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School Directors and Deputy Directors
School of Communication Director (PC) Prof Lida Holtzhausen Deputy - Director (MC) Mooki Lobelo Deputy - Director (VC) Naomi du Plessis School of Government Studies Director (PC) Kedibone Phago Deputy - Director (MC) Victor Ojakaotu Deputy - Director (…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/philosophy/essay-competition
Essay Competition
Congratulations to the winners of the School of Philosophy's annual Essay Competition! The winners in the two categories are: Undergraduate First Price - Francinah Mokgotho Essay title: "The role of the individual in an African Philosophy context" Second Price - Ontebogile Motseeng Essay title: "Artificial Intelligence (AI),…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/social-transformation/research-groups
Research Programmes
In the Focus Area: Social Transformation there are four different research programmes Research programmes in the entity: [accordion] Social and reparative justice The focus of this research programme is on making sense of and responding to change and crises through recentring the global south not only geospatially, but also epistemologically…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/social-transformation/core-team
Core team
Research Director Prof Lynnette Fourie Lynnette.Fourie@nwu.ac.za Research Director Focus Area: Social Transformation Administrative Personnel Postgraduate Student Enquiries (Applications and student support) Ms Anzel van Rensburg Anzel.Vanrensburg@nwu.ac.za Administrative Assistant Postgraduate Administration…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/communication-studies/tribute-prof-de-la-ray-van-der-waldt
Tribute to Prof De la Ray van der Waldt
I had the privilege of knowing Prof De La Rey van der Waldt for 29 years. It is a lifetime of wonderful memories, ranging from his love for the colour "MTN-yellow" as he would describe it, his admiration for the animated DC superhero Batman, to his heartfelt belief in building relationships as the cornerstone of progress in any…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/masara-staff
MASARA staff
[accordion collapsed] Research entity director Prof Chris van Rhyn Tel. +27 18 299-1695 chris.vanrhyn@nwu.ac.za Administrative assistant Mr Yuhl Headman Tel. +27 18 299-4917 yuhl.headman@nwu.ac.za Extraordinary appointments Extraordinary Professors The Rev Prof June Boyce-Tillman Prof Albi Odendaal Professors…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/basic-and-social-sciences-research-ethics-committee-bassrec
Basic and Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee (BaSSREC)
[accordion] Ethics The Singapore Statement on Research Integrity (2010), developed during the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity in 2010, foregrounds the importance of adhering to “particular principles and professional responsibilities that are fundamental to the integrity of research wherever it is undertaken”. This requires that…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/human-social-sciences-research-ethics-committee-hssrec
Human Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)
[accordion] Ethics The Singapore Statement on Research Integrity (2010), developed during the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity in 2010, foregrounds the importance of adhering to “particular principles and professional responsibilities that are fundamental to the integrity of research wherever it is undertaken”. This…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/vinco/postgraduate-qualifications
Postgraduate qualifications
ViNCO, in conjunction with the Graphic Design and History of Art subject groups, currently offers three postgraduate programmes: Master of Arts in Graphic Design (Practice), Master of Arts in History of Art, and Doctor of Philosophy in Visual and Performing Arts with History of Art. For more information please contact vinco@nwu.ac.za.…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/vinco/reflective-conversations-2012-2014
Reflective conversations (2012-2014)
Reflective conversations was an interdisciplinary project aimed at the creative exploration of the relationship between typography, topography and typology. This project came together in a group exhibition that was held in 2013, followed by a special journal edition in the South African Journal of Art History (Volume 29, Number 4, 1 January 2014…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/vinco/transgressions-and-boundaries-page-2009%25E2%2580%25932011
Transgressions and boundaries of the page (2009–2011)
Transgressions and boundaries of the page, an interdisciplinary investigation into the genre of the artist’s book, manifested our belief that the creative disciplines need to negotiate and establish a sustainable and rigorous research context that circumscribes and values artistic practice (which emanates from tacit knowledge) and textual…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/vinco/tracking-creative-creatures-2007%25E2%2580%25932009
Tracking creative creatures (2007–2009)
Tracking creative creatures was an interdisciplinary exploration that originated from a need for research possibilities in the creative disciplines, specifically in visual arts and creative writing. The graphic works that formed the core of the project and that served as creative stimuli for the various artists originated in the…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/vinco/untold-stories
Untold Stories
“Stories give flesh to the bare bones. Out of stories, we make culture, not from the bones of the dead, though the bones are the rationale for stories being told. Whereas in art, this impulse is clearer, science too is about telling certain stories. It is out of stories that we make society. Out of stories an individual constructs a…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/vinco/contact-us