Suriamurthee Moonsamy Maistry
Biographic Data
| ID | 4150222 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Suriamurthee Moonsamy Maistry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Suriamurthee Moonsamy |
| FAMILY NAME | Maistry |
| SIGNATURE | MAISTRY S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9623-0078 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Towards non-performative decolonisation in South African higher education
White South African Refugee Claims to Marginalisation
South Africa has relatively recently transitioned from a condition of legislated racial stratification to a democracy in which all South Africans now enjoy political enfranchisement. While political emancipation has been achieved, economic and social emancipation remain elusive for the majority of Black South Africans who still bear the brunt of poverty and deprivation. South Africa’s white colonial communities, having relinquished political powe…
Gaza
Nuraan DavidsStellenbosch UniversityI don’t think we need to wait for history to tell us what we already know about Gaza. No amount of legal debates on the plausibility of its genocide status, can
Colonisation and the Genesis and Perpetuation of Anti-Blackness Violence in South Africa
The narrative of the colonisation of South Africa that prevailed and continues to prevail in certain segments of contemporary South African society is that of the white coloniser as an industrious, noble, peaceful and innocent being, divinely tasked with the project of bringing civilisation to the country’s indigenous Black tribal people—people bereft of religion, cognitive competence and incapable of responsible land ownership. In this article, …
South African Higher Education as Mutating Plantation
In 1994, South Africa’s political governance changed from being a White minority-controlled apartheid state to a democracy—a relatively peaceful transition underpinned by a social cohesion and reconciliation ideology, namely, that all (both perpetrators and the oppressed) were victims requiring healing in the new proverbial “rainbow nation.” Reconciling racial fractures, anti-Blackness and unevenness of the higher education landscape, however, re…
In Search of an Inclusive Participatory Research Methodology
National policy goals have made doctoral research a priority for academics in South African higher education. For many, the study of their own educational practice has strong appeal, and has led them to "cross over" and become novice educational researchers at doctoral level, pursuing qualitative research that could present ontological and epistemological challenges for those whose home disciplines (and training) are steeped in positivist quantit…
South Africa’s Comorbidity
The analogy of South Africa as an ailing “organism” afflicted by chronic socio-economic inequality is apt as it captures the nation’s manifest endemic abrasions and frailties, especially as it relates to the lived experience of its most vulnerable citizens (the precariat). COVID-19 has accentuated the plight of the poor, yet political rhetoric professes that the pandemic does not discriminate. In this article I offer an analysis of the intricate …
Engaging head and heart in disciplinary learning
Deeper understanding of the factors that influence the course of disciplinary learning could help educators to facilitate the process more effectively. The Threshold Concepts Framework (TCF) encompasses cognitive, affective, and contextual aspects of learning, but has not fully examined the dynamics of the process. We explored studentsâ€TM experiences in a TCF-aligned, cooperative learning programme in economics at a South African university. Thr…
Invoking interactive qualitative analysis as a methodology in statistics education research
This study investigated the use of interactive qualitative analysis (IQA), as a research methodology, to develop an understanding of students’ experiences of learning statistics in a threshold concepts-enriched tutorial programme. Interactive qualitative analysis methodology offered a systematic, rigorous and accountable approach to conducting qualitative research. The participants constructed their own meaning of reality from their experiences o…
The 'firstness' of male as automatic ordering
There is little contention that gender equity continues to be a challenge in many societies across the Southern African region. Dominant discourses that perpetuate inequality are often reflected in school materials such as textbooks, which have the potential to socialise girls and boys into particular gender performances. The aim of the study being reported on was to examine representations of gender in a sample of Business Studies school textboo…
Phantasmagoria
In this article, we examine discourses of entrepreneurship manifest in selected textbooks used in South African primary schools in the postapartheid era. While an attempt was made to purge school textbooks of discriminatory subject matter, the extent to which new powerful discourses have replaced apartheid ideology remains unknown. There is little dispute that school textbook content communicates subliminal messages about the world. Using critica…
Teaching about Economic and Social Inequality
South Africa is a country of stark contrasts, with opulence co-existing alongside poverty. Historically the issue of class has been narrowly linked to race, yet in present day South Africa, economic inequ ality and poverty know no racial boundary. Teachers often struggle to integrate these issues into the curriculum in a meaningful way. South African education has witnessed significant curriculum reform. While some teachers view this as a dauntin…
Building communities of practice for the continuing professional development of history teachers
In ‘n tydperk van snelle kurrikulum hervorming, is talle Suid Afrikaanse onderwysers gekonfronteer met die moeilike taak om nuwe kurrikula te ontwikkel en te implementeer. Dit is veral die geval vir Geskiedenis-onderwysers wat as deel van die proses vele uitdagings te bowe moet kom. Terwyl sommige onderwysers kurrikulum hervorming as ‘n reuse uitdaging beskou, daag ander die beskouing uit deur die geleentheid aan te gryp vir persoonlike professio…
South African Higher Education as Mutating Plantation
In 1994, South Africa’s political governance changed from being a White minority-controlled apartheid state to a democracy—a relatively peaceful transition underpinned by a social cohesion and reconciliation ideology, namely, that all (both perpetrators and the oppressed) were victims requiring healing in the new proverbial “rainbow nation.” Reconciling racial fractures, anti-Blackness and unevenness of the higher education landscape, however, re…
Gaza
Nuraan DavidsStellenbosch UniversityI don’t think we need to wait for history to tell us what we already know about Gaza. No amount of legal debates on the plausibility of its genocide status, can
Colonisation and the Genesis and Perpetuation of Anti-Blackness Violence in South Africa
The narrative of the colonisation of South Africa that prevailed and continues to prevail in certain segments of contemporary South African society is that of the white coloniser as an industrious, noble, peaceful and innocent being, divinely tasked with the project of bringing civilisation to the country’s indigenous Black tribal people—people bereft of religion, cognitive competence and incapable of responsible land ownership. In this article, …
Building communities of practice for the continuing professional development of history teachers
In ‘n tydperk van snelle kurrikulum hervorming, is talle Suid Afrikaanse onderwysers gekonfronteer met die moeilike taak om nuwe kurrikula te ontwikkel en te implementeer. Dit is veral die geval vir Geskiedenis-onderwysers wat as deel van die proses vele uitdagings te bowe moet kom. Terwyl sommige onderwysers kurrikulum hervorming as ‘n reuse uitdaging beskou, daag ander die beskouing uit deur die geleentheid aan te gryp vir persoonlike professio…
Teaching about Economic and Social Inequality
South Africa is a country of stark contrasts, with opulence co-existing alongside poverty. Historically the issue of class has been narrowly linked to race, yet in present day South Africa, economic inequ ality and poverty know no racial boundary. Teachers often struggle to integrate these issues into the curriculum in a meaningful way. South African education has witnessed significant curriculum reform. While some teachers view this as a dauntin…
Phantasmagoria
In this article, we examine discourses of entrepreneurship manifest in selected textbooks used in South African primary schools in the postapartheid era. While an attempt was made to purge school textbooks of discriminatory subject matter, the extent to which new powerful discourses have replaced apartheid ideology remains unknown. There is little dispute that school textbook content communicates subliminal messages about the world. Using critica…
The 'firstness' of male as automatic ordering
There is little contention that gender equity continues to be a challenge in many societies across the Southern African region. Dominant discourses that perpetuate inequality are often reflected in school materials such as textbooks, which have the potential to socialise girls and boys into particular gender performances. The aim of the study being reported on was to examine representations of gender in a sample of Business Studies school textboo…
Engaging head and heart in disciplinary learning
Deeper understanding of the factors that influence the course of disciplinary learning could help educators to facilitate the process more effectively. The Threshold Concepts Framework (TCF) encompasses cognitive, affective, and contextual aspects of learning, but has not fully examined the dynamics of the process. We explored studentsâ€TM experiences in a TCF-aligned, cooperative learning programme in economics at a South African university. Thr…
Invoking interactive qualitative analysis as a methodology in statistics education research
This study investigated the use of interactive qualitative analysis (IQA), as a research methodology, to develop an understanding of students’ experiences of learning statistics in a threshold concepts-enriched tutorial programme. Interactive qualitative analysis methodology offered a systematic, rigorous and accountable approach to conducting qualitative research. The participants constructed their own meaning of reality from their experiences o…
South Africa’s Comorbidity
The analogy of South Africa as an ailing “organism” afflicted by chronic socio-economic inequality is apt as it captures the nation’s manifest endemic abrasions and frailties, especially as it relates to the lived experience of its most vulnerable citizens (the precariat). COVID-19 has accentuated the plight of the poor, yet political rhetoric professes that the pandemic does not discriminate. In this article I offer an analysis of the intricate …
In Search of an Inclusive Participatory Research Methodology
National policy goals have made doctoral research a priority for academics in South African higher education. For many, the study of their own educational practice has strong appeal, and has led them to "cross over" and become novice educational researchers at doctoral level, pursuing qualitative research that could present ontological and epistemological challenges for those whose home disciplines (and training) are steeped in positivist quantit…
Colonisation and the Genesis and Perpetuation of Anti-Blackness Violence in South Africa
The narrative of the colonisation of South Africa that prevailed and continues to prevail in certain segments of contemporary South African society is that of the white coloniser as an industrious, noble, peaceful and innocent being, divinely tasked with the project of bringing civilisation to the country’s indigenous Black tribal people—people bereft of religion, cognitive competence and incapable of responsible land ownership. In this article, …
South African Higher Education as Mutating Plantation
In 1994, South Africa’s political governance changed from being a White minority-controlled apartheid state to a democracy—a relatively peaceful transition underpinned by a social cohesion and reconciliation ideology, namely, that all (both perpetrators and the oppressed) were victims requiring healing in the new proverbial “rainbow nation.” Reconciling racial fractures, anti-Blackness and unevenness of the higher education landscape, however, re…
White South African Refugee Claims to Marginalisation
South Africa has relatively recently transitioned from a condition of legislated racial stratification to a democracy in which all South Africans now enjoy political enfranchisement. While political emancipation has been achieved, economic and social emancipation remain elusive for the majority of Black South Africans who still bear the brunt of poverty and deprivation. South Africa’s white colonial communities, having relinquished political powe…
Gaza
Nuraan DavidsStellenbosch UniversityI don’t think we need to wait for history to tell us what we already know about Gaza. No amount of legal debates on the plausibility of its genocide status, can
Towards non-performative decolonisation in South African higher education
Sociology (10 works) · Political science (7 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works)