One of South Africa’s highest-profile intellectual vehicles appears to be a victim of drunken driving by scholars
The charter document and subsequent proposals for the field show little evidence of consultation.
The groundwork has been done and it is up to academics and institutions to come on board.
Sociologist Ari Sitas’s ministerial task team on the humanities will convene an international workshop in Johannesburg next week.
Ari Sitas will head a government initiative "to rejuvenate and strengthen the social sciences and humanities", it was announced on Wednesday.