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Analysis of Ubuntu as a Transformative Strategy to Mitigate Social Unrest in the University system [PDF]
University system, all over the world, most especially in Africa had witnessed various social unrest traceable to social factors such as; student-management dichotomies, disagreement between staff unions and university management, external and political ...
Bunmi Isaiah Omodan PhD, E-mail: OmodanBI@ufs.ac.za +1 more
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Abstract This autoethnographic study lies at the intersection of architectural, teaching and research practice through the lens of an architect‐teacher‐researcher working in post‐Apartheid South Africa. The research traces a shift from unconscious design practice to a more conscious, critical and careful practice through practice‐based design research ...
Sandra Felix
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Can Ethics Be Instilled into AI? A Flourishing Ethics Approach
Abstract What ethical values and principles should guide and govern AI entities? This is just one of many AI‐related questions facing the world today. Another question—perhaps even more important—is Can ethical values and principles be instilled into AI entities to guide and govern them?
Terrell Ward Bynum
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Christian Humanism in the Black Atlantic: The Case of Olaudah Equiano
Abstract This article explores Olaudah Equiano as a pivotal figure in the emergence of a Christian humanism forged within the Black Atlantic. Building on the analyses of Sylvia Wynter and Paul Gilroy, it examines how Equiano's The Interesting Narrative contests the racial figuration of the human that underwrote the development of racial capitalism and ...
Luke Bretherton
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Ubuntu and COVID-19 in South Africa: Surviving the Pandemic through Community Solidarity
This article investigates the relevance of the African philosophy of ubuntu in the South African context during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data is drawn from the available academic literature and analysed using the elements of ubuntu as a theoretical lens ...
Nompumelelo Thabethe, Venkat Rao Pulla
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ABSTRACT Lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), while offering strategic advantages in warfare, pose significant ethical, legal, and security risks, especially for countries in the Global South. This article examines how a philosophical perspective, rooted in African ethical and political thought, can enrich regional and global debates on regulating ...
Ezenwa E. Olumba +3 more
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The Made‐in‐Africa Evaluation framework: A decolonial approach to program evaluation
Abstract The Made in Africa Evaluation (MAE) framework is a decolonial approach to program evaluation developed by African evaluators over the past 14 years. MAE may be appropriate to community psychologists who practice program evaluation or conduct research in Africa, but little is known about its implementation.
Takatso Sibanda, Robin Lin Miller
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Empowering a Limpopo rural community to Integrate Ubuntu in caring for PLWHIV/AIDS or TB
Background: Globally, few studies were conducted mostly in Africa on Ubuntu and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS).
Thifhelimbiliu I. Ramavhoya +3 more
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ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi +6 more
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A holistic ubuntu artificial intelligence ethics approach in South Africa
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most spoken-about topics in the media, academia, government and other platforms. One of the aspects that is often discussed is the ethical implications of AI and approaches to mitigate the risks.
Katleho K. Mokoena
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