Browsing School of Social Sciences by Type "Peer reviewed journal article"
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Academic travel : travelling for work.
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises., 2013)This paper endeavours to show how academics become part of cross-cultural production, cultural circulation and ideological circulation. The stand-point of analysis of this paper is the individualised process of academic ... -
Alumni perceptions of a post graduate Information and Library Science Education programme at the University of Natal, South Africa.
(LiASA, 2004)A survey of alumni perceptions of a post graduate programme in Information and Library Science, the B.Bibl. Honours, at the University of Natal, South Africa is described. Module content and appropriateness are reviewed ... -
Anthropology of experience : touring the past at Robben Island.
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises., 2013)This paper has a transdisciplinary orientation and is located in both anthropology and tourism studies. It draws on the seminal theoretical work of the post structural anthropologist Victor Turner and brings to the study ... -
The applicability of the major social science paradigms to the study of the agricultural knowledge and information systems of small-scale farmers.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2012)The social sciences offer a rich array of paradigms within which to locate agricultural knowledge and information systems (AKIS) research. This article provides an overview of the major paradigms in the social sciences, ... -
"Boundless opportunities": towards an assessment of the usefulness of the concept of social exclusion for the South African public library situation.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2006)Defines the concept of social exclusion. Identifies factors that contribute to social exclusion. Explores the usefulness of the concept in local contexts -
Challenges of managing indigenous knowledge systems.
(Elsevier, 2011)This article provides a systematic analysis of the challenges of managing agricultural indigenous knowledge (IK), and accessing external knowledge in the rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa, with a specific focus on ... -
“Colours Do Not Mix”: segregated classes at the University of Natal, 1936-1959.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2011)This paper examines segregation in university education with special reference to the circumstances around which separate classes were introduced for Blacks in 1936 at the NUC and continued until 1959, some nine years after ... -
A contextual study of information literacy of aspirant barristers in Nigeria.
(LiASA, 2012)The study upon which the article is based investigated the information literacy of aspirant barristers in Nigeria and examined the efforts undertaken to restructure the legal education system in Nigeria. It explored the ... -
Creating an African tourist experience at the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site.
(University of Pretoria., 2008)This article considers the example of palaeo-heritage tourism at Sterkfontein Cave, situated in a geographic area designated the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, or Cradle for short. The article looks at how a ... -
Crime and tourism in South Africa.
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises., 2013)The trepidation over tourism and crime has emerged as a global issue, gaining prominence in the media and political debates. South Africa is often viewed as the crime capital of the world and while crime rates in specific ... -
Cultural Heritage Tourism Potential at Six former American Board Mission Stations.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2010)This initial assessment of the cultural heritage tourism potential is a component of a broader project aimed at conducting research and revitalizing selected former American Zulu Mission Stations in southern parts of ... -
Defying the moulds of patriarchy: Nomambotwe Khawula of Umzumbe in Natal, 1860 – 1927.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2010)The Umzumbe mission station is probably one of the most beautiful and inspiring stations belonging to the American Board Mission. It is situated in the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal and surrounded by rolling hills, endlessly ... -
The economic experimentation of Nembula Duze/Ira Adams Nembula, 1845 – 1886.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2010)This paper gives a short biography of Ira Adams Nembula, the Natal sugarcane manufacturer. Nembula's business and his family have been often mentioned but not fully described before in accounts of Natal's nineteenth-century ... -
The effects of climate change in preserving the past and enhancing the future of legal deposit in South Africa.
(UNISA, 2013)With the current problems of global warming and climate change, preservationists are applying green construction principles to depositories and archival facilities (Henry 2008:3; Kim2008; Nsibirwa 20 12:73).Collections ... -
Enacting masculinities: Pleasure to men and violence to women.
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge)/UNISA Press., 2013-05-02)Feminist anthropologists have shown how women’s bodies have been appropriated and rendered ‘docile’ by so called cultural or traditional practices, as well as by discourse. The compelled docility of African women (as that ... -
From adversarialism to co-operation: key implications of the new South African labour dispensation for the library and information sector.
(UNISA, 2007)The concept of co-determination, which is a fundamental principle underpinning the new South African labour dispensation, is examined. Co-determination represents a deliberate move away from adversarialism to cooperation. ... -
Getting the write message right: review of guidelines for producing readable print agricultural information materials.
(LiASA, 2003)Print agricultural information materials (PAIMs), such as leaflets, booklets and fact sheets, are used extensively to provide information to farmers. Such print materials can play a vital supportive role in extension, even ... -
Glaring invisibility: dressing the body of the female cleaner.
(University of Western Cape., 2009)The paper explores how the uniform of a group of female cleaners appears to be more than an abstract object framed by the practical exegetics of work. The uniform is seen as acting as a material exercise of discretionary ... -
H.I.E Dhlomo’s brilliance as a writer, dramatist, poet and politician knew no bounds : a reappraisal.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2010)When Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo, commonly known as H.I.E. Dhlomo, died during a heart operation on 23 October 1956, the South African literary firmament lost one of its brightest stars. He was only fifty-three and seemed ...