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Joy Owen

An anthropologist by training, Dr Joy Owen is the current head of department of anthropology at Rhodes University, where she has enjoyed intellectual and pedagogical stimulation since 2003. She remains adamant though that everyone should refer to her as "Just Joy". And so most people do!

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Slowly, slowly I merge into Germany’s ‘right’ stream…

by Joy Owen 14 June 201614 June 2016

One never really contemplates how traffic is routed in various countries, until one starts to travel. I am therefore rather blasé when it comes to crossing the road, assuming that I will be fine. Surely sticking to the right hand side of the road is or will be easy? I don’t intend driving in Münster […]

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‘An arbitrary experience in a supermarket made me feel seen, acknowledged’

by Joy Owen 26 May 201626 May 2016

It’s cold. I’m tired. And I’m sitting in Münster, Germany, on a bleak, cobble-stone floor, with no idea about what to do. I’ve organised accommodation for the first three nights of my stay here. But I can’t gain access to the flat before 3pm. I’ve SMSed the proprietor from my SA cell number explaining my […]

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