• The acquisition of constructions : does modality matter? 

  Wright, Richenda; Geertsema, Salome; Le Roux, Mia; Winckel, Elodie; Dąbrowska, Ewa (AOSIS, 2024-06-12)

  BACKGROUND: Language analytic ability is well researched in the context of foreign language acquisition but its role in the acquisition of grammar in the native language is under investigation. OBJECTIVES: Our study ...
• Decolonizing academic literacy with ተዋሕዶ/Tewahedo and multiliteracies in higher education 

  Eybers, Oscar Oliver (MDPI, 2025-04-29)

  This study proposes Tewahedo epistemology, an Ethiopian knowledge sys‑ tem grounded in the Ge’ez language, as a decolonial framework for re‑visualizing aca‑ demic literacy in higher education. Tewahedo, meaning “oneness” ...
• A critique of conqueror South Africa, post-1994 liberal democracy and liberal democratic law 

  Marema, Tumelo (Unisa Press, 2024-12)

  Violence and oppression in the form of conquest and colonialism, racism, patriarchy, heteronormativity and in terms of class are all inevitable effects of Western culture. This is due to the reason that Western culture is ...
• The predictive value of study orientations on mathematics performance in South African Grade 9 learners 

  Rajab, Pakeezah; Motileng, Benny (AOSIS, 2024-09-10)

  Mathematics achievement is core to South Africa’s readiness for digital innovation, yet current pass rates in this subject are below the global average. Simply attributing mathematics performance to intelligence does not ...
• Intersections of racist identification, love, and guilt : on the vicissitudes of colonial masochism 

  Hook, Derek (Black, African and Asian Therapy Network, 2024-11-21)

  In a short yet dense section of Black Skin White Masks, Frantz Fanon tackles an unexpected topic, namely that of how, within colonial contexts, white subjects might enjoy or fantasize scenes involving their own humiliation ...
• Constant dizziness versus episodic vertigo in Ménière's disease : health-related quality of life, cognitive dissonance, and postural problems 

  Pyykko, Ilmari; Zou, Jing; Manchaiah, Vinaya (AVES, 2024-09-24)

  BACKGROUND : The aim was to explore and characterize dizziness and vertigo (constant vs episodic) and associated problems in patients with Ménière’s disease (MD) to allow characterization of the impact of the disease. METHODS ...
• The challenge that war poses to Levinas's thought 

  Hofmeyr, A.B. (Augusta Benda) (Philippine National Philosophical Research Society, 2024-01)

  War is a " state of exception" that not only left an indelible mark on Levinas's life but confronts Levinas with a series of "hard questions" that pose a fundamental challenge to some of the most foundational tenets of his ...
• Intimate partner violence: impact of a faith-based biopsychosocio-spiritual approach to intervention 

  Bernardi, Delia Anastasia; Steyn, Francois (Routledge, 2025)

  The dominant prevention programs for intimate partner violence are based on Duluth-type models, which attribute patriarchy as the root cause of abusive behavior. The gender paradigm has dominated criminal justice policy ...
• Responsibility gaps and technology : old wine in new bottles? 

  Oimann, Ann-Katrien; Tollon, Fabio (Wiley, 2025-02)

  Recent work in philosophy of technology has come to bear on the question of responsibility gaps. Some authors argue that the increase in the autonomous capabilities of decision-making systems makes it impossible to properly ...
• Psychosocial factors account for a proportion of the difference in cognitive performance between persons with and without HIV 

  Dreyer, Anna Jane; Le Roux, Celine; Thomas, Kevin G.F.; Sabin, Caroline A.; Winston, Alan; Khoo, Saye; Joska, John A.; Nightingale, Sam (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2025-03)

  OBJECTIVE : To investigate whether psychosocial factors account for a proportion of the difference in cognitive performance between persons with and without HIV. DESIGN : Cross-sectional study of 273 participants (178 ...
• Sadness in young children and the inadequate development of inner outer containment in childhood 

  Bezuidenhout, Christiaan; Moen, Melanie (University of the Free State, 2024-12)

  Violent crimes and domestic violence are notoriously high in South Africa, which leaves many children defenceless to struggle with emotions such as loneliness and sadness. The healthy development and socialisation of ...
• A systematic review of longitudinal trajectories of mental health problems in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities 

  Danielsson, Henrik; Imms, Christine; Ivarsson, Magnus; Almqvist, Lena; Lundqvist, Lars‑Olov; King, Gillian; Lyngback, Liz Adams; Andersson, Anna Karin; Arnell, Susann; Arvidsson, Patrik; Augustine, Lilly; Brooks, Rob; Eldh, Maria; Engde, Lisa; Engkvist, Helena; Berglund, Ingalill Gimbler; Green, Dido; Huus, Karina; Karlsson, Charlotte; Lygnegard, Frida; Sjodin, Linda; Granlund, Mats (Springer, 2024-04)

  To review the longitudinal trajectories – and the factors influencing their development – of mental health problems in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Systematic review methods were employed. Searches of ...
• Positive psychology constructs associated with academic success in South African secondary schools : a scoping review 

  Naidoo, Liezel; Guse, Tharina (University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2024)

  In the South African education system, there is consistent concern about academic success and how it can be supported. Using a positive psychology lens could add additional insight on aspects of positive psychological ...
• Reflecting on analogue faces and digital masks through mission : impossible (1996-2023) 

  Broodryk, Chris Willem (Deakin University, 2024-04)

  This article uses the idea and practice of the mask and masking technology in the popular Mission: Impossible film franchise to critically consider the tensions between digital and analogue. In the Mission: Impossible ...
• Male patients communicating restored mental health by their facial expressions and gentlemanly persona at the Grahamstown Lunatic Asylum, 1890-1907 

  Du Plessis, Rory (Deakin University, 2024-04)

  During the medical superintendence of Dr Thomas Duncan Greenlees at the Grahamstown Lunatic Asylum, from 1890 to 1907, he was watchful of his patients’ appearances, facial expressions and conduct. Of particular interest, ...
• (Inter)facing empathy : interrogating our tragic love affair with screens 

  Lauwrens, Jennifer (Deakin University, 2024-04)

  Screen technologies, ranging from the cinema to the smartphone, are taken for granted in the contemporary screen landscape. This landscape has been referred to as the “screen-sphere” (Sobchack 2014) owing to the fundamental ...
• Inter(facing) personas 

  Du Preez, Amanda (Deakin University, 2024-04)

  In this introductory essay to the special issue on “Persona and Inter(face)”, the problem of collapsing or imploding inter(faces) is explored. The basic argument is that the inter(face) needs to remain in-between or ...
• Exploring a process-relational approach to qualitative research methods for sustainability science 

  García, María M.; Abunge, Caroline; Bandeira, Salomão O.; Cheupe, Christopher; Combane, Dadivo J.; Daw, Tim; O’Neill, Elizabeth M.D.; Hertz, Tilman; Mubai, Marlino Eugenio; Muthiga, Nyawira; González, Taís S.; Shauri, Halimu (Wiley, 2024-08)

  As sustainability scientists increasingly put forward the relevance of process-relational approaches to make sense of social-ecological phenomena, an inquiry on which methods would fit a process-relational approach is ...
• There Is no heaven to go to, because we’re in it already. We’re in hell, too. They coexist : place-making and the television western series 1883 and Yellowstone 

  Broodryk, Chris Willem; Bester, Lelia (Unisa Press, 2024-08)

  This article explores the idea and articulation of place in Taylor Sheridan’s western series 1883 and Yellowstone. Through narrative and genre analysis, we critically compare these two series to demonstrate that genre ...
• Displacement in when rain clouds gather 

  Meintjies, Frank (Unisa Press, 2024-11)

  In this article, I examine the representation of displacement in Bessie Head’s When Rain Clouds Gather (1969). Head not only features displaced characters but also depicts, through her protagonists, the struggles that ...

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