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Dual use school community libraries: expedient compromise or imaginative solution?
(University of Alberta Libraries, 2021-02)
The paper reports on a research project in a group of six dual use school community
libraries in a rural region of South Africa1. The six dual use libraries were established with donor
funding in 2001 as part of a larger ...
Public Libraries Stepping into the Gap?: A Study of School Learners' Use of Libraries in a Disadvantaged Community in Cape Town
(University of Alberta Libraries, 2021)
According to public library staff none of the Vista schools has a functioning library or a librarian on its staff. In itslack of school libraries Vista is no different from other parts of South Africa. Less than a third ...
Language practices as religious Innovation: The case of Pentecostal charismatic churches in xenophobic contexts
(SAGE, 2021)
In the authors’ recent case-study research of migrant-dominated Pentecostal charismatic churches (PCCs) in the South African cities of Johannesburg and Cape Town, language emerged as a prominent feature of religious practice, ...
Navigating ethnicity, nationalism and Pan-Africanism – Kimbanguists, identity and colonial borders
(AOSIS, 2021)
The Kimbanguists, whose church is based on the healing and proclamation ministry of
Simon Kimbangu in 1921 in the Belgian Congo, challenge colonially defined borders and
identities in multiple ways. Anticolonialism is ...
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 ...
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 ...
Global typologies of coastal wetland status to inform conservation and management
(Ecological Indicators, 2021)
Global-scale conservation initiatives and policy instruments rely on ecosystem indicators to track progress towards targets and objectives. A deeper understanding of indicator interrelationships would benefit these efforts ...
Touching matters: Affective entanglements in Corona time
(SAGE Publications, 2021)
This article troubles touch as requiring embodied proximity, through an affective account of virtual touch during coronatime.
Interested in doing academia differently, we started an online Barad readingwriting group from ...
Application of drone technologies in surface water resources monitoring and assessment: A systematic review of progress, challenges, and opportunities in the global south
(MPDI, 2021)
Accurate and timely information on surface water quality and quantity is critical for
various applications, including irrigation agriculture. In-field water quality and quantity data
from unmanned aerial vehicle systems ...
Men, masculinities, peace, and violence: A multi-level overview on justice and conflict
(Routledge, 2021)
The relations between men, masculinities and violence, peace, justice, and conflict are of clear importance, yet often remain unaddressed explicitly in analysis, policy, and practice. This chapter overviews the large body ...