Hope as a critical resource for small scale farmers in Mpumalanga
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Date
2015
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SAGE
Abstract
I contrast formal institutional structures that
are part of water resources management policy and
practice with more fluid ‘outside’ spaces that I claim are
more apt for participatory engagement around food
production. I link these ideas to a discussion on hope.
I make three distinct contributions. First the paper
expands on the theoretical concerns of the Capability
Approach by bringing to the fore the linkages between
subjective well-being and emotions. The paper thus
connects the Capability Approach and discourses of
affect and emotions explicit. The Capability Approach
(CA) is a helpful entry point into the idea of hope in
particular and emotions in general. Second, I claim
that emotions are of public concern and that they are
embedded structurally. In these spaces the dimension
of power is crucial in determining the nature of the
emotions that are experienced, and there is a connection between hope and power.
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Social justice, Public space, Water resources management, Power, Mpumalanga, Farming
Citation
Goldin, J. (2015). Hope as a critical resource for small scale farmers in Mpumalanga. Human Geography, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/194277861500800302