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In the Shadows of the Shoah and Apartheid: Recovering Traces of "Difficult Pasts" of German-Jewish Refugees in South Africa by Steven Robins

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Grounding 'Responsibilisation Talk': Masculinities, Citizenship and HIV in Cape Town, South Africa by Colvin, Christopher J., Robins, Steven, Leavens, Joan

“…This paper investigates how the South African state has understood the relationship between HIV and poverty and how individuals and community-based…”
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Working-Class High School Learners' Challenge to Change: Insights from the "Equal Education" Movement in South Africa by Robins, Steven Lance, Fleisch, Brahm

“…Hargreaves (2002) suggested that vigorous social movements have the potential to improve the quality of (and increase the equity in) public education. This…”
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'Day Zero', Hydraulic Citizenship and the Defence of the Commons in Cape Town: A Case Study of the Politics of Water and its Infrastructures (2017-2018) by Robins, Steven

“…This article examines how the continuing drought and water crisis in Cape Town in 2017 and 2018 created the conditions for the increasing visibility and public…”
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The 2011 Toilet Wars in South Africa: Justice and Transition between the Exceptional and the Everyday after Apartheid by Robins, Steven

“…ABSTRACT This article analyses the media images and public discourses that surrounded the 2011 ‘open toilet scandal’ or what came to be known as the ‘2011…”
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From "Rights" to "Ritual": AIDS Activism in South Africa by Robins, Steven

“…In this article, I investigate how the moral politics of HIV/AIDS activism in South Africa is contributing toward new forms of citizenship that are concerned…”
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Sexual rights and sexual cultures: reflections on "the Zuma affair" and "new masculinities" in the South Africa by Robins, Steven

“…The paper is divided into three sections. The first section focuses on the contested nature of the sexual politics that surrounded the Jacob Zuma rape trial…”
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Slow Activism in Fast Times: Reflections on the Politics of Media Spectacles after Apartheid by Robins, Steven

“…Academics and journalists in South Africa routinely reproduce stark oppositions between 'radical' social movements that embrace the spectacular revolutionary…”
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Uneven “genocide” memorialisation: a hindrance to achieving post-colonial equality? by Robins, Steven, Spiegel, Andrew

“…  Diverse memorials of the Nazi-engendered Holocaust are legion in today’s world. They sustain a sense of painful heritage for that genocide’s survivors and…”
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Opening the Black Box of Urban Development: Cultural Heritage Activism at the Amazon Megaproject in Cape Town by Robins, Steven, Baumgardt, Laurin

“…Abstract This article focuses on efforts by indigenous activists to oppose a mega-development in the middle of the Two Rivers Urban Park (TRUP) at the River…”
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Poo wars as matter out of place: 'Toilets for Africa' in Cape Town (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate) by Robins, Steven

“…In this editorial the author looks at poo protests in South Africa as political in various ways, comparing it to the Great Stink of London in the 19th century…”
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Zapiro: The Work of a Political Cartoonist in South Africa—Caricature, Complexity, and Comedy in a Climate of Contestation by Koelble, Thomas A., Robins, Steven L.

“…Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro, is South Africa's most influential and widely published political cartoonist. His work is featured in several…”
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Humanitarian aid beyond "bare survival": Social movement responses to xenophobic violence in South Africa by ROBINS, STEVEN

“…In this article, I investigate responses to the humanitarian crisis that emerged following the May 2008 xenophobic violence against South African nonnationals…”
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Sexual Politics and the Zuma Rape Trial by Robins, Steven

“…This article focuses on post-apartheid developments in relation to the sexual politics that surrounded the 2006 rape trial of South Africa's former Deputy…”
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NGOs, 'Bushmen' and Double Vision: The p khomani San Land Claim and the Cultural Politics of 'Community' and 'Development' in the Kalahari by Robins, Steven

“…This article focuses on the ambiguities and contradictions of donor and NGO development discourses in relation to local constructions of 'community', cultural…”
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Making sense of the politics of sanitation in Cape Town by Jackson, Shannon, Robins, Steven

“…The paper examines the history and politics of sanitation and urban belonging and citizenship in Cape Town. It traces the cultural histories of waste and odour…”
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An index of waste: humanitarian design, "dignified living" and the politics of infrastructure in Cape Town by Redfield, Peter, Robins, Steven

“…This article develops a framework for thinking about waste as an index that signals a relational position within contested, historically layered conceptions of…”
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Rethinking 'Citizenship' in the Postcolony by Robins, Steven, Cornwall, Andrea, von Lieres, Bettina

“…This paper argues for an approach to researching citizenship and democracy that begins not from normative convictions but from everyday experiences in…”
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'Long live Zackie, long live': AIDS activism, science and citizenship after apartheid by Robins, Steven

“…This article analyses the complex cultural politics of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. It focuses on how AIDS 'dissident' science impacted on policy discourses and…”
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Foot Soldiers of Global Health: Teaching and Preaching AIDS Science and Modern Medicine on the Frontline by Robins, Steven

“…This article investigates the ways in which global health messages and forms of health citizenship are mediated by AIDS activists in rural South Africa. It…”
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