Final Programme 

Wednesday 23 August 

10.30 Arrival and coffee 

11.00-11.30 Steven Robins, PI of Indexing Transformation, Opening Address. 

11.30-12.00 Vanessa Mpatlanyane, Sociology and Social Anthropology Alumnus, “Family obligations and expectations in Mbombela, Mpumalanga: Experiences of two generations in black middle-class families” 

12.00-12.30 Discussion 

12.30 Lunch 

13.30-14.10 Prof Karl von Holdt, invited guest, “Sociology and Social Change: some personal reflections” 

14.10-14.40 Adriaan Steyn, Sociology and Social Anthropology Alumnus, “The Magic School Bus: Promises and Betrayals of Postapartheid Schooling” 

14:40-15:15 Discussion 

15.15 Coffee Break 

15:45-16.05 Damian Johnson, Indexing Transformation Alumnus, “An Oral History of Teaching on the Cape Flats in the 1980s.” 

16.05-16.25 Mukisa Mujulizi, Indexing Transformation Alumnus “Making an Elite Class Consciousness: Exploring the Rituals of Class Privilege in Cape Town Private Schools” 

16:25-16.40 Safiyya Goga, Sociology and Social Anthropology doctoral student. “Schools, friendships and the politics of relation in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg” 

16.40-17.00 Prof Aslam Fataar, invited guest. Response to Presentations on Education 

17:00-17.30 Discussion 

18.00 Dinner 

Thursday 24 August 

7.30 Breakfast 

9.00-9.30 Esethu Monakali, Sociology and Social Anthropology Alumnus “Anxious Encounters: On Trans Masculinities and the City” 

9.30-9.45 Discussion 

9.45-10.15 Angelique Michaels, Sociology and Social Anthropology Alumnus, “Shaping subjectivities and staking claims in post-apartheid Cape Town: An ethnographic enquiry into the politics of place making through repurposed infrastructures” 

10:15-10.30 Discussion 

10.30-11.00 Coffee Break 

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11.00-11.40 Handri Walters, Sociology and Social Anthropology Alumnus, “Race, Science and Physical Anthropology at Stellenbosch University: The case of Dr Coert Grobbelaar” 

11.40-12.00 Discussion 

12.00 Lunch 

13.00-13.40 Prof Peter Redfield, invited guest “On Little Goods and the Meantime Future” 

13.40-14.15 Discussion 

14.15-14.35 Nicola van der Westhuizen, Indexing Transformation Alumnus, “”Beyond Race and Class: relation, obligation, and contestation in a post-protest Hermanus”. 

14.35-14.55 Anne Wiltshire, Sociology and Social Anthropology doctoral student, “’Child’s work: A historical materialist analysis of the social productive work of farmworker children’.” 

14.55-15.20 Discussion 

15.20-15.40 Coffee 

15.50.-16.10 Matthew Wingfield, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Sociology and Social Anthropology, “Leveraging the ‘event’ in the climate crisis: Revisiting the Manchester School” 

16.10-16.30 Tumi Malope, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Sociology and Social Anthropology, “Making sense of the “just” energy transition in the Karoo.” 

16.30-17.00 Discussion 

17.00-17.15 Summation of the Day’s proceedings: Adnaan Salie and Michaela van der Linde, Indexing Transformation Current Students. 

18.00 Dinner 

Friday 25 August 

7.30 Breakfast 

9.00-9.30 Bernard Dubbeld. Co-PI Indexing Transformation, “From Public Sociology to Sociology of the Public”. 

9.30-9.45 Discussion 

9.45-10.05 Terri-Leigh Meyers, Indexing Transformation Current Student “An exploration of transracial adoption; qualitative research study with families in South Africa.” 

10.05-10.25 Fabio Sedeman, Indexing Transformation Current Student, “”Sport as an Instrument to transform gender and race relations: A Case Study of the Fitsport programme, Western Cape”. 

10.25-10.45 Nabeelah Fife, Indexing Transformation Current Student, ““Toward a Marxist Feminist analysis of Sex work: Emotional Labour & Interactive Body work .” 

10.45-11.00 Discussion 

11.00-11.30 Coffee Break 

11.30-12.10 Prof Ronelle Carolissen, invited guest “Transformation and university students: looking back and looking ahead” 

12.10-12.30 Discussion 

12.30-12.50 Closing Thoughts: Bavani Naicker and Ava van Huysteen, Indexing Transformation Current Students. 

13:00 Lunch and Departure