Pragna Rugunanan
Biographic Data
| ID | 244627 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pragna Rugunanan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pragna |
| FAMILY NAME | Rugunanan |
| SIGNATURE | RUGUNANAN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Johannesburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7430-9201 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Second-generation Mozambican migrant youth narratives of being born in Limbo in South Africa
The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research (TD) is a journal dedicated to promoting the concept of transdisciplinary research. It is aimed at creating knowledge with the collaboration of the formal sectors of the natural and human sciences as base. Over and above this, the intention is to focus on levels of knowledge that are to be found at grassroots level. It is important to explore this knowledge because it becomes the groundwork for further k…
Negotiating and Managing Gay Identities in Multiple Heteronormative Spaces
Sexual diversity is a contentious topic in South Africa because many people still hold the perception that sexual identity can only be understood in heteronormative terms. This article adopts a feminist research approach to investigate how black gay male identities are constructed and managed at home, within friendships and in mining workplaces, drawing on data collected from five black gay male mineworkers. It opens up discussion on gay minework…
Migration in Southern Africa
This open access Regional Reader proposes new ways of theorizing migration in Southern Africa as it argues the traditional western forms.
Transnational Family Practices and Use of Polymedia Methods for Inter-Family Communication among Zimbabwean Women Migrants in South Africa
This article investigates the transnational family practices among Zimbabwean migrant women living in South Africa. The study draws on polymedia theory to examine two sets of research on Zimbabwean women in South Africa. The first set of research results, conducted in 2011, using in-depth interviews with 10 Zimbabwean refugee mothers living in Hillbrow, looks at transnational family practices and discusses intergenerational support from adult chi…
Mobile-mediated mothering from a distance
This article explores the mobile-mediated mothering experiences among migrant Somali mothers living in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Twenty semi-structured interviews were conducted with Somali mothers to examine how Imo, Viber, Skype and WhatsApp enable them to fulfil important maternal responsibilities toward their left-behind children in Somalia. The findings reveal that three types of maternal tensions occur due to their migration: guilt and …
Racial Integration among Students at The University of Johannesburg
One of the objectives of restructuring the South African higher education sector following the transition to democracy was to address the racial imbalances within the sector. Since then, studies have examined the impact of transformation on individual universities and various aspects of the sector as a whole. However, less attention has been paid to how it affects integration among students within these institutions. As a ‘transformed’ higher edu…
Transnational forced migration and negotiating emotional well-being
This study seeks to gain a better understanding of how a group of women refugees perceives their emotional well-being and how they make sense of their emotions. The discussion is based on a comparative qualitative study done in South Africa among Congolese, Burundian and Zimbabwean refugees. Attention is paid to intrapersonal emotional ambivalence and how the emotional well-being of refugees relates to their socio-economic context and more specif…
From precarious lives to precarious work
South Africa is home to a large number of refugees and asylum seekers from across the African continent. While South Africa promotes the concept of ‘self-settling’, one of the greatest challenges refugees face is securing a livelihood and accessing formal employment. The article presents some of the findings of a qualitative study researching the perceptions and experiences of female refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Zim…
Exploring gender and race amongst female sociologists exiting academia in South Africa
This article explores issues of gender and race in the academic careers of female sociologists in South Africa by focusing on selected women who left academic departments in higher education institutions. In-depth interviews were conducted with 11 participants who left various Sociology departments at different times. It was found that young black female academics dwelled on issues of race in their careers, but paid scant attention to gender. Old…
Is There Life after Sociology? Exploring the Career Paths of Former South African Academics in Sociology
An overview of the careers of a selected group of sociologists who left academia is presented. Qualitative interviews with 11 female and five male former academic sociologists were conducted. It was found that research participants entered sociology as postgraduate students by chance, being influenced by sociology lecturers and/or because of an interest in the subject. After being appointed in academic positions, some experienced a lack of suppor…
Transnational forced migration and negotiating emotional well-being
This study seeks to gain a better understanding of how a group of women refugees perceives their emotional well-being and how they make sense of their emotions. The discussion is based on a comparative qualitative study done in South Africa among Congolese, Burundian and Zimbabwean refugees. Attention is paid to intrapersonal emotional ambivalence and how the emotional well-being of refugees relates to their socio-economic context and more specif…
Negotiating and Managing Gay Identities in Multiple Heteronormative Spaces
Sexual diversity is a contentious topic in South Africa because many people still hold the perception that sexual identity can only be understood in heteronormative terms. This article adopts a feminist research approach to investigate how black gay male identities are constructed and managed at home, within friendships and in mining workplaces, drawing on data collected from five black gay male mineworkers. It opens up discussion on gay minework…
Mobile-mediated mothering from a distance
This article explores the mobile-mediated mothering experiences among migrant Somali mothers living in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Twenty semi-structured interviews were conducted with Somali mothers to examine how Imo, Viber, Skype and WhatsApp enable them to fulfil important maternal responsibilities toward their left-behind children in Somalia. The findings reveal that three types of maternal tensions occur due to their migration: guilt and …
Exploring gender and race amongst female sociologists exiting academia in South Africa
This article explores issues of gender and race in the academic careers of female sociologists in South Africa by focusing on selected women who left academic departments in higher education institutions. In-depth interviews were conducted with 11 participants who left various Sociology departments at different times. It was found that young black female academics dwelled on issues of race in their careers, but paid scant attention to gender. Old…
Second-generation Mozambican migrant youth narratives of being born in Limbo in South Africa
The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research (TD) is a journal dedicated to promoting the concept of transdisciplinary research. It is aimed at creating knowledge with the collaboration of the formal sectors of the natural and human sciences as base. Over and above this, the intention is to focus on levels of knowledge that are to be found at grassroots level. It is important to explore this knowledge because it becomes the groundwork for further k…
Is There Life after Sociology? Exploring the Career Paths of Former South African Academics in Sociology
An overview of the careers of a selected group of sociologists who left academia is presented. Qualitative interviews with 11 female and five male former academic sociologists were conducted. It was found that research participants entered sociology as postgraduate students by chance, being influenced by sociology lecturers and/or because of an interest in the subject. After being appointed in academic positions, some experienced a lack of suppor…
Exploring gender and race amongst female sociologists exiting academia in South Africa
This article explores issues of gender and race in the academic careers of female sociologists in South Africa by focusing on selected women who left academic departments in higher education institutions. In-depth interviews were conducted with 11 participants who left various Sociology departments at different times. It was found that young black female academics dwelled on issues of race in their careers, but paid scant attention to gender. Old…
From precarious lives to precarious work
South Africa is home to a large number of refugees and asylum seekers from across the African continent. While South Africa promotes the concept of ‘self-settling’, one of the greatest challenges refugees face is securing a livelihood and accessing formal employment. The article presents some of the findings of a qualitative study researching the perceptions and experiences of female refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Zim…
Racial Integration among Students at The University of Johannesburg
One of the objectives of restructuring the South African higher education sector following the transition to democracy was to address the racial imbalances within the sector. Since then, studies have examined the impact of transformation on individual universities and various aspects of the sector as a whole. However, less attention has been paid to how it affects integration among students within these institutions. As a ‘transformed’ higher edu…
Transnational forced migration and negotiating emotional well-being
This study seeks to gain a better understanding of how a group of women refugees perceives their emotional well-being and how they make sense of their emotions. The discussion is based on a comparative qualitative study done in South Africa among Congolese, Burundian and Zimbabwean refugees. Attention is paid to intrapersonal emotional ambivalence and how the emotional well-being of refugees relates to their socio-economic context and more specif…
Mobile-mediated mothering from a distance
This article explores the mobile-mediated mothering experiences among migrant Somali mothers living in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Twenty semi-structured interviews were conducted with Somali mothers to examine how Imo, Viber, Skype and WhatsApp enable them to fulfil important maternal responsibilities toward their left-behind children in Somalia. The findings reveal that three types of maternal tensions occur due to their migration: guilt and …
Migration in Southern Africa
This open access Regional Reader proposes new ways of theorizing migration in Southern Africa as it argues the traditional western forms.
Transnational Family Practices and Use of Polymedia Methods for Inter-Family Communication among Zimbabwean Women Migrants in South Africa
This article investigates the transnational family practices among Zimbabwean migrant women living in South Africa. The study draws on polymedia theory to examine two sets of research on Zimbabwean women in South Africa. The first set of research results, conducted in 2011, using in-depth interviews with 10 Zimbabwean refugee mothers living in Hillbrow, looks at transnational family practices and discusses intergenerational support from adult chi…
Negotiating and Managing Gay Identities in Multiple Heteronormative Spaces
Sexual diversity is a contentious topic in South Africa because many people still hold the perception that sexual identity can only be understood in heteronormative terms. This article adopts a feminist research approach to investigate how black gay male identities are constructed and managed at home, within friendships and in mining workplaces, drawing on data collected from five black gay male mineworkers. It opens up discussion on gay minework…
Second-generation Mozambican migrant youth narratives of being born in Limbo in South Africa
The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research (TD) is a journal dedicated to promoting the concept of transdisciplinary research. It is aimed at creating knowledge with the collaboration of the formal sectors of the natural and human sciences as base. Over and above this, the intention is to focus on levels of knowledge that are to be found at grassroots level. It is important to explore this knowledge because it becomes the groundwork for further k…
Sociology (9 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Geography (5 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Refugee (3 works)