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Submission Number: 64
Submission ID: 826
Submission UUID: 5ae5a0db-bdf5-45d4-8a86-c9793d9ca543
Submission URI: /2025/abstracts
Created: Thu, 04/24/2025 - 15:28
Completed: Thu, 04/24/2025 - 15:35
Changed: Thu, 04/24/2025 - 15:35
Remote IP address: 41.123.79.36
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
| Title | Mr. |
|---|---|
| Lastname | Mtengwane |
| Firstname | Gcina |
| MtengwaneG@ufs.ac.za | |
| Mobile | 0719001458 |
| Institution | University of the free state |
| Biosketch | Gcina Mtengwane is a community development lecturer at the University of the Free State's Centre for Gender and Africa Studies |
| Is there a Second Presenter? | Yes |
| Title | Ms. |
| Lastname | Hlatshwayo |
| Firstname | Buhle |
| HlatshwayoBN@ufs.ac.za | |
| Mobile | 079 511 1595 |
| Institution | University of the Free State |
| Biosketch | Buhle Hlatshwayo is a junior lecturer in the Department of English at the University of the Free State, QwaQwa Campus |
| Is there a Third Presenter? | No |
| Title of Presentatation | HUMANIZING THE HUMANITIES: ADAPTING THE AFRICAN PHILOSOPHIES OF UBUNTU, UJAMAA, and UBUDLELANE FOR FIRST-YEAR HUMANITIES STUDENT SUCCESS |
| Theme Selection | THEME 4: Social Work Education, Transdisciplinarity and Curriculum Development |
| Subtheme FOUR Selection | SUB 4.2 Strategies on building responsive social work curricula. |
| Select your Presentation Type | Oral Presentation |
| Abstract | University spaces are described as alienating and foreign to black students in South Africa. This is especially true for first-year students entering higher education. To that effect, first-year students from a rural backgrounds often face despair and a sense of ‘otherness’ in university spaces where they are expected to thrive. As part of efforts to decolonise higher education, there have been calls to not only make universities accessible but also habitable to first-year students. While there is no paucity of literature on student alienation in university spaces, this paper adopts a decolonial perspective to contribute to the debate on why and how the African philosophies of Ubuntu, Ujamaa and Ubudlelane are an antidote to the alienation of black students in university environments. First, we unmask the colonial foundations of higher education in South Africa and demonstrate how university spaces preserve colonial legacies. Second, we reflect on a decade after the #FeesMustFall movement. Thirdly, examine the factors that affect student success in the humanities. Finally, we draw on the #FeesMustFall movement to demonstrate the relevance of the African philosophies of Ubuntu, Ujamaa and Ubudlelane in creating inclusive university spaces where black students can thrive. The paper adds to decolonial scholarship by reimagining higher education that embraces African indigenous philosophies to promote student success. Key words: Humanities, humanizing pedagogies Ubuntu, Ujamaa, Ubudlelane, rural university campus |
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| Status | Pending Review |
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