Hi Everyone,
Please come along to the next Research in Progress seminar at the RAI on the 22nd May at 4.30pm. Free tea, coffee, wine and lots of discussion.
Title: Trust in Charity: Continuing Two Centuries of UK Involvement in South African Education
Speaker: Oliver Pattenden
PhD Candidate, Rhodes University, South Africa
Abstract:
My ethnographic research focuses upon Ngomso, a “special school” for “severely socially marginalised” young people in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, and a partner charity in the UK that supports its work. In this paper, I explore how my interlocutors engaged with Ngomso with varying degrees of ‘trusting assistance’ and ‘sceptical repellence’. Firstly, by considering fundraising efforts in the UK and the processes by which individuals became supporters of the school, I argue that their religiously motivated charity depended upon social connections and personal histories rooted in two centuries of Anglican missionisation in South Africa. Moreover, their agreement on how best to transform the lives of young South Africans owes much to the paternalistic ambitions of previous generations. Supporters were not only united by their trust in God, but also by their trust in each other and distrust of the post-apartheid ANC government.
In the second part of the paper, I shift attention to research conducted in South Africa. In light of other anthropological studies of moral contestation relating to Xhosa reaction to schools funded by ‘European money’, I depict a city and interlocutors divided by judgements of Ngomso. Unlike supportive audiences in the UK, some individuals at the Department of Education and others living in ‘the township’ did not welcome Ngomso’s interventions nor trust those who instigated them.
As a whole, this paper contributes to academic discussions of how trust is integral to the proliferation of NGOs and charities. Most importantly, I argue that such trust is interwoven with historically constituted ethical judgements and deeply personalised relationships, as well as modes of accountability that are overseen by departments of government.
Book a free ticket at: http://oliverpattenden.eventbrite.co.uk
Gemma Aellah
Royal Anthropological Institute
50 Fitzroy Street
London
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Mobile 0745 0249 070
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From: Oli Pattenden [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 13 May 2015 14:27
To: Gemma Aellah
Subject: Re: Friday May 22nd
Thanks Gemma.
I'll send Raymond a copy of my abstract and hope that he is able to chair.
All the best
Oli
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From: Gemma Aellah <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
To: 'Oli Pattenden' <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Cc: arap torp <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Sent: Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 13:25
Subject: RE: Friday May 22nd
Dear Oli and Raymond,
Raymond – this is Oli who is giving a really interesting talk on the 22nd May at the Research in Progress Friday meetings. He would like you to chair him if that’s okay? He’ll tell you more about it but it sounds right up your street.
Lots of love
Gem
xxx
Gemma Aellah
Royal Anthropological Institute
50 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 5BT
Mobile 0745 0249 070
www.therai.org.uk<http://www.therai.org.uk/>
www.londonanthropologyday.co.uk<http://www.londonanthropologyday.co.uk/>
From: Oli Pattenden [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 11 May 2015 16:39
To: Gemma Aellah
Subject: Friday May 22nd
Hi Gemma,
Thanks for arranging Friday, it was good to meet with you all. I'm really keen to be involved in plans for next year so please let me know how things develop with what we discussed.
I've attached my abstract for my slot on the 22nd. Nobody else has read it so I'd really appreciate it if you could have a critical look before sending it out and please let me know if there are any errors or points that need clarification.
Would you be happy for me to contact Raymond directly with a view to asking him to chair the session? I have been meaning to contact him and it would be a nice opportunity to do so.
All the best
Oli
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