G Andrews
Biographic Data
| ID | 294572 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G Andrews |
| GIVEN NAMES | G |
| FAMILY NAME | Andrews |
| SIGNATURE | ANDREWS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5268-0800 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Pronouns as Orientation Devices
Pronouns, particularly gender-expansive pronouns like the singular “they”, have become prominent points of contestation in public discourse. Right-wing public and political figures have fuelled the furore over pronouns as they rely on traditionalist notions of the gender binary to deny the legitimacy of (a)gender diversity and trans identities. At the same time, queer-trans scholars, activists, and (teacher) educators also use pronouns to trouble…
Widening participation and enhancing academic success
Religion, coloniality and “passing” in Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus
This article adopts the concept of ideological passing to analyse the character of Eugene in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Purple Hibiscus (2003). The article expands on the traditional understanding of racial passing, namely presenting oneself as white due to possessing or emulating physical traits associated with whiteness, to encompass a form of passing through ideological alignment with Western norms and performing whiteness in multiple wa…
Developing Student Agency Towards Academic Integrity Through an Educative Approach
This research investigates whether academic integrity can be strengthened through a holistic educative approach that combines compulsory modules on academic integrity, pedagogy that challenges punitive approaches, and an embedded curriculum. We present quantitative and qualitative data from surveys and interview responses from students to investigate their experiences and perceptions of our approach. Qualitative data suggest students appreciate t…
South African queer sons challenging the white father's legacy
The figure of the patriarchal white Afrikaner male was central to conceptualising and maintaining the system of apartheid in South Africa, and lingers in the imaginary of white identities in the country. Idealised white masculinity, embodied by the patriarch, is marked by strict gender roles and the rejection of same-sex sexualities, as these sexualities are seen as threatening to institutions like the heteronormative family and conservative Chri…
Experiences of Divine Grace Among Christian Friends
Although topics of prayer, forgiveness, and gratitude have received attention in the psychology of religion, there is sparse literature regarding the concept of grace. Thirty interviews were conducted with Friends (Quakers) in the Pacific Northwest, using a semi-structured interview developed for a larger study of how Christians from various denominations experience grace. Four organizing themes were derived from the interview questions and then …
The construction of split whiteness in the queer films Kanarie (2018) and Moffie (2019)
After the end of formal apartheid, a number of South African feature films have explored queer white men in conservative social settings, with a particular focus on Afrikaans-speaking gay men. These films have reflected strict heteropatriarchal values within white Afrikaner culture where homosexuality is still often seen as a taboo topic. In this article I discuss two feature films with gay white male protagonists, Kanarie (2018) by Christiaan Ol…
Pedagogical and decolonial affordances of group portfolio assessments for learning in South African universities
Our paper discusses our recent experiences with designing effective assessments for challenging local contexts by using group work portfolio projects. South African universities are experiencing ever-increasing student numbers, diverse student bodies which have different language and literacy skill levels, and limited resources. Simultaneously, the need to decolonise university curricula and teaching and learning practices is being actively inves…
Pedagogical and decolonial affordances of group portfolio assessments for learning in South African universities
Our paper discusses our recent experiences with designing effective assessments for challenging local contexts by using group work portfolio projects. South African universities are experiencing ever-increasing student numbers, diverse student bodies which have different language and literacy skill levels, and limited resources. Simultaneously, the need to decolonise university curricula and teaching and learning practices is being actively inves…
Post-Apartheid Same-Sex Sexualities
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices
YouTube Queer Communities as Heterotopias
YouTube has provided a platform for many queer vloggers in South Africa to find audiences and to represent queer lives via a public medium. The platform allows for multiple queer identities to be represented in dynamic ways, complicating the ways in which mainstream mass media often stereotype or distort queer lives and experiences, and simultaneously challenging the widespread social marginalisation of queer people. This article explores how que…
The Multiliteracies Learning Environment as Decolonial Nexus
In higher education institutions in South Africa, educators working in the fields of language and academic literacy need to be sensitive and responsive to the linguistic and cultural diversity of the student body, and traditional pedagogical approaches are often inappropriate to meet the needs of students and of the wider call to decolonise higher education. As a group of lecturers working at the University of the Witwatersrand’s School of Educat…
Queer Cyborgs in South African Speculative Fiction
This article explores the image of the queer cyborg in two works of speculative fiction about South Africa, Lauren Beukes's Moxyland (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2008) and Nicky Drayden's The Prey of Gods (London: Harper Voyager, 2017). These queer cyborg characters inhabit imagined futures where the interface between human and technology is both a conduit for self-expression and a threat to their freedoms and lives. I use Donna Haraway's essay “A Cybo…
The Queer Son and the Declining Patriarch in Post-Apartheid South African Literature
This article traces how the character of the father in post-apartheid South African literature is symbolic of the spectral yet enduring legacy of apartheid and the types of rigid masculinities which underpinned the oppressive system. I use this framing to demonstrate the conflict between the traditional South African father and the queer son. Queer male characters, and queer identities within South African society, are represented as disruptive t…
Meanings and feelings of (Im)mobility in later life
The emergence of black queer characters in three post-apartheid novels
Before the end of apartheid, queer lives were almost entirely unrepresented in public literary works in South Africa. Only after the fall of institutionalised apartheid could literature begin to look back at the role of queer people in the history of South Africa, and begin to acknowledge that queer people are a part of the fabric of South African society. A number of celebrated authors emerged who were exploring queer themes; however, most of th…
Social and Behavioral Problems of Children with Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum
How place matters
The devolution of care into nontraditional community-based settings has led to a proliferation of sites for health and social care. Despite recent (re)formulations of 'evidence-based' approaches that stress the importance of optimizing interventions to best practice by taking into account the uniqueness of place, there is relatively little guidance in the literature and few attempts to systematically 'unpack' key dimensions of settings most relev…
Geographies of health in nursing
The International Year of Older Persons
Andrews and Clark trace the history and development of the International Year of Older Persons and discuss the process for setting the gerontological research agenda. They also discuss the contribution that gerontological research can make globally to providing policy-relevant findings and putting aging onto policy agendas
The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale in Older Community Samples in Indonesia, North Korea, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
Cultural differences in the reporting of depressive symptoms among older people were examined using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) scale in five Southeast Asian countries: Indonesia, Korea, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Previous work in Asian samples--principally North American immigrants--suggested differential functioning of the CES-D. The four-factor solution established in the original studies of the CES-D was r…
The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale in Older Community Samples in Indonesia, North Korea, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
Cultural differences in the reporting of depressive symptoms among older people were examined using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) scale in five Southeast Asian countries: Indonesia, Korea, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Previous work in Asian samples--principally North American immigrants--suggested differential functioning of the CES-D. The four-factor solution established in the original studies of the CES-D was r…
Geographies of health in nursing
Meanings and feelings of (Im)mobility in later life
YouTube Queer Communities as Heterotopias
YouTube has provided a platform for many queer vloggers in South Africa to find audiences and to represent queer lives via a public medium. The platform allows for multiple queer identities to be represented in dynamic ways, complicating the ways in which mainstream mass media often stereotype or distort queer lives and experiences, and simultaneously challenging the widespread social marginalisation of queer people. This article explores how que…
The emergence of black queer characters in three post-apartheid novels
Before the end of apartheid, queer lives were almost entirely unrepresented in public literary works in South Africa. Only after the fall of institutionalised apartheid could literature begin to look back at the role of queer people in the history of South Africa, and begin to acknowledge that queer people are a part of the fabric of South African society. A number of celebrated authors emerged who were exploring queer themes; however, most of th…
South African queer sons challenging the white father's legacy
The figure of the patriarchal white Afrikaner male was central to conceptualising and maintaining the system of apartheid in South Africa, and lingers in the imaginary of white identities in the country. Idealised white masculinity, embodied by the patriarch, is marked by strict gender roles and the rejection of same-sex sexualities, as these sexualities are seen as threatening to institutions like the heteronormative family and conservative Chri…
The International Year of Older Persons
Andrews and Clark trace the history and development of the International Year of Older Persons and discuss the process for setting the gerontological research agenda. They also discuss the contribution that gerontological research can make globally to providing policy-relevant findings and putting aging onto policy agendas
The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale in Older Community Samples in Indonesia, North Korea, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
Cultural differences in the reporting of depressive symptoms among older people were examined using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) scale in five Southeast Asian countries: Indonesia, Korea, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Previous work in Asian samples--principally North American immigrants--suggested differential functioning of the CES-D. The four-factor solution established in the original studies of the CES-D was r…
The International Year of Older Persons
Andrews and Clark trace the history and development of the International Year of Older Persons and discuss the process for setting the gerontological research agenda. They also discuss the contribution that gerontological research can make globally to providing policy-relevant findings and putting aging onto policy agendas
How place matters
The devolution of care into nontraditional community-based settings has led to a proliferation of sites for health and social care. Despite recent (re)formulations of 'evidence-based' approaches that stress the importance of optimizing interventions to best practice by taking into account the uniqueness of place, there is relatively little guidance in the literature and few attempts to systematically 'unpack' key dimensions of settings most relev…
Geographies of health in nursing
Social and Behavioral Problems of Children with Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum
The Queer Son and the Declining Patriarch in Post-Apartheid South African Literature
This article traces how the character of the father in post-apartheid South African literature is symbolic of the spectral yet enduring legacy of apartheid and the types of rigid masculinities which underpinned the oppressive system. I use this framing to demonstrate the conflict between the traditional South African father and the queer son. Queer male characters, and queer identities within South African society, are represented as disruptive t…
Meanings and feelings of (Im)mobility in later life
The emergence of black queer characters in three post-apartheid novels
Before the end of apartheid, queer lives were almost entirely unrepresented in public literary works in South Africa. Only after the fall of institutionalised apartheid could literature begin to look back at the role of queer people in the history of South Africa, and begin to acknowledge that queer people are a part of the fabric of South African society. A number of celebrated authors emerged who were exploring queer themes; however, most of th…
The Multiliteracies Learning Environment as Decolonial Nexus
In higher education institutions in South Africa, educators working in the fields of language and academic literacy need to be sensitive and responsive to the linguistic and cultural diversity of the student body, and traditional pedagogical approaches are often inappropriate to meet the needs of students and of the wider call to decolonise higher education. As a group of lecturers working at the University of the Witwatersrand’s School of Educat…
Queer Cyborgs in South African Speculative Fiction
This article explores the image of the queer cyborg in two works of speculative fiction about South Africa, Lauren Beukes's Moxyland (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2008) and Nicky Drayden's The Prey of Gods (London: Harper Voyager, 2017). These queer cyborg characters inhabit imagined futures where the interface between human and technology is both a conduit for self-expression and a threat to their freedoms and lives. I use Donna Haraway's essay “A Cybo…
Pedagogical and decolonial affordances of group portfolio assessments for learning in South African universities
Our paper discusses our recent experiences with designing effective assessments for challenging local contexts by using group work portfolio projects. South African universities are experiencing ever-increasing student numbers, diverse student bodies which have different language and literacy skill levels, and limited resources. Simultaneously, the need to decolonise university curricula and teaching and learning practices is being actively inves…
Pedagogical and decolonial affordances of group portfolio assessments for learning in South African universities
Our paper discusses our recent experiences with designing effective assessments for challenging local contexts by using group work portfolio projects. South African universities are experiencing ever-increasing student numbers, diverse student bodies which have different language and literacy skill levels, and limited resources. Simultaneously, the need to decolonise university curricula and teaching and learning practices is being actively inves…
Post-Apartheid Same-Sex Sexualities
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices
YouTube Queer Communities as Heterotopias
YouTube has provided a platform for many queer vloggers in South Africa to find audiences and to represent queer lives via a public medium. The platform allows for multiple queer identities to be represented in dynamic ways, complicating the ways in which mainstream mass media often stereotype or distort queer lives and experiences, and simultaneously challenging the widespread social marginalisation of queer people. This article explores how que…
Experiences of Divine Grace Among Christian Friends
Although topics of prayer, forgiveness, and gratitude have received attention in the psychology of religion, there is sparse literature regarding the concept of grace. Thirty interviews were conducted with Friends (Quakers) in the Pacific Northwest, using a semi-structured interview developed for a larger study of how Christians from various denominations experience grace. Four organizing themes were derived from the interview questions and then …
The construction of split whiteness in the queer films Kanarie (2018) and Moffie (2019)
After the end of formal apartheid, a number of South African feature films have explored queer white men in conservative social settings, with a particular focus on Afrikaans-speaking gay men. These films have reflected strict heteropatriarchal values within white Afrikaner culture where homosexuality is still often seen as a taboo topic. In this article I discuss two feature films with gay white male protagonists, Kanarie (2018) by Christiaan Ol…
South African queer sons challenging the white father's legacy
The figure of the patriarchal white Afrikaner male was central to conceptualising and maintaining the system of apartheid in South Africa, and lingers in the imaginary of white identities in the country. Idealised white masculinity, embodied by the patriarch, is marked by strict gender roles and the rejection of same-sex sexualities, as these sexualities are seen as threatening to institutions like the heteronormative family and conservative Chri…
Developing Student Agency Towards Academic Integrity Through an Educative Approach
This research investigates whether academic integrity can be strengthened through a holistic educative approach that combines compulsory modules on academic integrity, pedagogy that challenges punitive approaches, and an embedded curriculum. We present quantitative and qualitative data from surveys and interview responses from students to investigate their experiences and perceptions of our approach. Qualitative data suggest students appreciate t…
Religion, coloniality and “passing” in Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus
This article adopts the concept of ideological passing to analyse the character of Eugene in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Purple Hibiscus (2003). The article expands on the traditional understanding of racial passing, namely presenting oneself as white due to possessing or emulating physical traits associated with whiteness, to encompass a form of passing through ideological alignment with Western norms and performing whiteness in multiple wa…
Pronouns as Orientation Devices
Pronouns, particularly gender-expansive pronouns like the singular “they”, have become prominent points of contestation in public discourse. Right-wing public and political figures have fuelled the furore over pronouns as they rely on traditionalist notions of the gender binary to deny the legitimacy of (a)gender diversity and trans identities. At the same time, queer-trans scholars, activists, and (teacher) educators also use pronouns to trouble…
Widening participation and enhancing academic success
Sociology (18 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Political science (8 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Queer (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · South African History and Culture (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works)