Things Fall Apart,
Transforming Student Affairs
SAFSAS, 5 August 2014
B Rudi Buys
T: +27(0)51 401 9111 | [email protected] | www.ufs.ac.za Can we transform?
No, if we tacitly bolster the hegemony
Yes, if we find an alternate paradigm
THE ARCHEOLOGY
Epistemology as theoretical framework (Alternation, 2013)
Ndubuisi Christian Ani
Epistemology is construed as ‘the study of theories about the nature and scope of
knowledge, the evaluation of the presuppositions and basis of knowledge, and the
scrutiny of knowledge claims’ (Kaphagawani & Malherbe 2002:220).
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Philosophical archeology to unearth perspectives
THINGS FALL APART
OKONKWO, RESPECTED WARRIOR OF THE UMUOFIA
IKEMEFUNA AND EXCILE
LOCUSTS AND THE MISSIONARIES
SUICIDE AND THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER
ENOCH AND THE SACRED PYTHON – CULTURAL CLASH
TRAGIC DESTINY OF THE CHI – CHANGE OWNERSHIP
INSTITUTIONAL CLASHES
TECHNICAL PROJECT AS KNOWLEDGE
SILOS OF LEARNING
HIERARCHIES OF ACADEMY
MYTHS OF HEGEMONY
STUDENT AFFAIRS AS ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION
STUDENT AFFAIRS AS CONTAINMENT FOR RAGE
AFRICAN IKS
ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
SPIRITUALITY OF CHANGE
EMOTION AND SHARED ETHICS
COLLEGIALITY OF COMMUNITY
STUDENT AFFAIRS FOR HOLISTIC EDUCATION
STUDENT AFFAIRS FOR CAPABILITY
AGENDA FOR CHANGE
REDESIGN OUR HIERARCHIES
DEVELOP CO-CURRICULUM FOR QUALIFICATION
GROW STUDENT LIFE PEDAGOGIES
DEVELOP COLLECTIVE REFLECTIVE PRACTICE
DESIGN PATHWAYS TO INTEGRATE QUALITY SUPPORT
TARGET INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND VALUES
KEY SHIFTS NEEDED
COUNTER-SERVICE TO STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
EXTRA- TO CO-CURRICULAR LEARNING
DISTANCED TO COLLEGIATE FACULTY INTERFACES
KNOWLEDGE SILOS TO INTEGRATED ENGAGEMENT
BUREAUCRACY TO MENTORING
CLINICAL TO REFLECTIVE PRACTICE
A CASE STUDY
LIVED EXPERIENCE
DEVELOPMENT CO-CURRICULUM
PATHWAYS
GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES
QUALITY OF LIFE
TRAGIC HEROES
‘HE IS NOT HERE’,
REPLIED OBIERIKA”
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