Author Archives: Project Unruly Natures

Complementary data collection 

Here we go again! In the upcoming few weeks (starting from 22 September), we will be visiting Kommetjie, Constantia, and Simons Town to collect more survey responses. The reason is that when reviewing all the data collected so far, we noticed a few areas that we could not access and include in the survey. ThisContinue reading “Complementary data collection “

International interest in the Cape Town case

You are probably wondering why this blog has been so quiet for the past two months. Here is why! After Claire, Rubin, Akhona, and Jason, together with Johan and Luke collected the over 500 survey responses, we need time to analyse the data to make sure that what is later reported is accurate. With thatContinue reading “International interest in the Cape Town case”

Fieldwork completed!

Today, we finally reached the goal of collecting 500 survey responses. It took a few weeks longer than planned, mainly because of the rains, but we are super happy to have reached this far! We have completed data collection in Ocean View, Da Gama Park, Constantia, Murdock Valley, Imhoff’s Gift, Zwaanswyk and Tokai, and haveContinue reading “Fieldwork completed!”

Rainy days and media attention

Data collection is progressing well, by now we have over 250 responses to the survey and have expanded from Ocean View and Capri to Da Gama Park, Simon’s Town, Murdock Valley, Tokai and Zwaanswyk. As winter is setting in, heavy rain has forced us to stay home on some days which is causing some delays.Continue reading “Rainy days and media attention”

First week of data collection complete

After a full day’s training on 9 May, the research team set out to start data collection in Capri and Ocean View. We are very grateful for how friendly and welcoming residents have been, and how many have filled out our survey so far. Some of you have raised very valid questions that we realisedContinue reading “First week of data collection complete”

Data collection about to start!

Next week we will begin conducting surveys, starting first in Capri and Ocean View and then moving on to other baboon-visited neighbourhoods. Together with four fieldworkers (Akhona, Claire, Jason and Randall), Luke and I will be knocking on doors to invite residents to participate. We will all wear ID badges with our names and lightContinue reading “Data collection about to start!”

Second Advisory Board Meeting

Approximately three months have passed since the first meeting with our Advisory Board, and last week it was time for our second one. With only one board member excused (and one researcher joining via video link) we were happy with the turnout and the dedication everyone continues to put towards the project. The meeting gaveContinue reading “Second Advisory Board Meeting”

Pilot study in three baboon-visited areas

After several months of project groundwork and preparation, we went out to three baboon-visited areas to test our data collection approach and the survey that we have developed. We decided to test our set-up in Zwaanswyk, Ocean View, and Simon’s Town because we wanted to be exposed to a diversity of potential challenges that weContinue reading “Pilot study in three baboon-visited areas”

 First Advisory Board meeting

January is a busy month for the Unruly Natures team with important project milestones ahead. One of these was the first meeting of the project’s Advisory Board, set up to help the research take residents’ perspectives into account. The Board’s members all live in different baboon-visited areas across the Cape Peninsula, and were nominated byContinue reading ” First Advisory Board meeting”