Dr Nontombi Velelo
Position
Lecturer and Programme director
Department
Sociology
Address
S 7
SOCIOLOGY
IB 41
UFS
Postal Code
9999
Telephone
0514012919
Office
MAIN BUILDING: SOUTH BLOCK 12B
Short CV

Nontombi Velelo holds a PhD in Sociology. She is a Sociology Lecturer and one of the Social Sciences Programme Director at the University of the Free State. She is an emerging scholar whose research interest lies in qualitative and indigenous research methodologies, African ontolongy, family and sociology of gender. Nontombi’s PhD thesis titled: Masculinity and Fatherhood: A Narrative Study of South African Black Men Living in Mangaung. Her PhD research brought new understanding of the field that remains underesearched – what is means to be a black man and father.  Nontombi’s key PhD theoretical contribution of this study is how it integrates Western Interpretive Sociology with an Africentric gaze.  Integration also occurs at the level of research methods – the research is qualitative with data collected via individual interviews, focus groups, and traditional lekgotla gatherings. Her reseach gives attention to the perceptions, understandings and meanings that men draw from their everyday lived experience.

Publications

 

  • Pelser AJ, Redelinghuys N & Velelo N. 2011. People, Parks and Poverty: integrated conservation and development initiatives in the Free State Province of South Africa. In: Grillo O & Venora G (Ed.) Biological Diversity and Sustainable Resources Use. Rijeka (Croatia): InTech, pp 35-62.I SBN. 978-953-307-706-2 Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/people-parks-and-poverty-integrated-conservation-and-development-initiatives-in-the-free-state-provi.

     

  • Ackermann, L. & Velelo, N. 2013. The position of South African Women in the labour market: an  overview. Pula, 27(1): 155-170.

     

  • Pelser AJ, Redelinghuys N & Velelo N 2013. Protected areas as vehicles in population development: lessons from rural South Africa. Environment, Development and Sustainability 15(1): DOI 10.1007/s10668-013-9434-4. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10668-013-9434-4
    • Research

    Critical Studies on Men and Masculinity.

    Interpretivist Sociology.

    Family Sociology.

    Feminist and Women Studies.

    Qualitative research.

    Indigenous research methodologies.

     

     

    Area(s) of Interest

    Family Sociology.

    Industrial Sociology.

    Gender studies.

    African cosmology.

    Indigenous research methodologies.

    Expertise

    African cosmology and ontology.

    Critical Studies on Men and Masculinity.

    Interpretivist Sociology.

    Family Sociology.

    Feminist and Women Studies.

    Qualitative research.

    Indigenous research methodologies.

    Courses Presented

    HCSL3704: B. Soc Science Community Service Learning.

    MDOC1513: The Doctor and Environment. Sociology module for medical students.

    GSME7928: Gender and Environment (Masters in Gender Studies). The module provides an in-depth understanding of the linkages between gender and environment.

    SOCF2614: Family and Domestic Life. The module outlines and addresses the dynamics that exist within families.

    SOCL2614: Industrial Sociology. The module focuses on the social organisation of work.

    SCSI2612: Social Science in Africa. A compulsory social science  module focusing on the role of social scientist and the relevance thereof in Africa.

    SCSR2622: Introduction to Social Research. A compulsory social science module that introduces second year students to social research.

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    FACULTY CONTACT

    T: +27 51 401 2240 or humanities@ufs.ac.za

    Postgraduate:
    Marizanne Cloete: +27 51 401 2592

    Undergraduate:
    Neliswa Motebang: +27 51 401 2536
    Phyllis Masilo: +27 51 401 9683
    Thandeka Deeuw: +27 51 401 5460

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