SOCY 211

LEARNING ACTIVITY 11

According to K. Phajane (2021) these are the four environmental narratives identified in SA.

-the economic

-the conservation

-the non-state factors

-local views

Narrative 1: According to K. Phajane (2021) the economic view of the environment is that it is primarily there for selling and buying: in colonial times for a privileged group to profit from is identified as an economic asset capable of bringing about long-term socioeconomic development and transformation not only in the specific locality but throughout the country.

The motivation for an authoritarian method, according to K. Phajane (2021), is to ensure land protection in the interests of a nation, region, or community; it has a noble goal but inadequate practices. Among the justifications for the approach of instilling fear and worry about the state of the environment, particularly its deterioration in quality, see the environment as a victim in need of rescue.

Narrative 2: According to K. Phajane (2021), Narrative 2: The conservation view is the oldest narrative, with origins in the Apartheid era, and is considered authoritarian when community viewpoints are not considered in decision making. When policies, practices, or directives exclude people and deprive them of their rights to land and other natural resources on that land, it leads to forced removals and resettlement.

According to K. Phajane (2021), the motivation is a capitalist approach those with means and thus power discover opportunities to exploit resources in order to make money which theoretical perspective do you recognise. Nature is an untapped resource that should be harnessed (and thus profitably sold) to lift people out of poverty - thus profit as well as development.

Narrative 3: According to K. Phajane (2021) the non-state actor view is expressed by external interested parties such as academics, scientists, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Narrative 4: Local community perspectives, according to K. Phajane (2021). These perspectives are complicated and highly differentiated, influenced by time, geography, human qualities and circumstances, as well as local power and politics. According to K. Phajane (2021), the nature of the interaction with the environment determines motivation for the approach.

According to K. Phajane (2021), in each narrative, there is a development of environmental thought as articulated in South African environmental discourses.

References

Part 12. Part 12 [PowerPoint presentation]. Unpublished lecture notes on efundi. SOCY211.Vaal: NWU

K. Phajane. 2021. SU7: Application: Environmental problems & environmental social justice in SA