An uBuntu Research Methodology – Exploring the South African Coloured Identity in Aotearoa New Zealand Through Shisa Nyama and uKhamba
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Dunn, Stanton
Nakhid, Camille
Nakhid-Schuster, Lesina
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SAGE Publications
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The coloured identity of South Africa, arising as it did from the racism of colonialism, has held a contested place in the lives of South Africans in the country. For diasporic South Africans, where the term ‘coloured’ may be perceived differently by members of the host country, their relationship to this identity has prompted introspection and reflection particularly amongst younger South Africans. In seeking to culturally and affirmatively explore how coloured South Africans in Aotearoa New Zealand understand and apply the coloured identity, the authors employed the Affirming Methodologies theoretical framework which centres Local and Indigenous voices in the research process and recognizes the value of these voices in sharing knowledge. Within this framework, the uBuntu methodology was designed to keep faith with the cultural lens and practices of the co-researchers (participants). This paper focuses, not on the findings of the study, but on the development of and engagement with the uBuntu methodology. The uBuntu methodology, embodying the uBuntu principles of community, humanity and relationship, offered an authentic and affirming approach to seeking and sharing knowledges through the shisa nyama research method; the uKhamba method of data analysis was designed to discuss, critique and conclude on the knowledges shared.Description
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47 Language, Communication and Culture, 4702 Cultural Studies, 44 Human Society, 1110 Nursing, 1607 Social Work
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International Journal of Qualitative Methods, ISSN: 1609-4069 (Print); 1609-4069 (Online), SAGE Publications, 24. doi: 10.1177/16094069251340015
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