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Diamonds on the soles of their feet: groundwater monitoring in the Hout Catchment, South Africa

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Title Diamonds on the soles of their feet: groundwater monitoring in the Hout Catchment, South Africa
 
Creator Goldin, J.
Mokomela, R.
Kanyerere, T.
Villholth, Karen G.
 
Subject groundwater management
monitoring
citizen science
participatory action research
water resources
catchment areas
rivers
stakeholders
farmers
rural communities
empowerment
sustainability
groundwater table
case studies
 
Description With the impulse to control and order the disorderly, the threads or tributaries of affect and emotion, which mimic the meanderings of the aquifer itself, are often oversimplified or ignored. These are not anomalies of citizen science (CS) but ‘normal’ and expected ‘disconnects’ that surface when working within a multidisciplinary environment. The article adds value to current discourse on CS by reflecting on the confusing configurations and shifting allegiances that are part and parcel of CS experience. In presenting research from a current project in the Hout Catchment, Limpopo Province in South Africa, it suggests that CS is often oversimplified and does not capture the array of emotions that emerge at multiple scales around CS projects. The authors reflect on the field, which is fraught, fragile and fleeting—and on the intrusions into the field—similar itself to an aquifer with its dykes and flows. Considering CS within the frame of feminist philosophy, it is emancipatory and personally transformative with the element of ‘surprise’ that the end point is undetermined—and the process, however much ‘planned’ is unknown. CS in this instance is a powerful tool for creating virtuous cycles of inclusion and equality and promoting sustainable development through improved water literacy through a grassroot, out-of-the-classroom pedagogy.
 
Date 2021-03
2021-06-24T06:52:34Z
2021-06-24T06:52:34Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Goldin, J.; Mokomela, R.; Kanyerere, T.; Villholth, Karen G. 2021. Diamonds on the soles of their feet: groundwater monitoring in the Hout Catchment, South Africa. Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 15(1):25-50. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/09734082211014435]
0973-4082
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114091
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/09734082211014435
https://doi.org/10.1177/09734082211014435
Variability, Risks and Competing Uses
H050493
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyrighted; all rights reserved
Open Access
 
Format p. 25-50
 
Publisher SAGE Publications
 
Source Journal of Education for Sustainable Development