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Education and the margins of the network society (2001)
Book Chapter
Hall, M. (2001). Education and the margins of the network society. In J. Muller, N. Cloete, & S. Badat (Eds.), Challenges of Globalisation: South African Debates with Manuel Castells (224-342). Cape Town: Maskew Miller Longman

This paper reads between the lines of Manuel Castells' recent writing about the 'network society'. In his trilogy The Information Age, as well as in a series of reports and papers, Castells touches on the implications of the network society for highe... Read More about Education and the margins of the network society.

Social archaeology and the theatres of memory (2001)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (2001). Social archaeology and the theatres of memory. Journal of Social Archaeology, 1(1), 50-61. https://doi.org/10.1177/146960530100100104

Archaeology is a study of ways in which we express ourselves through the things that we make and use, collect, discard and take for granted, all archaeology is social archaeology. And, because the past is always part of the present, social archaeolog... Read More about Social archaeology and the theatres of memory.

Straylight, mala mala, pink frikkie, blekgelexy and rumba kali @ Africa (2001)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (2001). Straylight, mala mala, pink frikkie, blekgelexy and rumba kali @ Africa

History gives us the opportunity of perspective. But in the "Network Society", time moves too fast for hindsight. An appropriate metaphor is that of quantum mechanics, in which matter exists in two states at the same time. Consequently, the invitatio... Read More about Straylight, mala mala, pink frikkie, blekgelexy and rumba kali @ Africa.

The origins, forms and effects of modularity and semesterisation in ten UK-based business schools (2000)
Journal Article
Morris, H. (2000). The origins, forms and effects of modularity and semesterisation in ten UK-based business schools. Higher Education Quarterly, 54(3), 239-258. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2273.00158

This paper examines the introduction of modularisation and semesterisation at ten UK-based business schools. Using this case study evidence, it is argued that the main reasons for the introduction of these schemes were the personal ambitions of senio... Read More about The origins, forms and effects of modularity and semesterisation in ten UK-based business schools.

Measuring trade union democracy: The case of the UK Civil and Public Services Association (2000)
Journal Article
Morris, H., & Fosh, P. (2000). Measuring trade union democracy: The case of the UK Civil and Public Services Association. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 38(1), 95-114. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8543.00153

The Civil and Public Services Association (CPSA) has experienced a substantial number of organizational changes over the last 25 years, both as a voluntary response to membership concerns and to comply with legislative demands. Have these changes mad... Read More about Measuring trade union democracy: The case of the UK Civil and Public Services Association.

Digital S.A. (1999)
Book Chapter
Hall, M. (1999). Digital S.A. In S. Nuttall, & C. Michael (Eds.), Senses of culture : South African culture studies (460-475). Cape Town: Oxford University Press

Africa connected (1998)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (1998). Africa connected. First Monday, 3,

This paper explores an apparent paradox and what this implies in Africa. What are the politics of digital technology when, on the one hand, it is used to mark exclusive status and, on the other hand, is argued to be a democratizing form of mass commu... Read More about Africa connected.