Bianca Naude
Biographic Data
| ID | 1194562 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bianca Naude |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bianca |
| FAMILY NAME | Naude |
| SIGNATURE | NAUDE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State Qwaqwa campus, Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8870-1690 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Life narrative and the possibilities of self
Life stories help ground states in the chaos of social life by allowing them to experience themselves, their behaviours, and their relationships as coherent, predictable, and tractable. Continuity in these stories is important for maintaining a sense of ontological security, but they can also constrain agency when crises challenge understandings of self, others, and the world ‘out there’. Against approaches in ontological security scholarship (OS…
Covid-19 travel bans and the reactivation of colonial trauma in Africa
When the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus was identified in November 2021, western states responded by immediately imposing a travel ban on African countries in a bid to keep 'the African virus' out of their territories. Seen by some as a necessary step to protect western lives, the travel bans caused a visceral reliving among Africans of colonial-era experiences of shame, humiliation and degradation. We know that actors, during times of cri…
Justice and restitution as themes of South African foreign relations
The South African state considers its foreign relations as a means to an end. That end – the national interest – is articulated as developing the economy to address issues of poverty and underdevelopment inherited from years of oppressive and exploitative ‘foreign’ rule, and eventually to ‘build a better South Africa, in a better and safer world’. This article draws on IR theories of ontological security to explore how the South African state arr…
Beyond the Lecture Hall
As the global population is lifted out of poverty through intergovernmental and national efforts, the number of students enrolled in university degree programs has been steadily increasing. Although this is generally a good indicator for human development, it has resulted in oversaturated job markets where competition for employment is fierce and only the most capable university graduates are employed. Students from rural universities in the Glob…
States have emotions too
Building on established scholarship in international relations theory, notably Alexander Wendt's assertion that ‘states are people too’, this paper explores South African foreign policy decisions that are routinely dismissed as being ‘schizophrenic’, and makes two claims: first, that existing scholarship fails to adequately address causal factors of South African foreign policy and, second, that we need to turn to emotions and affect to do so. As…
Beyond the Lecture Hall
As the global population is lifted out of poverty through intergovernmental and national efforts, the number of students enrolled in university degree programs has been steadily increasing. Although this is generally a good indicator for human development, it has resulted in oversaturated job markets where competition for employment is fierce and only the most capable university graduates are employed. Students from rural universities in the Glob…
Covid-19 travel bans and the reactivation of colonial trauma in Africa
When the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus was identified in November 2021, western states responded by immediately imposing a travel ban on African countries in a bid to keep 'the African virus' out of their territories. Seen by some as a necessary step to protect western lives, the travel bans caused a visceral reliving among Africans of colonial-era experiences of shame, humiliation and degradation. We know that actors, during times of cri…
Justice and restitution as themes of South African foreign relations
The South African state considers its foreign relations as a means to an end. That end – the national interest – is articulated as developing the economy to address issues of poverty and underdevelopment inherited from years of oppressive and exploitative ‘foreign’ rule, and eventually to ‘build a better South Africa, in a better and safer world’. This article draws on IR theories of ontological security to explore how the South African state arr…
States have emotions too
Building on established scholarship in international relations theory, notably Alexander Wendt's assertion that ‘states are people too’, this paper explores South African foreign policy decisions that are routinely dismissed as being ‘schizophrenic’, and makes two claims: first, that existing scholarship fails to adequately address causal factors of South African foreign policy and, second, that we need to turn to emotions and affect to do so. As…
Beyond the Lecture Hall
As the global population is lifted out of poverty through intergovernmental and national efforts, the number of students enrolled in university degree programs has been steadily increasing. Although this is generally a good indicator for human development, it has resulted in oversaturated job markets where competition for employment is fierce and only the most capable university graduates are employed. Students from rural universities in the Glob…
Justice and restitution as themes of South African foreign relations
The South African state considers its foreign relations as a means to an end. That end – the national interest – is articulated as developing the economy to address issues of poverty and underdevelopment inherited from years of oppressive and exploitative ‘foreign’ rule, and eventually to ‘build a better South Africa, in a better and safer world’. This article draws on IR theories of ontological security to explore how the South African state arr…
Covid-19 travel bans and the reactivation of colonial trauma in Africa
When the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus was identified in November 2021, western states responded by immediately imposing a travel ban on African countries in a bid to keep 'the African virus' out of their territories. Seen by some as a necessary step to protect western lives, the travel bans caused a visceral reliving among Africans of colonial-era experiences of shame, humiliation and degradation. We know that actors, during times of cri…
Life narrative and the possibilities of self
Life stories help ground states in the chaos of social life by allowing them to experience themselves, their behaviours, and their relationships as coherent, predictable, and tractable. Continuity in these stories is important for maintaining a sense of ontological security, but they can also constrain agency when crises challenge understandings of self, others, and the world ‘out there’. Against approaches in ontological security scholarship (OS…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · International relations (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Foreign policy (2 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (2 works)