Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS)
Thembelihle and Lenasia women: shaping our future, a discussion of the intricacies of womenship
Unisa’s Institute for Social and Health Sciences’ (ISHS) Friendship and Hope Campaign commenced with its first social cohesion event for 2022. The Women's Day-related event was hosted in partnership with Imbumbe Yabafazi on 20 August 2022. The Friendship and Hope Campaign aims to create social connections and foster social cohesion amongst the Thembelihle and Lenasia community in Johannesburg South’s Region G. Read more
The importance of uhuru, ubuntu and ujamaa in overcoming colonial trauma
Our traumas do not define us. Uhuru, ubuntu and ujamaa have become crucial for pushing back against internalised oppression and reclaiming a sense of self and belonging. They can help us move beyond trauma towards healing. Read more
Community Psychology Book Series
The Community Psychology book series is envisaged as a space to review the established assumptions and knowledge economy underlying community psychology, and encourage writings that recognise the plurality of people and the many geographical, psychological and sociological locations that they occupy. The book series will enable contributors to stimulate thought that questions that which is constructed as critical knowledges, community psychology, and the meanings of liberation and community. Read more
Find our collectiveness to realise our humanness
“As history wrestles with us, we must wrestle with history in the present, for the imagined future.” This sentiment, shared by poet, storyteller, theatre-maker and researcher, Ongezwa Mbele from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, aptly summarises the discussions that took place at the 16th Annual Peace, Safety and Human Rights Memorial Lecture. Read more