Browsing by Subject "Identity"
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Beyond nostalgia in the search for identity: Black liberation theology and the politics of reconciliation
(AOSIS, 2021)Practitioners of Black liberation theology often reflect on the emergence of this theological expression by means of a nostalgic launch into the past, seeking ways to address some of today’s most pressing concerns. In ... -
Church, narrative, community and identity in times of migration
(AOSIS, 2020)Migration is perceived by many communities as a threat to national unity, social cohesion, nationality or common identity. This article is an attempt to address the following question: How does or should the church as a ... -
Church’s response to migrants’ quest for identity formation
(AOSIS, 2021)Migration has received diverse responses from the dominant powers in the political, social and religious spheres. Assimilation, domination and cohesion are some of the responses to the integration of people who cross ... -
Complicit refugees, cosmopolitans and xenophobia: Khaled Hosseini's 'The Kite Runner' and Romesh Gunesekera's 'Reef' in conversation with texts on xenophobia in South Africa
(Common Ground, 2008)In the aftermath of the brutal xenophobic attacks in parts of South Africa against 'other' Africans between March and May this year, a fairly sustained (if repetitive) public debate has emerged in the local press. The aim ... -
Construals of agency in the testimony of Colin de Souza
(Academia Press, 2009)In this paper, I analyse the testimony of Colin de Souza given before South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in the mid-1990s.1 My aim is to explore how De Souza projects an identity of himself as 'agentive', ... -
Domestic violence in the Old Testament and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A question of identity
(AOSIS, 2021)With the global COVID-19 pandemic and different levels of lockdown being enforced across the world, domestic violence has escalated at an alarming rate. The restrictions on movement that lockdown has placed on countless ... -
Embodying the Learning Space: Is it Okay if I bring my sexuality to class?
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Exploring new media technologies among young South African women
(African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town, 2013)This article reflects on how the use of digitised communication and social media among young black South African women can be situated and assessed within the current context. The authors focus especially on nuanced ... -
A generational exploration of coloured identity in post-apartheid South Africa: marching towards a new personhood
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)During the early history of South Africa, in what would become the Western Cape province, Europeans (from Dutch, German, French, and Portuguese) mixed racially and culturally with Cape slaves (from Indonesia, Sri Lanka, ... -
Genetic heritage of the Baphuthi highlights an over-ethnicized notion of “Bushman” in the Maloti-Drakensberg, southern Africa
(Cell Press, 2023)Using contemporary people as proxies for ancient communities is a contentious but necessary practice in anthropology. In southern Africa, the distinction between the Cape KhoeSan and eastern KhoeSan remains unclear, as ... -
I am/am I an African? A relational reading of 'Diaspora and Identity in South African Fiction' by J.U. Jacobs
(AOSIS, 2017)The publication of Diaspora and Identity in South African Fiction (2016) by J.U. Jacobs is a timely intervention, in that it is the first comprehensive study of South African fiction to sustain the argument that South ... -
Identity formation at the dawn of liturgical inculturation in the Ethiopian Episcopal Church
(AOSIS, 2023)This article reflects on the impact of the inculturation of liturgy in the Ethiopian Episcopal Church (EEC) on identity formation within the context of African Christianity. In the EEC, the quest for African Christian ... -
Intersection of personhood and culture: A narrative approach of pastoral care to gender-based violence
(Klaasen, J. (2018). Intersection of personhood and culture: A narrative approach of pastoral care to gender-based violence. Scriptura ,117 (1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.7833/117-1-1348, 2018)What contribution does a narrative approach make to effective care for those affected by gender-based violence? Notwithstanding the contributions of feminist theologians who take experience and identity seriously (Ackermann ... -
Khoisan identity: A contribution towards reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa
(UNISA Press, 2018)This article seeks to explore the identity of the Khoisan as symbolic for reconciliation in South Africa. What contributions can the narrative of a marginalised people such as the Khoisan make to reconciling a divided ... -
The need for a new language? How historically disadvantaged institutions grapple with the effects of labelling in Higher Education: the case of the University of the Western Cape
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Tertiary institutions in South Africa have been dichotomised through the colonial structure and apartheid which sought to subjugate some institutions and elevate others. Not only have historically disadvantaged institutions ... -
Nietzsche and our discourses on identity
(AOSIS, 2021)Through his views on perspectivism and the will to power, Nietzsche indirectly influences many current discourses on identity. This article places these themes in the broader context of Nietzsche’s thought. Firstly, it ... -
Quartering the city in discourse and bricks: Articulating urban change in a South African enclave
(Springer, 2016)Focusing on the urban enclave in Cape Town known as De Waterkant, this paper examines the product and process of ‘quartering’ urban space—shaping urban space as the locus for the symbolic framing of culture. This paper ... -
Signposting foundation phase teachers’ professional identities in selected Western Cape primary schools, South Africa
(Education Association South Africa, 2018)The aim of this article is to report on the Foundation Phase (FP) teachers’ professional identities in two primary schools in the Western Cape. This is meant to serve as a basis for understanding teachers’ identities with ... -
Student nurse- educators’ construction of teacher identity from a self- evaluation perspective: A quantitative case study
(Wiley Open Access, 2017)The aim of this study was to explore the teacher identity formation dynamics of student nurse- educators about the subject matter, pedagogy and didactics. A case study using descriptive quantitative design was employed. ... -
Teacher as learner: a personal reflection on a short course for South African university educators
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)Higher education is understood to play a critical role in ongoing processes of social transformation in post-apartheid South Africa through the production of graduates who are critical and engaged citizens. A key challenge ...