Stephanie Rudwick
Biographic Data
| ID | 636548 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephanie Rudwick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Rudwick |
| SIGNATURE | RUDWICK S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6669-498X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 135 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
“Rasa? Radši ne”/“Race? Rather not” – the absent presence of race in Czechia
In this article, we seek to bring the study of race, racialisation, and racial formations to the forefront in Czech society, where Czechness is imagined as monolingual, culturally homogeneous, and racially unmarked as “white”, implicitly and sometimes also quite explicitly. “Non-white” Czechs disrupt this imagined continuity, and that is why race must play an important role in sociopolitical analyses of the country. We demonstrate how racialisati…
Let the N***** play so that he can score goals: Racism and racialization towards African football players in Czechia
Decolonizing applied linguistics in Africa and its diasporas: Disrupting the center
The decolonization of applied linguistics is a critique of applied linguistics (see Phillipson, 1999; Phipps, 2018 and Pennycook & Makoni, 2020). We argue for a shift toward the Global South, in particular Africa, and for the importance of paying attention to ‘race’ as a significant category of analysis in applied linguistics in Africa. The challenges transcend an agenda that redresses exclusions, and the colonial past of linguistics and location…
Restricted affiliation: The costs of otherness among Afroczechs
The increasing presence of African diasporic people in Europe and their identity politics have given rise to a proliferation of studies on their experiences, albeit with the exception of central eastern Europe (CEE). This research expands on this scholarship by addressing lived experiences, racialisation processes and struggles to belong among Afropeans in Czechia. Grounded in ethnography the study draws from narrative interviews with self-identi…
The Cambridge Handbook for the Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality
The tense but enduring engagement between anthropology and gender and sexuality studies has had profound effects upon anthropological theory and practice. Bringing together contributions from an international team of authors, this Handbook shows that anthropological work has taken inspiration from feminist and LGBTQI movements to create a transformative body of research. It provides an accessible, state-of-the-art overview of the anthropology of …
African Diasporic Narratives from the Czech Republic: Focus on Language and Race
Studies have addressed the historical trajectories of people of African heritage in the Czech Republic ( CR ), but there is no comprehensive study of the contemporary lives and identities of African people. Given the increasing number of African people living in the country, research into an emerging African diaspora is imperative. This empirical study emerges as part of a larger project which aims to address this paucity through an interdiscipli…
Revisiting the prevalence of English: Language use outside the home in South Africa
In this study, we revisit the status of English relative to the African languages in South Africa by analysing new national data on the main language spoken outside the home. These data, which derive from the General Household Surveys of 2017 and 2018, complement commonly collected data on the main language spoken within the home. Our analysis shows that only a small minority of ‘Africans’ report speaking English most often outside the home, and …
Politics of Language in Covid-19: Multilingual Perspectives from South Africa
This study is based on a discourse analysis of official COVID-19 addresses by South African national government ministers with a focus on linguistic choices. While access to healthcare is an obvious issue of social justice during the pandemic, language plays a covert role in processes of access and inequality. Linguistic understanding influences social participation and during an epidemic crisis, access to language plays a significant role in imp…
Southernizing and decolonizing the Sociology of Language: African scholarship matters
In this short article we call for decolonization strategies in the Sociology of Language through a focus shift towards the global South, in particular Africa and a heightened attention to "race" as a significant category.
“English is the best way to communicate” - South African Indian students’ blind spot towards the relevance of Zulu
The South African University of KwaZulu-Natal has developed an ambitious language policy aiming “to achieve for isiZulu the institutional and academic status of English” (UKZN LP 2006/2014). Part of this ambition is a mandatory Zulu language module that all undergraduate students have to pass if they cannot prove knowledge of the language. In this article, we examine attitudes of South African Indian students towards this compulsory module agains…
Pauli, Julia. 2019. The Decline of Marriage in Namibia. Bielefeld: Transcript . 340 pp. ISBN: 9783837643039
Erratum This book is published with Transcript Verlag Bielefeld, not with Columbia as noted in the Pdf
Doing Language, Ethnicity, and Nation
Language, Africanisation, and Identity Politics at a South African University
After centuries of “Eurocentric” linguistic ideology, the South African government has formulated African language development and multilingualism as one priority in the education system. While only English, and decreasingly Afrikaans, are the only “established” languages of instruction at tertiary level, most universities in the country have revised their language policies in order to show commitment to South Africa’s evident multilingualism. Th…
Englishes and cosmopolitanisms in South Africa
Against the background of South Africa’s ‘official’ policy of multilingualism, this study explores some of the socio-cultural dynamics of English as a lingua franca (ELF) in relation to how cosmopolitanism is understood in South Africa. More specifically, it looks at the link between ELF and cosmopolitanism in higher education. In 2016, students at Stellenbosch University (SU) triggered a language policy change that enacted English (as opposed to…
Compulsory African language learning at a South African university: An exploration of macro- and micro dynamics
While many universities in the world are making provisions to include the English language in their institutional structure, the South African University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) is opposing the hegemony of English in its institution. The University has launched a language policy and planning (LPP) strategy that makes provisions first to incorporate the vernacular language Zulu as language of learning and teaching, and second, to promote it as a s…
Zulu bridewealth (ilobolo) and womanhood in South Africa
In South African society, the custom of bridewealth [in Zulu: ilobolo] is widely upheld, although its current practice may constrain marriage in African society. The custom is persistent particularly in South African Zulu society and has been understood as symbolising a man’s masculinity and role as economic provider. In this article, we focus on how a sample of Zulu women views bridewealth, and on the role that women play in the practice and mai…
Contemporary functions of ilobolo (bridewealth) in urban South African Zulu society
The functions and meanings of bridewealth in African societies have been analysed extensively in anthropological and historical studies. Although bridewealth remains widely practised in Southern Africa, few studies have examined the custom in a contemporary context. This paper addresses the paucity of research by focusing on South African Zulu society where, among all cultural traditions, the payment of bridewealth (ilobolo) continues to be one o…
Ukukipita (Cohabiting): Socio-Cultural Constraints in Urban Zulu Society
In South Africa non-marital cohabitation rates among Africans remain low, and particularly in the context of very low marriage rates. Through qualitative interviews with urban isiZulu-speakers we explore attitudes towards ukukipita (cohabiting) in contemporary Zulu society. These in-depth interviews capture the meanings associated with non-marital cohabitation and they provide insights into why cohabitation is widely viewed as unacceptable in Zul…
Marriage and Bridewealth (Ilobolo) in Contemporary Zulu Society
This article investigates links betweenilobolo(bridewealth) practices and marriage outcomes in contemporary Zulu society. It presents quantitative data showing very low marriage rates among Zulu adults, as well as interview evidence suggesting that the majority of Zulu adults identify ilobolo as a constraint to marriage. However, the interview evidence also suggests that ilobolo remains widely valued as a Zulu tradition and continues to be an int…
Divided loyalties: Zulu vis-à-vis English at the University of KwaZulu-Natal
The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) is located in a province in South Africa where almost 80 per cent of the population speaks Zulu as first language (L1). It is one of the few tertiary institutions in the country where tangible steps have been taken toward incorporating an African language for academic purposes. In this article, the authors examine the attitudes towards Zulu vis-à-vis English among first-year UKZN students through a qualitati…
Is marriage a dying institution in South Africa? Exploring changes in marriage in the context of ilobolo payments
This article describes racial differences in marriage rates in post-apartheid South Africa and considers one possible reason for these differences related to the traditional practice of ilobolo among African families. We use nationally representative micro data to document very low and declining marriage rates among young Africans, large differences in marriage rates between Africans and whites, as well as rising rates of cohabitation, particular…
South African Indian English: A qualitative study of attitudes
This paper focuses on attitudes towards South African Indian English (SAIE), an L1 variety of English spoken in South Africa. The attitudes of the participants are considered against the backdrop of the socio-political history of this variety and its speakers, and in contrast to their attitudes to what they perceive as 'good' English. While the research methodology is primarily based on lengthy, semi-structured interviews with twenty young South …
Coconuts" and "oreos: English-speaking Zulu people in a South African township
The pervasiveness of the "dangerous power of English" (de Kadt, 1993) has been variously discussed in the sociolinguistic dynamics of the South African context. By juxtaposing English with the indigenous African language isiZulu, this paper explores how such labels as "coconut" and "oreo" bear testimony to the intriguing relationship between language, culture, identity, and ethnicity in South Africa. Against the background of the unique socioling…
Ulimi lwenkululeko: Township ‘women's language of empowerment’ and homosexual linguistic identities
The repertoire of South African females in the Nguni language cluster is remarkably diverse. Considering not only so-called ‘standard’ languages, but also different varieties, sociolects, ethnolects and registers, the linguistic diversity of South Africans is even more noteworthy. In this focus we explore a language variety termed isiTsotsi, which if employed by females, is often associated with lesbianism in KwaZulu-Natal. The masculinity histor…
Is marriage a dying institution in South Africa? Exploring changes in marriage in the context of ilobolo payments
This article describes racial differences in marriage rates in post-apartheid South Africa and considers one possible reason for these differences related to the traditional practice of ilobolo among African families. We use nationally representative micro data to document very low and declining marriage rates among young Africans, large differences in marriage rates between Africans and whites, as well as rising rates of cohabitation, particular…
Coconuts" and "oreos: English-speaking Zulu people in a South African township
The pervasiveness of the "dangerous power of English" (de Kadt, 1993) has been variously discussed in the sociolinguistic dynamics of the South African context. By juxtaposing English with the indigenous African language isiZulu, this paper explores how such labels as "coconut" and "oreo" bear testimony to the intriguing relationship between language, culture, identity, and ethnicity in South Africa. Against the background of the unique socioling…
Marriage and Bridewealth (Ilobolo) in Contemporary Zulu Society
This article investigates links betweenilobolo(bridewealth) practices and marriage outcomes in contemporary Zulu society. It presents quantitative data showing very low marriage rates among Zulu adults, as well as interview evidence suggesting that the majority of Zulu adults identify ilobolo as a constraint to marriage. However, the interview evidence also suggests that ilobolo remains widely valued as a Zulu tradition and continues to be an int…
Contemporary functions of ilobolo (bridewealth) in urban South African Zulu society
The functions and meanings of bridewealth in African societies have been analysed extensively in anthropological and historical studies. Although bridewealth remains widely practised in Southern Africa, few studies have examined the custom in a contemporary context. This paper addresses the paucity of research by focusing on South African Zulu society where, among all cultural traditions, the payment of bridewealth (ilobolo) continues to be one o…
Ukukipita (Cohabiting): Socio-Cultural Constraints in Urban Zulu Society
In South Africa non-marital cohabitation rates among Africans remain low, and particularly in the context of very low marriage rates. Through qualitative interviews with urban isiZulu-speakers we explore attitudes towards ukukipita (cohabiting) in contemporary Zulu society. These in-depth interviews capture the meanings associated with non-marital cohabitation and they provide insights into why cohabitation is widely viewed as unacceptable in Zul…
Zulu bridewealth (ilobolo) and womanhood in South Africa
In South African society, the custom of bridewealth [in Zulu: ilobolo] is widely upheld, although its current practice may constrain marriage in African society. The custom is persistent particularly in South African Zulu society and has been understood as symbolising a man’s masculinity and role as economic provider. In this article, we focus on how a sample of Zulu women views bridewealth, and on the role that women play in the practice and mai…
Restricted affiliation: The costs of otherness among Afroczechs
The increasing presence of African diasporic people in Europe and their identity politics have given rise to a proliferation of studies on their experiences, albeit with the exception of central eastern Europe (CEE). This research expands on this scholarship by addressing lived experiences, racialisation processes and struggles to belong among Afropeans in Czechia. Grounded in ethnography the study draws from narrative interviews with self-identi…
Revisiting the prevalence of English: Language use outside the home in South Africa
In this study, we revisit the status of English relative to the African languages in South Africa by analysing new national data on the main language spoken outside the home. These data, which derive from the General Household Surveys of 2017 and 2018, complement commonly collected data on the main language spoken within the home. Our analysis shows that only a small minority of ‘Africans’ report speaking English most often outside the home, and …
Southernizing and decolonizing the Sociology of Language: African scholarship matters
In this short article we call for decolonization strategies in the Sociology of Language through a focus shift towards the global South, in particular Africa and a heightened attention to "race" as a significant category.
South African Indian English: A qualitative study of attitudes
This paper focuses on attitudes towards South African Indian English (SAIE), an L1 variety of English spoken in South Africa. The attitudes of the participants are considered against the backdrop of the socio-political history of this variety and its speakers, and in contrast to their attitudes to what they perceive as 'good' English. While the research methodology is primarily based on lengthy, semi-structured interviews with twenty young South …
Compulsory African language learning at a South African university: An exploration of macro- and micro dynamics
While many universities in the world are making provisions to include the English language in their institutional structure, the South African University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) is opposing the hegemony of English in its institution. The University has launched a language policy and planning (LPP) strategy that makes provisions first to incorporate the vernacular language Zulu as language of learning and teaching, and second, to promote it as a s…
Let the N***** play so that he can score goals: Racism and racialization towards African football players in Czechia
Politics of Language in Covid-19: Multilingual Perspectives from South Africa
This study is based on a discourse analysis of official COVID-19 addresses by South African national government ministers with a focus on linguistic choices. While access to healthcare is an obvious issue of social justice during the pandemic, language plays a covert role in processes of access and inequality. Linguistic understanding influences social participation and during an epidemic crisis, access to language plays a significant role in imp…
Language, Africanisation, and Identity Politics at a South African University
After centuries of “Eurocentric” linguistic ideology, the South African government has formulated African language development and multilingualism as one priority in the education system. While only English, and decreasingly Afrikaans, are the only “established” languages of instruction at tertiary level, most universities in the country have revised their language policies in order to show commitment to South Africa’s evident multilingualism. Th…
Englishes and cosmopolitanisms in South Africa
Against the background of South Africa’s ‘official’ policy of multilingualism, this study explores some of the socio-cultural dynamics of English as a lingua franca (ELF) in relation to how cosmopolitanism is understood in South Africa. More specifically, it looks at the link between ELF and cosmopolitanism in higher education. In 2016, students at Stellenbosch University (SU) triggered a language policy change that enacted English (as opposed to…
Ulimi lwenkululeko: Township ‘women's language of empowerment’ and homosexual linguistic identities
The repertoire of South African females in the Nguni language cluster is remarkably diverse. Considering not only so-called ‘standard’ languages, but also different varieties, sociolects, ethnolects and registers, the linguistic diversity of South Africans is even more noteworthy. In this focus we explore a language variety termed isiTsotsi, which if employed by females, is often associated with lesbianism in KwaZulu-Natal. The masculinity histor…
Ulimi lwenkululeko: Township ‘women's language of empowerment’ and homosexual linguistic identities
The repertoire of South African females in the Nguni language cluster is remarkably diverse. Considering not only so-called ‘standard’ languages, but also different varieties, sociolects, ethnolects and registers, the linguistic diversity of South Africans is even more noteworthy. In this focus we explore a language variety termed isiTsotsi, which if employed by females, is often associated with lesbianism in KwaZulu-Natal. The masculinity histor…
Coconuts" and "oreos: English-speaking Zulu people in a South African township
The pervasiveness of the "dangerous power of English" (de Kadt, 1993) has been variously discussed in the sociolinguistic dynamics of the South African context. By juxtaposing English with the indigenous African language isiZulu, this paper explores how such labels as "coconut" and "oreo" bear testimony to the intriguing relationship between language, culture, identity, and ethnicity in South Africa. Against the background of the unique socioling…
Is marriage a dying institution in South Africa? Exploring changes in marriage in the context of ilobolo payments
This article describes racial differences in marriage rates in post-apartheid South Africa and considers one possible reason for these differences related to the traditional practice of ilobolo among African families. We use nationally representative micro data to document very low and declining marriage rates among young Africans, large differences in marriage rates between Africans and whites, as well as rising rates of cohabitation, particular…
South African Indian English: A qualitative study of attitudes
This paper focuses on attitudes towards South African Indian English (SAIE), an L1 variety of English spoken in South Africa. The attitudes of the participants are considered against the backdrop of the socio-political history of this variety and its speakers, and in contrast to their attitudes to what they perceive as 'good' English. While the research methodology is primarily based on lengthy, semi-structured interviews with twenty young South …
Divided loyalties: Zulu vis-à-vis English at the University of KwaZulu-Natal
The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) is located in a province in South Africa where almost 80 per cent of the population speaks Zulu as first language (L1). It is one of the few tertiary institutions in the country where tangible steps have been taken toward incorporating an African language for academic purposes. In this article, the authors examine the attitudes towards Zulu vis-à-vis English among first-year UKZN students through a qualitati…
Contemporary functions of ilobolo (bridewealth) in urban South African Zulu society
The functions and meanings of bridewealth in African societies have been analysed extensively in anthropological and historical studies. Although bridewealth remains widely practised in Southern Africa, few studies have examined the custom in a contemporary context. This paper addresses the paucity of research by focusing on South African Zulu society where, among all cultural traditions, the payment of bridewealth (ilobolo) continues to be one o…
Ukukipita (Cohabiting): Socio-Cultural Constraints in Urban Zulu Society
In South Africa non-marital cohabitation rates among Africans remain low, and particularly in the context of very low marriage rates. Through qualitative interviews with urban isiZulu-speakers we explore attitudes towards ukukipita (cohabiting) in contemporary Zulu society. These in-depth interviews capture the meanings associated with non-marital cohabitation and they provide insights into why cohabitation is widely viewed as unacceptable in Zul…
Marriage and Bridewealth (Ilobolo) in Contemporary Zulu Society
This article investigates links betweenilobolo(bridewealth) practices and marriage outcomes in contemporary Zulu society. It presents quantitative data showing very low marriage rates among Zulu adults, as well as interview evidence suggesting that the majority of Zulu adults identify ilobolo as a constraint to marriage. However, the interview evidence also suggests that ilobolo remains widely valued as a Zulu tradition and continues to be an int…
Zulu bridewealth (ilobolo) and womanhood in South Africa
In South African society, the custom of bridewealth [in Zulu: ilobolo] is widely upheld, although its current practice may constrain marriage in African society. The custom is persistent particularly in South African Zulu society and has been understood as symbolising a man’s masculinity and role as economic provider. In this article, we focus on how a sample of Zulu women views bridewealth, and on the role that women play in the practice and mai…
Compulsory African language learning at a South African university: An exploration of macro- and micro dynamics
While many universities in the world are making provisions to include the English language in their institutional structure, the South African University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) is opposing the hegemony of English in its institution. The University has launched a language policy and planning (LPP) strategy that makes provisions first to incorporate the vernacular language Zulu as language of learning and teaching, and second, to promote it as a s…
Language, Africanisation, and Identity Politics at a South African University
After centuries of “Eurocentric” linguistic ideology, the South African government has formulated African language development and multilingualism as one priority in the education system. While only English, and decreasingly Afrikaans, are the only “established” languages of instruction at tertiary level, most universities in the country have revised their language policies in order to show commitment to South Africa’s evident multilingualism. Th…
Englishes and cosmopolitanisms in South Africa
Against the background of South Africa’s ‘official’ policy of multilingualism, this study explores some of the socio-cultural dynamics of English as a lingua franca (ELF) in relation to how cosmopolitanism is understood in South Africa. More specifically, it looks at the link between ELF and cosmopolitanism in higher education. In 2016, students at Stellenbosch University (SU) triggered a language policy change that enacted English (as opposed to…
Pauli, Julia. 2019. The Decline of Marriage in Namibia. Bielefeld: Transcript . 340 pp. ISBN: 9783837643039
Erratum This book is published with Transcript Verlag Bielefeld, not with Columbia as noted in the Pdf
Doing Language, Ethnicity, and Nation
“English is the best way to communicate” - South African Indian students’ blind spot towards the relevance of Zulu
The South African University of KwaZulu-Natal has developed an ambitious language policy aiming “to achieve for isiZulu the institutional and academic status of English” (UKZN LP 2006/2014). Part of this ambition is a mandatory Zulu language module that all undergraduate students have to pass if they cannot prove knowledge of the language. In this article, we examine attitudes of South African Indian students towards this compulsory module agains…
Politics of Language in Covid-19: Multilingual Perspectives from South Africa
This study is based on a discourse analysis of official COVID-19 addresses by South African national government ministers with a focus on linguistic choices. While access to healthcare is an obvious issue of social justice during the pandemic, language plays a covert role in processes of access and inequality. Linguistic understanding influences social participation and during an epidemic crisis, access to language plays a significant role in imp…
Southernizing and decolonizing the Sociology of Language: African scholarship matters
In this short article we call for decolonization strategies in the Sociology of Language through a focus shift towards the global South, in particular Africa and a heightened attention to "race" as a significant category.
Revisiting the prevalence of English: Language use outside the home in South Africa
In this study, we revisit the status of English relative to the African languages in South Africa by analysing new national data on the main language spoken outside the home. These data, which derive from the General Household Surveys of 2017 and 2018, complement commonly collected data on the main language spoken within the home. Our analysis shows that only a small minority of ‘Africans’ report speaking English most often outside the home, and …
The Cambridge Handbook for the Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality
The tense but enduring engagement between anthropology and gender and sexuality studies has had profound effects upon anthropological theory and practice. Bringing together contributions from an international team of authors, this Handbook shows that anthropological work has taken inspiration from feminist and LGBTQI movements to create a transformative body of research. It provides an accessible, state-of-the-art overview of the anthropology of …
African Diasporic Narratives from the Czech Republic: Focus on Language and Race
Studies have addressed the historical trajectories of people of African heritage in the Czech Republic ( CR ), but there is no comprehensive study of the contemporary lives and identities of African people. Given the increasing number of African people living in the country, research into an emerging African diaspora is imperative. This empirical study emerges as part of a larger project which aims to address this paucity through an interdiscipli…
Decolonizing applied linguistics in Africa and its diasporas: Disrupting the center
The decolonization of applied linguistics is a critique of applied linguistics (see Phillipson, 1999; Phipps, 2018 and Pennycook & Makoni, 2020). We argue for a shift toward the Global South, in particular Africa, and for the importance of paying attention to ‘race’ as a significant category of analysis in applied linguistics in Africa. The challenges transcend an agenda that redresses exclusions, and the colonial past of linguistics and location…
Restricted affiliation: The costs of otherness among Afroczechs
The increasing presence of African diasporic people in Europe and their identity politics have given rise to a proliferation of studies on their experiences, albeit with the exception of central eastern Europe (CEE). This research expands on this scholarship by addressing lived experiences, racialisation processes and struggles to belong among Afropeans in Czechia. Grounded in ethnography the study draws from narrative interviews with self-identi…
Let the N***** play so that he can score goals: Racism and racialization towards African football players in Czechia
“Rasa? Radši ne”/“Race? Rather not” – the absent presence of race in Czechia
In this article, we seek to bring the study of race, racialisation, and racial formations to the forefront in Czech society, where Czechness is imagined as monolingual, culturally homogeneous, and racially unmarked as “white”, implicitly and sometimes also quite explicitly. “Non-white” Czechs disrupt this imagined continuity, and that is why race must play an important role in sociopolitical analyses of the country. We demonstrate how racialisati…
Sociology (22 works) · Gender Studies (17 works) · Political science (16 works) · Linguistics (15 works) · Gender Studies (12 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (12 works) · Law (10 works) · Anthropology (8 works) · Zulu (8 works) · Law (7 works)