Psychobiography as an Effective Research Methodology for the Advocacy of Abused and Neglected Youth in South Africa

2019 ◽  
pp. 481-499
Author(s):  
Sharon Johnson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Research Methodology

Performing Theatre and Democracy

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-98
Author(s):  
Leila Henriques
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Embodied Experience ◽  
Performance Ethnography ◽  
Theatre History ◽  
Political Narrative ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Perspective

This collection of performances that is linked to this chapter was created as part of the MA exchange project between NTNU and DFL (Drama for Life). Students used performance ethnography as a method for generating performance material in answer to the challenge of building democracy through theatre. South Africa has a rich theatre history that has always engaged with the South African political narrative. Through developing an understanding of the many theatre-making processes that created this unique history, as well as through exploring other contemporary South African performances, students created and tracked their own research methodology so that they were able to hold up a mirror to the world around them. While each performance captured the individual perspective of the performer, they also engaged directly and indirectly with broader South African realities. The course consisted of four components, each shaped by the individual’s journey into their own research methodology. These were: generating material, interpreting the material, rehearsing the material and performing the material. This submission consists of a framing statement written by the lecturer as well as a collection of ten performances that include a short framing statement from each performer. Permission was obtained from all the students to showcase their work apart from one student who has submitted it under a pseudonym. Out of this exploration and through a practical laboratory, students created an embodied experience that addressed the notion of democracy. The value of the work was to gain a fresh embodied perspective of democracy in South Africa. It spoke to our unique South African theatre-making legacy, but also challenged and disrupted our understanding of what democracy is and how it might be performed.

The Friendly Financier: Talking Money with the Silenced Assistant

2007 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 292-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Molony ◽  
Daniel Hammett
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Working Relationship ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
Financial Transactions ◽  
Research Assistants

In many academic fields the researcher often financially remunerates both research assistants and participants. Literature covers the ethics involved in paying informants. Both research design and research methodology literature covers many important aspects of the research process, but neither pays much attention to the issue of research assistants. These relationships can be complicated by the dynamics of an outsider researcher working in a southern context. Drawing upon examples of researcher-research assistant in the field, in Tanzania and South Africa, this paper explores the ethics of financial transactions in researcher-assistant relationships and the ways in which wealth asymmetry can affect the working relationship. We conclude by stating our belief that these issues have not been adequately addressed elsewhere, and that there is an imperative for due consideration in training and planning for these relationships to be considered as integral and visible to the research and writing phases.

scholarly journals Rural transport and climate change in South Africa: Converting constraints into rural transport adaptation opportunities

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
James Chakwizira
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Rural South Africa

This study explored the implications of climate change for rural transport in South Africa. The article was seeking to convert existing rural transport adaptation constraints into rural transport adaptation opportunities. Challenges and constraints to rural transport adaptation transitions were also explored. The research methodology adopted was a review of the literature and references to case study examples. Then a four-stage multi-analytical approach was used to unravel and decode the major rural transport and climate change issues in South Africa. Consequent to the analysis, a framework of analysis for strongly integrating climate change to rural transport interventions was advanced. The findings indicated the existing rural transport adaptation measures and options in South Africa. The article concludes by highlighting the complexity and intricate dynamic nature of interactions, networks and systems that impact rural South Africa. Recommendations revolve around properly situating rural transport and climate change within the wider rural development challenges and matters facing contemporary South Africa.

Fair Usage of the 16PF in Personality Assessment in South Africa: A Response to Abrahams and Mauer with Special Reference to Issues of Research Methodology

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 48-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cas H. Prinsloo ◽  
Ingrid Ebersöhn
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Instrument Development ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Test Material ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Practical Usefulness ◽  
Assessment Research

Against the backdrop of the influence exerted in recent years in South Africa by new legislation and regulatory authorities on personality assessment research and instrument development, the present article highlights important research methodology issues pertaining to the cultural fairness of the 16PF®. The article is a deliberate comment upon the work of Abrahams (1996) and Abrahams and Mauer (1999a, 1999b). As a result, the relevant aspects are illustrated practically and empirically by referring to recent, current and intended South African research. Personality assessment research and instrument development are assumed to require a symbiotic relationship between test developers and test users. The relevant roles and responsibilities of each of the two groups are discussed. A particularly salient brief is to find common ground about methodological issues, the practical usefulness of the relevant assessment devices, user proficiency in administering and interpreting tests, and understanding how research processes intend ensuring quality tools. Some of the issues illustrated in more detail by referring to HSRC and other research on the SA92 and Fifth Editions of the 16PF® are mean scores and their meaning, subgroup differences, language proficiency, research samples and target populations, statistical techniques, and test material as such.

scholarly journals Africa and the Commonwealth: What Relationship Since 1994?

2021 ◽  
pp. 22-32
Author(s):  
Modupeolu Faseke
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Symbiotic Relationship ◽  
African Continent ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Multilateral Organizations ◽  
The Relationship

The Commonwealth is a global organisation with some unique and important characteristics that complement other global multilateral organizations. Its peculiarities, most especially its networking and informal qualities, have endeared the organization until recently to her members.  In this age of internet in which smartness and alertness are highly valued, some of its traits are now becoming a thing of an anathema, regarded as a cog in the wheel of progress. African continent alone has over thirty percent of Commonwealth membership.  This paper examines Commonwealth relations with Africa since 1994 when apartheid ended in South Africa and Africans had a renewed relationship with the organization after both parties had endured a tenuous relationship in the preceding years. The study has the objective of assessing the economic and political gains Africa has derived from membership of the Commonwealth as well as to ascertain whether or not the relationship is mutually beneficial. The essay is qualitative and adopts the historical research methodology, detailing the evolution and progression in Commonwealth’s relationship with Africa during the period of study. The essay complements the use of secondary sources with primary sources. Data was therefore composed of official documents from the |Commonwealth Secretariat as well as documents from some African countries. The study concludes that Africa has benefitted immensely from the Commonwealth since 1994, despite some aspects of its relationship needing improvements. It recommends, therefore, that both parties will have to work towards a symbiotic relationship in order to enjoy a more robust partnership that is effective and impactful in the interest of all.

scholarly journals Opportunities of Using Space Technology to Enhance Border Security in South Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 775-798
Author(s):  
Moses Thabo Katjisa Nkhoma ◽  
Albert Tchey Agbenyegah
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
National Security ◽  
South African ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Border Security ◽  
Space Technology ◽  
Technology Sector ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
Security Concern

The failure of the South African border security authorities to provide effective border security continues to be a national security concern. The inability to provide effective border security is due to factors such as ineffective methods of controlling and monitoring the borders. The aim of this study was to examine the practicability of employing space technology to address identified border security constraints. The study focused on border security authorities and the space technology sector in South Africa. To achieve this objective, a qualitative research methodology was used to ascertain the issues and constraints of border security in South Africa as well as the possibilities of utilising space technology to address border security constraints in South Africa. Findings indicate that there is a need to utilise space technology in South Africa to enhance the level of border security.

Multi-Sited Global Ethnography of Elite Schools

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Koh
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Independent Schools ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Elite Schools ◽  
Global Ethnography ◽  
Geographical Locations

Multi-sited global ethnography is a methodological contribution to educational research methodology, and more broadly, ethnography. This new methodological framework was designed specifically for the research project “Elite Independent Schools in Globalizing Circumstances,” which studied seven elite schools, one school in each of the following geographical locations: Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Australia, South Africa, Barbados, and England, over a five-year period from 2010 to 2014. The aim of this article is to give a detailed methodological rendition of the epistemologies, and theoretical and conceptual bearings that underpin multi-sited global ethnography. Drawing attention to how the methodology reinvigorates conventional ways of doing ethnography, “different strokes” is used to allude to the new methodological elements we introduced in multi-sited global ethnography. Overall, the article highlighted the insights, hindsight, and oversights gained during and after fieldwork, so that further research can enrich multi-sited global ethnography.

Factors Affecting the Successful Implementation of an E-Education Policy and Community Engagement

2022 ◽  
pp. 580-605
Author(s):  
Absolom Muzambi ◽  
Leila Goosen
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
E Learning

In order to provide readers with an overview and summarize the content, the purpose of this chapter is stated as reporting on an investigation around acquiring 21st century skills through e-learning. This study takes place against the background of the factors affecting the successful implementation of an e-education policy and community engagement. In terms of research methodology, a case study is used of a specific high (secondary) school in the Metro North district of the Western Cape province, South Africa.

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