Parker, Kashiefa

Kashiefa Parker is currently completing her Masters (MA) degree within the Unit. For the past few years she has been working on regional projects that focus on coastal management, knowledge management and capacity building within local coastal communities along the east and west coasts of Southern Africa. Her focus has also been on co-ordinating and facilitating a unique online Stakeholder Participation course together with the CPUT (Cape Peninsula University of Technology).

Her Masters dissertation and research focus within the Unit focuses on the human dimensions of marine protected areas in South Africa. It takes a particular interest in the relationship between conservation initiatives and the socio-cultural lives of local fisher communities. In addition to her background in coastal processes, other interests lie in heritage preservation, traditional knowledge systems and writing (she has contributed to various publications about and for the Richtersveld region, including significant contributions to a soon to be published indigenous knowledge book).

Email: Kashiefa.Parker@uct.ac.za
Phone: 021-6502957