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Epistemology and its discontents: Working as a psychologist in troubled times

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Ashraf Kagee Ashraf Kagee

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American DNA: Bioethics and the Excavation of Difference from the Human Genome

The resurgence of race in genomic research has renewed longstanding debates about the biological basis of human difference, raising urgent ethical questions about how science reanimates and recodes the meaning of race.

Sandra Soo-Jin Lee Sandra Soo-Jin Lee

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Activist Language Scholarship: A Framework for Integrity

Our project joins sociolinguistics, philosophy of science, and research ethics in an extensive and close collaboration to explore the conditions of integrity in politically engaged scholarship.

Quentin Williams Quentin Williams Unn Røyneland Unn Røyneland Bjørn Ramberg Bjørn Ramberg Cecelia Cutler Cecelia Cutler Zvjezdana Vrzić Zvjezdana Vrzić

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Affirmative Action: A Comparative Study

In dealing with diversity and difference, many countries have moved from the relatively passive idea of non-discrimination to a more pro-active strategy of affirmative action (AA).

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Towards a New Humanism

Why do we simply fail to establish a more human society in South Africa?

Thad Metz

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Decolonisation and affective worlds: On the worldmaking potential of shame and rage in the South African “post”-apartheid present

This long-term project, with it’s focus on affect, particularly melancholy, shame and rage, is located in a feminist decolonial framework and is aimed at disrupting gender, raced and other entangled binaries and associated violences.

Lou-Marié Kruger Lou-Marié Kruger Tamara Shefer Tamara Shefer

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Beware of Bad Dogs, A Novel

A story set in contemporary Sierra Leone about a group of politicians who view themselves as leading a prosperous and progressive country versus those of the masses, the citizens, whose experiences differ.

Ishmael Beah Ishmael Beah

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The Martyr: A Graphic Comic Novel that explores the link between economic inequality, marginalization and violent extremism and radicalization in East Africa

The Martyr traces the story of Omar, a young Kenyan man and a talented sculptor who joins the Al-Shabaab after being innocently arrested in a police swoop and locked up for two years.

Godfrey Mwampembwa Godfrey Mwampembwa

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#JustAndEquitableNow: Reimagining Arts and Humanities in Our Universities

The #JustAndEquitableNow team reflects on what it means to make, teach, and research the arts when communities are protesting against longstanding injustices and demanding better futures.

Nicola Cloete Nicola Cloete Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi Bayo Holsey Bayo Holsey Chelsy Monie Chelsy Monie Brett Pyper Brett Pyper Kgomotso Moshugi Kgomotso Moshugi

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Recognition and Identity: Ethical and Theological Explorations

This project engages with the notion of recognition as a crucial moral, political, and theological category.

Robert Vosloo Robert Vosloo

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Gender, Sufi Ethics and Social justice in Islam

This project is based on completing a book manuscript focussed on Gender, Sufi Ethics and Social justice in Islam, which is under contract to Oneworld Academic Publications for their series Islam in the 21stCentury.

Sa'diyya Shaikh Sa'diyya Shaikh

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Land Restitution and the Moral Modernity of the New South African State

The purpose of this project is to conclude a book-in-progress, entitled Land Restitution and the Moral Modernity of the New South African State.

Olaf Zenker Olaf Zenker