Browsing Faculty of Arts by Title
Now showing items 262-281 of 706
-
'I act this way because why?' Prior knowledges, teaching for change, imagining new masculinities
(Scandinavian University Press, 2015)This article begins by outlining some of the prior knowledges brought by undergraduate students to an introduction to gender studies class in the Women's and Gender Studies Department at the University of the Western ... -
“I Am Human Too!” ‘probeerruimte’ as liminal spaces in search of recognition
(Cogitatio, 2016)This paper explores the Dutch concept ‘probeerruimte’ in relation to the statement ‘human as a contested concept’, a highly relevant topic in disability studies. Probeerruimte encompasses the idea that people need space ... -
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 ... -
‘I could have done everything and why not?’: Young women’s complex constructions of sexual agency in the context of sexualities education in Life Orientation in South African schools
(University of the Free State, 2015)Progressive policies protecting women’s rights to make reproductive decisions and the recent increase in literature exploring female sexual agency do not appear to have impacted on more equitable sexual relations in all ... -
The idea was that those who were trained needed to teach others”: Critical reflections on the 2014 Zambian language of initial literacy policy change
(Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021)Just before the opening of the school calendar in January 2014, the Zambian government announced a change in language in education policy from English to using a designated official regional Zambian language as the ... -
Identiteit en seksualiteit in die debuutromans van Kirby van der Merwe en Clark Accord
(Alv-Tydskriffonds, 2003)This article analyses the debut novels of the Afrikaans writer Kirby van der Merwe and the Surinamese writer Clark Accord. It focuses on the representation of identity and sexuality to posit an image of the individual ... -
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 ... -
Identity, race and faith: The role of faith in post-Apartheid South Africa
(AOSIS, 2016)South Africa has experienced an unprecedented influx of migrants in the 21st century. Immigration and race have contributed to the raising of important questions of identity and social inclusion. Immigration and race are ... -
Ideology, policy and implementation: Comparative perspectives from two African universities
(Stellenbosch University, 2014)This paper provides an exposition and interpretation of the language policies of two African universities, namely the University of Yaound in Cameroon and the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. It does so ... -
Im Gespräch mit Jose F.A. Oliver - 'viel-stimmig und meer-sprachig'.
(Peter Lang, 2008)José Oliver is a multilingual poet of Andalusian descent who writes poetry in German. His first poetry was published in the mid-eighties and his writings were seen as part of migrant literature (also referred to in the ... -
Imagining nation, state, and order in the mid-twentieth century
(Published by History Department, University of the Western Cape, 2011)This essay considers the relationship between the United Nations and the Third World. Using the apartheid debate as a framing device, it explores Indian and African nationalism in the mid-1940s and early 1960s. In focusing ... -
Impact of social interactions in the community on the transmission of tuberculosis in a high incidence area
(BMJ Publishing Group, 1999)Tuberculosis (TB) is transmitted by close contact with an infectious person. It is assumed that close contact occurs amongst household members and that contact outside the house is “casual” and does not play a major ... -
The importance of confronting a colonial, patriarchal and racist past in addressing post-apartheid sexual violence
(UNISA, 2013)This commentary uses Judge Willem van der Merwe’s rescripting of Rudyard Kipling’s ‘If’ poem during the Jacob Zuma rape trial as a starting point to argue for the importance of understanding the ways in which spectres of ... -
The importance of unimportant language
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)In a recent paper, the Australian historian, Martyn Lyons (2013), reviews his attempts to study ‘history from below’, using what can be called grassroots writing by French and ... -
In die netwerk van nadenke oor die omgewing
(AOSIS, 2014)In the network of thinking about the environment. This contribution is based on a talk delivered at a conference for continuous education for pastors. The argument commences with reflections on thinking with one's hands, ... -
In the heart of the country: The auto/biographies of Ayesha Dawood and Fatima Meer
(University of Cape Town, 2020)South African struggle auto/biography has been a male-dominated genre in which the political has correspondingly dominated the personal. These life narratives have presented the formation of relatively coherent, autonomous ... -
(in)visibility, mediated, and sporting perceptions
(Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 2023)In recent years several Hindi films have been produced that delineate the difficulties and challenges faced by Indian athletes and boxers, and highlight their sociocultural struggles in asserting their pursuit of and passion ... -
Incomplete histories: Steve Biko, the politics of self-writing and the apparatus of reading
(Southern African Literature and Culture Centre, UKZN, 2004)This paper gathers together deliberations surrounding Steve Biko’s I Write What I Like as it simultaneously registers the critical importance of the text as an incomplete history. Rather than presupposing the text as a ... -
Indigeneity, Alienness and cuisine: Are Trout South African
(Cambridge University Press, 2016)Man has been defined as a rational animal, a laughing animal, a tool-using animal and so on. We would be touching upon a deep truth about him, however, if we called him a cooking animal.‘Trout Still on the Menu’ announced ... -
The influence of food symbolism on food insecurity in South Africa: how relevant is the Eucharistic celebration?
(SUN, 2017)Various research results point out poverty, inadequate food production and inadequate distribution as the main culprits for food insecurity in many African countries. This article wishes to contribute to the existing ...
