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Cultural and Media Studies

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5773847
AutoresKeyan Tomaselli (0000-0002-2995-0726, University of KwaZulu-Natal, autor de correspondencia)
Año2012
Volumen26
Número1
Páginas14-38
Fecha de publicación2012-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCritical Arts (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0256-0046 • E-ISSN: 1992-6049
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02560046.2012.663158
OpenAlexW2136994915
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas67

A periodised case study is offered of a number of engagements undertaken by the Centre for Communication, Media and Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, between 1985 and 2012, in facilitating resistance, policy, development and analysis. How cultural and media studies travelled to South Africa and how the centre negotiated the intersections between the humanities and social sciences, health and the physical sciences, is examined in terms of the epistemological alliances and conflicts that emerged. New paradigms ranging from appropriations of African philosophy and critical indigenous methodologies are discussed in an environment where new nationalisms are emerging. The story of the centre offers the fulcrum around which to discuss specific paradigmatic shifts. A new imaginary for the humanities and social sciences for a rapidly changing South Africa is then briefly proposed. Keywords: cultural and media studieshumanitiesindigenisationparadigm shiftsocial sciencesSouth Africatravelling theory

The Imaginary · African cultural and philosophical studies · Cultural Studies · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · South African History and Culture