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(Re)creating community: experiences of older women forcibly relocated during apartheid

dc.contributor.authorRoos, Vera
dc.contributor.authorKolobe, Patricia Stockie
dc.contributor.authorKeating, Norah
dc.contributor.researchID10367225 - Roos, Vera
dc.contributor.researchID16961978 - Kolobe, Patricia Stockie
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-02T12:31:59Z
dc.date.available2016-11-02T12:31:59Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis article explores sense of community with a group of older African women, who were forcibly relocated during apartheid. The situation of a marginalised group, with a history of disconnection from younger generations and from place, provides an opportunity to consider the relevance of community in later life. The research was conducted at a day centre for older people in the North West Province of South Africa, more than 50 years after forced relocations took place. Eleven older women (70 years and older) participated. Qualitative data were obtained through visual research methods and group discussions and were thematically analysed. Findings were that place and sense of belonging as well as elements of community were relevant. Participants reported limited connections to place in either childhood or current communities. Post relocation, a sense of belonging was expressed only in relation to a shared-interest community of peers that addressed their needs for safety, emotional support and instrumental care. Also, generational relations were strained, giving rise to a sense of loss of a community where both young and old were responsible for each other. Constrained resource communities have a profound impact on opportunities to create a sense of belonging.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRoos, V. et al. 2014. (Re)creating community: experiences of older women forcibly relocated during apartheid. Journal of community & applied social psychology, 24(1):12-25. [https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2177]en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/19285
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2177
dc.identifier.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/casp.2177
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.subjectAgeing in place
dc.subjectForced relocation
dc.subjectGenerational community
dc.subjectIntergenerational relations
dc.subjectOlder women
dc.subjectShared-interest community
dc.subjectSense of belonging
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.title(Re)creating community: experiences of older women forcibly relocated during apartheiden_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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