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The Black Atlantic as reversal: a reappraisal of African and black theology
(AOSIS, 2017)
In this article, I will try to do three things. Firstly, pay attention to the notion of Black Atlantic
as coined by Paul Gilroy, which in effect could signify a reversal of colonialism and slavery.
Secondly, revisit the ...
“Girls need to behave like girls you know”: the complexities of applying a gender justice goal within sexuality education in South African schools
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
Sexuality education, as a component within the Life Orientation (LO) programme in South African schools, is intended to provide young people with knowledge and skills to make informed choices about their sexuality, their ...
A conversation with Anne Phillips on multiculturalism
(Unisa Press, 2015)
During March 2015, Professor Anne Phillips of the London School of Economics was
a visiting fellow at Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS). On 13 March
a group of nine gender scholars from different disciplines ...
The necessity of natural theology? In conversation with John Calvin on the human senses
(Stellenbosch University, 2011)
This contribution explores John Calvin's position on natural theology. The point of departure is not so much the much discussed notions of a sensus divinitatis or of the semen religionis, but the role played by the human ...
A semiotic notion of transcendence
(Pretoria University, 2013)
As the title indicates, this contribution explores a semiotic
notion of transcendence. It is argued that experiences of transcendence
are quite common and that notions of transcendence
are highly significant since they ...
Only a fully trinitarian theology will do, but where can that be found?
(Stellenbosch University, 2013)
The argument of this contribution, departing from a famous article by Arnold van Ruler, is that a fully Trinitarian theology requires attention to God's work and not only God's identity and character. The three relationships ...
Mueda massacre: the musical archive
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
As in Pidjiguiti in Guiné-Bissau or Baixa de Cassanje in Angola, the massacre that occurred in
the northern Mozambican town of Mueda on 16 June 1960 has been inscribed in the
nationalist narrative as the breaking point ...
Aftershocks: Psychotechnics in the wake of apartheid
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
What we at first found intriguing about Simon Gush’s Red, what the documentary and the installation seemed to mutually conjure, was the Mandela car as a body to be mourned.2 Mourning recurred as a latent theme through the ...
The ‘Rough edge of deterritorialisation’: Contemplation
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
To frame this paper, which given its focus on the installation Red should ostensibly deal with a question of aesthetics and technology, with an epigraph that situates the contemplative capacity of a cow alongside the echo ...
Masculinity, sexuality and vulnerability in 'working' with young men in South African contexts: 'you feel like a fool and an idiot...a loser'
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)
South Africa has seen a rapid increase in scholarship and programmatic interventions
focusing on gender and sexuality, and more recently on boys, men and masculinities.
In this paper, we argue that a deterministic discourse ...