26th ANNUAL CONFERENCE
20-23 AUGUST 2024
Relebohile Moletsane is Professor and the JL Dube Chair in Rural Education in the School of Education and Pro Vice Chancellor: Social Cohesion at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Using participatory visual methodology, her research focuses on rural education and development, girlhood studies, gender-based violence and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in South African rural schools and communities.
Moletsane’s current projects involve working with rural communities and schools to understand and address gender-based violence. She is co-editor co-editor (with Lisa Wiebeisek, Astrid Treffry-Goately and April Mandrona) of the 2021 book: Ethical Practice in Participatory Visual Research with Girls and Young Women in Rural Communities. New York; Oxford: Berghahn Books; and co-editor (with Claudia Mitchell & Katarina Giritlin) of the 2024 book: Where am I in the Picture? Researcher Positionality in Rural Studies. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.