scholarly journals Water research paradigm shifts in South Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 110 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond Siebrits ◽  
Kevin Winter ◽  
Inga Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
Paradigm Shifts ◽  
Water Research

The removal of litter from stormwater conduits in the developing world

1999 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 277-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. P. Armitage ◽  
A. Rooseboom
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Exponential Growth ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Less Developed Countries ◽  
Substantial Agreement ◽  
Water Research ◽  
Independent Investigation ◽  
Water Courses ◽  
Laboratory Investigations

As the less developed countries (LDC's) become more developed, they have experienced an exponential growth in the production of urban litter. Unfortunately few of these countries have the infrastructure to cope with the removal of this litter, and as a result it tends to end up in the water courses. Grids cannot be placed over stormwater inlets for fear of blockage and consequential flooding. Once the litter has entered the drainage system it is difficult to remove. This paper summarises the results of three years of laboratory investigations sponsored by the Water Research Commission of South Africa into the movement of urban litter through potential trapping structures. The results show substantial agreement with those of an independent investigation carried out in Australia. It concludes that declined self-cleaning screens show the greatest promise for the removal of urban litter from most stormwater conduits and streams in the LDC's.

scholarly journals Community participation in clinical health research - a new research paradigm

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Frohlich ◽  
Annatjie Botes ◽  
Marie Muller
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
New Research

The idea of community participation in health and research can be found in all major international and national declarations, including South Africa. Opsomming Gemeenskapsbetrokkenheid in gesondheid en in navorsing word internasionaal en nasionaal, insluitende Suid-Afrika, in verskeie verklarings van voorneme gereflekteer. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.

scholarly journals Water research and collaboration in the Southern African Development Community

Water SA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (3 July) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastassios Pouris
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
The South ◽  
Water Research ◽  
Related Research ◽  
African Development ◽  
The Web

This article investigates water-related research in the Southern African Development Community. Water issues are part of the region’s science and technology priorities as 4countries receive less rain than the global average of 860 mm/yr – Botswana with 400 mm/yr, Namibia with 254 mm/yr, South Africa with 497 mm/yr and Zimbabwe with 652 mm/yr. Furthermore, the international literature indicates that joint or internationally coordinated research has the potential to improve the scientific–technical quality of international agreements, prevent conflict and shape the way for appropriate management of the shared resources. Scientometric analysis using the Web of Science database is employed in order to identify the state of water research and collaboration in the SADC region. The Web of Science indexes a defined set of journals worldwide and the South African Government provides incentives/subsidies for publications indexed by this database. The results show that South Africa is the main producer (80%) of research publications in the region. Similarly, in the field of water research South Africa produces 75% of the region’s research. The SADC collaboration matrix in water-related research reveals that there is minimal, if any, collaborative research on the topic. Some seed-level research exists between South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. The main funders of research are the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) (acknowledged in 180 publications), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (72 publications), the National Institutes of Health (64 publications) and the Wellcome Trust (60 publications). Policy implications are discussed (e.g. the establishment of SADC Common Water Research Area; research support for the region, etc.).

What counts as language in South African schooling?

AILA Review ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 103-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn McKinney ◽  
Hannah Carrim ◽  
Alex Marshall ◽  
Laura Layton
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
South African ◽  
Classroom Discourse ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Epistemic Injustice ◽  
Paradigm Shifts ◽  
Children’S Participation

This paper focuses on the lack of impact on language education of recent paradigm shifts in the study of language and society such as the recognition of the ideology of language[s] as stable, discrete or bounded entities and the reality of heteroglossic languaging and semiotic practices in everyday life. Using South Africa as a case, the paper explores the implications of heteroglossic conceptualising of language as social practice for language education through three ethnographically informed case studies of classroom discourse. I will argue that monoglossic orientations which ironically underpin both monolingual and “multilingual” approaches have wide-ranging constraining effects on how children are positioned in schooling, and on children’s participation in classrooms, resulting in a form of ‘epistemic injustice’ (Fricker, 2007).

scholarly journals Centering Queer Latinx/a/o Experiences and Knowledge: Guidelines for using Jotería Studies in Higher Education Qualitative Research

JCSCORE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-148
Author(s):  
Roberto C. Orozco ◽  
Sergio Gonzalez ◽  
Antonio Duran
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Higher Education Research ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
Paradigm Shifts ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Research Paradigms ◽  
Race Ethnicity

The landscape of higher education research and practice on Queers of Color (QoC) is increasingly offering possibilities of research paradigms and frameworks that best articulate and capture the unique experiences of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. And, as research on queer Latinx/a/o people in higher education increases, researchers and scholars need to utilize frameworks that attend to this community. Notably, Jotería Studies is a framework that centers the material realities of queer Latinx/a/o people (Hames-García, 2014). Jotería Studies as a research paradigm shifts the possibilities to intentionally speak to the experiences of the queer Latinx/a/o community. Therefore, the purpose of this manuscript is to offer guidelines for qualitative researchers to use Jotería Studies to study topics of higher education. Consequently, using these guidelines assist in examining the ways in which queer Latinx/a/o people are structurally marginalized in ways that speak to the intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality.

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