Safety & Violence Initiative (SaVI)
SaVI conference
Podcasts of some of the presentations | YouTube Video
UCT's Safety & Violence Initiative (SaVI) held its first conference on 8 and 9 September, 2011.
Titled Promoting safety, Reducing violence, Raising awareness, the conference explored trends in violence with topics such the 'culture of violence' in South Africa, violence in schools and in communities, and innovative responses to violence.
At the event, experts in these fields, some from as far afield as Jamaica, Scotland, and Switzerland, shared their insights on the topics.
Podcasts of some of the presentations
Download the podcasts of some of the speakers' presentations at the conference.
Global violence prevention: an overview
Alexander Butchart (World Health Organization)
Violence prevention: the evidence
Christopher Mikton (World Health Organization)
Welcome address by the Vice-Chancellor
Dr Max Price (VC, University of Cape Town)
A view from provincial government
Dr Gilbert Lawrence (Department of Community Safety, Provincial Government of the Western Cape)
Challenging notions of criminal offending: The possibility of a new theoretical framework based on findings from a study on incarcerated women in South Africa
Lillian Artz (Gender, Health & Justice Research Unit, University of Cape Town)
Sex, violence and harm in games: An analysis of the guidelines for classification of the Film and Publication Board of South Africa
Muya Koloko (Marion Walton, Nicola Pallit & Muya Koloko Centre for Film and Media Studies, University of Cape Town)
Gunshots of children in Cape Town: Did the introduction of the New Firearm Bill in 2004 have any effect?
Sebastian Van As
Nathan Campbell, John Colville, Dorothy Schulman, Pumla Mtambeka & Sebastian Van As (Trauma Unit Red Cross Children's Hospital Cape Town; Childsafe South Africa; and Department of Paediatric Surgery, University of Cape Town)
Violence and alcohol: the injury profile at the Elsies River Community Health Centre
Richard Matzopolous
Richard Matzopolous (Medical Research Council & School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town)
Indira Govender (Western Cape Department of Health & School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town)
Prestige Makanga (African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town)
Joanne Corrigall (School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town)
Representations of violence against women
Floretta Boonzaier (Department of Psychology, University of Cape Town)
Understanding the social dynamics of collective violence in poor communities in South Africa & its implications for violence prevention
Nomfundo Mogapi
Malose Langa (Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation & Department of Psychology, University of Witwatersrand)
Adele Kirsten (Independent consultant/ violence prevention practitioner)
Nomfundo Mogapi (Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation)
Design principles for more effective security governance and urban safety in South Africa
Julie Berg
Julie Berg & Clifford Shearing (Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town)
YouTube Video: The Safety & Violence Initiative (SaVI) conference at UCT
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Safety and violence out in the open
Monday Paper article
May 2011
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1st conference of UCT's Safety & Violence Initiative draws global experts
(Media release - 10 October)
