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The research niche ViNCO (Visual Narratives and Creative Outputs through Interdisciplinary and Practice-Led Research) contributes to current discourse on South African and African visual narratives and the histories and visions that shape them. Our students and researchers work towards creating, imagining, exploring, inquiring and…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/vinco/previous-projects
Previous projects
Research Niche: Visual Narratives and Creative Outputs through Interdisciplinary and Practice-Led Research (VINCO) Tracking creative creatures (2007-2009) Tracking creative creatures is an interdisciplinary exploration, which originated out of a need for research possibilities within the…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/vinco/disappearance-2015-2017
Disappearance (2015-2017)
Disappearance consists of three broad main components, namely: (i) creative outputs as research outputs, (ii) community engagement and (iii) formal explicit format research outputs. The project has its departure point in the perspectives regarding the relationship…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/nwu-desmond-tutu-school-medicine/contact-and-governance
Contact and governance
The NWU Desmond Tutu School of Medicine project team appreciates your response and feedback: medicalschool@nwu.ac.za petra.bester@nwu.ac.za Leadership profiles Executive Dean of NWU Health Sciences Prof AF Kotzé Chief Director: NWU Desmond Tutu School of Medicine Prof Binu Luke Operations Lead Prof Petra…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/south-african-sign
South African Sign Language
Available on the Potchefstroom Campus Used by almost one million deaf and hearing South Africans, South African Sign Language (SASL) is the official language of the South African deaf community and has linguistic rules just like all other spoken languages do. This study programme is designed for people who would like to…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/ilma/contact-us
Contact us
Physical Address: Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA) ADC Building Rooms 211 & 208 Mahikeng Campus Contact Number: +27 (0)18 389 2369 +27 (0)18 389 2238 Email: Kgomotso.bosilong@nwu.ac.za abiodun.salawu@nwu.ac.zahttp://humanities.nwu.ac.za/ilma/subprogrammes
Subprogrammes
[accordion collapsed] African Language Journalism The nature, content and language use of African-language journalism form part of the focus of this subprogramme. Journalism practice in African-language media is also studied to understand the peculiarities, challenges and prospects for improvement. African-…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/ilma/postgraduate-studies
Postgraduate Studies
The entity accepts students who want to work towards obtaining an honours, master’s or PhD degree, with their research focused on any aspect of the entity’s subprogrammes. They can be registered in any relevant department of the institution, but their supervisors must be members of the research entity.http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/ilma/research-projects
Research projects
We currently have two book projects: African Language Media: Development, Economics and Management and Indigenous African Popular Music: The Arts and Its Applications. An international conference on Social Media, Fake News and Hate Speech, which should have been held on 1 and 2 July, 2020 was rescheduled to 2021 at dates…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/sesotho
Sesotho
Available on the Vanderbijlpark Campus Sesotho, or Southern Sotho, is a Bantu language that originated in the Bantu-Nguni era, with dialects originating from Sotho, Pedi and Tswana, but these are all considered to be separate languages. Sesotho is primarily spoken by the Basotho in Lesotho. The Basotho made their way down…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/literacy-studies
Literacy Studies
Available on the Mahikeng, Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark Campuses Academic literacy refers to the ability to successfully navigate, understand, interpret, and produce texts in the academic environment. Regardless of your field of study, you will be required to read and comprehend academic texts and to display your understanding by…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/practice