Substantive Belonging in a Post-Apartheid City: Examining the Intersection of Race, Class, Space, and Colonial Legacies in Cape Town
Bibliographic record
Abstract
This dissertation explores the complexities of belonging, displacement, and restitution in post- apartheid Cape Town. The study focuses on the intersections of race, class, space, and the legacies of colonialism. It employs the concept of substantive belonging to analyze how affective and structural modes of belonging shape individuals' positioning within the city. Furthermore, by examining the gaps in belonging, the research illuminates the discrepancies between the idealized condition of substantive belonging and the realities experienced by residents of Cape Town. Through ethnographic exploration in various locations, including Woodstock, District Six, and Protea Village, the dissertation presents a nuanced understanding of how belonging is constructed and challenged. The research uncovers how race and class influence perceptions of inclusion and exclusion by analyzing events and narratives in public spaces. It investigates the connection between forced removals during apartheid and contemporary gentrification-led displacement, shedding light on the ongoing struggles for affordable housing and the right to belong in the city. The dissertation also examines the experiences of returning communities in Protea Village and District Six, illustrating the intricate social practices and norms that shape localized notions of belonging. An investigation of the regulations of space, the comparison between gentrification-led displacement and forced removals during apartheid, and the adequacy of post-apartheid restitution measures, uncovers the challenges in creating a truly post-apartheid city. It underscores the importance of addressing historical injustices and reconciling with the colonial past to foster substantive belonging for all residents. Ultimately, the research calls attention to the intricate processes of transformation, restitution, and reconciliation in Cape Town, emphasizing the need to consider more than legal rights and economic factors when aiming for meaningful change.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame distilled prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".