater resourcesen
dcterms.subjectcatchment areasen
dcterms.subjectriversen
dcterms.subjectstakeholdersen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectrural communitiesen
dcterms.subjectempowermenten
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen
dcterms.subjectgroundwater tableen
dcterms.subjectcase studiesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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