Studentification and commodification of student lifestyle in Braamfontein, Johannesburg
- Gregory, James J., Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Authors: Gregory, James J. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Studentification , Student lifestyle , Commodification
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/296131 , uj:32260 , Citation: Gregory, J.J. & Rogerson, J.M. 2019. Studentification and commodification of student lifestyle in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Urbani izziv, 30: 178-193.DOI: 10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2019-30-supplement-012
- Description: Abstract: The process of studentification has emerged as a new form of neighbourhood change in the global North over the past 16 years and often situated within broader debates on gentrification. The growth of private student housing across cities globally has been linked to the increased neoliberalisation and massification of higher education and the lack of universities to keep up with the supply of student housing. Limited scholarship, however, exists on studentification in the global South. Notwithstanding that, in South Africa there has been growing recognition of the impact of studentification on urban environments. Despite some recognition in smaller cities, studentification has been neglected in large urban contexts. Using interviews with key informants and focus groups with students, this paper explores the impact of studentification in the urban neighbourhood of Braamfontein in Johannesburg. Over the past decade and a half there has been evidence of the concentration of student geographies and the commodification of student lifestyle in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
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- Authors: Gregory, James J. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Studentification , Student lifestyle , Commodification
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/296131 , uj:32260 , Citation: Gregory, J.J. & Rogerson, J.M. 2019. Studentification and commodification of student lifestyle in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Urbani izziv, 30: 178-193.DOI: 10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2019-30-supplement-012
- Description: Abstract: The process of studentification has emerged as a new form of neighbourhood change in the global North over the past 16 years and often situated within broader debates on gentrification. The growth of private student housing across cities globally has been linked to the increased neoliberalisation and massification of higher education and the lack of universities to keep up with the supply of student housing. Limited scholarship, however, exists on studentification in the global South. Notwithstanding that, in South Africa there has been growing recognition of the impact of studentification on urban environments. Despite some recognition in smaller cities, studentification has been neglected in large urban contexts. Using interviews with key informants and focus groups with students, this paper explores the impact of studentification in the urban neighbourhood of Braamfontein in Johannesburg. Over the past decade and a half there has been evidence of the concentration of student geographies and the commodification of student lifestyle in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
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The commodification of education : trends and effects in the Zimbabwean secondary school system
- Vurayai, Simon, Ndofirepi, Amasa Philip
- Authors: Vurayai, Simon , Ndofirepi, Amasa Philip
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Secondary education , Commodification , Global capitalism
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/455384 , uj:40303 , Citation: Vurayai, S. & Ndofirepi, A.P. 2020. The commodification of education : trends and effects in the Zimbabwean secondary school system.
- Description: Abstract: This conceptual discourse examined the changing trends in the provision of education in post-colonial Zimbabwe in light of political and economic turmoil. We acknowledge the impact of global capitalism and the influence of neoliberal policies in transforming secondary education from a public good to a commodity to be bought and sold at a market for profit to those who can afford it. However, we examined the detrimental effects of the commodification of education on Zimbabwean secondary schools such as entrenching social inequalities among already unequal groups, denigration of local languages, the creation of hostility, and adversarial relationships in the school and alienating the teacher. We recommended that the state as the main agent of social justice should bear the major responsibility to educate instead of surrendering the social good to the vestiges of the market-led establishments rooted in neoliberal globalism with an eye for profit.
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- Authors: Vurayai, Simon , Ndofirepi, Amasa Philip
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Secondary education , Commodification , Global capitalism
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/455384 , uj:40303 , Citation: Vurayai, S. & Ndofirepi, A.P. 2020. The commodification of education : trends and effects in the Zimbabwean secondary school system.
- Description: Abstract: This conceptual discourse examined the changing trends in the provision of education in post-colonial Zimbabwe in light of political and economic turmoil. We acknowledge the impact of global capitalism and the influence of neoliberal policies in transforming secondary education from a public good to a commodity to be bought and sold at a market for profit to those who can afford it. However, we examined the detrimental effects of the commodification of education on Zimbabwean secondary schools such as entrenching social inequalities among already unequal groups, denigration of local languages, the creation of hostility, and adversarial relationships in the school and alienating the teacher. We recommended that the state as the main agent of social justice should bear the major responsibility to educate instead of surrendering the social good to the vestiges of the market-led establishments rooted in neoliberal globalism with an eye for profit.
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