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”
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Field visits with NCC
As the summer holiday set in for most, we took the opportunity to learn more about the neighbourhoods where we will be doing this research. NCC, who runs the Baboon Programme for the City of Cape Town, kindly agreed to let us tag along with their field managers to get a better idea of whereContinue reading “Field visits with NCC”
Frequently Asked Questions Page and Subscription Option
Welcome to 2023! We are starting this year with two new developments on our project website. First, we have added a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) tab to share questions that sometimes come up when we talk to residents about the project. We will update this regularly. If you think of something you’d like us toContinue reading “Frequently Asked Questions Page and Subscription Option”
Sharing thesis results with study participants from baboon-visited communities
Last year when I planned my thesis I set the goal of going back to the communities that I worked with and sharing the results with them. Why? Because it is crucial to create spaces where knowledge cross-fertilization between academics and locals can occur. But also because people contributed their time and knowledge, and shouldContinue reading “Sharing thesis results with study participants from baboon-visited communities”
Upcoming event: Sharing findings from previous study, and future research plans
About a year ago, Kinga Psiuk was conducting fieldwork in for her master’s thesis project. She met with residents from several baboon-visited areas around the Cape Peninsula, using something called Q method to unpack how people’s perspectives on baboons and baboon-related matters differ and overlap. Kinga successfully defended her thesis at Stockholm University in June.Continue reading “Upcoming event: Sharing findings from previous study, and future research plans”
