About My Research
The study will investigate the changes in women’s lives experiences in small-scale fishing activities following the Kariba Dam construction in Zimbabwe, focusing on period between 1945 and 2000. It examines how colonial development initiatives, particularly the damming project, altered women’s roles, socio-economic activities and access to the waterscape. The study also investigates the place of women in the fishery policies in Zimbabwe. The study is qualitative and uses phenomenological worldview. The research design is retrospective and prospective. Archival records, in-depth and key informant interviews will gather feminist knowledge enterprise. Decolonial feminist lens will guide the research. This study is situated within the intersection of gender, environmental studies, livelihood studies, landscape histories and anthropology of science.