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Categorical difference versus continuum: Rethinking Turner's liminal-liminoid distinction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Andrew D Spiegel --- Department of Social Anthropology,Turner's distinction between liminal and liminoid is not commonly drawn upon, liminality being seen and applied to all ‘betwixt and between’ social situations. Yet Turner's distinction, once appropriately revised, offers a more nuanced means to understand such situations. The criteria... -
Transitional and perpetual liminality: An identity practice perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Sierk Ybema --- VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands Nie Beech --- University of St. Andrews, Nick Ellis --- Durham University,In this article we combine a focus on ‘liminality’ with an analysis of social actors' discursive practices of identity position taking. An exploration of in-depth organisational studies shorn the relevance of ‘liminality’ as a conceptual focus for describing individuals' identity... -
Waiting in liminal space: Migrants' queuing for Home Affairs in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Rebecca Sutton --- Faculty of Law, Canada Darshan Vigneswaran --- Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany Harry Wels --- Athena Institute, VU University Amsterdam, The NetherlandsWaiting is a common feature of everyday encounters between individuals and organisations. Government officials and private sector workers make us wait for decisions, wait for services and sometimes, simply wait our turn. Yet, little attention has been devoted to theorising... -
FIFA 2010 and the elusive spirit of communitas: A return to Victor Turner (with some differences)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Oliver Human --- Sociology and Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University, Steven Robins --- Sociology and Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University,This article focuses on two cases of elusive and hyper-transient expressions of ‘communitas’ that seem to have been structured by specific conditions of liminality. These are the FIFA World Cup 2010 and the experiences of young Zimbabwean refugees living in... -
Transformation as social drama: Stories about merging at North West University, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: F.H. Kamsteeg --- VU University Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSouth African higher education is going through a transitional phase of transformation in which existing cultures and identities are strongly contested. The ambiguity and insecurity that come along with such a process are demonstrated in this article through presentation of... -
A return to Turner: Liminalities in Afrikaner identity politics after apartheid
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Kees (C. S.) van der Waal --- Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, South AfricaThis article explores interpretive possibilities offered by the concept of liminality in the context of identity politics in South Africa in an attempt to build on the rich and stimulating work of Victor Turner towards a comparative and contextual analysis... -
The liminality of kidney failure in South African state hospitals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Diana Gibson --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology,Experiences of patients attempting to gain access to dialysis in state health services in the Western Cape provide examples that illustrate the usefulness of Turner's work on liminality in relation to the South African healthcare system. The ritualised routines of... -
The politics of the liminal and the liminoid in transfrontier conservation in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Marja Spierenburg --- Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology, The NetherlandsNature conservation in South(ern) Africa was for a long time dominated by white males and funded by a white elite. In postapartheid South Africa, government and conservation organisations have attempted to transform the sector by promoting the idea that local... -
Liminality in incorporation: regularisation of undocumented Zimbabweans in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Shingirai Nyakabawu --- , South AfricaSince 2000, large numbers of undocumented Zimbabweans have settled in South Africa in search of better living opportunities. In 2010, the South African government approved an immigration amnesty known as the Dispensation Zimbabwe Permit (DZP). This article argues that DZP...