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The semiotic ecology of linguistic landscapes in rural Zambia
(John Wiley & Sons LTD., 2015)
In addressing the dearth in studies on linguistic/semiotic landscapes in
oral-language dominant rural communities, we use the notion of
repurposing to show how people from rural areas of Livingstone and
Lusaka in Zambia ...
Life Orientation sexuality education in South Africa: Gendered norms, justice and transformation
(University of the Free State, 2015)
Research on sexual practices among young South Africans has proliferated in light of
the national imperatives to challenge the spread of HIV/AIDS, gender-based violence
and unwanted early pregnancies. It has been widely ...
This thing called communitarianism: A critical review of Matolino's Personhood in African Philosophy
(Philosophical Society of Southern Africa, 2015)
The subject of personal identity has received substantial treatment in contemporary
African philosophy. Importantly, the dominant approach to personal identity is
communitarian. Bernard Matolino's new book Personhood in ...
City of Cape Town libraries' segregated history: 1952-1972
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2015)
This article investigates the history and development of the Cape Town City Libraries (CTCL) from 1952-1972 and examines the effect of apartheid legislation on establishing a public library system. Legislation introduced ...
The extreme claim, psychological continuity and the person life view
(Philosophical Society of Southern Africa, 2015)
Marya Schechtman has raised a series of worries for the Psychological Continuity
Theory of personal identity (PCT) stemming from what Derek Parfit called the
'Extreme Claim'. This is roughly the claim that theories like ...
Good news for all? A feminist perspective on the gospel of Matthew
(SUN, 2015)
In the Gospel of Matthew the Kingdom of Heaven which Jesus preaches about is in conflict with the dominant culture which creates tension between what is and ought. Those whom society despises are pronounced 'blessed' ...
South Africa: anthropology or anthropologies?
(American Anthropological Association, 2015)
A direct result of South Africa’s specific history has been the extraordinary significance of its contested, if not conflicting, political and ideological positions on anthropology’s South African trajectories. This was ...
Lecturers' use of Web 2.0 in the faculty of Information Science and communications at MZUZU University, Malawi
(UNISA Press, 2015)
The study reported on in this article investigated the use of Web 2.0 technologies
by lecturers in the Faculty of Information Science and Communications at
Mzuzu University (MZUNI), Mzuzu, Malawi. By distributing a ...
The church, gender and AIDS: What's wrong with patriarchy?
(SUN, 2015)
Many women and children suffer in silence in cultures where patriarchy is condoned
and defended as the natural order of things. The inferior status ascribed women and
children where patriarchy is imbued as hypernormative, ...
Geloof sonder sekerhede? In gesprek met Anton van Niekerk
(SUN, 2015)
In this review article of Anton A van Niekerk's recent book Geloof sonder Sekerhede:
Hoe kan ek nog glo? (Faith without certainties: How can I still believe?) (2014, Kaapstad:
Lux Verbi. ISBN: 9780796318992), three ...