Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences provides a dynamic and interactive learning environment to its students focusing in particular on preparing our graduates for an ever-growing knowledge-based society and economy.
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'Let's see if it won't go away by itself'. LGBT microaggressions among teachers in South Africa
(University of South Africa Press, 2016)We explored types and qualities of microaggressions or subtle forms of discrimination towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people among teachers in South Africa. For data collection, we used in-depth ...
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Working-class high school learners' challenge to change : insights from the equal education movement in South Africa
(University of South Africa Press, 2016)Hargreaves (2002) suggested that vigorous social movements have the potential to improve the quality of (and increase the equity in) public education. This paper explores the role of Equal Education, an education social ...
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The "human colour" crayon : investigating the attitudes and perceptions of learners regarding race and skin colour
(University of South Africa Press, 2017)Some coloured and black learners in South Africa use a light orange or pink crayon to represent themselves in art. Many learners name this colour “human colour” or “skin colour”. This is troublesome, because it could reflect ...
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Investigating "othering" in visual arts spaces of learning
(University of South Africa Press, 2017)In the political, social, cultural and economic context of South Africa, higher education spaces provide fertile ground for social research. This case study explored “othered” identities in the Department of Visual Arts ...
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Quality in software development : a pragmatic approach using metrics
(South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, 2014-07)As long as software has been produced, there have been efforts to strive for quality in software products. In order to understand quality in software products, researchers have built models of software quality that rely ...
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Weak factor automata : the failure of failure factor oracles?
(South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, 2014-08)In indexing of, and pattern matching on, DNA and text sequences, it is often important to represent all factors of a sequence. One efficient, compact representation is the factor oracle (FO). At the same time, any classical ...
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Psychosocial humanitarian interventions in the global South : the potential contributions of social work and community psychology
(Stellenbosch University, Department of Social Work, 2018)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This article makes the case for the fields of social work and community psychology to contribute to psychosocial humanitarian interventions in the global South. Many countries in the majority world face ...
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School-based interventions for preventing HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and pregnancy in adolescents
(Cochrane, 2016-11-08)Background: School-based sexual and reproductive health programmes are widely accepted as an approach to reducing high-risk sexual behaviour among adolescents.Many studies and systematic reviews have concentrated onmeasuring ...
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Parenting, the other oldest profession in the world – a cross-sectional study of parenting and child outcomes in South Africa and Malawi
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2017-01-30)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Parenting quality is important in child development. In the presence of HIV poverty and life stress, parenting may be challenged and child development affected. This study examines cross-sectional ...
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Let Mrs Mafekeng stay : an evaluation of the Paarl riots of 1959
(Historical Association of South Africa, 2017)In South African historical research, the Paarl riots of 9 -10 November 1959 have been viewed fleetingly as an episode centred around Elizabeth Mafekeng¹, a trade union activist of the 1940s and 1950s. ...
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The sexual lives of people with disabilities within low- and middle-income countries : a scoping study of studies published in English
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2017-07-05)Background: Although approximately 80% of the global population of people with disabilities reside in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), very little is known about their sexual lives due to a lack of empirical ...
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Paid staff or volunteers – does it make a difference? The impact of staffing on child outcomes for children attending community based programmes in South Africa and Malawi
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2017)Background: Globally, and in low and middle income countries (LMIC) specifically, there is a critical shortage of workers. The use of volunteers to support such care delivery systems has been examined, there is scant ...
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Chronic pain as a human rights issue : setting an agenda for preventative action
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2017)Background: Historically, chronic pain has been viewed primarily as a medical issue, and research has been focused on the individual and predominantly on pain sufferers in highincome countries. Objectives: This article ...
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Thinking about the environment and theorising change : how could life history strategy theory inform mHealth interventions in low- and middleincome countries
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2017)Background: There is a growing body of literature outlining the promise of mobile information and communication technologies to improve healthcare in resource-constrained contexts. Methods: We reviewed the literature ...
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The impact of early-years provision in Children’s Centres (EPICC) on child cognitive and socio-emotional development : study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
(BioMed Central, 2018-08-22)Background: There are marked disparities between pre-school children in key skills affecting school readiness, disparities that commonly persist and influence children’s later academic achievements, employment, and ...
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Coping with drought : the experience of water sensitive urban design (WSUD) in the George Municipality
(Water Research Commission, 2015)This study investigated the extent of Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) activities in the George Municipality in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, and its impact on water consumption. The WSUD approach aims to ...
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Global research priorities for interpersonal violence prevention : a modified Delphi study
(World Health Organization -- WHO, 2017-1)Objective To establish global research priorities for interpersonal violence prevention using a systematic approach. Methods Research priorities were identified in a three-round process involving two surveys. In round 1, ...
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The use of Landsat and aerial photography for the assessment of coastal erosion and erosion susceptibility in False Bay, South Africa
(CONSAS Conference, 2015-06)Coastal erosion is a worldwide hazard, the consequences of which can only be mitigated via thorough and efficient monitoring of erosion. This study aimed to employ remote sensing techniques on aerial photographs and ...
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Identifying the challenges of creating an optimal dissemination geography for census
(CONSAS Conference, 2015-02)The importance of census data in government and private-sector planning cannot be underestimated. However, the geographic level at which it is made available for different users, is a highly debateable issue. ...
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Change detection of bare areas in the Xolobeni region, South Africa using Landsat NDVI
(CONSAS Conference, 2015-06)Identification and protection of areas that are vulnerable to erosion is essential for the conservation of the sensitive wetlands and estuarine ecosystems along the Xolobeni coastal strip. The forecasting ...
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Exploring the transformative potential of collaborative art projects on the Stellenbosch University campus
(UNISA Press, 2015)this article explores the potential of visual art projects in negotiating social transformation within the context of a South African higher education institution (HeI). the experiences of students and staff involved in ...
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A survey of doctoral supervisors in South Africa
(UNISA Press, 2015)South African universities receive a direct monetary reward for the number of doctoral graduates produced. As a result there has been a steady increase in numbers in recent years (from 977 in 2004 to 1 878 in 2012), with ...
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The discursive construction of foundation programmes in South African media texts
(UNISA Press, 2015)This article reports on research that investigated public perceptions of transformation within South African universities, with a particular focus on the incorporation of foundation programmes into university curricula. ...
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Healthcare workers' perceptions and experience on using mHealth technologies to deliver primary healthcare services : qualitative evidence synthesis
(Cochrane, 2015)This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: The review has the following two objectives. To identify, appraise and synthesise qualitative research evidence on healthcare ...
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Sinaps-opsporing tussen self en ander in Antjie Krog se Mede-wete (2014)
(Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association, 2015)The poetry volume Mede-wete by Antjie Krog is a sustained questioning of ethical relations between self and other, an on-going preoccupation of Krog in both her poetry and literary non-fiction works. This review article ...
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Post-trauma coping in the context of significant adversity: a qualitative study of young people living in an urban township in South Africa
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2017-10)Objective Compared with knowledge of the post-trauma needs of young people living in developed countries, little is known about the needs of those in low-middle-income countries. Such information is crucial, particularly ...
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'n Funksionalistiese benadering tot die hantering van taal- en kultuurverskille in 'n Afrikaanse proefvertaling van Daniel Kehlmann se roman Die Vermessung der Welt
(LitNet, 2017)Dit is verbasend dat daar so min vertalings van Duitse letterkundige werke in Afrikaans bestaan, siende dat Afrikaans en Duits tot dieselfde taalfamilie behoort en heelwat taalkundige ooreenkomste toon. Die enkele vertalings ...
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No gene-by-environment interaction of BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and childhood maltreatment on anxiety sensitivity in a mixed race adolescent sample
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2018)Background: Anxiety disorders in youth are attributable to multiple causal mechanisms, comprising biological vulnerabilities, such as genetics and temperament, and unfavourable environmental influences, such as childhood ...
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Gender-specific HIV and substance abuse prevention strategies for South African men : study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
(BioMed Central, 2018-08-03)Background: Young men in South Africa face concurrent epidemics of HIV, drug and alcohol abuse, and unemployment. Standard HIV prevention programs, located in healthcare settings and/or using counseling models, fail to ...
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Remote sensing training in African conservation
(Wiley, 2017-01)The potential of remote sensing (RS) to assist with conservation planning, implementation and monitoring is well described, and particularly relevant in African areas that are inaccessible due to terrain, finances or ...
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