Mapping social unrest in South Africa, 1 September WHAT CAN BE LEARENED FROM A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF PROTESTS IN SOUTH AFRICA (Draft) Speaker: John Devenish Date: Tuesday 1 September 2015 Time: 12:30-14:00 Venue: CCS Seminar Room 602, 6th Floor, MTB Tower, Howard College, University of KwaZulu-Natal Topic: What can be learned from graphic representations of social unrest in South Africa? For a decade, CCS has maintained a 'Social Protest Observatory' that tracks trends in civil society unrest. New technologies, including Geographical Information Systems, allow insights into protest mapping and the reasons and processes behind social unrest. Grievances cited by protesters 2012-2013 Source: “University of Johannesburg Media Briefing: Community Protests 2004-2013,” Johannesburg, Social Change Research Chair, Speaker: John Devenish is CCS's website manager and maintains the Social Protest Observatory.  Back

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