OSPCPTWN 30:
Introduction to Contemporary Issues in South Africa
This compulsory course provides a brief introduction to social issues in contemporary South Africa. It explores the impact of historical legacies in a post-Apartheid context. Drawing from a range of disciplines, this course provides insights into the form and content of South Africa's socio-political-historic and economic landscapes
Terms: Aut, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-2
OSPCPTWN 45:
Transitional Justice and Transformation Debates in South Africa
Exploration of transitional justice through critical discussion of contemporary South Africa. Conflicting perspectives of the South African transition through an exploration of the creation of the "rainbow nation" as well as discussions over whether a denial of justice for apartheid-era crimes prevails. Decisions made post-apartheid over how best to confront the large-scale human rights abuses of the past, including South Africa's recent past through the lens of the "pillars" of transitional justice: truth seeking, criminal justice, reparations and institutional reform. Issues of structural violence and the legacies of apartheid in order to question to what extent we can consider South Africa to have realised the promises of its transition
Terms: Aut, Spr, Sum
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
OSPCPTWN 55:
Arts of Change
How might we understand the creative arts in South Africa in terms of their variety and impact? What social issues do they reflect? What impact might they yet have? Students will have the opportunity for a related practicum. Course must be taken for a minimum of 3 units to satisfy a Ways requirement.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
OSPCPTWN 67:
ICT4D: An Introduction to the Use of ICTs for Development
Overview of selected ICT4D initiatives in Africa and South Africa. Engage critically with the optimism that follows technology invention to evaluate context and the digital knowledge gap. Themes such as the notion of technological colonization, co-design, SDG ICT agenda, policy and frameworks and other fundamentals in the field.
Terms: Aut, Spr, Sum
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
OSPCPTWN 79:
Engaging Southern Cities: Thinking urbanization, development, and public culture from Cape Town
Critical exploration of culture-led urban development in postapartheid Cape Town and beyond. Introduction to the rise of the creative economy in South Africa and Cape Town; current local development of Woodstock. Ways and forms of conflict but also new social interfaces between the new creative tenants and the old established community, on the one hand pointing to problematic issues like lingering gentrification, sociospatial polarisation and lopsided cultural representation while also trying to flesh out some of the opportunities for finding the right frequency of engagement between creative industries and spaces of vernacular creativity within Cape Town's post-apartheid urban realm.
Terms: Aut, Sum
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-EDP, WAY-SI