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Prof Chris De Wet

Chris was trained at Stellenbosch, Oxford and Rhodes Universities. His PhD research was on the socio-economic impacts of resettlement arising out of a government development programme in a rural settlement in what was then the homeland/Bantustan of Ciskei. His subsequent research and consultancy work  in development and resettlement issues has seen him involved  more widely in southern Africa, and India, as well as in international resettlement policy issues.He taught in the Department of Anthropology from 1978 to 2013. He is currently a researcher with the Institute of Water Research at Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网, and is affiliated to the Department of Anthropology, where he supervises thesis students, and participates in departmental activities.

Contact Details

Name:  Prof Chris de Wet, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网

Phone: +27 (0) 46 603-8334/8532

Email: c.dewet@ru.ac.za

Qualifications

BA (Anthropology, Latin, Political Philosophy) – 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Stellenbosch

BA Honours (Political Philosophy) – 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Stellenbosch

MA (Anthropology) – 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Stellenbosch

Post-graduate Diploma in Social Anthropology – Oxford 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网, UK

PhD (Anthropology) – Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网

Research Interests

Rural Development; Human Displacement; Refugees; Resettlement; Water resources and impact of dam-building; Land Restitution in South Africa; Development Ethics.

Research

  • Rural ‘community’ studies, social change
  • Rural development, land issues
  • Development-initiated group resettlement
  • Development ethics
  • Integrated development
  • Integrated water resources management

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