Current Research Project

Zikhona Tumi Mpofu has completed her Master’s degree in Psychology. Her thesis was titled “This Dialogue Thing: An Analysis of Narratives of Black and White Women Living in South Africa Engaged in Sustained Dialogue on Race and Race Relations.” The aim of her research was to explore the experiences of different women as they encounter each other in close and sustained dialogue across racial and class divide. The study seeks to address some of the limitations on Contact Theory by looking at processes in intergroup relations in a naturalistic setting, as opposed to a laboratory or orchestrated setting, where people who are not equal in terms of class and racial have volunteered to be part of an interracial dialogue.

Supervisor: Dr Buhle Zuma, Prof. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

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