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Local human development in contexts of permanent crisis: women’s experiences in the Western Sahara
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)
Sahrawi women are active agents in the social dynamics of the refugee camps, in which they have developeda number of coping strategies to overcome the hardships of a deteriorating humanitarian situation. Since the outbreak ...
Race, power and me: my position as a History educator in relation to the position of learners
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
History, as outlined in the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements for
GET and FET (CAPS) is both a journey of enquiry and an evidence-based
construction of the past. It enables learners and teachers alike to ...
Locating home where discourses of gender and empire intersect: An analysis of selected excerpts from Lady Anne Barnard’s Cape diaries and journals
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
Lady Anne Barnard’s abundant textual legacy has received a great deal of
academic attention with scholars scrutinising her letters, journals and diaries.
Although much excellent research has been done on her texts, no ...
The South African high school history curriculum and the politics of gendering decolonisation and decolonising gender
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
In this article, I argue that the category of gender should be an essential
consideration for a decolonised curriculum, and that gender theory should be
included in its analytical toolbox for two reasons: firstly, because ...
“Skep julle kommando’s in reddingslaers om! Een vir almal, almal vir elkeen!”: Die Ossewa-Brandwag se maatskaplike beleid van Sosiale Volksorg, 1943-1952
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
Established as an organisation with the aim to influence all aspects of Afrikaner
life, the Ossewa-Brandwag (OB) made an impact on the lives of thousands of
Afrikaners between 1939 and 1954. At the very start the movement ...
Natal Afrikaner women and the South African War (1899-1902)
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2021)
In this article, the variety of experiences of Natal Afrikaner women as British
subjects who were related by blood and culture to the Boers of the Republics of
the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, with which the ...
Silenced and Invisible Historical Figures in Zambia: An Analysis of the Visual Portrayal of Women in Senior Secondary School History Textbooks
(South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the patronage of the Department of Humanities Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria, 2021)
Despite their significant contribution to the country’s historical development, women’s
influence is commonly underestimated and ignored in Zambian history literature.
Subsequently, their role remains undocumented in ...
Did i break it? recording indigenous (Customary) Law
(PER/PELJ, 2019)
In this paper, I explore several issues emerging in the discourse about the recording of indigenous law by drawing on several examples of my research and work with indigenous law in Canada. This is an important inquiry ...
Gendered research grant conditions and their effect on women’s application (dis)engagement
(AOSIS, 2022)
Men continue to outperform women in obtaining funding through research grants globally,
in both science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and social science, in
multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary fields. ...
Colour-blind attitudes of students at the North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus
(AOSIS, 2021)
Background: Colour-blind attitudes deny racial dynamics and can lead to resistance to
transformation because there seems to be no need for it. This study investigated these attitudes
amongst students at a university ...