Category Archives: by Kinga Psiuk

After almost four years of research in the Unruly Natures project, we’re inviting community members to join us for an evening where we share our research journey and approach with you. Open, rigorous research Since before the project started, filmmaker Odendaal Esterhuyse has followed the team as we designed, planned, and carried out the differentContinue reading “Community Screening: Behind the Scenes of Unruly Natures”

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 “

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”