How does society create and control our social world? How do passports and passbooks function as agents of government control? And what are the purposes of citizenship tests and ceremonies? This album provides insight into how large communities are organised to regulate their social behaviour. People who lived under Apartheid in South Africa describe how their passbook governed their social world, from alcohol consumption to medical health. Philosophers, politicians and academics offer differing perspectives on requirements for citizenship and the importance of citizenship ceremonies in the UK and Australia. In the two audio tracks, course team members Liz McFall and...
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Making social worlds
A short introduction to this album.
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Transcript -- Making social worlds
Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.
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South African passbooks
Obligatory passbooks governed life in South Africa under Apartheid.
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Transcript -- South African passbooks
Transcript -- Obligatory passbooks governed life in South Africa under Apartheid.
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Classifying races
How races were classified after the introduction of the 1950 Population Registration Act.
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Transcript -- Classifying races
Transcript -- How races were classified after the introduction of the 1950 Population Registration Act.
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Held hostage to a passbook
The impact of passbooks on the community.
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Transcript -- Held hostage to a passbook
Transcript -- The impact of passbooks on the community.
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Humiliation of the red stamp
The 'Vula-Vala' check-up that was undergone to get a red stamp in the passbook.
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Transcript -- Humiliation of the red stamp
Transcript -- The 'Vula-Vala' check-up that was undergone to get a red stamp in the passbook.
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Finding work
The rules of working in South Africa and the role of the passbook.
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Transcript -- Finding work
Transcript -- The rules of working in South Africa and the role of the passbook.
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Fear of forgetting
Being caught without a passbook meant humiliation.
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Green IDs and liquor quotas
Passbooks during prohibition.
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Transcript -- Fear of forgetting
Transcript -- Being caught without a passbook meant humiliation.
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Transcript -- Green IDs and liquor quotas
Transcript -- Passbooks during prohibition.
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The waiting game
Passbook restrictions: one man's story.
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British citizenship ceremony
A British citizenship ceremony hosted by Brent Council in London.
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Transcript -- The waiting game
Transcript -- Passbook restrictions: one man's story.
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Transcript -- British citizenship ceremony
Transcript -- A British citizenship ceremony hosted by Brent Council in London.