Human agency and development: re-politicizing human development
- Authors: Ncube, Moreblessings
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: Political participation , Agent (Philosophy) , Citizenship
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/26625 , vital:65680
- Description: This thesis presents a value-laden understanding of development that acknowledges that development is human centered. The study re-emphasizes that human development which has become a powerful element of current development discourse is not just a social, economic and technological challenge; it is also an institutional and political challenge. The study therefore analyzes the notion of human development with the intention of improving it by placing more emphasis on the aspect of politics and human agency the ability to act and be an agent of ones life. Politics here is understood beyond its usual institutional focus or identification with government, politicians and parliaments to include a much wider and much more important and dynamic range of activities found in all human groups such as institutions and societies. The study then demonstrates that since development is a process, individuals need to work collectively towards a common good so as to realize their development potential. This means creating a confederation of development where governments, citizens and non-governmental organizations work in partnership guided by a culture of collectiveness civic culture in order to produce more empowered citizens. The major argument in this study is the concern for citizens to effectively participate in areas that affect and impact on their lives and consequently be in a position to hold accountable institutions that affect their decision making capabilities. Hence human agency in this study signifies and can be justified as an important aspect of the process of participation leading to empowerment. , Thesis (PhD) -- Faculty of Management and Commerce, 2008
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Ncube, Moreblessings
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: Political participation , Agent (Philosophy) , Citizenship
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/26625 , vital:65680
- Description: This thesis presents a value-laden understanding of development that acknowledges that development is human centered. The study re-emphasizes that human development which has become a powerful element of current development discourse is not just a social, economic and technological challenge; it is also an institutional and political challenge. The study therefore analyzes the notion of human development with the intention of improving it by placing more emphasis on the aspect of politics and human agency the ability to act and be an agent of ones life. Politics here is understood beyond its usual institutional focus or identification with government, politicians and parliaments to include a much wider and much more important and dynamic range of activities found in all human groups such as institutions and societies. The study then demonstrates that since development is a process, individuals need to work collectively towards a common good so as to realize their development potential. This means creating a confederation of development where governments, citizens and non-governmental organizations work in partnership guided by a culture of collectiveness civic culture in order to produce more empowered citizens. The major argument in this study is the concern for citizens to effectively participate in areas that affect and impact on their lives and consequently be in a position to hold accountable institutions that affect their decision making capabilities. Hence human agency in this study signifies and can be justified as an important aspect of the process of participation leading to empowerment. , Thesis (PhD) -- Faculty of Management and Commerce, 2008
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in a park in Europe
- Authors: Krueger, Anton
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/229851 , vital:49717 , xlink:href="https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC47802"
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- Authors: Krueger, Anton
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/229851 , vital:49717 , xlink:href="https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC47802"
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in the council chambers
- Authors: Krueger, Anton
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/229862 , vital:49718 , xlink:href="https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC47802"
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Krueger, Anton
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/229862 , vital:49718 , xlink:href="https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC47802"
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Inauguration of Steve Bantu Biko Building
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: vital:7583 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006572
- Description: From introduction: Institutional loyalty, especially in the case of a university, does not mean being uncritical and denying historical truths. The inauguration of the Stephen Bantu Biko Building is, therefore, a good occasion for “a critical appreciation of where we” as Rhodes University “come from”. Credit is due to the pioneers who 104 years ago created Rhodes; to those who, under difficult and financially trying conditions, steered its subsequent development; to those who oversaw its maturation from a University College under the auspices of the University of South Africa to a fully-fledged University in 1951, and to the subsequent generations that energetically toiled to produce the Rhodes University of today’s enviable reputation.
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- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: vital:7583 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006572
- Description: From introduction: Institutional loyalty, especially in the case of a university, does not mean being uncritical and denying historical truths. The inauguration of the Stephen Bantu Biko Building is, therefore, a good occasion for “a critical appreciation of where we” as Rhodes University “come from”. Credit is due to the pioneers who 104 years ago created Rhodes; to those who, under difficult and financially trying conditions, steered its subsequent development; to those who oversaw its maturation from a University College under the auspices of the University of South Africa to a fully-fledged University in 1951, and to the subsequent generations that energetically toiled to produce the Rhodes University of today’s enviable reputation.
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Interaction of water-soluble thiol capped CdTe quantum dots and bovine serum albumin
- Idowu, Mopelola, Lamprecht, Emmanuel, Nyokong, Tebello
- Authors: Idowu, Mopelola , Lamprecht, Emmanuel , Nyokong, Tebello
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/265974 , vital:53906 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2008.02.008"
- Description: Luminescent water-soluble CdTe quantum dots (QDs) capped with different thiol carboxylic acids were synthesized in aqueous medium and then cross linked to bovine serum albumin (BSA) with 1-ethyl3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC). Enhancement of fluorescence emission intensity occurred for QDs in the presence of bovine serum albumin (BSA, mixed or linked) signifying inhibition of non-radiative recombination of the surface vacancies. Fluorescence studies reveal a positive deviation behaviour suggesting the occurrence of static and dynamic mechanisms of quenching together which was accounted for by the modified Stern–Volmer equation.
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Idowu, Mopelola , Lamprecht, Emmanuel , Nyokong, Tebello
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/265974 , vital:53906 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2008.02.008"
- Description: Luminescent water-soluble CdTe quantum dots (QDs) capped with different thiol carboxylic acids were synthesized in aqueous medium and then cross linked to bovine serum albumin (BSA) with 1-ethyl3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC). Enhancement of fluorescence emission intensity occurred for QDs in the presence of bovine serum albumin (BSA, mixed or linked) signifying inhibition of non-radiative recombination of the surface vacancies. Fluorescence studies reveal a positive deviation behaviour suggesting the occurrence of static and dynamic mechanisms of quenching together which was accounted for by the modified Stern–Volmer equation.
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Introduction: Stimela: railway poems of South Africa
- Authors: Wright, Laurence
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: vital:7058 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007420
- Description: preprint , A collection of railway poems is an unusual undertaking. More than an exercise in nostalgia, this anthology captures a large slice of modern South African life, viewed from different perspectives. Many of South Africa’s best poets have written railway poems. This is unsurprising, for railways hold special meaning for a variety of people – people in all walks of life – who find them not only fascinating but emotionally sympatico. The place of railways in the South African economy is changing rapidly, and it will be interesting to see in the coming years whether the less personal, more streamlined business model that is taking shape will attract the same naïve fascination engendered by South African railways over the past two centuries.
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Wright, Laurence
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: vital:7058 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007420
- Description: preprint , A collection of railway poems is an unusual undertaking. More than an exercise in nostalgia, this anthology captures a large slice of modern South African life, viewed from different perspectives. Many of South Africa’s best poets have written railway poems. This is unsurprising, for railways hold special meaning for a variety of people – people in all walks of life – who find them not only fascinating but emotionally sympatico. The place of railways in the South African economy is changing rapidly, and it will be interesting to see in the coming years whether the less personal, more streamlined business model that is taking shape will attract the same naïve fascination engendered by South African railways over the past two centuries.
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Inventing the Human: Brontosaurus Bloom and “the Shakespeare in us”
- Authors: Wright, Laurence
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: vital:7045 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007387 , https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351963534/chapters/10.4324%2F9781315264264-15
- Description: preprint , This essay was occasioned by the casual reading of a book called Harold Bloom’s Shakespeare (2002), a collection of responses, pro, ante and puzzled, to Bloom’s Shakespearean magnum opus. The more I browsed in the assembled essays, some of them originally reviews and conference papers, others specially commissioned responses, the more curious I became. On the whole, the contributors seemed not to understand Bloom, at least not to understand him adequately, which is a devastating handicap when the task in hand is to pass judgment. The problem seems to be that few academic commentators take Bloom seriously, accepting that he means what he says; more accurately, they find it hard to entertain with full seriousness matters Bloom intends should be taken entirely seriously. Shakespeareans, locked into their various ways of understanding the world and critical activity, generally try to find Shakespeare (or “Shakespeare”) through reading Bloom, whereas he wants us to find ourselves through reading Shakespeare: to uncover what Emerson called ‘the Shakespeare in us’ (‘Shakespeare, or The Poet’, 256). The difference is stupendous. We ought first to ask in regard to Bloom’s blockbuster the question Bloom tells us he learned from Kenneth Burke, ‘What is the author trying to do for himself or herself by writing this work?’ (Shakespeare, 412).
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Wright, Laurence
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: vital:7045 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007387 , https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351963534/chapters/10.4324%2F9781315264264-15
- Description: preprint , This essay was occasioned by the casual reading of a book called Harold Bloom’s Shakespeare (2002), a collection of responses, pro, ante and puzzled, to Bloom’s Shakespearean magnum opus. The more I browsed in the assembled essays, some of them originally reviews and conference papers, others specially commissioned responses, the more curious I became. On the whole, the contributors seemed not to understand Bloom, at least not to understand him adequately, which is a devastating handicap when the task in hand is to pass judgment. The problem seems to be that few academic commentators take Bloom seriously, accepting that he means what he says; more accurately, they find it hard to entertain with full seriousness matters Bloom intends should be taken entirely seriously. Shakespeareans, locked into their various ways of understanding the world and critical activity, generally try to find Shakespeare (or “Shakespeare”) through reading Bloom, whereas he wants us to find ourselves through reading Shakespeare: to uncover what Emerson called ‘the Shakespeare in us’ (‘Shakespeare, or The Poet’, 256). The difference is stupendous. We ought first to ask in regard to Bloom’s blockbuster the question Bloom tells us he learned from Kenneth Burke, ‘What is the author trying to do for himself or herself by writing this work?’ (Shakespeare, 412).
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Jantjie v The Minister of Labour Unreported Eastern Cape Division Case No 2193/2006
- Authors: Glover, Graham B , Beard, M
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186891 , vital:44545 , xlink:href="///C:/Users/User/Downloads/41DeJure648%20(1).pdf"
- Description: James Joyce once wrote that "mistakes ... are the portals of discovery" (Ulysses (1964) Ch 9). This aptly describes the legal significance of the judgment in Jantjie v Minister of Labour (unreported decision of the High Court, Eastern Cape Division, case no 3193/2006, decided on 2007-06- 14). In this case, Leach J had to deal with a matter of civil procedure that does not seem to have been dealt with in any reported judgment - the effect of an attorney of record mistakenly failing to sign a notice of motion where an application is brought before the High Court.
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Glover, Graham B , Beard, M
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186891 , vital:44545 , xlink:href="///C:/Users/User/Downloads/41DeJure648%20(1).pdf"
- Description: James Joyce once wrote that "mistakes ... are the portals of discovery" (Ulysses (1964) Ch 9). This aptly describes the legal significance of the judgment in Jantjie v Minister of Labour (unreported decision of the High Court, Eastern Cape Division, case no 3193/2006, decided on 2007-06- 14). In this case, Leach J had to deal with a matter of civil procedure that does not seem to have been dealt with in any reported judgment - the effect of an attorney of record mistakenly failing to sign a notice of motion where an application is brought before the High Court.
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Knowledge of plant resource use based on location, gender and generation
- Dovie, Delali B K, Witkowski, Ed T F, Shackleton, Charlie M
- Authors: Dovie, Delali B K , Witkowski, Ed T F , Shackleton, Charlie M
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181202 , vital:43707 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2008.07.002"
- Description: The differences in knowledge of biological resource use between societal and demographic groups are often poorly understood; yet they are an important element of sustainability. Differences in gender and generational knowledge of locally useful woody plant species in South African savannas are examined. The results showed that young people and middle-aged females were highly knowledgeable. Over half of the total 267 woody plant species in nine use categories (i.e., medicinal, fruits–seeds, fuelwood, beverage, cultural, furniture, craft, fencing and housing poles) had multiple uses. Therefore, differences in knowledge of resource selection and use between social or demographic groups (for example based on gender and age) may appropriately inform conservation prioritisation, planning and monitoring.
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- Authors: Dovie, Delali B K , Witkowski, Ed T F , Shackleton, Charlie M
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181202 , vital:43707 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2008.07.002"
- Description: The differences in knowledge of biological resource use between societal and demographic groups are often poorly understood; yet they are an important element of sustainability. Differences in gender and generational knowledge of locally useful woody plant species in South African savannas are examined. The results showed that young people and middle-aged females were highly knowledgeable. Over half of the total 267 woody plant species in nine use categories (i.e., medicinal, fruits–seeds, fuelwood, beverage, cultural, furniture, craft, fencing and housing poles) had multiple uses. Therefore, differences in knowledge of resource selection and use between social or demographic groups (for example based on gender and age) may appropriately inform conservation prioritisation, planning and monitoring.
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Lattice-valued convergence spaces and regularity
- Authors: Jäger, Gunter
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: vital:6826 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012336
- Description: We define a regularity axiom for lattice-valued convergence spaces where the lattice is a complete Heyting algebra. To this end, we generalize the characterization of regularity by a ”dual form” of a diagonal condition. We show that our axiom ensures that a regular T1-space is separated and that regularity is preserved under initial constructions. Further we present an extension theorem for a continuous mapping from a subspace to a regular space. A characterization in the restricted case that the lattice is a complete Boolean algebra in terms of the closure of an L-filter is given.
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- Authors: Jäger, Gunter
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: vital:6826 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012336
- Description: We define a regularity axiom for lattice-valued convergence spaces where the lattice is a complete Heyting algebra. To this end, we generalize the characterization of regularity by a ”dual form” of a diagonal condition. We show that our axiom ensures that a regular T1-space is separated and that regularity is preserved under initial constructions. Further we present an extension theorem for a continuous mapping from a subspace to a regular space. A characterization in the restricted case that the lattice is a complete Boolean algebra in terms of the closure of an L-filter is given.
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Links between the local trade in natural products, livelihoods and poverty alleviation in a semi-arid region of South Africa
- Shackleton, Sheona E, Campbell, Bruce, Lotz-Sisitka, Heila, Shackleton, Charlie M
- Authors: Shackleton, Sheona E , Campbell, Bruce , Lotz-Sisitka, Heila , Shackleton, Charlie M
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181246 , vital:43712 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.03.003"
- Description: Can the local commercialization of natural products contribute to reduced poverty and vulnerability? Commentary on this issue is mixed, with some observers being quite optimistic, while others hold a counterview. This paper explores the poverty alleviation potential of four products traded in Bushbuckridge, South Africa—traditional brooms, reed mats, woodcraft, and “marula” beer. While key in enhancing the livelihood security of the poorest households, these products were unlikely to provide a route out of poverty for most, although there were exceptions. Incomes often surpassed local wage rates, and some producers obtained returns equivalent to the minimum wage. Non-financial benefits such as the opportunity to work from home were highly rated, and the trade was found to represent a range of livelihood strategies both within and across products.
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- Authors: Shackleton, Sheona E , Campbell, Bruce , Lotz-Sisitka, Heila , Shackleton, Charlie M
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181246 , vital:43712 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.03.003"
- Description: Can the local commercialization of natural products contribute to reduced poverty and vulnerability? Commentary on this issue is mixed, with some observers being quite optimistic, while others hold a counterview. This paper explores the poverty alleviation potential of four products traded in Bushbuckridge, South Africa—traditional brooms, reed mats, woodcraft, and “marula” beer. While key in enhancing the livelihood security of the poorest households, these products were unlikely to provide a route out of poverty for most, although there were exceptions. Incomes often surpassed local wage rates, and some producers obtained returns equivalent to the minimum wage. Non-financial benefits such as the opportunity to work from home were highly rated, and the trade was found to represent a range of livelihood strategies both within and across products.
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Links between water temperatures, ecological responses and flow rates: a framework for establishing water temperature guidelines for the ecological reserve
- Rivers-Moore, Nick A, Hughes, Denis A, Mantel, Sukhmani K M
- Authors: Rivers-Moore, Nick A , Hughes, Denis A , Mantel, Sukhmani K M
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/438295 , vital:73449 , ISBN 978-1-77005-738-8 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/KV214-CONSERVATION.pdf
- Description: Global ecosystems face unprecedented crises in habitat fragmentation, destruction and ultimately extinction (Groves, 2003), and of all the vary-ing ecological systems rivers are the most neglected and endangered (Groves, 2003; Driver, et al., 2005; Roux et al., 2005). The greatest threat to these systems is the loss or degradation of natural habitat and processes (Driver et al., 2005), and water temperatures, after flow vol-umes, are a primary abiotic driver of species patterns within river sys-tems. Stuckenberg (1969) highlighted the links between temperature, topography and faunal assemblages, while Rivers-Moore et al.(2004) highlights the major impacts of water temperatures on organisms, and illustrate how water temperatures are one of the primary environmental drivers structuring fish communities in the Sabie River, arguably the most icthyologically species-rich river in South Africa.
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Rivers-Moore, Nick A , Hughes, Denis A , Mantel, Sukhmani K M
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/438295 , vital:73449 , ISBN 978-1-77005-738-8 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/KV214-CONSERVATION.pdf
- Description: Global ecosystems face unprecedented crises in habitat fragmentation, destruction and ultimately extinction (Groves, 2003), and of all the vary-ing ecological systems rivers are the most neglected and endangered (Groves, 2003; Driver, et al., 2005; Roux et al., 2005). The greatest threat to these systems is the loss or degradation of natural habitat and processes (Driver et al., 2005), and water temperatures, after flow vol-umes, are a primary abiotic driver of species patterns within river sys-tems. Stuckenberg (1969) highlighted the links between temperature, topography and faunal assemblages, while Rivers-Moore et al.(2004) highlights the major impacts of water temperatures on organisms, and illustrate how water temperatures are one of the primary environmental drivers structuring fish communities in the Sabie River, arguably the most icthyologically species-rich river in South Africa.
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Living in Rhini : a 2007 update on the 1999 Social Indicators Report
- Authors: Moller, Valerie
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: Book , text
- Identifier: vital:541 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1010770 , ISBN 9780868104461
- Description: [From the preface]: This report is a sequel to ‘Living in Grahamstown East/Rini – A Social Indicators report’ published by the Institute of Social and Economic Research in 2001 as Number 6 in its Research Report series. The No. 6 monograph was based on results of a sample survey of householders conducted in May 1999 in the area of Makana generally known as Grahamstown East or Rini at that time. This report is based on information collected in November 2007 in the same area. The ‘Living in Rhini’ project takes its title from a series of reports on social indicators initiated by Statistics South Africa (then Central Statistical Services). The popular series aimed to communicate to ordinary people the statistics on living conditions in various parts of the country. The 1999 sample survey conducted among 862 households from all neighbourhoods of Grahamstown East/Rini was a large survey by most standards. The 2007 sample similarly comprises over 1000 households spread over all neighbourhoods of Rhini including the ones developed since 1999.
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- Authors: Moller, Valerie
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: Book , text
- Identifier: vital:541 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1010770 , ISBN 9780868104461
- Description: [From the preface]: This report is a sequel to ‘Living in Grahamstown East/Rini – A Social Indicators report’ published by the Institute of Social and Economic Research in 2001 as Number 6 in its Research Report series. The No. 6 monograph was based on results of a sample survey of householders conducted in May 1999 in the area of Makana generally known as Grahamstown East or Rini at that time. This report is based on information collected in November 2007 in the same area. The ‘Living in Rhini’ project takes its title from a series of reports on social indicators initiated by Statistics South Africa (then Central Statistical Services). The popular series aimed to communicate to ordinary people the statistics on living conditions in various parts of the country. The 1999 sample survey conducted among 862 households from all neighbourhoods of Grahamstown East/Rini was a large survey by most standards. The 2007 sample similarly comprises over 1000 households spread over all neighbourhoods of Rhini including the ones developed since 1999.
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Local Institutions for Water Governance: A Story of the Development of a Water User Association and Catchment Forum in the Kat River Valley, Eastern Cape
- Burt, Jane C, McMaster, Alistair, Rowntree, Kate, Berold, Robert
- Authors: Burt, Jane C , McMaster, Alistair , Rowntree, Kate , Berold, Robert
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/433040 , vital:72927 , xlink:href="https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT 295 -web-Water policy and General.pdf"
- Description: This report describes the development of water resource management organisations (institutions) in the Kat River Valley from 1997 to 2006. The two organisations described here – the Kat River Valley Water User Association and the Kat River Catchment Forum – are given separate narratives for the sake of clarity, although they developed in close association. Both these organisations were nurtured and supported as a result of a research process by members of the Catchment Research Group (CRG) from the Department of Geography at Rhodes University. Funding came largely through the Water Research Commission (WRC).
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Burt, Jane C , McMaster, Alistair , Rowntree, Kate , Berold, Robert
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/433040 , vital:72927 , xlink:href="https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT 295 -web-Water policy and General.pdf"
- Description: This report describes the development of water resource management organisations (institutions) in the Kat River Valley from 1997 to 2006. The two organisations described here – the Kat River Valley Water User Association and the Kat River Catchment Forum – are given separate narratives for the sake of clarity, although they developed in close association. Both these organisations were nurtured and supported as a result of a research process by members of the Catchment Research Group (CRG) from the Department of Geography at Rhodes University. Funding came largely through the Water Research Commission (WRC).
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Media consumption and everyday life
- Authors: Strelitz, Larry N
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: text , Conference paper
- Identifier: vital:6324 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008550
- Description: I see this inaugural lecture as an opportunity to trace my journey into the field of media studies, showing how significant youthful experiences with the media set me off on my particular research trajectory. In this address I will use the umbrella term ‘mass media’ to cover both the traditional news media as well as forms of popular culture such as soap operas, popular music and so on. Sometimes we use the terms ‘popular culture’ and ‘mass media’ interchangeably as they both constitute the cultural life of ordinary people.
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Strelitz, Larry N
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: text , Conference paper
- Identifier: vital:6324 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008550
- Description: I see this inaugural lecture as an opportunity to trace my journey into the field of media studies, showing how significant youthful experiences with the media set me off on my particular research trajectory. In this address I will use the umbrella term ‘mass media’ to cover both the traditional news media as well as forms of popular culture such as soap operas, popular music and so on. Sometimes we use the terms ‘popular culture’ and ‘mass media’ interchangeably as they both constitute the cultural life of ordinary people.
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Mussolini's moment: Roy Sargeant directs The Merchant of Venice at Maynardville, January, 2007
- Authors: Wright, Laurence
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: vital:7047 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007389 , http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC48107
- Description: preprint , What an inspired choice of play for this year’s Maynardville offering! With the national scene strewn with trials and rumours of trials, all of them vital to the quality of life citizens of this fair city beneath the beautiful mountain (‘Belmont’) may hope to enjoy in the future, Shakespeare’s cliff-hanger about the use and abuse of the law couldn’t be more apt.
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Wright, Laurence
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: vital:7047 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007389 , http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC48107
- Description: preprint , What an inspired choice of play for this year’s Maynardville offering! With the national scene strewn with trials and rumours of trials, all of them vital to the quality of life citizens of this fair city beneath the beautiful mountain (‘Belmont’) may hope to enjoy in the future, Shakespeare’s cliff-hanger about the use and abuse of the law couldn’t be more apt.
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- Date Issued: 2008
On academic freedom
- Authors: Pityana, Barney
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: Academic Freedom -- South Africa Universities and colleges -- South Africa Equality Liberty Education and state -- South Africa Education, Higher -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/751 , vital:19987
- Description: Traditionally, higher education has formed the vanguard of ideological persuasion and even indoctrination, in support of political and social change. We should not be surprised then, that the converse also applies. Where an existing order is threatened, those intellectuals who do not toe the line are often vilified, marginalised and even worse. Many of the great revolutions have commenced with a thorough purging of intellectuals. History will testify to that. Furthermore, where the State funds higher education institutions, then notions of academic freedom will always be tempered by the expectation of some sort of reciprocal loyalty.
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Pityana, Barney
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: Academic Freedom -- South Africa Universities and colleges -- South Africa Equality Liberty Education and state -- South Africa Education, Higher -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/751 , vital:19987
- Description: Traditionally, higher education has formed the vanguard of ideological persuasion and even indoctrination, in support of political and social change. We should not be surprised then, that the converse also applies. Where an existing order is threatened, those intellectuals who do not toe the line are often vilified, marginalised and even worse. Many of the great revolutions have commenced with a thorough purging of intellectuals. History will testify to that. Furthermore, where the State funds higher education institutions, then notions of academic freedom will always be tempered by the expectation of some sort of reciprocal loyalty.
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- Date Issued: 2008
Opensource software and localisation in indigenous South African languages with Pootle
- Dalvit, Lorenzo, Terzoli, Alfredo, Wolff, F
- Authors: Dalvit, Lorenzo , Terzoli, Alfredo , Wolff, F
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/428496 , vital:72515 , https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1andtype=pdfanddoi=912f3d0d94f0268467e1d790fd7780f14d9c4e44
- Description: The majority of the South African population is not fully proficient in Eng-lish. Besides access to the necessary infrastructure, many Africans lack epistemological access to the ICT world simply because of linguistic reasons. Limited availability of resources and lack of interest for the promotion of African languages in the ICT domain among their speakers are often blamed for this. The opensource community has been particu-larly responsive to the needs of this portion of the population, and a vari-ety of software is already available in African languages. Translate. org. za, an NGO committed to the development of opensource software in all 11 South African languages, has been particularly active with respect to this. On the one hand, they have developed a Webbased application to support collaborative translation online. On the other, they have part-nered with various institutions to organise translation efforts, mainly rely-ing on volunteers. In this paper we describe an experience showing how these two models can be used to address issues of lack of resources and support for the use of African languages in the ICT domain.
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Dalvit, Lorenzo , Terzoli, Alfredo , Wolff, F
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/428496 , vital:72515 , https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1andtype=pdfanddoi=912f3d0d94f0268467e1d790fd7780f14d9c4e44
- Description: The majority of the South African population is not fully proficient in Eng-lish. Besides access to the necessary infrastructure, many Africans lack epistemological access to the ICT world simply because of linguistic reasons. Limited availability of resources and lack of interest for the promotion of African languages in the ICT domain among their speakers are often blamed for this. The opensource community has been particu-larly responsive to the needs of this portion of the population, and a vari-ety of software is already available in African languages. Translate. org. za, an NGO committed to the development of opensource software in all 11 South African languages, has been particularly active with respect to this. On the one hand, they have developed a Webbased application to support collaborative translation online. On the other, they have part-nered with various institutions to organise translation efforts, mainly rely-ing on volunteers. In this paper we describe an experience showing how these two models can be used to address issues of lack of resources and support for the use of African languages in the ICT domain.
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- Date Issued: 2008
Pan-African multilateralism: transformative or disconnected?
- Authors: Bischoff, Paul, 1954-
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161452 , vital:40628 , https://doi.org/10.1080/02589340802366968
- Description: Despite a multitude of international institutions on the African continent, worldwide Africa's multilateralism has generally received little attention. Yet, with the emergence of the African Union (AU) and its institutions, questions arise about its character. Will rhetoric and state symbolism take the place of substance or will the space opened up for democracy and civil society participation allow for greater democratically informed sustainability? With this in mind, the article addresses the issue to what extent the character of African multilateralism continues to display features of disconnectedness as opposed to those of transformation, where its institutions address issues of uneven development in concert with civil society concerns.
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Bischoff, Paul, 1954-
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161452 , vital:40628 , https://doi.org/10.1080/02589340802366968
- Description: Despite a multitude of international institutions on the African continent, worldwide Africa's multilateralism has generally received little attention. Yet, with the emergence of the African Union (AU) and its institutions, questions arise about its character. Will rhetoric and state symbolism take the place of substance or will the space opened up for democracy and civil society participation allow for greater democratically informed sustainability? With this in mind, the article addresses the issue to what extent the character of African multilateralism continues to display features of disconnectedness as opposed to those of transformation, where its institutions address issues of uneven development in concert with civil society concerns.
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- Date Issued: 2008
Participation, situated culture, and practical reason
- Lotz-Sisitka, Heila, O'Donoghue, Rob B
- Authors: Lotz-Sisitka, Heila , O'Donoghue, Rob B
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , book chapter
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437436 , vital:73378 , ISBN 978-1-4020-6415-9 , https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-6416-6_7
- Description: This chapter examines the emergence of participatory education as both a central feature and a terrain of ambivalence within the develop-ing landscape of environmental education in South Africa. From its roots in nature experience activities through to more socially critical forms of environmental education, participatory imperatives in this area have yet to address sufficiently the conceptual and practical challenges inherent in pedagogies of participation. We argue that more recent de-velopments reveal similar anomalies, such that participatory education in South Africa has now become an idealised and techniqued logic of practice.
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Lotz-Sisitka, Heila , O'Donoghue, Rob B
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , book chapter
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437436 , vital:73378 , ISBN 978-1-4020-6415-9 , https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-6416-6_7
- Description: This chapter examines the emergence of participatory education as both a central feature and a terrain of ambivalence within the develop-ing landscape of environmental education in South Africa. From its roots in nature experience activities through to more socially critical forms of environmental education, participatory imperatives in this area have yet to address sufficiently the conceptual and practical challenges inherent in pedagogies of participation. We argue that more recent de-velopments reveal similar anomalies, such that participatory education in South Africa has now become an idealised and techniqued logic of practice.
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- Date Issued: 2008