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My doctoral research looks at the politics and poetics of climate change in South Africa and Nigeria. More here

I am a PhD Research Trainee at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) where I investigate:

• Climate change and youth well-being in the Global South;
• Structural barriers to livelihood generation for young people in Africa; and
• Skills and education for youth in the informal sector.

I am a 2023 research fellow at Creative Knowledge Resources, an interdisciplinary project at the University of Cape Town which seeks to document and study socially engaged art.

Teaching

2023: Global South Theory and Methodology 
MA Seminar: Anthropology, University of Basel 

2022: Understanding Injustice in Knowledge
MA seminar: African Studies, University of Basel (in lieu of syllabus, a course 'trailer' )

2021: Ways of Reading: Contemporary Art and African Studies
MA seminar: African Studies, University of Basel (syllabus)

 

Publications
 

Edited Volumes
 
McBride, S. and Rensing, J. (2023) Lost Libraries and Burnt Archives, Michaelis Galleries Imprint, University of Cape Town 
 
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
 
McBride, S. (2022) “Afterlives of Land Dispossession and Patterns of Climate Change: Intersections in South African Contemporary Art”, Journal of Southern African Studies, 48:3, 503-525 (PDF)
 
McBride, S. (2022) “Rethinking River resilience: the lower Orange/Gariep river”, Social Dynamics, 48:1, 70-84 (PDF)

McBride, S. (2022) Lower Orange River views, Social Dynamics, (PDF)
 
McBride, S. (2017) “Exploring the Dynamics of Collaborative Accountability in South Africa's Municipalities”. State of Local Governance Publication, Good Governance Learning Network
 
Book Chapters
 
McBride, S. (2022) “Afterlives of imperialism: climate change and South African energy companies in the hinterland” in Pamila Gupta, Sarah Nuttall, Esther Peeren and Hanneke Stuit (eds.) Planetary Hinterlands: Extraction, Abandonment and Care (Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023) in press
 
McBride, S. (2022) “Situating River Resilience: the lower Orange/Gariep river” in The Lower !Garib / Orange River: A Southern African Border Region (18^th to 21^st century) edited by Luregn Lenggenhager Martha Akawa, Giorgio Miescher, Romie Nghitevelekwa and Ndidzulafhi Innocent Sinthumule (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023) in press

Dissertations 

McBride, S. (2015) “Exploring the political communication dynamics in South Africa’s platinum industry: the case of Marikana.” MA Dissertation. University of Cape Town (PDF)

McBride, S. (2011) “HIV/AIDS and The Forgotten Majority: A Gendered Perspective of States’ Fulfilment of the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS amongst Refugee Populations.” MA Dissertation. University of the Witwatersrand (PDF)
 

Fellowships

2023: Creative Knowledge Resources

2020: Research Ecologies & Archival Development (READ) lab at School of Commons (SOC), Zurich University of Arts

Full CV available on request