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Fighting HIV/AIDS through popular Zambian music
(Routledge, 2013)
This paper explores how HIV/AIDS education messages are transmitted through popular
Zambian music lyrics. The focus is on the recontextualisation of lived experiences and
Zambian cultural practices in the fight against ...
Learning through linguistic citizenship: finding the “I” of the essay
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
In recent years, the South African higher education system has seen growing calls
for broadened epistemic access, decolonised curricula and transformed institutions.
Scholars across South Africa have taken up the challenge ...
Factors 2 and 3: Towards a principled approach
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2019)
This paper seeks to make progress in our understanding of the non-UG components of Chomsky’s (2005) Three Factors model. In relation to the input (Factor 2), I argue for the need to formu-late a suitably precise hypothesis ...
Negotiating race and belonging in a post-apartheid South Africa: Bernadette’s stories
(Kings College, Univ. of London, 2014)
Although apartheid officially ended in 1994, race as a primary marker of identity has
continued to permeate many aspects of private and public life in a post-apartheid
South Africa. This paper explores how race is ...
‘Why can’t race just be a normal thing?’ Entangled discourses in the narratives of young South Africans
(Kings College, Univ. of London, 2015)
Although apartheid officially ended in 1994, race as a primary marker of identity hascontinued to permeate many aspects of private and public life post-apartheid. For young people growing up in the ‘new’ South Africa, the ...
Texting literacies as social practices among older women
(Stellenbosch University, 2014)
While many studies on mobile messaging have tended to focus on the communicative
practices of the urban young, this paper considers the role of mobile messaging (also called
texting) both as a social practice as well as ...
Code-switching: An appraisal resource in TRC testimonies
(John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011)
This article analyses the function that code-switching plays in selected testimonies given at South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission which followed the country's transition to democracy in 1994. In a number of ...
Cyber socialising: emerging genres and registers of intimacy
(Taylor & FrancisUNISA Press, 2013)
The popularity of digital media networks for socialising among the youth is well
documented. Much has been written on the emerging norms of textese, the global
shorthand for chatting. However, becoming a proficient user ...
Multimodality, creativity and children’s meaning making: drawings, writings, imaginings
(Kings College, Univ. of London, 2016)
This paper uses a case study of two children’s drawings, early writings and imaginative role play to illustrate how children use a variety of modes to make meaning in ways which are creative and beyond the design and ...
‘It’s just taking our souls back’: discourses of apartheid and race
(Routledge, 2015)
Although apartheid officially ended in 1994, the issue of race as a primary identity marker has continued to permeate many aspects of private and public life in post-apartheid South Africa. This paper seeks to understand ...