Decolonising sociolinguistics research: methodological turn-around next?

Decolonising the University Curriculum

The student protests of 2015 precipitated a renewed interest in the decolonisation of the university in South Africa, and by association the decolonisation of the university curriculum. The decolonisation of the curriculum is an important conversation, and long overdue, given that the Western model of academic organisation on which the South African university is based, remains largely unchalle...

Computational Sociolinguistics: A Survey

Language is a social phenomenon and variation is inherent to its social nature. Recently, there has been a surge of interest within the computational linguistics (CL) community in the social dimension of language. In this article we present a survey of the emerging field of ”computational sociolinguistics" that reflects this increased interest. We aim to provide a comprehensive overview of CL r...

Methodological and Didactical Controversies around Statistical Inference

The incorrect interpretations and researchers' excessive confidence in statistical inference have lead to intensive criticism by different professional organisations that have had scarce impact on the didactical practices at University level. In this paper we analyse this situation and conclude with some reflections about the teaching of statistical inference to undergraduates.

Playware Research – Methodological Considerations

Several sub-disciplines of engineering are driven by the researchers’ aim of providing positive change to the society through their engineering. These researchers are challenged by the traditional research method of experimental research with a waterfall model which demands clearly defined project definition and functional requirements, and impose a sequential processes leading to the final sys...

Political Studies and the Contextual Turn : A Methodological / Normative