Current research project: The Rise and Demise of Insurgent Trade Unionism in the Rustenburg Platinum Belt

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1 Luke Sinwell completed his B.A. in Anthropology at Hartwick College, New York in When he visited South Africa as an undergraduate, his imagination was captured by the political developments in the country and, thereafter, he never left. Having completed his M.A. and Ph.D. in Development Studies at Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg in 2009, he has published widely on popular protest and radical theories and practices of participatory governance in South Africa. Luke's work highlights the role of ordinary people in social change and he believes that separating out theory from practice undermines the potential for knowledge to contribute towards transformation. He is a former General Secretary of the South African Sociological Association (SASA) and a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Change, University of Johannesburg. Current research project: The Rise and Demise of Insurgent Trade Unionism in the Rustenburg Platinum Belt Google scholar profile: Link to Amazon Author s page: Accredited Research Output (including forthcoming and contracted work) Solely-Authored Book Sinwell, L. (with Siphiwe Mbatha) The Spirit of Marikana: The Rise of Insurgent Trade Unionism in South Africa. Pluto Press, London and Wits University Press, Johannesburg: Co-edited books Paret, M., Runciman, C. and Sinwell, L. Southern Resistance in Critical Perspective: The Politics of South Africa s Contentious Democracy. Routledge, New York:

2 Ngwane, T., Sinwell, L. and Ness, I. Urban Revolt: State Power and the Rise of People s Movements in the Global South. Haymarket Books, Chicago and Wits University Press, Johannesburg: Dawson, M. and Sinwell, L. Contesting Transformation: Popular Resistance in Twenty-First-Century South Africa. Pluto Press, London: Alexander, P. Lekgowa, T., Mmope, B., Sinwell, L, Xezwi, B. Marikana: A View from the Mountain and a Case to Answer. Jacana: 2012; Bookmarks, London: 2012 and Ohio University Press: Solely authored chapters in books Sinwell, L. Thembelihle, South Africa Burning: Hope Rising, chapter in Urban Revolt: State Power and the Rise of People s Movements in the Global South. Haymarket Books and Wits University Press: Sinwell, L. Autonomous Worker Struggles in Marikana: Journey to the Mountain, has been submitted to the editors of a book called The Working Class Strikes Back, Forthcoming, Brill and Haymarket Books: Sinwell, L. Organic Intellectuals and Leadership in South Africa s Contemporary Mineworkers Movement, chapter in Global Resistance in Southern Perspective: The Politics of South Africa s Contentious Democracy. Routledge, Chicago: Sinwell, L. Social Movements, Mobilisation and Political Parties: A Case Study of the Landless People s Movement, South Africa, chapter in The Voices of the Poor in South African Cities. HSRC Press, Cape Town: Sinwell, L. From Radical to Conservative Movement and Back Again: A Case Study of the Democratic Left Front (DLF) in South Africa, chapter in NGOization: Contradictions, Complicity and Possibilities. Zed Books, London: Co-authored chapters in books Ngwane, T., Sinwell, L. and Ness, I. Introduction to Urban Revolt: State Power and the Rise of People s Movements in the Global South. Haymarket Books and Wits University Press: Harrison, P., Masson A. and Sinwell, L. Alexandra, chapter in Changing Space, Changing City: Johannesburg after Apartheid. Wits University Press, Johannesburg: Dawson, M. and Sinwell, L. Transforming Scholarship: Soberly Reflecting on the Politics of Resistance, Introduction for Contesting Transformation: Popular Resistance in Twenty-First-Century South Africa. Published by Pluto Press, London: 2012.

3 Sinwell, L. and Dawson, M. Transforming Contestation: Some Closing Words (coauthored), Conclusion for Contesting Transformation: Popular Resistance in Twenty- First-Century South Africa. Published by Pluto Press, London: Sinwell, L., Lekgowa, T., Mmope, B., Xezwi B. Encounters in Marikana. Introduction to Marikana: A View from the Mountain and a Case to Answer, Published by Jacana: 2012; Bookmarks: 2012 and Ohio University Press: Accredited Journal Publications (solely authored) Sinwell, L. They Died for A Living Wage : The Origins of the Demand for R12,500 and the Changing Forms of Workers Struggle in Lonmin Platinum Mine, South Africa, appeared in Labour Capital and Society in Sinwell, L. AMCU by Day, Workers Committee by Night: Insurgent Trade Unionism at Amplats Mine, , to appear in the Review of African Political Economy, 42 (146) crea20 Sinwell, L. Sharpening the Weapons of the Weak : A Response to Carin Runciman (debate piece) appears in No. 134 (2012) issue of Review of African Political Economy. Sinwell, L. Transformative Left-Wing Parties and Grassroots Organizations: Unpacking the Politics of Top-Down and Bottom-Up Development, appears in Vol. 43 No. 2 (2012) issue of Geoforum. Sinwell, L. Rethinking South Africa s Transition: From Transformative to Mainstream Approaches to Participatory Development, appears in Vol. 70 No. 3 (2011) issue of African Studies. Sinwell, L. Obtaining Peace, Searching for Justice: Evaluating Civil Society and Local Government Responses to Xenophobia in Alexandra, appears in Vol. 38 No. 1 (April 2011) issue of Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies. Sinwell, L. Is Another World Really Possible? Re-examining Counter-hegemonic Forces in Post-apartheid South Africa, appears in No. 127 (March 2011) issue of Review of African Political Economy. rea20

4 Sinwell, L. The Alexandra Development Forum: The Tyranny of Invited Participatory Spaces, appears in No. 74 (2010) issue of Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa. Sinwell, L. The Wynberg Concerned Residents Disempowering Court Victory, appears in Vol. 21 No. 2 (May 2010) issue of Urban Forum. Sinwell, L. Conceptualising Direct Action as a Form of Participation in Development: The South African Case, appears in Vol. 37 No. 1 (April 2010) issue of Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies. Sinwell, L. Undermining S swetla Residents Through Participation: Towards the Abandonment of Institutionalised Participatory Processes, appears in Vol. 40 No. 2 (2009) issue of thesouth African Review of Sociology. Sinwell, L. Participatory Spaces and the Alexandra Vukuzenzele Crisis Committee (AVCC): Reshaping Government Plans, appears in Vol. 35 No. 2 (September 2009) issue of Social Dynamics: A Journal of African Studies. Sinwell, L. Using Giddens s Theory of Structuration and Freirean Philosophy to Understand Participation in the Alexandra Renewal Project, appears in Vol. 3 No. 2 (September 2008) issue of Development Southern Africa. Accredited Journal Publications (co-authored) Dawson, M. and Sinwell, L. Ethical and Political Challenges of Participatory Action Research in the Academy: Reflections on Social Movements and Knowledge Production in South Africa (co-authored), appears in Vol. 11 No. 2 (2012) issue of Social Movement Studies. Selected online articles (2016 only) Counterpunch: South Africa s Marikana Massacre: Prompting the Longest Strike in the Country s Mining History Roar Magazine: The Rise of Insurgent Trade Unionism in South Africa

5 Pluto Press blog: South Africa s Massacre: An Ethnography in the Midst of Militancy ROAPE.net: Marikana: Rank and File Mobilisation Links to radio featuring: Building Bridges (New York City) Insurgent Trade Unionism in South Africa (2015) Classic FM (South Africa): The Spirit of Marikana (2016) /the-spirit-of-marikana-the-rise-of-insurgent-trade-unionism-in-south-africa/view The Daily Maverick Show (South Africa): Marikana Four Years On (2016)