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- ItemThe lived experiences of street-based sex workers in Woodstock, Cape Town(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04) Grobbelaar-Lenoble, Irene; Van der Wal, Ernest; Viljoen, Stella; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Visual Arts.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study presents ‘Participatory Action’ based research, combined with first person narration and lived experiences, that was conducted with street-based sex workers, based in Woodstock, Cape Town, between 2015 and 2017. The study commences with a historical account of sex work in Cape Town and the ensuing legislation that governed it, together with a brief overview of contemporary legislation regarding sex work. As I demonstrate, the lack of personal narrative afforded to sex workers coincides with forms of censorship that pervade state archives and that largely exclude sex workers from public memory. Secondly, attention is drawn to the importance of having the opportunity to narrate personal experiences and autobiographical accounts in the public domain in an attempt to destabilise stereotypes and myths around sex workers. Sarah Pink’s (2007) methodology of ‘walking with participants’ is important in this regard, as it informs the collaborative research that I conducted. As this study demonstrates, this collaboration between myself and the sex workers who participated in this study allows for a space where alternative discourses on sex work can potentially contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the identity and living environments of sex workers.