학술논문

The #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall student protests through the Kübler-Ross grief model.
Document Type
Article
Author
Source
Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 2018, Vol. 39 Issue 4, p575-589. 15p.
Subject
*STUDENT activism
*STUDENT strikes
*EDUCATIONAL finance
*UNIVERSITIES & colleges
*EDUCATION
*EDUCATION policy
Language
ISSN
0159-6306
Abstract
This article explores the possibility that the recent #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall student protests at South African universities may be partially underpinned by grief over a dying essentialist assemblage in the wake of the 2012 Marikana massacre - which saw the assemblage severed from the State Apparatus in a way that spelled its doom. Particular focus falls on how the related protests mirror the grief stages identified by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, and the article concludes by reflecting on possible post-structural curricular interventions that may help to stabilize university operations in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]