A developmental prehistory of the HSRC, 1929-1969
SOURCE: Society, research and power: a history of the Human Sciences Research Council from 1929-2019
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
TITLE AUTHOR(S): A.Schwenke, M.F.Alubafi
SOURCE EDITOR(S): C.Soudien, S.Swartz, G.Houston
KEYWORDS: HISTORY, HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL, RESEARCH
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11931
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15953
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15953
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
TITLE AUTHOR(S): A.Schwenke, M.F.Alubafi
SOURCE EDITOR(S): C.Soudien, S.Swartz, G.Houston
KEYWORDS: HISTORY, HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL, RESEARCH
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11931
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15953
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15953
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Abstract
The twentieth century saw an explosion of knowledge but the process of alerting the consecutive governments in South Africa to the worth and necessity of research was an arduous one. This chapter is concerned with the gradual establishment of bodies which directly or indirectly contributed to the development of human sciences research and ultimately the formation of the Human Sciences Research Council in 1969. These predecessors were established and developed by the consecutive governments of the Union (1910-1961) and later the Republic of South Africa. Another impetus came from outside the constitutional sphere in the form of the initiatives taken by the South African Academy of Science and Art (Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns), established in 1909 as a private body.-
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