Category Archives: by Johan Enqvist

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”

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!”

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”

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”