Of Motherhood and Melancholia: Notebook of a Psycho-ethnographer. Lou-Marié Kruger. Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2020. 382 pp. ISBN 9781869144340. In Of Motherhood and Melancholia, psychologist Lou-Marié Kruger sets out to give an account of the complex realities and lived experiences of low-income mothers in post-apartheid South Africa. The book [...]
The country is marred by sexual and gender-based violence, and reportedly has some of the world's highest rates of assault and sexual violence. Sexual and gender-based violence have been shown to be associated with men's domination of women and other men. In 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa described gender-based violence as [...]
Podcast. Adolescence. This podcast was recorded as part of the series of podcasts that explores the question of adolescence in African contexts. The podcasts are part of the ongoing work of the 5-year, UK Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund Hub, Accelerating Achievement for Africa's Adolescents, hosted by the [...]
The Department of Psychology was privileged to host Prof Peter Muris (Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at Maastricht University) for a research visit in March 2019. Prof Muris has been appointed as Professor Extraordinary at the Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, since 2015. In 2018 this position has been renewed for [...]
Swartz, L., Kagee, A., Lesch, A. & Newman, P.
The Graduate School for Arts and Social Sciences is a HOPE Project initiative in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University to strengthen and advance doctoral training and scholarship in Africa. More than 180 doctoral students from 18 African countries, including South Africa, have enrolled in this [...]
Our world is becoming increasingly complex and intolerant of social difference. Schools and especially teachers have a significant role to play in creating opportunities for children and adolescents to engage in dialogue and to affirm the value of difference in themselves and others, writes Prof Ronelle Carolissen, associate professor of [...]
Ten years ago some colleagues and I designed a teaching and learning research project for fourth-year occupational therapy, social work and psychology students at the Universities of the Western Cape and Stellenbosch. They could talk to each other about community, self and identities, concepts central to their work as professionals [...]
