44 research outputs found
Writing women in solitary: shifting narratives to make research count by Shanthini Naidoo
No full textAuthor Shanthini Naidoo reflects on her decision to change the focus of her Master’s dissertation in order to uncover the narratives of anti-apartheid women activists in South Africa. This research formed the basis of her recently published book Women in Solitary: Inside the Female Resistance to Apartheid, which focuses particularly on four women: Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin, Shanthie Naidoo, Nondwe Mankahla and Rita Ndzanga. As the UK celebrates Black History Month in October, Naidoo reflects on the importance of uncovering stories that not only evidence bravery and courage, but also the power of love and friendship in daily life
Book review: Women in solitary: inside the female resistance to apartheid by Shanthini Naidoo
No full textIn Women in Solitary: Inside the Female Resistance to Apartheid, Shanthini Naidoo offers a new account based around the narratives of four women – Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin, Shanthie Naidoo, Rita Ndzanga and Nondwe Mankahla – who experienced detention and torture in South Africa in the late 1960s when the regime tried to stage a trial to convict leading anti-apartheid activists. This timely book not only accords the four women and others their place in the history of the struggle for freedom in South Africa, but also weaves their experiences into the historical development of the anti-apartheid movement, writes Tony Trew. If you are interested in this book review, you may also like to read an LSE RB essay by author Shanthini Naidoo on her decision to change the focus of her Master’s dissertation to uncover the narratives of anti-apartheid women activists in South Africa
Syncretic cultural multivocality and the Malaysian popular musical imagination
No full textThis article discusses modes of expression in selected contemporary Malaysian popular songs and music videos in English. The article argues that such audio-visual engagements can be best described as productions of syncretic cultural multivocality. First, the fusion of the multiple musical styles that inundated Malaysia\u27s novel popular music industry in the 1950s is traced. Next, the development of a creative pop multivocality in contemporary Malaysian "hip hops" is described. The article proceeds primarily by reading the Malaysian popular music scene as a cultural text and demonstrates that although the history of Malaysian popular music reflects pop cosmopolitanism, the cultural multivocality that characterises the Malaysian identity resonates as powerfully (if not more powerfully) at the core of the nation\u27s popular imagination. The article concludes that the skilful integration of various influences from global popular culture creates a musical palimpsest that is and will continue to be imprinted with a multitude of signifiers of syncretic cultural multivocality
Popular pedagogy: multimodal environments for the teaching and learning of literature in the Malaysian tertiary world
No full textThe task of teaching literature (in English) to Malaysian tertiary students is often fraught with difficulties. Challenges range from dealing with a majority of learners with little competence in the English language, much less analytical reading and writing skills. However, literature taught and learnt effectively can pave the way towards the development of multiple literacy skills especially as it is known to be an effective tool in generating multicultural awareness and communication skills in learners. This article will demonstrate the ways in which the latter can be achieved through the incorporation of popular television series and music in literature courses. It will show how popular television series as well as popular songs can be used as captivating tools to channel an understanding of key issues and terms crucial to literary studies that can prove to be far more successful than when teaching and learning is based merely on literary texts alone. The article concludes that such incorporation of diverse perspectives in teaching what has been traditionally a text based subject can effectively foster a sense of inclusiveness in its learners and in the process generate desired literacy skills
Developing understanding and appreciation of literature and critical reading concepts through multimodal approaches
No full textTraditional monomodal or singular modes of presentation of information in the literature classroom often pose dfficulties for students as they are normally based on texts and textual information. Based on experience, capturing students? attention with a mainly linguistic based lecture format poses a challenging task. As such it is felt that if we continue to use the traditional single modal approach in teaching the end result is a limited engendering of conceptual understanding of critical concepts. It is therefore crucial that new applications of learning styles and strategies be incorporated into the literature classroom so that these problems can be addressed. This paper reports on the preliminary findings of an ongoing research project that is based on the introduction of a multimodal approach to teach conceptual understanding of literary theories and concepts
The marginalisation of malaysian texts in the english language curriculum and its impact on social cohesion in malaysian classrooms
No full textIn this paper, we seek to investigate the place that local literature has been given
in Malaysian Education in the English Language Subject for Secondary Schools
in Malaysia. We argue that literature engenders a space for the nation to share
in the experiences and feelings of groups and situations that might never be
encountered directly. It often engages with the realities of a nation through
diverse constructions of its history, its realities and communal relations. As such
we posit that literature can be a significant tool to study the realities of
Malaysian nationhood and its constructions of inter-ethnic relationships, and
ultimately, an effective tool to forge nation building. The discussion focuses on
investigating the role that literature has played in Malaysian education in the
context of engaging with ethnically diverse Malaysian learners and whether text
selection has prioritised ethnic diversity in its Malaysian context. Samples used
for discussion centre on literature in English in Malaysian Education. The paper
concludes that more attention needs to be paid to the inclusion of local literature
as it can be an important communicator of signifiers of ethnic identity and
subsequently play an important role in facilitating inter-ethnic engagement and
understanding in Malaysian schools
Modern Asian ecclesiastical interconnections: Catholic Tamil Nadu and its diaspora in Malaysia
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Transnational Collaboration and Media Industry in South India: Case of the Malaysian—Indian Diaspora
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