From the racially divided classrooms of apartheid to the diverse, yet occasionally still segregated, lecture halls of today, South Africa’s higher education institutions remain both a mirror of national inequities and a potential catalyst for social justice. Despite the political shifts, racialised privilege, linguistic gate-keeping, and gendered hierarchies endure; yet within these same spaces, we find agency, resilience, and moments of profound transformation. Negotiating otherness: academics’ experiences of social identity offers a deep and personal exploration of the life stories of nine academics and four alumni as they reflect on their unique journeys through South Africa’s complex, and ever-changing socio-political context.
Negotiating otherness: academics’ experiences of social identity examines how personal stories illuminate social identity formation. Spanning six decades, from the 1960s to 2024, the book reveals apartheid’s lasting impact on institutional cultures and individual experiences. With ongoing challenges related to power, privilege and resistance in educational settings, the book shows how lives are shaped by race, culture, religion, language and age, first as learners, then as students, and later as academics.
Contents include the following:
The history of higher education in South Africa
Identity
Methodology of the study
Historical overview of South Africa before 1960
Historical overview and narratives of the 1960s
Historical overview and narratives of the 1970s
Historical overview and narratives of the 1980s
Historical overview and narratives of the 1990s
Historical overview and narratives of the 2000s
Historical overview and narratives encompassing the period 2011-2023
Students’ narrative
Negotiating otherness: academics’ experiences of social identity is aimed at academics and scholars in higher education, as well as those interested in the history of education in South Africa.
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Introduction
Chapter 1: The History of Higher Education in South Africa
Chapter 2: Identity
Chapter 3: Methodology of this Study
Chapter 4: Historical Overview of South Africa Before 1960
Chapter 5: Historical Overview and Narratives of the 1960s
Chapter 6: Historical overview and narratives of the 1970s
Chapter 7: Historical Overview and Narratives of the 1980s
Chapter 8: Historical overview and narratives of the 1990s
Chapter 9: Historical overview and narratives of the 2000s
Chapter 10: Historical Overview and Narratives: 2011–2023
Chapter 11: Students’ narratives
Chapter 12: Concluding remarks
