- Title
- Developing Relationships for Community-Based Research at Rhodes University: Values, Principles and Challenges
- Creator
- Hornby, Diana
- Creator
- Maistry, Savathrie M
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date Issued
- 2022
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- text
- Type
- book chapter
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/433524
- Identifier
- vital:72981
- Identifier
- ISBN 978-3-030-86401-9
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86402-6_6
- Description
- Post-apartheid education policy in South Africa mandates that universities should become more responsive to the socio-economic development of the country, positioning community engagement as a core function of higher education. Community engagement in all its forms, and particularly in the form of community-based research, should develop the social responsibility of both students and the institution by providing opportunities for partnering in community-based projects to promote the social good, thus narrowing the gap between universities and communities. The Community Engagement Division at Rhodes University in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, supported by the highest level of management of the institution, was fully aware that removal of the ‘ivory tower’ image was a herculean task. Thus, they developed a set of values and principles to guide the establishment of community partnerships with the community the university serves. This chapter explains these values and principles, using the Reviving Schools community engagement initiative as an example. It discusses some of the challenges experienced and how they were overcome to build research relationships and a sense of ‘community’ between Rhodes University and its external partners in Makhanda.
- Format
- 17 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Hornby, D. and Maistry, S., 2022. Developing Relationships for Community-Based Research at Rhodes University: Values, Principles and Challenges. Community-based Research with Vulnerable Populations: Ethical, Inclusive and Sustainable Frameworks for Knowledge Generation, pp.121-138
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