1st Edition

Practising Empowerment in Post-Apartheid South Africa Wine, Ethics and Development

By Agatha Herman Copyright 2018
204 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Despite the promise and optimism surrounding the post-apartheid transition, South African society continues to be highly racialised in its discourses, identities and practices, even within the very strategies that aim to change power relations and heal racialised divisions. Renowned for its brutal past practices, the wine industry in South Africa has long been associated with white power and... Read more

1. Introduction: conceptualising power, practice and empowerment through South Africa

2. The South African Wine Industry: conflict and continuity

3. Local Practices of Empowerment in South Africa’s Wine Industry: difference and dilemmas

4. Practicing Empowerment as Development in South African Fairtrade

5. Strategic Practices: interactive relations and the role of the market in ethical trade

6. Whose Empowerment? Materiality and the Marginalised in the South African Wine Industry

7. Conclusions: practising empowerment and empowering practices in South Africa

8. References

Biography

Agatha Herman is a Lecturer in Human Geography at Cardiff University, UK and holds a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship (2014-17). Her research interests focus on questions of ethics, justice and resilience within food production systems, particularly analysing their impact on the everyday spaces, practices and livelihoods of producers.