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The focus of an undergraduate social science curriculum for Southern Africa: historical consciousness, human rights and social and development issues

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: In this paper the authors revisit the idea of the university in the southern African context, and ask the question: what should be the focus of a social science degree in this context? They draw on the experience of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Port Elizabeth in order to reach some conclusions about what should constitute the basis of a general undergraduate social science curriculum in the southern African context. The intention here is is tot take a step back from the dynamics and politics of the university as an institution, embodying as it does competing interests, role-players and financial concerns.

Source: Human Science Research Council SA

DOI: 10.14749/32866583

Author: Human Sciences Research Council

Language: English

Topic: African cultural and philosophical studies

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: Human Sciences Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W7166889831

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