- Title
- Researching research culture: a case study of Rhodes University Humanities Faculty research culture
- Creator
- Hwami, Rudo Fortunate
- ThesisAdvisor
- Vincent, Louise Dorothy
- Subject
- Rhodes University. Humanities Faculty
- Subject
- Rhodes University -- Graduate work
- Subject
- Rhodes University. Humanities Faculty -- Research
- Subject
- Research -- South Africa -- Makhanda
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MSocSc
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/7522
- Identifier
- vital:21269
- Description
- This thesis explores the idea of research having organisational characteristics which are affected by the institutional culture but can not be defined as a subculture of the institutional culture. In particular, it examines how research culture(s) can be exclusionary and reproduce discriminatory practices. Using quantitative data in the form of Rhodes University Annual Reports and interviews conducted with 11 participants, the thesis documents the current research practices of the Faculty of Humanities at Rhodes University. Such practices incorporate multiple dimensions, including how research is done, who does research, what research is done and research funding rituals. The purpose of this study is to reveal how research cultures are constructed through the seemingly mundane and everyday research practices within a research community. Through the analysis of these everyday practices, participants’ experiences and theoretical arguments, this thesis found that research culture and institutional culture are separate entities, and that research culture plays a vital role in the formation of research practices.
- Format
- 136 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, Political and International Studies
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Hwami, Rudo Fortunate
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