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  • Corrupted

    A study of chronic dysfunction in South African universities

    by Jonathan D Jansen ...
    In South African higher education, the images of dysfunction are everywhere. Student protests. Violence. Police presence. Rubber or real bullets. Class disruptions. Burning tyres. Damaged buildings. Injury and sometimes death. Reports of wholesale corruption. Year after year, often in the same set of universities; the problem of routine instability seems insoluble.The financial, academic and ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The Decolonization of Knowledge

    Radical Ideas and the Shaping of Institutions in South Africa and Beyond

    by Jonathan D. Jansen, Cyrill A. Walters ...
    In 2015, students at the University of Cape Town used the slogan #RhodesMustFall to demand that a monument of Cecil John Rhodes, the empire builder of British South Africa, be removed from the university campus. Soon students at Oxford University called for the removal of a statue of Rhodes from Oriel College. The radical idea of decolonization at the forefront of these student protests continues ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Academic Xenophobia

    African Scholars in South African Universities

    by Precious Simba, Cyrill Walters, Jonathan D. Jansen ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book explores the layered experiences of Black African faculty members at the 26 public universities in South Africa. Through rich narrative case studies and detailed policy analysis, the authors examine the manifestations of xenophobia within the academic context, including its impact on individuals, institutions, and policies. The book will be valuable to scholars, policymakers, and ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Audiobook

    Breaking Bread

    A Memoir

    by Jonathan Jansen ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Jansen, Alistair Izobel ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 33 min

    Professor. Pundit. Public nuisance. In his columns, books and on social media, Jonathan Jansen is prolific, and he likes to speak his mind about schools and universities, race, politics and our complex South African society.He has brought incisive analysis, compassion and a sense of humour to some of the most controversial issues in our country for many years. And now, in this memoir, Jansen goes ... Read more

    $15.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Breaking Bread

    A Memoir

    by Jonathan Jansen ...
    Professor. Pundit. Public nuisance. In his columns, books and on social media, Jonathan Jansen is prolific, and he likes to speak his mind about schools and universities, race, politics and our complex South African society. He has brought incisive analysis, compassion and a sense of humour to some of the most controversial issues in our country for many years. And now, in this memoir, Jansen goes ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • In Our Own Words

    Nurses on the front line

    by Siedine Coetzee, Hester Klopper, Jonathan Jansen ...
    'I proudly wear my badge as a Covid-19 front-line hero. I believe I was meant to be where I am during these trying times.' Our nurses have witnessed the pandemic first hand, compassionately caring for patients amid war-like circumstances. The havoc caused by the pandemic highlighted existing fault lines in the South African health system, and nurses faced shortages of staff and vital life-saving ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Leading for Change

    Race, intimacy and leadership on divided university campuses

    by Jonathan Jansen ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Educational Leadership
    This book offers new theoretical ground for thinking about, and transforming, leadership and higher education worldwide. Through an examination of the construct of intimacy and ‘nearness’, including emotional, spiritual, psychic, intellectual, and physical closeness, Jonathan Jansen demonstrates its power to influence positive leadership in young people. He argues that sensory leadership, which ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • As by Fire

    The End of the South African University

    by Jonathan Jansen ...
    What are the real roots of the student protests of 2015 and 2016? Is it actually about fees? Why did the protests turn violent? Where is the government while the buildings burn? Former Free State University vice-chancellor Jonathan Jansen delves into the unprecedented disruption of universities that caught South Africa by surprise. In frank interviews with eleven of the VCs most affected, he ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Decolonisation in Universities

    The politics of knowledge

    Edited by Jonathan Jansen ...
    In this collection of case studies and stories from the field, South African scholars come together to trade stories on how to decolonise the universityShortly after the giant bronze statue of Cecil John Rhodes came down at the University of Cape Town, student protestors called for the decolonisation of universities. It was a word hardly heard in South Africa’s struggle lexicon and many asked: ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • On Discovery

    How Knowledge is Produced across the Disciplines

    Edited by Jonathan Jansen ...
    How is new knowledge produced in the social, natural, and biomedical sciences? What is the role of serendipity versus planning? How has technology changed knowledge production, from AI to large datasets? This book presents insights into the pursuit of new knowledge from fields as diverse as medicine, engineering, linguistics, and theology. Over twenty researchers and scientists describe the ... Read more

    $29.59 USD

  • The Politics of Knowledge in the Biomedical Sciences

    South/African Perspectives

    Edited by Jonathan Jansen, Jess Auerbach ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In the wake of the decolonization movement in South Africa and around the world, this edited work presents fresh evidence and advances new arguments on the politics and economics of colonial biomedical knowledge in South Africa and other parts of the African continent. Covering a richly diverse set of fields---including human genetics, obstetrics, occupational therapy, medical photography and the ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

  • We Write What We Like

    Celebrating Steve Biko

    Edited by Darryl Accone, Zithulele Cindi, Saths Cooper, Duncan Innes, Jonathan Jansen ...
    A celebration of Steve Biko's legacy of freedomSteve Biko, the founder of the Black Consciousness philosophy, was killed in prison on 12 September 1977. Biko was only thirty years old, but his ideas and political activities changed the course of South African history and helped hasten the end of apartheid. The year 2007 saw the thirtieth anniversary of Biko's death. To mark the occasion, the then ... Read more

    Was $26.99 USD Now $18.99 USD