A Case study of “Necklacing”: When the case has a face

  • Leswin Laubscher Duquesne University
  • Sipho Mbuqe State University of New York
DOI: https://doi.org/10.57157/pins2020Vol59iss1a5619
Keywords: Nombulelo Dilato, “Necklacing”, Political Violence, Emmanuel Levinas, Responsibility

Abstract

This article reports on, and develops, existing studies by Mbuqe (2010), and Mbuqe & Laubscher (2019). Political violence is the general phenomenon of interest, research and theoretical access to which is granted by a close examination of the “necklacing” murder of Ms. Nombulelo Julia Nokwakwha Dilato in Colesberg, South Africa, on the 2nd of October, 1985. The authors illustrate how their research was upset and troubled by a particular
incident – the perpetrators throwing sand on the face of the victim in order for it not to burn – and how revisiting that incident dramatically changed the course and understanding of their research. The authors conclude by suggesting an ethical scholarship, influenced by the work of the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas, as well as the imperatives of Unobuntu.

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Author Biographies

Leswin Laubscher, Duquesne University

Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts Psychology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Sipho Mbuqe, State University of New York

Upstate Medical University, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, USA

Published
2022-10-21
How to Cite
Laubscher, L., & Mbuqe, S. (2022). A Case study of “Necklacing”: When the case has a face. PINS-Psychology in Society, 59(1), 66-85. https://doi.org/10.57157/pins2020Vol59iss1a5619
Issue
Vol. 59 No. 1 (2020)
Section
Articles

Copyright (c) 2020 Leswin Laubscher, Sipho Mbuqe

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