The university spends a fortune on these database tools. They are extremely useful. The real value of the digital sources comes from collecting a large archive, and then examining it very critically to find the politics that is at work in events.
The overall purpose of this initiative is to infuse interdisciplinary perspectives, drawing on perspectives from law, history, economics, public policy, demography, and public health, to address the ethical and human rights challenges that are emerging as population register systems are modernized and digitized. We set out the basic elements of the collaboration on this page.
Achille Mbembe: A Global Humanities Scholar at Wits
Among the distinguished scholars contributing to the University of the Witwatersrand's international reputation is Professor Achille Mbembe, one of the world's most influential contemporary thinkers in the humanities and social sciences.
Submitted by WiSER Admin on 25 April, 2024 - 11:11
In collaboration with the Holberg Prize, Centre for Women’s and Gender Research (SKOK) and the Research Group for Radical Philosophy and Literature invite you all to an open seminar/reading session on this year’s Holberg Prize winner: historian, political theorist and public intellectual Achille Mbembe.
Submitted by WiSER Admin on 15 March, 2024 - 08:24
Professor Achille Mbembe, the recipient of the Holberg Prize, in discussion with Professor Hlonipha Mokoena, Acting Co-Director at WiSER, exploring their backgrounds and intellectual passions.
