Post-doctoral Fellow NRF Chair: Local Histories, Present Realities, University of the Witwatersrand
Dr Beth Vale is a postdoctoral fellow under the NRF Chair in Local Histories, Present Realities at Wits University. Her current research explores Johannesburg nightclub cultures as sites of identity, attachment and place-making. Beth also writes weekly for the online magazine, Bubblegum Club.
How night club bouncers police the social order - from Berlin to Johannesburg
Jan 23, 2017 00:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Across the world bouncers remain gatekeepers to the nightclub experience: controlling the queue at the door; curating the size and look of the crowd; and securing the institution from unwanted intruders. Indeed, door...
Putin’s Russia: first arrests under new anti-LGBT laws mark new era of repression
Canada needs a national strategy for homeless refugee claimants