{"id":5851,"date":"2018-12-04T11:56:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T11:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/isizulu-researcher\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T11:05:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T09:05:02","slug":"isizulu-researcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/isizulu-researcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Humanities Researcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"googlefontscall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pagebuilderckparams\" data-colorpalettefromtemplate=\"\" data-colorpalettefromsettings=\",,,,\" data-styles=\"\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"row_ID1543924518207\" class=\"rowck ckstack3 ckstack2 ckstack1 uick-sortable\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-gutter=\"2%\" data-nb=\"2\">\n<style class=\"ckcolumnwidth\">[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) [data-width=\"30\"] {width:29%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"].ckadvancedlayout [data-width=\"30\"] {width:30%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) .blockck:not(:first-child) {margin-left:2%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) [data-width=\"70\"] {width:69%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"].ckadvancedlayout [data-width=\"70\"] {width:70%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) .blockck:not(:first-child) {margin-left:2%;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"inner animate clearfix\">\n<div id=\"block_ID1543924518207\" class=\"blockck\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-real-width=\"29%\" data-width=\"30\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner animate resizable\">\n<div class=\"innercontent uick-sortable\">\n<div id=\"ID1543924531985\" class=\"cktype\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"imageck\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RM.png\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RM.png\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block_ID1543924521736\" class=\"blockck\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-real-width=\"69%\" data-width=\"70\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner animate resizable\">\n<div class=\"innercontent uick-sortable\">\n<div id=\"ID1543924536845\" class=\"cktype\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cktext inner\" style=\"position: relative;\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Ms Rooweither Mabuya<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Digital Humanities Researcher: <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">IsiZulu<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Biography:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Rooweither Mabuya is a Language Researcher at the South African Centre for Digital Resources (SADiLaR). Her research interests lie in the systematic creation of relevant digital text, speech and multi-modal resources related to the development of isiZulu and to promote the use of Digital Humanities related methods and tools within the isiZulu research community. She wants to play a part in the development of isiZulu to be a language of administration, teaching and learning, research and innovation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Qualifications:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Honours Degree (Linguistics)<br \/>\nMA Degree\u00a0 (Dissertation: A corpus linguistics analysis of gender sensitive language in isiZulu)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Work experience:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">In 2014 she participated in an internship programme at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in the Language Planning and Development Office as a Corpus Planning intern. In 2015-2016 she was employed as a contract staff member at the University Language Planning and Development Unit (ULPDO). She has been part of the development of the isiZulu National Corpus whilst working for this unit. The corpus is used for various research (initiatives), as a basis for developing HLTs and for posterity. She has assisted in various projects for this unit that promote terminology development in isiZulu for the purposes of teaching and learning across modules offered at UKZN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">In 2017 she was a research assistant for a project funded by the Department of Higher Education. The project was housed at the Centre for Critical Research on Race and Identity. The project aimed to assess transformation within higher education institutions (HEIs); and explore the obstacles to access and throughput in professional qualifications\/fields with reference to women and black students.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Links:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rooweither-mabuya-04b46a6b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Contact details:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Email:\u00a0<span id=\"cloakb5fb64f3da454bc1a236125e6468c8a4\"><a href=\"mailto:roo.mabuya@nwu.ac.za\">roo.mabuya@nwu.ac.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ID1579861841465\" class=\"cktype\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-type=\"video\">\n<div class=\"tab_blocstyles ckprops\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tab_edition ckprops\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ckstyle\">\n<style><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<div class=\"videock\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R-EHdnRHeKk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row_ID1543924496658\" class=\"rowck ckstack3 ckstack2 ckstack1 uick-sortable\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-gutter=\"2%\" data-nb=\"1\">\n<style class=\"ckcolumnwidth\">[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) [data-width=\"100\"] {width:100%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"].ckadvancedlayout [data-width=\"100\"] {width:100%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) .blockck:not(:first-child) {margin-left:2%;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"inner animate clearfix\">\n<div id=\"block_ID1543924496658\" class=\"blockck\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-real-width=\"100%\" data-width=\"100\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner animate resizable\">\n<div class=\"innercontent uick-sortable\">\n<div id=\"ID1543924496683\" class=\"cktype\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cktext inner\" style=\"position: relative;\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ms Rooweither Mabuya Digital Humanities Researcher: IsiZulu Biography: Rooweither Mabuya is a Language Researcher at the South African Centre for Digital Resources (SADiLaR). 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