scholarly journals Exclusive language: The tool to empower and create identity

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ananda Geyser-Fouche
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Jacques Derrida ◽  
Julia Kristeva ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Literary Theories ◽  
African Context ◽  
Qumran Community ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
The Way

This article used some postmodern literary theories of philosophers such as Jean-Fran�ois Lyotard, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida and Julia Kristeva to scrutinise a selection of texts from the post-exilic period with regard to the exclusive language employed in these texts. Lyotard�s insights relate to and complement Foucault�s concept of �counter-memory�. Foucault also focuses on the network of discursive powers that operate behind texts and reproduce them, arguing that it is important to have a look from behind so as to see which voices were silenced by the specific powers behind texts. The author briefly looked at different post-exilic texts within identity-finding contexts, focusing especially on Chronicles and a few Qumran texts, to examine the way in which they used language to create identity and to empower the community in their different contexts. It is generally accepted that both the author(s) of 1 & 2 Chronicles and the Qumran community used texts selectively, with their own nuances, omissions and additions. This study scrutinised the way the author(s) of Chronicles and the Qumran community used documents selectively, focusing on the way in which they used exclusive language. It is clear that all communities used such language in certain circumstances to strengthen a certain group�s identity, to empower them and to legitimise this group�s conduct, behaviour and claims � and thereby exclude other groups.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: Based on postmodern literary theories, this article compares the exclusive language used in Chronicles and in the texts of the Qumran community, pointing to the practice of creating identity and empowering through discourse. In conclusion, the article reflects on what is necessary in a South African context, post-1994, to be a truly democratic country.Keywords: Exclusive language; inclusive; Jean-Fran�ois Lyotard, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu; Derrida; Qumran Chronicles

scholarly journals ‘Blaming-the-poor’: Strengths and development discourses which obfuscate neo-liberal and individualist ideologies

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 336-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Harms Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
South African ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Modes Of Operation ◽  
The Poor ◽  
African Context ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Development Discourses ◽  
Work Knowledge ◽  
Selection Of

Critical interrogation of social work texts reveals ideologies contributing to hegemonic ‘taken-for-granted’ knowledge that maintains oppressive power relations. In the South African context of ongoing inequality after the 1994 democratic transition, neo-liberal ideologies have structured and constrained social work knowledge and practice constitutive of social change. Similarly, conservative neo-liberal ideologies underpinning social work knowledge and discourse act performatively to shape practice and social realities. This article, based on a section of the author’s PhD study, examines one of the thematic ideological trends found in post-1994 social work texts on poverty and social development, which reflect neo-liberal, individualist ideologies of ‘blaming-the-poor’ and personal culpability for poverty. A selection of three texts is discussed, illustrating processes and modes of operation of these ideologies in the various approaches proposed.

E. P. THOMPSON, ‘SOCIAL HISTORY’, AND SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORIOGRAPHY, 1970–90

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER DELIUS
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Social History ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Historical Writing ◽  
The South ◽  
New School ◽  
African Context ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractIt is often suggested that the work of E. P. Thomson played a pivotal role in shaping South African historical writing and provided the foundations for a new school of social history. Thompson's writings – often refracted through many other texts – were one influence amongst many. This article, drawing on my own experiences of key moments of individuals and institutions, argues that the decisive and central role that is ascribed to his work does not accord with much more complex and localised realities. The article touches on numerous other influences that shaped the research and writing of succeeding cohorts of historians. It also suggests that while The Poverty of Theory was an influential publication, it did not initiate new forms of research and writing, but rather contributed to debates that were already well underway. In conclusion, the usefulness of the category of social history is disputed, as in the South African context it lends to a lazy lumping together of a very diverse selection of historians and needs to be rethought or replaced.

scholarly journals Od polityki i teorii do literatury. Wokół „Théorie d'ensemble" grupy Tel Quel

2007 ◽  
pp. 105-117
Author(s):  
Adam Dziadek
Keyword(s):  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Literary Theory ◽  
Jacques Derrida ◽  
Julia Kristeva ◽  
Roland Barthes ◽  
Tel Quel ◽  
The Way

This text aims at a description of the famous manifesto published by the group Tel Quel in France in 1968. The author gives a short analysis of chosen texts by Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes and particularly Julia Kristeva. The analysis shows important links between politics and literary theory of the Tel Quel. It also shows the way that politics and theory (based on such intertexts as Marx, Freud and Lacan) influenced new notion of the text, of the intertextuality and the others.

scholarly journals The Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
Christopher Stroud
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
South African Context ◽  
The South ◽  
African Context ◽  
A Priority ◽  
The University ◽  
Multiple Languages ◽  
The Way

There is an urgency in theorising howdiversity is negotiated, communicated,and disputed as a matter of everydayordinariness that is compounded by theclear linkages between diversity, transformation,voice, agency, poverty andhealth. The way in which difference iscategorised, semiotised and reconfiguredin multiple languages across quotidianencounters and in public and media forumsis a central dynamic in how povertyand disadvantage are distributed and reproducedacross social and racial categorisations.In the South African context,finding ways of productively harnessingdiversity in the building of a better societymust be a priority.

scholarly journals Animals and nature: mapping storylines and metaphors in David Kramer’s narratives

Literator ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-120
Author(s):  
M. Slabbert
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
Political Commentary ◽  
The Social ◽  
Teaching Animal ◽  
African Context ◽  
Representations Of Nature ◽  
Selection Of

This article discusses the representation of animals and nature in selected lyrics from the oeuvre of singer, songwriter and producer David Kramer and considers his engagement with historical and contemporary discourses about human-animal and human-nature interaction in relation to ecological awareness within a South African context. I trace the socio-political commentary voiced through his depiction of animals in the folksongs he wrote during apartheid, especially in lyrics from the album “Baboondogs” (Kramer, 1986). Kramer also employs intertextual references to traditional South African folksongs and tales in his music. Furthermore, the social and environmental significance of Kramer’s representations of nature in a selection of his postapartheid lyrics is investigated. I argue that the pedagogical value of Kramer’s cultural commentary can contribute significantly to the challenge of teaching animal studies and ecocriticism in South African context.

scholarly journals ʼn Plantekologiese verkenning van die waterberggebied in die Noord-Transvaalse bosveld

Koedoe ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J Coetzee ◽  
P Van Wyk ◽  
W. P. D Gertenbach ◽  
A Hall-Martin ◽  
S. C. J Joubert
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
South African Context ◽  
African Context ◽  
Community Types ◽  
Selection Of

Die natuurlike Waterbergplantegroei word kortliks in bree Suid-Afrikaanse verband bespreek. Verskillende plantgemeenskappe is oneweredig oor die Waterberge versprei en bewerkte vlaktes verdeel die gebied in blokke. Die Kransbergblok, wat die grootste verskeidenheid van die betrokke plantgemeenskappe bevat, word vir verdere bespreking uitgesonder. Dit blyk dat die noordelike, sentrale, suidelike en westelike dele van die Kransbergblok onderskeidelik uit uiteenlopende groepe gemeenskappe bestaan. Saam verteenwoordig hulle hulle die gematigde, bergagtige Suurbosveld en sy oorgang na Hoeveldse grasveld goed. Gematigde vlaktebosveld word minder goed verteenwoordig. The natural Waterberg vegetation is described briefly within the broad South African context. Different plant communities are unevenly distributed over the Waterberg Mountains and cultivated plains divide the area into discrete blocks. The Kransberg Block, which contains the widest selection of relevant plant communities, is singled out for further discussion. It appears that the northern, central, southern and western sections of the Kransberg Block, respectively contain different sets of major community types. Together they adequately represent the temperate, mountainous Sour Bushveld and its transition to Highveld grassveld. Temperate plains bushveld is less well represented.

scholarly journals A Lack of Psychological and Disability Perspectives in the Framework for the Rational Analysis of Mobile Education: A Literature Review Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rossano Wells ◽  
Sindile Ngubane-Mokiwa
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Rational Analysis ◽  
Review Analysis ◽  
Mobile Education ◽  
African Context ◽  
Education Model ◽  
The Way

The purpose of this literature-based study was to investigate the way in which psychological and disability perspectives, in a South African context, can be accommodated in the Framework for the Rational Analysis of Mobile Education model to promote inclusive approaches in mobile learning. This model aims to guide the way in which learning materials are designed to facilitate mobile learning effectively. This is important because mobile learning can enhance interaction in teaching and learning. The literature suggests that since psychological and disability perspectives have not been adequately dealt with in the model, two components should be added so that inclusivity, particularly in relation to students with different abilities, can be accommodated. Further research regarding disabilities and the use of mobile learning will help educators and higher education institutions to expand their capacity towards adopting these technologies.

scholarly journals Two approaches to life in the Second Temple period: Deuteronomy and Qoholet

2009 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christo Lombaard
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Second Temple ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The South ◽  
Second Temple Period ◽  
The Face ◽  
African Context ◽  
The Way

The prosaic Mosaic death in Deuteronomy 34 leaves the way of life [foreign font omitted] as constituted in [foreign font omitted]. That is, par excellence: Life [foreign font omitted] is found in words. In Qohelet, another kind of existentialism, in the face of death, is found, namely in the sensual life of enjoyment of food, drink and companionship. These two approaches constitute different, competing Second Temple period conceptions of how to live, despite death, coram Deo. These two conceptions indicate the existence of more than one ethos within ancient Judaic society – a dynamic often lacking in the South African context.

scholarly journals Making “Mini-Me’s”: Service-Learning as Governance of the Self in a South African Context

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
South African ◽  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
The Self ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Reflection Process ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
African Context

This article presents an attempt to examine my own service-learning practices through the use of the conceptual tools of Michel Foucault, in particular his notions of governmentality and power. The article views the development of service-learning in South Africa and our current practices as operating within a regime of truth, and it considers service-learning as an apparatus for constructing particular kinds of subjects. From a broad conceptual lens, the article moves to the analysis of an interaction during a critical reflection process in service-learning in an attempt to examine actual practices and how these may produce different subjectivities. The article is an attempt to encourage other practitioners to reflect on their own practices, uncover their assumptions, and ask how things could be otherwise.

Exploring recidivism in the South African context.

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Bedell ◽  
Nicholas Challis ◽  
Charl Cilliers ◽  
Joy Cole ◽  
Wendy Corry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
South African Context ◽  
The South ◽  
African Context
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