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Socially just pedagogies: Towards participatory parity in higher education
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
South Africa remains challenged by persistent poverty and inequality, the ramifications of
which are felt across the higher education (HE) sector. Many students enter universities already
hindered by socio-economic ...
Radical possibilities at the crossroads of African feminism and digital activism
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Studies abound that deal with digital activism and social movements worldwide. Many African
scholars continue to dwell on how the effects of technological advancement and access to social
media are ingrained in class and ...
Semiotics of spatial citizenship: Place, race and identity in post-apartheid South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This thesis uses the work of Frantz Fanon as a perspective to anchor an analysis of semiotic
material deployed by students during the #Shackville protests at the University of Cape Town
in 2016. Through the notion of ...
Territory and exclusion: Contestations over space in Mitchell’s Plain
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
In the post-apartheid city, protest action has become synonymous with land invasions. The
constant growth of informal settlements in South Africa places significant pressure on local
and national authorities, but more ...
Talk and play as interactions among bilingual children in Beacon Valley, Mitchell’s Plain
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This study investigates talk and play as interactions in a “small context” among so-called coloured bilingual children and their interactions amongst themselves in the community of Beacon Valley (Mitchell’s Plain). One of ...
Branding and material culture of multilingualism and identities in linguistic landscapes in Langa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Very few studies of linguistic landscape (LL) have been conducted in townships, rural areas,
and Africa in general. The focus is and has been on major city centres and their surroundings.
Therefore, this study seeks to ...
The sociosyntax of verb-second and verb-third placement in Manenberg Kaaps
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The primary goal of this study is to provide a detailed and sharply focused sociosyntactic
description and analysis of an aspect of clausal word order variation in Kaaps. Kaaps
is a grammatically understudied, historically ...
Science fiction and magical realism: African environmentalism in the organic fantasy of Nnedi Okorafor
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This is a work of ecocriticism—the interdisciplinary study of literature and environment—
which takes as its point of departure the environmental and literary insights of Amitav Ghosh
in The Great Derangement: Climate ...
Exploring the effectiveness of distance learning as an alternative to mainstream education for disabled children in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The implementation of inclusive education by the South African government has been inspired and mandated by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. While South Africa was among the first ...
Beyond difference: A textual and interactional analysis of Afrikaner’s language use and identity in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
In a post-national South Africa, spaces are transforming to accommodate multilingualism and
address structures of sociolinguistic isolationism and exclusion. In such a transformative society
embracing multilingualism is ...