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Digital storytelling: A unique account of Namibian culture: Paper presented at a conference, Kingston, Jamaica.
No full textPaper presented at a conference, Kingston, Jamaica.Storytelling has always been an oral tradition in Namibia. The Oshiwambo, Otji-Herero, Nama/Damara and San cultures have used storytelling as a means to preserve their culture and to ensure continuity. This Paper discusses the implications of the digital preservation of culture, which
has been, until recently, captured orally. The implications of such a tradition are evident and, therefore, need to be researched. It will further examine the nuances and ethos that become altered
in the process of digitalization, which are important issues to consider in our technocratic society. Thus, as mass communication educators, we seek to provide some of the answers to the convergence of technology and storytelling. For instance, what is necessary for the culture to
continue? What could be lost? What could be gained? These questions would help to facilitate discussions with Namibians in order to understand the impact of technology on storytelling
Determining how the faculty at the NUST are responding to the introduction of e-learning in the form of blended learning.
No full textThis study was conducted to guide the management at the NUST on how to address the challenges the institution faces with regard to the effective implementation of e-learning. The study focused on the reasons for the use and
non-use of e-learning by faculty. The study also gave faculty the opportunity to state what they would need from the institution to incorporate e-learning in their courses.
The results of this study show that faculty are in favour of using e-learning but need the management to recognize that using e-learning will change the current institutional framework. Workload implications for using e-learning, infrastructure, access to the technology, training, user and technical support are all areas that need to be addressed before faculty will be willing to fully embrace e-learning. The management needs to provide leadership, direction and support for the faculty while addressing their concerns in a positive manner
Review of the book Between yesterday and tomorrow: Writings by Namibian women.
No full textBook reviewThis article reviews the book "Between yesterday and tomorrow: Writings by Namibian women", edited by Elizabeth Ikhasas
Poster presentations
No full textA presentation on how to create attractive and effective posters for conferences and fairs
Factors, triggers and measures of public sector reform within transitional countries: Paper presented at the ASSADPAM Annual Conference and AGM, 29 May - 1 June 2007, NUST.
No full textASSADPAM Annual Conference and AGM (2007 May 29 -June 1 : NUST
Impact of HIV/AIDS on Namibian educational sector.
No full textFinal submission of paper presented at a conference, Windhoek, 2007.HIV/AIDS in the education and training sector in Namibia has been of critical concern to Namibia especially because of its apartheid past and the resultant backlog of untrained and unskilled indigenous population. This unprecedented rate of HIV/AIDS infection and the proportionately high number of educated persons that have fallen victim to the pandemic has magnified the problem for the education planners. Indeed, Namibia’s HIV/AIDS prevalence rate has become a common global reference point and a basic denominator used to explain the low life expectancy, poor standard of living of the majority of the indigenous population despite a very healthy, wealthy and progressive economy.
The potential threat of this YET incurable disease to Namibia’s human capital development cannot be overemphasised, In-spite of its impact and awareness of the severity of HIV challenge, efforts in the education sector appear to be un-coordinated and do not seem to match the magnitude of the challenge. The paper, therefore, discusses the pros and cons of government efforts and business response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and examines further approaches to address the impact of the deadly virus
The sun that never rose: A rhetorical analysis of the July 2006 "Sunrise of Currency Reform" monetary policy review statement issued by the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.
No full textThis paper analyses the rhetoric that Dr Gideon Gono, the Governor of the Reserve
Bank of Zimbabwe, used in his (in) famous ‘Sunrise of Currency Reform’ Monetary
Policy Review Statement to make people believe that once the three zeros were
removed from the currency, all economic problems would be a thing of the past. The
paper argues that by largely using rhetoric that espoused the common ownership of
the economic crisis, Gono attempted to create a common bond among the people.
This analysis shows that Gono’s speech was fraught with buzz words and phrases
such as ‘from zero to hero’ which, despite their fuzziness, were aimed at shortcircuiting
the audience’s reasoning and persuading them to think that removing
three zeros from the currency was a noble thing to do. Posing as a pious citizen,
Gono attempted to make his speech turn the occasion into an epic moment by
purporting collectivity in the exercise. It is concluded that although Gono’s speech
contains a mixture of deliberative, forensic and deictic elements of a speech, the
proverbial sun did not rise for the people of Zimbabwe, and that Gono’s Monetary
Statement was one of his worst illusions
Mapping of the BCLME shoreline, shallow water & marine habitats: Physical mapping project.
No full textProject in collaboration with the Benguela Environment Fisheries Interaction & Training Programme (BENEFIT) for the Benguela current Large MArine Ecosystem (BCLME) Programme
Renewable energy for Namibia, or, How to invest in the future.
No full textInvestor's Conference (2007 Oct. 31 : Windhoek, Namibia
Review of the book Professional communication: How to deliver written and spoken messages by Jane English et al.
No full textBook Review.The article reviews the book "Professional communication: How to deliver written and spoken messages", by Jane English et al