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Leslie Swartz
Leslie Swartz qualified as a clinical psychologist in 1982 through the University of Cape Town (UCT). His research career as a UCT academic started with studies on cultural issues in mental health, the influence of state violence and political oppression on children, and how racism was reproduced in South Africa’s mental health sector in the 1990s. After joining Stellenbosch University, he was seconded to the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) for a period in the 2000s.
Talk Information:
In Conversation with Sinfree Makoni
August 12, 2023 | 9:00 AM
Swartz has addressed both the World Federation for Mental Health and the International Paralympic Committee and is a part of the African Network for Evidence to Action in Disability.
He often ponders the politics of inclusion and exclusion, of who gets included and who gets excluded. He worries that within the growing global consciousness of race and gender inclusion, disability issues remain on the fringes when tolerance and opportunities for so-called ‘markers of difference’ are advocated.