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The elevation of Sepedi from a dialect to an official standard language: Cultural and economic power and political influence matter

This study explored the role played by economic, cultural, and political power and influence when a particular dialect was elevated to the status of an official standard language. This was a ... . However, these dialects were considered superior and elevated to the status of official languages because of socio-economic power and political influence. This article further recorded that the status type

Creativity in political action

creativity be more structured as a means to protest, subvert and resist? How could creativity open up new ways of thinking about political and critical action in our field of research? Could creativity be a ... climate governance? Keywords: Creativity; Political Action; Creative Resistance; Urban Climate Governance A criatividade se tornou um foco atraente de muitas atenções na contemporaneidade

Feminist political ecologies of the commons and commoning

). Depoliticized Environments: The End of Nature, Climate Change and the Post-Political Condition. Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements 69: 253–274. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1358246111000300.  Tummers ... University, GB X close Chizu Sato Wageningen University, NL X close Abstract Editorial for the special feature. Keywords: feminist political ecology ,   commons

Masculinities and hydropower in India: A feminist political ecology perspective

and/or incentives to apply these toolkits in their everyday work. We adopt a feminist political ecology lens to analyse some of the barriers to reduce social inequalities in the management of global ... demonstrating physical strength and emotional hardiness. In such a setting, paying attention to vulnerabilities, inequalities and disparities are incompatible objectives. Keywords: feminist political

Masculinities and hydropower in India: A feminist political ecology perspective

and/or incentives to apply these toolkits in their everyday work. We adopt a feminist political ecology lens to analyse some of the barriers to reduce social inequalities in the management of global ... demonstrating physical strength and emotional hardiness. In such a setting, paying attention to vulnerabilities, inequalities and disparities are incompatible objectives. Keywords: feminist political

Feminist political ecologies of the commons and commoning (Editorial to the Special Feature)

). Depoliticized Environments: The End of Nature, Climate Change and the Post-Political Condition. Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements 69: 253–274. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1358246111000300.  Tummers ... University, GB X close Chizu Sato Wageningen University, NL X close Abstract Editorial for the special feature. Keywords: feminist political ecology ,   commons

Bosman: A proto-postcolonial author?

political commentary that accompanies and underpins it. Building on these insights, the present study investigates Bosman's preoccupation with South Africa's politics in order to determine whether he could be ... analyses selected texts in terms of their political themes - five short stories from the collections Ramoutsa Road (1987), Unto Dust (1991) and the novel Willemsdorp (written in 1951, first published in 1977

Ambivalences of collective farming: Feminist political ecologies from the Eastern Gangetic Plains

infrastructure, agricultural inputs and harvest to overcome resource constraints and to increase their bargaining power. Employing a feminist political ecology lens, we ask: to what extent can collective farming ... demonstrates that feminist political ecology can compliment commons studies by providing meaningful insights on ambivalences around approaches such as collective farming. Keywords: Collective farming

Toward a postcapitalist feminist political ecology’ approach to the commons and commoning

commoning. This essay expands feminist political ecology’s approaches to the study of the commons and commoning by integrating some insights from existing eco- and autonomist Marxist feminims as well as

Reading Zimbabwe's structural and political violence through the trope of the unnameable and unnamed in Brian Chikwava's Harare North

that: [t]he political philosophy of the annihilation of enemies has underpinned ZANU-PF's attitude to state power not only during the liberation struggle and the 1980 election; it has been ... , deformed, non-existent and uncanny, embodies and stitches together pervasive economic, social and political crises that confront Zimbabwe and Zimbabweans in the post-2000 period (Jones 2010). This article

Iceni to iconic: Literary, political and ideological transformations of Boudica through time

time and the gender of the reigning monarch, has exemplified either the negative or the positive attitudes required from a national icon. I will suggest that social, religious and political ... the figure of Boudica for political purposes rather than for her historical value. I then trace this form of ideological manipulation through the Renaissance and into the Victorian period. Various

Feminist Political Ecology practices of worlding: Art, commoning and the politics of hope in the class room

economies and feminist political ecology in the Community Economies Research Network (CERN), and the newly formed EU project Well-being, Ecology, Gender and cOmmunity (WEGO). In the article I first set out ... followed by a conclusion.        Keywords: feminist political ecology ,   community economies ,   gender ,   postdevelopment ,   commoning   How to Cite: Harcourt, W., 2019

A depiction of Maphalla's message in his poems: The case of Ke ikopela tokoloho and Mahlo a ka tutuboloha

upon a philosophy of political repression and a denial of human rights to African people (Adelokun 2022) . Writers such as Maphalla have contributed to social protest category as well. Tsambo (1999 ... ) postulates that Maphalla was a staunch political activist who worked hard to fight the past white oppressive regime in his own way, and in his books, he depicts the life of an ordinary black people under an

Reading Zimbabwe's structural and political violence through the trope of the unnameable and unnamed in Brian Chikwava's Harare North

that: [t]he political philosophy of the annihilation of enemies has underpinned ZANU-PF's attitude to state power not only during the liberation struggle and the 1980 election; it has been ... , deformed, non-existent and uncanny, embodies and stitches together pervasive economic, social and political crises that confront Zimbabwe and Zimbabweans in the post-2000 period (Jones 2010). This article

Psychological sequelae of political imprisonment, specifically post-traumatic stress disorder, in 491 Days by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

, avoidance of reminders and an ongoing sense of threat. An interdisciplinary literary-psychological approach will probably lead to a deeper understanding of the mental consequences of political imprisonment ... political imprisonment, as PTSD was not an acknowledged disorder during Madikizela-Mandela's detainment.     'They destroyed your being; you are made to feel a nobody.' Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (2013

Psychological sequelae of political imprisonment, specifically post-traumatic stress disorder, in 491 Days by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

, avoidance of reminders and an ongoing sense of threat. An interdisciplinary literary-psychological approach will probably lead to a deeper understanding of the mental consequences of political imprisonment ... political imprisonment, as PTSD was not an acknowledged disorder during Madikizela-Mandela's detainment.     'They destroyed your being; you are made to feel a nobody.' Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (2013

Commoning for inclusion? commons, exclusion, property and socio-natural becomings

As a response to the march of privatization and neoliberal individualism, the commons have recently re-emerged as an attractive alternative. In this article, I bring a feminist political ecology ... a conceptualisation of how political communities of commoning emerge through socionatural subjectification and affective relations. All commoning efforts involve a renegotiation of the (contested

Letterkundige en wysgerige kanttekeninge by die transformasie-trilogie van Antjie Krog

'propagandistic' and non-intellectual in nature. Van Niekerk mentions the strong interest in African philosophy. However, both western philosophy and African philosophy are confronted with the same problems. In ... of Antjie Krog     Hennie P. van CollerI; Danie StraussII ISchool of Languages, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa IISchool of Philosophy, North-West University, Potchefstroom

Letterkundige en wysgerige kanttekeninge by die transformasie-trilogie van Antjie Krog

'propagandistic' and non-intellectual in nature. Van Niekerk mentions the strong interest in African philosophy. However, both western philosophy and African philosophy are confronted with the same problems. In ... of Antjie Krog     Hennie P. van CollerI; Danie StraussII ISchool of Languages, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa IISchool of Philosophy, North-West University, Potchefstroom

Letterkundige en wysgerige kanttekeninge by die transformasie-trilogie van Antjie Krog

'propagandistic' and non-intellectual in nature. Van Niekerk mentions the strong interest in African philosophy. However, both western philosophy and African philosophy are confronted with the same problems. In ... of Antjie Krog     Hennie P. van CollerI; Danie StraussII ISchool of Languages, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa IISchool of Philosophy, North-West University, Potchefstroom