Artisanal gold mining (AGM) is a grave problem in Zimbabwe that threatens the country"s national ... more Artisanal gold mining (AGM) is a grave problem in Zimbabwe that threatens the country"s national security for it effect environmental, economic, water, food, and physical insecurities. The ensuing study investigates the drivers of AGM, effects of AGM on the country"s peace and security, and, suggest ways in which the AGM-induced security challenges can be mitigated. The findings made herein show that inasmuch as the economic motivation shapes the AGM, but there are a myriad of factors and actors active in shaping the sector. So, there is need for an integrated stratagem; pronouncing the entire range from grassroots poverty relief actions to "high level" political will, attending good governance and legal basis that consider AGMiners as citizens with rights and responsibilities. The physical environment that offers the basic life needs is wrecked by the AGM operations that destroy farmlands, polluting and silting water bodies serving as irrigation and potable water in the country, yet threatening food security. Economically, the government is losing lot revenue from AGM because gold is smuggled out of the country. Without revenue, the government cannot build the essential infrastructure, generate employment and capital to capacitate the military and other state security agencies. Zimbabwe"s physical security is threatened as criminals and some AGMiners acquire firearms, machetes, and other dangerous weapons to defend their activities. Important to lessen AGM and guard the Zimbabwe"s national security, is the pragmatic measures, needful of inclusive effort by government and its agencies, civil society, private sector, and the media to curb AGMiners" threats and education on the national security implications of their actions. The study is informed by Realism, Political Ecology, and Peacebuilding theoretical models. To meet the study objectives, the study adopts qualitative methodology utilizing Semi-Structured Interviews, Key Informant Interviews, Transect Walks and Focus Group Discussions amongst participants recruited using purposive sampling technique.
Artisanal gold mining (AGM) is a grave problem in Zimbabwe that threatens the country"s national ... more Artisanal gold mining (AGM) is a grave problem in Zimbabwe that threatens the country"s national security for it effect environmental, economic, water, food, and physical insecurities. The ensuing study investigates the drivers of AGM, effects of AGM on the country"s peace and security, and, suggest ways in which the AGM-induced security challenges can be mitigated. The findings made herein show that inasmuch as the economic motivation shapes the AGM, but there are a myriad of factors and actors active in shaping the sector. So, there is need for an integrated stratagem; pronouncing the entire range from grassroots poverty relief actions to "high level" political will, attending good governance and legal basis that consider AGMiners as citizens with rights and responsibilities. The physical environment that offers the basic life needs is wrecked by the AGM operations that destroy farmlands, polluting and silting water bodies serving as irrigation and potable water in the country, yet threatening food security. Economically, the government is losing lot revenue from AGM because gold is smuggled out of the country. Without revenue, the government cannot build the essential infrastructure, generate employment and capital to capacitate the military and other state security agencies. Zimbabwe"s physical security is threatened as criminals and some AGMiners acquire firearms, machetes, and other dangerous weapons to defend their activities. Important to lessen AGM and guard the Zimbabwe"s national security, is the pragmatic measures, needful of inclusive effort by government and its agencies, civil society, private sector, and the media to curb AGMiners" threats and education on the national security implications of their actions. The study is informed by Realism, Political Ecology, and Peacebuilding theoretical models. To meet the study objectives, the study adopts qualitative methodology utilizing Semi-Structured Interviews, Key Informant Interviews, Transect Walks and Focus Group Discussions amongst participants recruited using purposive sampling technique.
... iv DR. SHIVAKUMAR DEENE Asst. ... & Non Profi... more ... iv DR. SHIVAKUMAR DEENE Asst. ... & Non Profit Accounting; Industrial Organization; International Economics & Trade; International Finance; Macro Economics; Micro Economics; Monetary Policy; Portfolio & Security Analysis; Public Policy Economics; Real Estate; Regional ... DR. ...
Small house' has become an oft talked about phenomenon in Zimbabwe's urban space. The study explo... more Small house' has become an oft talked about phenomenon in Zimbabwe's urban space. The study explores the nature of 'small house' phenomenon in Harare, how individuals involved in this arrangement perceive their social categorisation and how they cope with other competing duties and societal expectations. The study adopts qualitative methodology involving the use of semi-structured interviews amongst participants recruited using purposive and snowballing sampling techniques. The 'small house' is a practice permitting a man to have lifelong secret erotic affairs with a woman, with the chances of having children accepted by the man. Rational Choice and Cruel Optimism models were utilized. The findings made herein show that inasmuch as the small house is a conscious art/ purposive behaviour, it is a co-dependent relationship rife with 'false' hope. Small house partners are effectively 'married' as the bond amid them carries the marriage meaning, committed themselves to their 'small housing' life. The never-ending search for fulfilment of 'unattainable' dreams, 'good life' appetite or social mobility prospects keeps the 'small house' adherents clinging to this phenomenon. The mystification of life precarity, emotive attachment and the optimistic habitus inherent in small housing is 'cruel' in keeping the members in 'problematic relationships' hoping for eventual miraculous pay offs, while it obscures one's alternative effort to prosperity. Because of the 'problematic' experiences in 'small house' relations, sometimes it is 'marriages' without love, love without sex, and sex without loveall messed up, for it has mixed aftermaths to the participants in terms of achievements, experiences and harms.
Small house' has become an oft talked about phenomenon in Zimbabwe's urban space. The study explo... more Small house' has become an oft talked about phenomenon in Zimbabwe's urban space. The study explores the nature of 'small house' phenomenon in Harare, how individuals involved in this arrangement perceive their social categorisation and how they cope with other competing duties and societal expectations. The study adopts qualitative methodology involving the use of semi-structured interviews amongst participants recruited using purposive and snowballing sampling techniques. The 'small house' is a practice permitting a man to have lifelong secret erotic affairs with a woman, with the chances of having children accepted by the man. Rational Choice and Cruel Optimism models were utilized. The findings made herein show that inasmuch as the small house is a conscious art/ purposive behaviour, it is a co-dependent relationship rife with 'false' hope. Small house partners are effectively 'married' as the bond amid them carries the marriage meaning, committed themselves to their 'small housing' life. The never-ending search for fulfilment of 'unattainable' dreams, 'good life' appetite or social mobility prospects keeps the 'small house' adherents clinging to this phenomenon. The mystification of life precarity, emotive attachment and the optimistic habitus inherent in small housing is 'cruel' in keeping the members in 'problematic relationships' hoping for eventual miraculous pay offs, while it obscures one's alternative effort to prosperity. Because of the 'problematic' experiences in 'small house' relations, sometimes it is 'marriages' without love, love without sex, and sex without loveall messed up, for it has mixed aftermaths to the participants in terms of achievements, experiences and harms.
Small house' has become an oft talked about phenomenon in Zimbabwe's urban space. The study explo... more Small house' has become an oft talked about phenomenon in Zimbabwe's urban space. The study explores the nature of 'small house' phenomenon in Harare, how individuals involved in this arrangement perceive their social categorisation and how they cope with other competing duties and societal expectations. The study adopts qualitative methodology involving the use of semi-structured interviews amongst participants recruited using purposive and snowballing sampling techniques. The 'small house' is a practice permitting a man to have lifelong secret erotic affairs with a woman, with the chances of having children accepted by the man. Rational Choice and Cruel Optimism models were utilized. The findings made herein show that inasmuch as the small house is a conscious art/ purposive behaviour, it is a co-dependent relationship rife with 'false' hope. Small house partners are effectively 'married' as the bond amid them carries the marriage meaning, committed themselves to their 'small housing' life. The never-ending search for fulfilment of 'unattainable' dreams, 'good life' appetite or social mobility prospects keeps the 'small house' adherents clinging to this phenomenon. The mystification of life precarity, emotive attachment and the optimistic habitus inherent in small housing is 'cruel' in keeping the members in 'problematic relationships' hoping for eventual miraculous pay offs, while it obscures one's alternative effort to prosperity. Because of the 'problematic' experiences in 'small house' relations, sometimes it is 'marriages' without love, love without sex, and sex without loveall messed up, for it has mixed aftermaths to the participants in terms of achievements, experiences and harms.
This article interrogates the practice of Christian polygynous marriages in Gutu district among t... more This article interrogates the practice of Christian polygynous marriages in Gutu district among the vapostori of Marange sect apropos poverty, HIV and AIDS. The study assesses the perceptions of the vapostori vis-a-vis polygyny, effects of their lived experiences and the coping mechanisms employed by women of the sect. The findings made herein show that there exists monogamy in the context of polygamy that alleviates the diet of mates and children, as lifestyle of the Marange men. The chief characteristics of the vapostori polygyny in a traditional standpoint are that of fusing traditional culture and religion. The theory of ‘practice’ by Pierre Bourdieu based on the concepts of Capital, Habitus, Field and Agents was utilised as a theoretical framework. Qualitative methodology instrumented by semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and key informant interviews based on purposive and convenience sampling was adopted. The marital behaviour among the sect members is attribu...
The ensuing study is an assessment of factors influencing the
establishment of the common new mar... more The ensuing study is an assessment of factors influencing the establishment of the common new marital arrangement and examining the power dynamics within this form of marriage and the effects it has on the family form and structure in Zimbabwe’s urban space. The findings made herein show that inasmuch as the general beliefs constrains small housing, residents of Glen Norah are knowledgeable actors who act in contrast to beliefs. Everywhere in Zimbabwe’s urban areas, ‘Small House’ phenomenon is a topical issue and now it seems as it is difficult to envisage an urban set up without this phenomenon. ‘Small house’ is a marital practice which allows the extension of the monogamous marriage institution into a quasi-polygamous system, in a nostalgic cultural way, creating a new form of marriage between two ideologies, that of modernity, and cultural adherence. Structuration thesis was utilised as a theoretical framework. To meet the study objectives, qualitative methodology instrumented by semi-structured interviews and key informant interviews were adopted. Purposive and convenience sampling were utilised as sampling techniques. Findings show that most adults in Glen Norah are involved in the modified-clandestine polygyny commonly known as small house institution. Socioeconomic and psychological factors are attributed to the phenomenon as individuals have various motives in small housing. The small house institution has-similar functions, roles and structure as those found in established monogamous families. The small house union is an emergent form of a family which is ‘fluid and a floating structured structure’ which also resulted from the interplay between ‘conflicting structures’ and ‘convenient agency’. Small House practice in Glen Norah has become a social common denominator as men and women across social strata are practising this phenomenon.
International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 2018
This article interrogates the practice of Christian polygynous marriages in Gutu district among t... more This article interrogates the practice of Christian polygynous marriages in Gutu district among the vapostori of Marange sect apropos poverty, HIV and AIDS. The study assesses the perceptions of the vapostori vis-à-vis polygyny, effects of their lived experiences and the coping mechanisms employed by women of the sect. The findings made herein show that there exists monogamy in the context of polygamy that alleviates the diet of mates and children, as lifestyle of the Marange men. The chief characteristics of the vapostori polygyny in a traditional standpoint are that of fusing traditional culture and religion. The theory of 'practice' by Pierre Bourdieu based on the concepts of Capital, Habitus, Field and Agents was utilised as a theoretical framework. Qualitative methodology instrumented by semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and key informant interviews based on purposive and convenience sampling was adopted. The marital behaviour among the sect members is attributed to the long held socioeconomic-religious doctrinal beliefs that fuel poverty and HIV and AIDS. The social and political familiarities, the sexual reproductive and economic exploitative experiences faced by women in the Marange sect and their views regarding polygamy diverge.
UNDERSTANDING THE ‘SMALL HOUSE’ PHENOMENON IN SELECTED PARTS OF HARARE, 2020
'Small house' has become an oft talked about phenomenon in Zimbabwe's urban space. The study expl... more 'Small house' has become an oft talked about phenomenon in Zimbabwe's urban space. The study explores the nature of 'small house' phenomenon in Harare, how individuals involved in this arrangement perceive their social categorisation and how they cope with other competing duties and societal expectations. The study adopts qualitative methodology involving the use of semi-structured interviews amongst participants recruited using purposive and snowballing sampling techniques. The 'small house' is a practice permitting a man to have lifelong secret erotic affairs with a woman, with the chances of having children accepted by the man. Rational Choice and Cruel Optimism models were utilized. The findings made herein show that inasmuch as the small house is a conscious art/ purposive behaviour, it is a co-dependent relationship rife with 'false' hope. Small house partners are effectively 'married' as the bond amid them carries the marriage meaning, committed themselves to their 'small housing' life. The never-ending search for fulfilment of 'unattainable' dreams, 'good life' appetite or social mobility prospects keeps the 'small house' adherents clinging to this phenomenon. The mystification of life precarity, emotive attachment and the optimistic habitus inherent in small housing is 'cruel' in keeping the members in 'problematic relationships' hoping for eventual miraculous pay offs, while it obscures one's alternative effort to prosperity. Because of the 'problematic' experiences in 'small house' relations, sometimes it is 'marriages' without love, love without sex, and sex without love-all messed up, for it has mixed aftermaths to the participants in terms of achievements, experiences and harms.
Artisanal gold mining (AGM) is a grave problem in Zimbabwe that threatens the country"s national ... more Artisanal gold mining (AGM) is a grave problem in Zimbabwe that threatens the country"s national security for it effect environmental, economic, water, food, and physical insecurities. The ensuing study investigates the drivers of AGM, effects of AGM on the country"s peace and security, and, suggest ways in which the AGM-induced security challenges can be mitigated. The findings made herein show that inasmuch as the economic motivation shapes the AGM, but there are a myriad of factors and actors active in shaping the sector. So, there is need for an integrated stratagem; pronouncing the entire range from grassroots poverty relief actions to "high level" political will, attending good governance and legal basis that consider AGMiners as citizens with rights and responsibilities. The physical environment that offers the basic life needs is wrecked by the AGM operations that destroy farmlands, polluting and silting water bodies serving as irrigation and potable water in the country, yet threatening food security. Economically, the government is losing lot revenue from AGM because gold is smuggled out of the country. Without revenue, the government cannot build the essential infrastructure, generate employment and capital to capacitate the military and other state security agencies. Zimbabwe"s physical security is threatened as criminals and some AGMiners acquire firearms, machetes, and other dangerous weapons to defend their activities. Important to lessen AGM and guard the Zimbabwe"s national security, is the pragmatic measures, needful of inclusive effort by government and its agencies, civil society, private sector, and the media to curb AGMiners" threats and education on the national security implications of their actions. The study is informed by Realism, Political Ecology, and Peacebuilding theoretical models. To meet the study objectives, the study adopts qualitative methodology utilizing Semi-Structured Interviews, Key Informant Interviews, Transect Walks and Focus Group Discussions amongst participants recruited using purposive sampling technique.
Artisanal gold mining (AGM) is a grave problem in Zimbabwe that threatens the country"s national ... more Artisanal gold mining (AGM) is a grave problem in Zimbabwe that threatens the country"s national security for it effect environmental, economic, water, food, and physical insecurities. The ensuing study investigates the drivers of AGM, effects of AGM on the country"s peace and security, and, suggest ways in which the AGM-induced security challenges can be mitigated. The findings made herein show that inasmuch as the economic motivation shapes the AGM, but there are a myriad of factors and actors active in shaping the sector. So, there is need for an integrated stratagem; pronouncing the entire range from grassroots poverty relief actions to "high level" political will, attending good governance and legal basis that consider AGMiners as citizens with rights and responsibilities. The physical environment that offers the basic life needs is wrecked by the AGM operations that destroy farmlands, polluting and silting water bodies serving as irrigation and potable water in the country, yet threatening food security. Economically, the government is losing lot revenue from AGM because gold is smuggled out of the country. Without revenue, the government cannot build the essential infrastructure, generate employment and capital to capacitate the military and other state security agencies. Zimbabwe"s physical security is threatened as criminals and some AGMiners acquire firearms, machetes, and other dangerous weapons to defend their activities. Important to lessen AGM and guard the Zimbabwe"s national security, is the pragmatic measures, needful of inclusive effort by government and its agencies, civil society, private sector, and the media to curb AGMiners" threats and education on the national security implications of their actions. The study is informed by Realism, Political Ecology, and Peacebuilding theoretical models. To meet the study objectives, the study adopts qualitative methodology utilizing Semi-Structured Interviews, Key Informant Interviews, Transect Walks and Focus Group Discussions amongst participants recruited using purposive sampling technique.
... iv DR. SHIVAKUMAR DEENE Asst. ... & Non Profi... more ... iv DR. SHIVAKUMAR DEENE Asst. ... & Non Profit Accounting; Industrial Organization; International Economics & Trade; International Finance; Macro Economics; Micro Economics; Monetary Policy; Portfolio & Security Analysis; Public Policy Economics; Real Estate; Regional ... DR. ...
Small house' has become an oft talked about phenomenon in Zimbabwe's urban space. The study explo... more Small house' has become an oft talked about phenomenon in Zimbabwe's urban space. The study explores the nature of 'small house' phenomenon in Harare, how individuals involved in this arrangement perceive their social categorisation and how they cope with other competing duties and societal expectations. The study adopts qualitative methodology involving the use of semi-structured interviews amongst participants recruited using purposive and snowballing sampling techniques. The 'small house' is a practice permitting a man to have lifelong secret erotic affairs with a woman, with the chances of having children accepted by the man. Rational Choice and Cruel Optimism models were utilized. The findings made herein show that inasmuch as the small house is a conscious art/ purposive behaviour, it is a co-dependent relationship rife with 'false' hope. Small house partners are effectively 'married' as the bond amid them carries the marriage meaning, committed themselves to their 'small housing' life. The never-ending search for fulfilment of 'unattainable' dreams, 'good life' appetite or social mobility prospects keeps the 'small house' adherents clinging to this phenomenon. The mystification of life precarity, emotive attachment and the optimistic habitus inherent in small housing is 'cruel' in keeping the members in 'problematic relationships' hoping for eventual miraculous pay offs, while it obscures one's alternative effort to prosperity. Because of the 'problematic' experiences in 'small house' relations, sometimes it is 'marriages' without love, love without sex, and sex without loveall messed up, for it has mixed aftermaths to the participants in terms of achievements, experiences and harms.
Small house' has become an oft talked about phenomenon in Zimbabwe's urban space. The study explo... more Small house' has become an oft talked about phenomenon in Zimbabwe's urban space. The study explores the nature of 'small house' phenomenon in Harare, how individuals involved in this arrangement perceive their social categorisation and how they cope with other competing duties and societal expectations. The study adopts qualitative methodology involving the use of semi-structured interviews amongst participants recruited using purposive and snowballing sampling techniques. The 'small house' is a practice permitting a man to have lifelong secret erotic affairs with a woman, with the chances of having children accepted by the man. Rational Choice and Cruel Optimism models were utilized. The findings made herein show that inasmuch as the small house is a conscious art/ purposive behaviour, it is a co-dependent relationship rife with 'false' hope. Small house partners are effectively 'married' as the bond amid them carries the marriage meaning, committed themselves to their 'small housing' life. The never-ending search for fulfilment of 'unattainable' dreams, 'good life' appetite or social mobility prospects keeps the 'small house' adherents clinging to this phenomenon. The mystification of life precarity, emotive attachment and the optimistic habitus inherent in small housing is 'cruel' in keeping the members in 'problematic relationships' hoping for eventual miraculous pay offs, while it obscures one's alternative effort to prosperity. Because of the 'problematic' experiences in 'small house' relations, sometimes it is 'marriages' without love, love without sex, and sex without loveall messed up, for it has mixed aftermaths to the participants in terms of achievements, experiences and harms.
Small house' has become an oft talked about phenomenon in Zimbabwe's urban space. The study explo... more Small house' has become an oft talked about phenomenon in Zimbabwe's urban space. The study explores the nature of 'small house' phenomenon in Harare, how individuals involved in this arrangement perceive their social categorisation and how they cope with other competing duties and societal expectations. The study adopts qualitative methodology involving the use of semi-structured interviews amongst participants recruited using purposive and snowballing sampling techniques. The 'small house' is a practice permitting a man to have lifelong secret erotic affairs with a woman, with the chances of having children accepted by the man. Rational Choice and Cruel Optimism models were utilized. The findings made herein show that inasmuch as the small house is a conscious art/ purposive behaviour, it is a co-dependent relationship rife with 'false' hope. Small house partners are effectively 'married' as the bond amid them carries the marriage meaning, committed themselves to their 'small housing' life. The never-ending search for fulfilment of 'unattainable' dreams, 'good life' appetite or social mobility prospects keeps the 'small house' adherents clinging to this phenomenon. The mystification of life precarity, emotive attachment and the optimistic habitus inherent in small housing is 'cruel' in keeping the members in 'problematic relationships' hoping for eventual miraculous pay offs, while it obscures one's alternative effort to prosperity. Because of the 'problematic' experiences in 'small house' relations, sometimes it is 'marriages' without love, love without sex, and sex without loveall messed up, for it has mixed aftermaths to the participants in terms of achievements, experiences and harms.
This article interrogates the practice of Christian polygynous marriages in Gutu district among t... more This article interrogates the practice of Christian polygynous marriages in Gutu district among the vapostori of Marange sect apropos poverty, HIV and AIDS. The study assesses the perceptions of the vapostori vis-a-vis polygyny, effects of their lived experiences and the coping mechanisms employed by women of the sect. The findings made herein show that there exists monogamy in the context of polygamy that alleviates the diet of mates and children, as lifestyle of the Marange men. The chief characteristics of the vapostori polygyny in a traditional standpoint are that of fusing traditional culture and religion. The theory of ‘practice’ by Pierre Bourdieu based on the concepts of Capital, Habitus, Field and Agents was utilised as a theoretical framework. Qualitative methodology instrumented by semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and key informant interviews based on purposive and convenience sampling was adopted. The marital behaviour among the sect members is attribu...
The ensuing study is an assessment of factors influencing the
establishment of the common new mar... more The ensuing study is an assessment of factors influencing the establishment of the common new marital arrangement and examining the power dynamics within this form of marriage and the effects it has on the family form and structure in Zimbabwe’s urban space. The findings made herein show that inasmuch as the general beliefs constrains small housing, residents of Glen Norah are knowledgeable actors who act in contrast to beliefs. Everywhere in Zimbabwe’s urban areas, ‘Small House’ phenomenon is a topical issue and now it seems as it is difficult to envisage an urban set up without this phenomenon. ‘Small house’ is a marital practice which allows the extension of the monogamous marriage institution into a quasi-polygamous system, in a nostalgic cultural way, creating a new form of marriage between two ideologies, that of modernity, and cultural adherence. Structuration thesis was utilised as a theoretical framework. To meet the study objectives, qualitative methodology instrumented by semi-structured interviews and key informant interviews were adopted. Purposive and convenience sampling were utilised as sampling techniques. Findings show that most adults in Glen Norah are involved in the modified-clandestine polygyny commonly known as small house institution. Socioeconomic and psychological factors are attributed to the phenomenon as individuals have various motives in small housing. The small house institution has-similar functions, roles and structure as those found in established monogamous families. The small house union is an emergent form of a family which is ‘fluid and a floating structured structure’ which also resulted from the interplay between ‘conflicting structures’ and ‘convenient agency’. Small House practice in Glen Norah has become a social common denominator as men and women across social strata are practising this phenomenon.
International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 2018
This article interrogates the practice of Christian polygynous marriages in Gutu district among t... more This article interrogates the practice of Christian polygynous marriages in Gutu district among the vapostori of Marange sect apropos poverty, HIV and AIDS. The study assesses the perceptions of the vapostori vis-à-vis polygyny, effects of their lived experiences and the coping mechanisms employed by women of the sect. The findings made herein show that there exists monogamy in the context of polygamy that alleviates the diet of mates and children, as lifestyle of the Marange men. The chief characteristics of the vapostori polygyny in a traditional standpoint are that of fusing traditional culture and religion. The theory of 'practice' by Pierre Bourdieu based on the concepts of Capital, Habitus, Field and Agents was utilised as a theoretical framework. Qualitative methodology instrumented by semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and key informant interviews based on purposive and convenience sampling was adopted. The marital behaviour among the sect members is attributed to the long held socioeconomic-religious doctrinal beliefs that fuel poverty and HIV and AIDS. The social and political familiarities, the sexual reproductive and economic exploitative experiences faced by women in the Marange sect and their views regarding polygamy diverge.
UNDERSTANDING THE ‘SMALL HOUSE’ PHENOMENON IN SELECTED PARTS OF HARARE, 2020
'Small house' has become an oft talked about phenomenon in Zimbabwe's urban space. The study expl... more 'Small house' has become an oft talked about phenomenon in Zimbabwe's urban space. The study explores the nature of 'small house' phenomenon in Harare, how individuals involved in this arrangement perceive their social categorisation and how they cope with other competing duties and societal expectations. The study adopts qualitative methodology involving the use of semi-structured interviews amongst participants recruited using purposive and snowballing sampling techniques. The 'small house' is a practice permitting a man to have lifelong secret erotic affairs with a woman, with the chances of having children accepted by the man. Rational Choice and Cruel Optimism models were utilized. The findings made herein show that inasmuch as the small house is a conscious art/ purposive behaviour, it is a co-dependent relationship rife with 'false' hope. Small house partners are effectively 'married' as the bond amid them carries the marriage meaning, committed themselves to their 'small housing' life. The never-ending search for fulfilment of 'unattainable' dreams, 'good life' appetite or social mobility prospects keeps the 'small house' adherents clinging to this phenomenon. The mystification of life precarity, emotive attachment and the optimistic habitus inherent in small housing is 'cruel' in keeping the members in 'problematic relationships' hoping for eventual miraculous pay offs, while it obscures one's alternative effort to prosperity. Because of the 'problematic' experiences in 'small house' relations, sometimes it is 'marriages' without love, love without sex, and sex without love-all messed up, for it has mixed aftermaths to the participants in terms of achievements, experiences and harms.
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establishment of the common new marital arrangement and
examining the power dynamics within this form of marriage and
the effects it has on the family form and structure in
Zimbabwe’s urban space. The findings made herein show that
inasmuch as the general beliefs constrains small housing,
residents of Glen Norah are knowledgeable actors who act in
contrast to beliefs. Everywhere in Zimbabwe’s urban areas,
‘Small House’ phenomenon is a topical issue and now it seems as
it is difficult to envisage an urban set up without this
phenomenon. ‘Small house’ is a marital practice which allows
the extension of the monogamous marriage institution into a
quasi-polygamous system, in a nostalgic cultural way, creating a
new form of marriage between two ideologies, that of modernity,
and cultural adherence. Structuration thesis was utilised as a
theoretical framework. To meet the study objectives, qualitative
methodology instrumented by semi-structured interviews and
key informant interviews were adopted. Purposive and
convenience sampling were utilised as sampling techniques.
Findings show that most adults in Glen Norah are involved in
the modified-clandestine polygyny commonly known as small
house institution. Socioeconomic and psychological factors are
attributed to the phenomenon as individuals have various
motives in small housing. The small house institution has-similar functions, roles and structure as those found in established
monogamous families. The small house union is an emergent form
of a family which is ‘fluid and a floating structured structure’
which also resulted from the interplay between ‘conflicting
structures’ and ‘convenient agency’. Small House practice in Glen
Norah has become a social common denominator as men and
women across social strata are practising this phenomenon.
establishment of the common new marital arrangement and
examining the power dynamics within this form of marriage and
the effects it has on the family form and structure in
Zimbabwe’s urban space. The findings made herein show that
inasmuch as the general beliefs constrains small housing,
residents of Glen Norah are knowledgeable actors who act in
contrast to beliefs. Everywhere in Zimbabwe’s urban areas,
‘Small House’ phenomenon is a topical issue and now it seems as
it is difficult to envisage an urban set up without this
phenomenon. ‘Small house’ is a marital practice which allows
the extension of the monogamous marriage institution into a
quasi-polygamous system, in a nostalgic cultural way, creating a
new form of marriage between two ideologies, that of modernity,
and cultural adherence. Structuration thesis was utilised as a
theoretical framework. To meet the study objectives, qualitative
methodology instrumented by semi-structured interviews and
key informant interviews were adopted. Purposive and
convenience sampling were utilised as sampling techniques.
Findings show that most adults in Glen Norah are involved in
the modified-clandestine polygyny commonly known as small
house institution. Socioeconomic and psychological factors are
attributed to the phenomenon as individuals have various
motives in small housing. The small house institution has-similar functions, roles and structure as those found in established
monogamous families. The small house union is an emergent form
of a family which is ‘fluid and a floating structured structure’
which also resulted from the interplay between ‘conflicting
structures’ and ‘convenient agency’. Small House practice in Glen
Norah has become a social common denominator as men and
women across social strata are practising this phenomenon.