Magister Commercii (Industrial Psychology) - MCom(IPS) / The dominant influence of Western and European psychology on the African educational system brought about a specific point of view for the teaching curriculum (Heleta, 2016), which also spilled over into the workplace and job training practices. The present study gave a brief review of the history and development of the Industrial Psychology curriculum in South African higher education institutions. It also highlighted the dominant influence of Western and European psychology on the African educational system that brought about a non-African (i.e. Western scientific model) psychological discipline in the teaching curriculum. The study sought to examine the contextual relevance of Industrial Psychology training at a University in the Western Cape. Furthermore, the study investigated how the concepts and frameworks of Euro-Western Industrial Psychology affect graduates entering into a multi-cultural work context. The need was found for a teaching and learning curriculum that prepares students with multi-cultural knowledge, thus enabling graduates to embrace a diverse work environment. The researcher followed a qualitative research design with semi-structured interviews to collect data. The method of thematic analyses was used and the themes identified manually from the transcribed interviews. The researcher followed a qualitative research design with semi-structured interviews to collect data. The method of thematic analyses was used and the themes identified manually from the transcribed interviews. The researcher followed a qualitative research design with semi-structured interviews to collect data. The method of thematic analyses was used and the themes identified manually from the transcribed interviews. The researcher followed a qualitative research design with semi-structured interviews to collect data. The method of thematic analyses was used and the themes identified manually from the transcribed interviews. These themes were analysed to provide findings from which relevant conclusions could be drawn. The findings varied due to diverse groups of participants with differing workplace expectations. However, participants agreed on the need for introducing more African examples in the teaching and learning of Industrial Psychology, to ensure the curriculum is applicable to a work context of a developing country such as South Africa. Ethical considerations of the study did adhere to the guidelines from the Ethics Committee of the particular University. Recommendations were made to help other universities in South Africa see the need for not only contextualising the curriculum of Industrial Psychology, but redefining teaching techniques in line with expectations from the industry. Ethical considerations of the study did adhere to the guidelines from the Ethics Committee of the particular University. Recommendations were made to help other universities Ethical considerations of the study did adhere to the guidelines from the Ethics Committee of the particular University. Recommendations were made to help other universities in South Africa see the need for not only contextualising the curriculum of Industrial Psychology, but redefining teaching techniques in line with expectations from the industry. These themes were analysed to provide findings from which relevant conclusions could be drawn. The findings varied due to diverse groups of participants with differing workplace expectations. However, participants agreed on the need for introducing more African examples in the teaching and learning of Industrial Psychology, to ensure the curriculum is applicable to a work context of a developing country such as South Africa. Ethical considerations of the study did adhere to the guidelines from the Ethics Committee of the particular University. Recommendations were made to help other universities in South Africa see the need for not only contextualising the curriculum of Industrial Psychology, but redefining teaching techniques in line with expectations from the industry. Ethical considerations of the study did adhere to the guidelines from the Ethics Committee of the particular University. Recommendations were made to help other universities Ethical considerations of the study did adhere to the guidelines from the Ethics Committee of the particular University.Ethical considerations of the study did adhere to the guidelines from the Ethics Committee of the particular University. Recommendations were made to help other universities in South Africa see the need for not only contextualising the curriculum of Industrial Psychology, but redefining teaching techniques in line with expectations from the industry. The researcher followed a qualitative research design with semi-structured interviews to collect data. The researcher followed a qualitative research design with semi-structured interviews to collect data. The method of thematic analyses was used and the themes identified manually from the transcribed interviews. Ethical considerations of the study did adhere to the guidelines from the Ethics Committee of the particular University. Recommendations were made to help other universities in South Africa see the need for not only contextualising the curriculum of Industrial Psychology, but redefining teaching techniques in line with expectations from the industry. Recommendations were made to help other universities in South Africa see the need for not only contextualising the curriculum of Industrial Psychology, but redefining teaching techniques in line with expectations from the industry.

Colonialism is a word coated with history of trauma, opression and self-governance, something most people only apply to the past. However, most people do not realize that colonialism is still alive within our modern community and all the different levels of it. This essay is a analysis if colonialism exists within the swedish archival world in the context of the indigenous people of Sweden: the Sámi. The essay shall discuss how colonialism has affected Swedish archival ways of working in regard to Sámi issues and documenation, but also how colonialism affects todays archival work and the discussion around who should manage the historical items and documets that have been stolen from the Sámi people by Sweden. As the Sámi people live in four different countries, it’s needed to point out that this essay will be focusing on the Swedish side of Sápmi, as the situation in Finland, Norway and Russia are entierly different in regard to politics and, archival practices, yet some of the discussion will be around the Norwegian work with Sámi archives and discussing how it might be applicable to Sweden. As I am part of the Sámi and indingenous community this essay will be using a indingenous perspective of colonalism and the process of decolonisation and the affect it has on our communities, not only does it affect Sweden but globally and why indigenous people are working towards de-colonizing it even if it goes against typical archival practices. As i have the knowledge in both perspectives I will discuss why this is such a complex subject and how the process of de-colonization of swedish archives looks from the Swedish and archival perspective and the Sámi indigenous.

Traditional historiographies of the Cold War Middle East read into Britain's postwar economic decline a corresponding demise of British regional influence. According to these accounts, the Suez Crisis served to teach Britain new limits to its military capabilities, occasioning a break from independent endeavours to project power in the region. However, the case studies presented in this thesis demonstrate that the Suez Crisis did not mark a precipitous turning point in Britain's political influence in the Middle East in the short- to medium-term. Britain's power in the region rested upon not only its material assets, but other less tangible bases as well. Most importantly, Britain's power in the Middle East during the period examined increasingly included its ability to influence the policies of United States – a country with great resources and an emerging presence in the region.

Indigenous knowledge systems are ―a body or bodies of knowledge‖ which Africans have survived on for a very long time (Mapara, 2010). This study intends to examine the various communicative and indigenous strategies that are employed by the Zimbabwean Ndebeles in issues of peace and conflict management. It is necessitated by the realisation that there is an increase in conflict in the region and country as a result of political and socio-economic challenges. The study adopts a bottom-up approach where conflict management becomes a process that starts from the grassroots going outward. This should also provide an opportunity to demonstrate that indigenous people are as sophisticated as every other society in dealing with their challenges (Warren, 1991). At the same time, it seeks to examine effectiveness of the indigenous and communicative conflict management strategies used by the Ndebele people. The study makes use of research questionnaires and interviews as well as descriptive and content analysis for data gathering and analysis respectively. The main theoretical concept guiding this study is ubuntu because it is considered best for Afrocentric approach to African studies. This is emphasised by Moyo and Lantern (2015:103) who state that ―... the philosophy of ubuntu should be the guiding philosophy in a Zimbabwe poisoned by ill-understood and often ill-digested ontological philosophies of individual rights that give rise to selfishness, violence, fragmentation and the sterile, barren philosophy of each man for himself‖ which continues to tear our society apart. The study focuses mainly on the Ndebele speaking communities in Silobela District of Zimbabwe. The study helps the nation in combating and addressing cases of conflict by ushering in the cultural dimension which is albeit not foreign in the worldview of the local people. This compliments all other efforts being made by the government to address socio-political challenges. By documenting (indigenous knowledge systems) that which has been otherwise ignored and side-lined for a long time, the study is part of an on-going process of mental decolonisation of the African people at the same time empowering them to face a globalising world with confidence and pride. / African Languages

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / This study entails an historical investigation of how the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) has addressed the ecumenical tension between ecclesiology and ethics in its history between 1963 and 2013. The study is arguably the first comprehensive analysis of the history of the AACC focussing on ecclesiology and ethics and will therefore make an original contribution to ecumenical theology in Africa in this regard. The study argues that the tension between what the church is (read: ecclesiology) and what it does (read: ethics) has undeniably been present in the ecumenical movement in Africa. The study is situated within two concentric contexts. Firstly, it is located within the context of the WCC study project on ecclesiology and ethics that was conducted during the period 1992 to 1996 and will contribute to wider discourse in this regard. The WCC project was an attempt to bridge a deep divide in the ecumenical movement between those who emphasise that the way to unity is through doctrinal agreement and those who believe that "doctrine divides" while a common moral cause (service) may unite. Secondly, this study is aimed at discerning how the AACC has addressed the relationship between the theological quest for unity (read: ecclesiology) and the social responsibility of the church (read: ethics). The study examines how the AACC assisted its member churches to respond to contemporary challenges in three distinct periods in recent African history, namely the periods of decolonisation (1963-1974), development (1975-1992) and neo-liberal globalisation (1993-2013). The hypothesis of this study is that these periods correlate with the AACC's ways of negotiating the tension between ecclesiology and ethics. The study argues that although the AACC has privileged the social agenda of the church in society (read: ethics), the ecumenical quest for ecclesial unity (read: ecclesiology) has not been completely absent. While the study acknowledges that the tension between ecclesiology and ethics is not easily resolved, it affirms that these two ecumenical concerns are inseparable. The study therefore suggests an appropriation of the African notion of ubuntu as a horizon for ecclesiology and ethics. The intuition behind the proposal is that ubuntu resonates with biblical notions of koinonia and diakonia and is thus an apt notion for an articulation of the interconnectedness between ecclesiology and ethics. The study is divided into two parts, comprising eight chapters. The first part covers four chapters in which I offer an historical background to the modern ecumenical movement, an analysis of the ecclesiology and ethics debate in the wider ecumenical context and a brief institutional history of the AACC. The second part of the study comprises three chapters. Therein, I present a critical analysis of the AACC's handling of the tension between ecclesiology and ethics in the period 1963-2013. Each chapter describes and analyses the various ways in which the AACC addressed the tension between the theological quest for the visible unity of the church on the one hand (read: ecclesiology) and the social responsibility of the church (read: ethics) on the other in specific socio-historical contexts. The hypothesis of the study is confirmed on the basis of such analysis. This study contributes to discourse in African theology on authenticity (read: ecclesiology) as expressed in theologies of inculturation and indigenisation and on social relevance (read: ethics) as expressed in theologies of liberation and reconstruction. It further contributes to academic reflection on the history of the ecumenical movement in Africa and the quest for an appropriate ecumenical vision on the African continent amidst the tensions between mainline churches, independent churches (AICs) and a variety of Pentecostal churches and the many social challenges that churches have to address.

La période suivant la fin de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale connut à la fois le démantèlement des Empires coloniaux et la montée de la guerre froide. La place de l’Afrique constitua un enjeu crucial dans ce contexte de reconfiguration de l’ordre mondial. Après avoir déterminé les protagonistes politiques et culturels des processus de décolonisation, nous nous proposons d’étudier ses enjeux tels qu’ils s’incarnaient dans les différentes définitions que chaque acteur donnait à sa société, toujours associée à l’« Afrique ». En suivant ainsi l’évolution de la référence « africaine », cette étude veut mettre en lumière la transformation des valeurs dans les sociétés coloniales et postcoloniales de l’Afrique de l’Ouest, afin d’y trouver la genèse des nationalismes. Tout en puisant les exemples dans trois pays ouest-africains, il s’agit de s’intéresser à l’aspect constitutif de chaque entité. Celle-ci fut pensée en interaction avec d’autres entités coloniales, régionales et impériales, souvent au-delà des frontières. À travers l’analyse de l’ensemble du processus de la décolonisation, cette thèse permet de comprendre l’articulation qui s’est opérée entre les deux dynamiques qui le composent : le panafricanisme et le nationalisme. / The post-Second World War period saw both the dismantlement of the colonial empires and the beginnings of the Cold War. The place of Africa became a key issue in the configuration of the new world order. This thesis examines the processes of decolonisation through the examples of certain political and cultural protagonists, and the different ways in which they tried to shape their respective societies in relation to their visions of “Africa”. By following the evolution of the notion of “Africa”, this study aims to shed light on the changing values of the colonial and postcolonial societies of West Africa, linking these to the emergence of their nationalist movements. While drawing its examples from three West African countries, this work also seeks to highlight the constitutive aspects of each of these entities, which were conceived through interactions with other colonial, regional and imperial units, often across borders. By examining the process of decolonisation as a whole, this thesis offers an understanding of the complex dynamics between its two constituent forces: pan-Africanism and nationalism.

This thesis traces the Indian state's engagement with aviation during the period of its transformation from British colony to Indian republic. It argues that the aeroplane played a critical role in securing and legitimating the Indian state during the first years of its independence. Further, the use of aircraftis revealing of the ways in which the new state conceptualised and projected its sovereignty. The thesis is divided into five chapters organised in broadly chronological order each of which is centred on one of five major themes; expansion, partition, escalation, integration and nationalisation. The first of these studies the complex consequences of the expansion of Indian aviation during the Second World War which transformed India's anaemic aviation sector into one of Asia's leading aviation powerhouses portending the passing of colonial rule. Chapter two traces the effects of partition in 1947 on aviation as well as the critical role played by aircraft in refugee evacuation and the restoration of order. The third chapter investigates the ways in which civil and military aviation helped initiate, sustain and then escalate war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir later that year. The fourth chapter highlights the ways in which India's semi-autonomous princely states invested in aviation in the hopes of legitimising their states through an appeal to modernity with differing results in the decade before their integration into independent India. The fifth and final chapter focuses on the emergence of the Republic of India in 1950, a fully sovereign state with a coherent national ideology capable of exerting its will on recalcitrant neighbours and confident enough in its socialist vision to nationalise its airline companies. Indian aviation this thesis will conclude was critical in shaping the outcomes of decolonisation and was in turn moulded in important ways by the Indian state.

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Post-School Studies) / This study is located in engineering education at a South African university of technology, and is theorised using relational ontologies such as critical posthumanism, feminist new materialism and non-representational theory. It explores the potential of a digital storytelling intervention in an undergraduate geomatics diploma programme. Geomatics qualifications in South Africa are critiqued for their embedded humanism and subtle anthropocentrism despite attempts at post-apartheid curricular reform. Additionally, these qualifications are focused on technical content, and heavily influenced by Western knowledges.

Gaston Defferre aura été ministre de la France d'outre-mer en 1956/1957 sous la IVème République et ministre de l'intérieur et de la décentralisation de 1981 à 1984 sous la Vème République. Si les événements de la guerre d'Algérie - départements qui ne relevaient pas de sa compétence ministérielle - ont « balayé » le régime constitutionnel de la IVème République, la loi-cadre restera comme une initiative éphémère, sauf dans les autres territoires de la France d'outre-mer qui n'accéderont pas à l'indépendance dans les années 1960. Vingt-cinq ans plus tard, Gaston Defferre qui avait prédit en 1957 que s'il revenait au pouvoir dans l'appareil de l'Etat, il décoloniserait la province par rapport à Paris, sera chargé dès la mise en place du gouvernement de Pierre Mauroy en juillet 1981 de conduire avec l'appui remarqué du premier ministre, « la grande affaire du septennat de François Mitterrand ». Centrée sur les débats parlementaires des deux périodes étudiées, la recherche démontre qu'il n'est pas anodin de voir derrière ces deux textes, une ambition continue, une capacité d'anticipation incontestable et une parfaite maîtrise des débats parlementaires. A l'heure ou l'acte III de la décentralisation paraît s'enliser dans les méandres et les renoncements, l'acte I de 1982 a montré qu'un homme d'Etat pouvait par la force de ses engagements et sa personnalité, conduire à leurs termes deux réformes législatives majeures dans des contextes très différents, mais puisant toutes les deux dans la promotion des libertés locales / Gaston Defferre will have been a Secretary of overseas France in 1956/1957 under the IVth Republic and a Secretary of inside and the decentralization of 1981 in 1984 under the Vth Republic. If the events of the Algerian War - departments which did not raise his ministerial competence - "swept" the constitutional regime of the IVth Republic, outline law will stay as a short-lived initiative, except in the other territories of overseas France which will not reach the independence in the 1960s. Twenty five years, Gaston Defferre who had predicted in 1957 that if he returned to the power in the state apparatus, he would decolonize the province with regard to Paris, will be in charge from the implementation of the government of Pierre Mauroy in July, 1981 to lead with the support noticed by Prime Minister, " the big affair of the seven-year term of François Mitterrand ". Centered on the parliamentary debates of two studied periods, the search demonstrates that he is not harmless to see behind these two texts, an ambition continues, a capacity of indisputable anticipation and master's degree of the parliamentary debates. At the hour or the act III of the decentralization appears to sink into meanders and renunciation, the act I of 1982 showed that a statesman could by the strength of his commitments and his personality, to lead to their terms two major legislative reforms in very different contexts, but drawing both from the promotion of the local liberties

Dans l’univers intellectuel de Siegfried, les hommes ne connaissent plus de certitudes. Les mots de sa première leçon inaugurale au Collège de France, permettent de saisir l’essence de son œuvre et d’établir une hiérarchie de ses thèses. Siegfried a fait de la métamorphose de l’Occident, de son extension coloniale le point de départ et d’arrivée d’une réflexion toute empreinte d’une dualité dont les termes généraux sont : la civilisation et son destin.Pour Siegfried, la singularité de l’Occident est irréductible, et il n’a de cesse de mettre en garde contre le caractère mesurable et irréversible de son affaiblissement. Le propos consiste dès lors, en suivant un mouvement à sens unique, à déceler ce que pourraient être les solutions de continuité propres à conserver à l’Occident sa primauté. Son intelligence du monde conjugué à un talent d’écrivain, a consisté à défendre la possibilité d’une connaissance objective du monde, tout en revendiquant une lecture morale de ce dernier. / In Siegfried's intellectual universe, mankind no longer has certainties. The words of his first inaugural lecture at the Collège de France allow us to grasp the essence of his work and to establish a hierarchy of his essays. Siegfried has made the metamorphosis of the Occident, of its colonial expansion, the starting point and the point of arrivai of a reflection imbued with a duality whose general terms are: civilisation and its destiny. For Siegfried, the singularity of the Occident is irreducible, and he has ceaselessly warned against the measurability and irreversibility characteristics of its weakening. The discourse then intents, following a one-way movement, to discover what could be the appropriate solutions of continuity for the Occident to withhold its primacy. lis understanding of the world combined with his literary talent, consisted in defending the possibility of an objective knowledge of the world, while claiming a moral reading of the latter.