Brittany's Field Journal

My name is Brittany Williams and I graduated with a Masters in Women’s and Gender Studies from the University of Louisville. My area of interest is motherhood and how it affects international women’s movements. I have had the privilege and…

Cape Town is one of the most naturally beautiful places I have ever been. These pictures do not come close to capturing the true depth of beauty while looking down at Cape Town from Lion’s Head Mountain. This was our first trip out into Cape Town to…

photographs of the amazing creative people I have the pleasure of experiencing South Africa with.

starting from top left: Dr. Cate Fosl, Lauren Copeland, Jyler Donovan, Amina Ahmed

While walking around Longmarket, I came across a sign hanging on the side of a Methodist church that said, “Women and men are equal in God’s eyes….so in whose name do men rape?” This publically displayed statement immediately struck me. Undoubtedly…

Last week I met and interviewed a woman from Rwanda, who shared her experience moving to South Africa as a refugee. Her name has been changed to Rosine to respect her privacy. Rosine moved to South Africa with her one-year-old child after the…

Again, I want to pose the question: who experiences and views these landscapes in Cape Town? And who is left out? Landscapes have become an important way in how I understand and interpret the complex history of Cape Town and current social/economic…

During our stay in Cape Town, it became very apparent how the statues and monuments which reside around the city for remembrance instead act as ghosts of colonial past that reinforce the social and political order of their time. I have written a lot…

There are two very important things that Shrita loves about Cape Town: the chocolate and the coffee.

Shrita has been eating and drinking her way through the chocolate and coffee of Cape Town. On this particular day at Kirstenbosch Gardens, she…