Launch of a new publication: Some communities imagined - Edited by Melusi Mbatha and Yaseen Ally

About the book

“This book arose from a sense of frustration. As academics in the Psychology Department at the University of South Africa (Unisa) we felt privileged to have access to community psychology related research projects submitted by our Honours students. However, we also felt endlessly frustrated by the closed nature of the process. Many of our students produce interesting work, worthy of a wider audience, but the university system of tuition and examination dictates that this work should be ‘for our eyes only’. We conceived of this book as a small attempt to make students’ work more widely available for public scrutiny – because we are proud of what our students are capable of, yes, but also because we know that their efforts, and ours, have many, many shortcomings and can only benefit from outsiders’ comments and critiques.”

CONTENTS

Preface (Eduard Fourie, Martin Terre Blanche, Yaseen Ally & Melusi Mbatha)

1 Resources, needs and alcohol use among white female students at a South African university (Grethe Goosen)

2 HIV and AIDS in the Mbare community, Zimbabwe (Blessing Chirisa)

3 Resources, needs and the negative effects of overcrowding in Tembisa (Emma Modimola)

4 Resources, needs and juvenile delinquency in Eldorado Park (Jessuina James)

5 Understanding the risk factors associated with teenage pregnancy in Gugulethu, Western Cape (Courtney Reece)

6 Hillbrow, a home to many, a community of diversity (Charlotte Ndlovu)

7 From the outside looking in: Resources, needs and gang violence in and around a South African prison (Catherine Boucher)

8 Resources, needs and privacy issues in the Facebook community (Eliza Charalambous)

For a free copy of the book or to purchase a print copy from amazon.com, visit the website at http://somecommunities.co.za