Member Profile
Membership type: full
Olga Bialostocka
Country of origin: South Africa Currently in: South Africa, Pretoria General field of specialization: Social and Economic Sciences-
Degrees
2010 Doctorate Social and Economic Sciences2006 Master Social and Economic Sciences2005 Master Social and Economic Sciences2003 Master Social and Economic Sciences2001 Undergraduate Social and Economic Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Other
research activities on the intersection of social sciences and the study of development and global change; focusing on the issues regarding culture as a pillar of and a resource for sustainable development
Publications resulting from Research:
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
- Dialogic education as an approach to multiculturalism for social cohesion in Namibia, Globalisation, Societies and Education, DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2016.1169515
- Using the Past to Build the Future: A Critical Review of the Liberation Heritage Route (LHR) project in South Africa, Africa Insight 44/2 (2014), p.94-107.
- Nome procession from the Royal Cult Complex in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Etudes et Travaux 27, (2014) p.19-36.
- Palace or slaughterhouse? The function of the room with a window in the Hatshepsut temple at Deir el-Bahari, Etudes et Travaux 27 (2014), p.37-60.
- Courtyard of the Royal Mortuary Cult Complex, Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean XIX, Reports 2007 (2010), p.269-272.
- ‘Dziennik wykopalisk w Edfu’ Jerzego Manteuffla z 1937 roku [Jerzy Manteuffel’s ‘Journal of excavations in Edfu’ from 1937], Archeologia 54 (2003), p.77-85.
Articles in non peer-reviewed journals
- Was Mutnofret depicted in Dsr-dsrw?, Göttinger Miszellen 203 (2004), p.7-10.
- Dokument wewnętrzny [Inner Document], Format. Art magazine 54 (2)/2008, p.44-46.
Policy briefs
- How inclusive is Namibia’s inclusive education policy?, HSRC Brief, March 2016.
- ‘I believe in one God’ or the issue of teaching religion in Namibia, AISA Brief 116, March 2015.
- Liberation Heritage Route: Reminiscent of the Painful Past or a Road to the Future?, AISA Brief 100, November 2013.
Peer-reviewed book chapters
- Education for peace and social cohesion in a multicultural society. Observations from the Kunene Region, Namibia, in: S.B. Maphosa, A. Keasley (eds), Peace Education for Violence Prevention in Fragile African Societies: what’s Going to Make a Difference, Pretoria 2015: AISA.
Papers in non peer-reviewed conference proceedings
- Hatshepsut's regeneration in the Royal Cult Complex of her Temple at Deir el- Bahari, in M. Dolinska, H. Beinlich (eds), 8. Aegyptologische Tempeltagung: Interconnections between Temples, Warschau, 22.-25. September 2008, KSG 3,3, Wiesbaden 2010, p.13-24.
- Alterations to the Relief Representations of Royal Family Members' Statues in the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, in: J. Popielska-Grzybowska, O. Bialostocka, J. Iwaszczuk (eds), Proceedings of the Third Central European Conference of Young Egyptologists. Egypt 2004: Perspectives of Research. Warsaw 12-14 May 2004, Pultusk 2009, p.11-15.
Reports
- Contribution to Post-2015 Dialogues on Culture and Development, UNESCO/UNFPA/UNDP 2015.
- Contribution to C. Towne-Hirtenfelder (ed.), Comprehensive Report: The Development of a Research Framework on Gender and Socio-Cultural Inclusion in Global Change Research, AISA/HSRC 2015.
Books edited
- (with T. Simelane) New African Thinkers, Cape Town 2016.
- (with J. Popielska-Grzybowska and J. Iwaszczuk), Proceedings of the Third Central European Conference of Young Egyptologists. Egypt 2004: Perspectives of Research. Warsaw 12-14 May 2004, Pultusk 2009.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:Research
Presentation given
2016Language as an inventory system for intangible cultural heritageLisbon/PortugalEvent: Annual International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference2015Understanding culture to transform the individual: Views on education in the Kunene region of NamibiaDurban/South AfricaEvent: World Social Science Forum2015Dialogic education as an approach to multiculturalism for social cohesionKatima Mulilo/NamibiaEvent: UNAM Education Conference EDUCON 20152015Integrating cultural diversity into learning experiences in NamibiaSeoul/South KoreaEvent: International Conference of the Korean Association for Multicultural Education2014Not for sale. The non-market value of the liberation heritage in South AfricaJohannesburg/South AfricaEvent: International Society for Cultural History Annual Conference2014Liberation Heritage Route – using the past to build the futureMoscow/RussiaEvent: 13. International Conference of Africanists2008Hatshepsut’s regeneration in the Royal Cult Complex of her Temple at Deir el-BahariWarsaw/PolandEvent: 8. Aegyptologische Tempeltagung: Interconnections between Temples2004Alterations to the Relief Representations of Royal Family Members' Statues in the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-BahariWarsaw/PolandEvent: Third Central European Conference of Young Egyptologists. Egypt 2004: Perspectives of Research -
Other Awards
Jan 2016Y2 NRF RatingFeb 2013Foundation for Polish Science KOLUMB Post-doc outgoing fellowship to USASep 2008Foundation for Polish Science START Award for young researchersOct 2006President of the Polish Academy of Sciences PhD ScholarshipSep 2005Région Ile-de-France scholarship to FranceJan 2002Polish Minister of Education Award