{"id":5977,"date":"2021-12-13T12:50:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T10:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/?p=5977"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:29:08","slug":"lesedi-24-december-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/uncategorized\/lesedi-24-december-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesedi #24 \u2013 December 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lesedi<\/em>, la revue en ligne de l’IFAS-Recherche, propose un nouveau num\u00e9ro sp\u00e9cial de 70 pages intitul\u00e9 \u00ab Discussing Social Cohesion in South Africa \u00bb. Il rassemble six articles \u00e9crits par des divers chercheurs (chercheurs seniors, chercheurs post-doctoraux et doctorants) et discute du concept de \u00ab coh\u00e9sion sociale \u00bb, en s\u2019appuyant sur des recherches en cours et sur des travaux de terrain r\u00e9cents. Il propose \u00e9galement une analyse, par l\u2019anthropologue Leslie Banks, des r\u00e9cents \u00e9pisodes de pillage survenus en juillet 2021.
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Ce num\u00e9ro a \u00e9t\u00e9 dirig\u00e9 par L\u00e9o Fortaillier (Laboratoire des Sciences Sociales du Politique, Sciences Po Toulouse), jeune chercheur qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 accueilli r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement \u00e0 l’IFAS-Recherche ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab La couverture internationale du magazine am\u00e9ricain Time<\/em> du 13 mai 2019 examine l’Afrique du Sud comme  \u201cle pays le plus in\u00e9galitaire du monde\u201d. Pour illustrer ce titre en caract\u00e8res blancs et gras, la r\u00e9daction a choisi une photo de drone tir\u00e9e de la s\u00e9rie Unequal Scenes<\/em> de Johnny Miller, montrant la banlieue ais\u00e9e de Primrose \u00e0 gauche et le quartier informel de Makause \u00e0 droite, s\u00e9par\u00e9s seulement par une route. Entre ces deux quartiers de Johannesbourg, le contraste est saisissant. Et m\u00eame si le pays ne peut \u00eatre r\u00e9duit \u00e0 une telle opposition binaire, l’image contient une part de v\u00e9rit\u00e9 puisque l’Afrique du Sud se classe souvent parmi les derniers pays en termes de coefficient de Gini. Si l\u2019on ajoute \u00e0 ce contexte que \u201cdepuis le milieu des ann\u00e9es 2000, le pays conna\u00eet l’un des plus hauts niveaux de protestation populaire et de gr\u00e8ve au monde\u201d (Bohler-Muller et al. 2017), parler de \u00ab coh\u00e9sion sociale \u00bb peut sembler tr\u00e8s probl\u00e9matique. \u00bb (L\u00e9o Fortaillier)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lesedi, the online journal of IFAS-Research, is launching a new special issue of 70 pages focusing on social cohesion in South Africa (\u201cDiscussing Social Cohesion in South Africa\u201d). It contains six articles written by senior researchers, post-doctoral researchers and PhD students, discussing the concept of social cohesion, presenting ongoing research and recent fieldwork in South Africa. It also includes an analysis by Prof. Leslie Banks of recent looting episodes of July 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This special volume has been edited by L\u00e9o Fortaillier (Laboratoire des Sciences Sociales du Politique, Sciences Po Toulouse), a young researcher who visited by IFAS-Research on a regular basis in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe May 13, 2019 international cover of the American magazine Time examines South Africa as \u2018the world\u2019s most unequal country\u2019. To illustrate this title in bold white letters, the editor chose a drone picture taken from Johnny Miller\u2019s Unequal Scenes series showing the wealthy suburb of Primrose on the left and the informal settlement of Makause on the right only separated by a road. Between the two neighbourhoods of Johannesburg the contrast is stark. Even though the country cannot be reduced to such a binary opposition the picture contains a part of truth as South Africa often ranks amongst the last countries in terms of Gini coefficient. If we add to that context that \u201csince the mid-2000s the country has experienced one of the world\u2019s highest levels of popular protest and strike action\u201d (Bohler-Muller et al. 2017), speaking of \u2018social cohesion\u2019 could seem arduous.\u201d (L\u00e9o Fortaillier)<\/p>\n\n\n\n