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May 25, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Queer kinship in South Africa: where to next?

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HCHuman Sciences Research Council

Key Points

  • To examine how queer kinship practices in South Africa address emotional and generational dependencies.
  • Qualitative analysis of kinship practices in South African communities.
  • Exploration of human dependency forms like child-rearing and emotional support.
  • Identified diverse practices of kinship that challenge traditional notions of family.
  • Found significant connections between queer kinship and emotional dependency.

Abstract

Kinship is a set of practices that institutes relationships of various kinds which negotiate the reproduction of life and the demands of death. These practices, she goes on to explain, address fundamental forms of human dependency, which may include birth, child-rearing, relations of emotional dependency and support, generational ties, illness, dying, and death (to name a few). But what exactly makes kinship queer?

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Human Sciences Research Council (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a13e8030e02ee3982d32a90https://doi.org/10.14749/32379231
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