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Social aspects of American Peace Corps volunteerism in Botswana 1966-1997
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012-06)
This research aims to investigate and evaluate the work and reasons behind past and contemporary American Peace Corps (APC) volunteerism in Botswana and the social impact this had on Botswana’s developmental roadmap. The ...
Music production in the intercultural sphere: challenges and opportunities
(University of the Free State, 2012)
English: As a South African composer working in a culturally, politically and ecologically heterogeneous environment, I deliberately refer to musical ‘differences’ in many of my works. The artistic vision developed in these ...
Philosophical culture and Socratic criticism
(University of the Free State, 2014)
The article takes issue with a dominant characterisation of Western philosophy as
a culturally neutral procedural practice of rational arbitration, with reference to the
position of Steven Lukes. The relationship between ...
Reducing cultural barriers in projective assessment through dynamic assessment
(University of the Free State, 2013)
English: Projection media are valued widely in psychological assessment. However, various pitfalls exist in the administration and interpretation thereof, for instance cross-cultural influences. Seeking to enhance ...
Obtaining informed consent in non-Western contexts: reflections on fieldwork experiences in Zimbabwe
(University of the Free State, 2012)
English: Current ethics frameworks for regulating social science research seem to be based mainly on Western sociocultural traditions, arguably making it difficult for researchers in non-Western contexts to use them as ...
Insights from traditional initiation teachers (Basuwe) on the influence of male traditional initiation (lebollo) on the behaviour of schoolboys
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2016)
This article aims to describe the outcomes of traditional initiation schools (lebollo), identify reasons for initiates’ deviant behaviour at school after returning from lebollo and offer some suggestions on how to reduce ...
Comparing apples with pears: the pre-1994 and post-1994 South African military cultures
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012)
This article aims2 at providing an exposition of the most important factors that have shaped and are
still shaping the institutional culture of the South African (SA) military. The view is broad and holistic
and places ...
Music and (re-)translating unity and reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda
(University of the Free State, 2012)
English: This article focuses on the ability of a historically important musical instrument in the East African country of Rwanda, the inanga, to contribute to the (re-)translation of issues related to unity and reconciliation ...
Acculturation as translation: mimicry, satire and resistance in Chewa dance
(University of the Free State, 2012)
English: communities of Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. With this particular dance – and indeed with many others – historical connotations, cultural reverberations, and systemic institutionalisation come ...
Cultural competence among occupational therapy students at the University of the Free State, South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2012)
English: The study investigates occupational therapy students’ perceptions about cultural competence and assessed their levels of competence to determine whether the undergraduate occupational therapy curriculum at the ...