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From green to gold: a South African example of valuing urban green spaces in some residential areas in Potchefstroom
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2015)
English: Recent scientific studies identified multiple benefits of green areas in terms of
liveability and sustainability. As such, the need to value green spaces within residential
areas is increasing, especially in ...
Poetry in the act of killing: the bloody origin of language and communication
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2016)
There is a common belief that war and violence hinder communication, and conversely, communication has the power to end wars and conflicts. This article challenges such logic and argues that human identity, language, meaning ...
J M G Le Clézio se L’Africain praat Afrikaans: kroniek van ’n kennismaking in die taalpaar Frans-Afrikaans
(University of the Free State, 2012)
English: In 2008 the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded for the fourteenth time to a French author, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio. Although several of his texts are available in English, German and Swedish, until recently, ...
A conceptual analysis of integrated communication
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2016)
In a cut-throat market environment where providing the best product no longer safeguards the success of a company, the significance of having an appropriate Integrated Communication (IC) strategy in place has never been ...
Reading Isaiah 58 in conversation with I. J. Mosala: an African liberationist approach
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2016)
This paper sets out to draw on, and simultaneously depart from Mosala’s Black biblical hermeneutic of liberation in order to navigate liberating possibilities that Isaiah 58 could offer to the oppressed Black people in ...
Education for participatory democracy: a Grade R perspective
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)
This paper proposes a form of Grade R pedagogy in South African schools that addresses both the diverse realities of South Africa’s children and the principles underpinning a participatory democracy. The community of enquiry ...
More explicit regional policy for South Africa, please Mr President
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2015)
English: South Africa has a long and well-documented history with regard to the design and
implementation of national development and regional policy. With the first official
policy initiatives in the 1960s, it was decided ...
Sharing individual knowledge collectively: a theoretical framework for emerging knowledge organisations
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2016)
Scant attention has been paid to the role of individual employees in the knowledge management discourse, even though knowledge is recognised to be rooted in the individual. Where organisational theorists believe that the ...
The Black Church as a caring community for the poor: Southern Synod as investigative centre
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2016)
In this article, the researcher discusses first the Black Church in relation to God, one another, and the world and, secondly, the blackness of the URCSA reflected in terms of her membership’s pigmentation and her identity ...
A drought risk reduction message that sticks: a communication model for foundation phase children
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2016)
Too often, children’s communication needs are not considered when it comes to important messages – especially concerning disaster risk reduction. Drought has a significant impact on children both mentally and physically, ...