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Welcome to Fieldnotes

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Fieldnotes, our new platform for promoting the role of critical health social science research in the field of public health.

Cape Town: 24 Hours on the street

A photovoice project with homeless people living on the streets of the Central Business District during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dialogue on Social Sciences and Immunization

Sponsored by a Research Partnership Grant I from Lead House Africa, I had the great pleasure of organizing and hosting an open Dialogue on Social Sciences and Immunization on 30 Nov and 01 December 2022.

The importance of vaccinations

This short TikTok video was created by postgraduate students in the Division of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Shehani Perera and Natasha Kannemeyer and highlights the importance of vaccinations.

The MPH Journey: Reflections from recent graduates

A reflections piece by postgraduate students from the University of Cape Town, discussing studies during Covid-19

Dialogue on Social Sciences and Immunization

The Importance of Vaccinations

This Fieldnotes piece showcases a short TikTok video illustrating important considerations for vaccines. Shehani Perera; Natasha Kannemeyer

Cape Town: 24 hours on the street: A photovoice project with homeless people living on the streets of the Central Business District during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cape Town: 24 hours on the street is a photographic project which uses a photovoice participatory action-research methodology. Alberto Caoci

The MPH Journey: Reflections From Recent Graduates

In this Fieldnotes piece, four recent Master of Public Health (MPH) graduates from the University of Cape Town responded to questions about their different experiences of the MPH journey from coursework to dissertation.

Fieldnotes is our platform for promoting critical health social science research in the field of public health. Fieldnotes tries to bring academic research and intellectual debates to a wider audience. This work is important, but it is also difficult, and academics are generally not taught how to write about their ideas in this way. Fieldnotes aims to provide an opportunity not only for a broader audience to engage with issues and debates in the health social sciences but also for our students and staff to develop capacity in this kind of knowledge translation. We hope that it will become a trusted resource for anyone interested in learning about the research, staff and students connected to DSBS.