The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and the Society, Work and Development Institute (of the University of the Witwatersrand), recently published a report exploring community protests and xenophobic violence in South Africa. The report "The smoke that calls: Insurgent citizenship, collective violence and the struggle for a place in the new South Africa", provides an analysis of eight case studies in an attempt to "probe and understand the repertoires of and meanings of collective violence with a wide-ranging analysis of local associational life, local politics, and class formation". This paper builds on the above-mentioned report to look at ways of intervening at a community-level in order to prevent collective violence.
RespondingtotheSmokethatCalls
Monica Bandeira
Monica Bandeira is a qualified psychologist with extensive experience in research and monitoring and evaluation.
Craig Higson-Smith
Craig Higson-Smith leads the research department at the Centre for Victims of Torture. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
