He has 25 years of lecturing in sociology at tertiary level, since 1998 at UNAM, previously at the University of Tübingen, Germany. Guest lectureship at the University of Linköping / Norrköping, Sweden, September – October 2008. MA and PhD research in the field of sociology of development. Post-doctoral research in theories of social structure in post-war Germany. Since joining UNAM, focusing on Namibian sociology: structural transitions of the family; sociology of Namibian literature; post-colonial class formation; labour relations in Namibian textile industry. Thematic emphases of publications on the development of Namibian sociology; labour issues; treating of society in post-independence literature
8. Resume/Vita
Post resume/vita document
9. Recently Taught Courses
Foundations of Sociology (HSOG 3511)
Introduction to Sociology (HSOC 3510)
Advanced Sociology of Namibian Society (SOS3410)
Sociology of Industry and Work (SOS3450)
10. Academic interest/ expertise
Post-colonial dynamics of social structure in Namibia
Labour issues, labour migration
Sociology of the Namibian family
Reflections of society in Namibian novel and poetry
11. Research and Publications
Articles:
Liberated economy? A case study of Ramatex Textiles Namibia (2007). In: Melber, Henning (ed.), Transitions in Namibia – which changes for whom? Uppsala: Nordic Africa Institute
In search of questions – an introduction (2005). In: Molapong, K.J. / Warner, C. / Winterfeldt, V. (eds.), In search of questions - a collection of new Namibian poems. Basel / Switzerland: Basler Afrika Bibliographien
Labour migration in Namibia (2002). In: Winterfeldt, V / Fox, T. / Mufune, P. (eds.), Namibia: Society – Sociology. Windhoek: University of Namibia Press
Understanding the family sociologically in contemporary Namibia (2002) (co-author T.Fox). In: Winterfeldt, V / Fox, T. / Mufune, P. (eds.), Namibia: Society – Sociology. Windhoek: University of Namibia Press
Traditionalism in Namibia: Social reality of a myth (2002). In: Winterfeldt, V / Fox, T. / Mufune, P. (eds.), Namibia: Society – Sociology. Windhoek: University of Namibia Press
Sociological perspectives? (2002) (co-author T.Fox). In: Winterfeldt, V / Fox, T. / Mufune, P. (eds.), Namibia: Society Sociology. Windhoek: University of Namibia Press
Books:
In search of questions - a collection of new Namibian poems (2005) (co-edited with K.J. Molapong / C. Warner), Basel / Switzerland:
Namibia • Society • Sociology (2002) (co-edited with T.Fox / P.Mufune), Windhoek: University of Namibia Press
Die Konstitution des bürgerlichen Staats in Indien. Zum Verhältnis von Formbesonderung und Klassencharakter (1987) (The emergence of the bourgeois state in India: representativity and class character of the modern state); Berlin / Germany : Duncker & Humblot
Conference Papers:
2009 - State, labour and capital in the Namibian textile industry: a post-mortem of Ramatex, 2002 – 2008. Presented at the workshop ‘Labour and codes of conduct in the textiles and clothing industry in Southern Africa’; Swakopmund, 25- 27 February 2009
2008 - Labour migration – apartheid and post-apartheid transitions to poverty in Namibia. Presented at the Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity, and Society (REMESO) / Sweden; Norrköping, 16. September 2008
2006 - Reflections of society in Namibian literature. Paper presented at the UNAM English Seminar Research Series; Windhoek, March 2006
2004 - Yesterday’s future: conflict and catharsis in new Namibian prose (co-author H.Vale). Paper presented at ‘1904-2004 – Decontaminating the Namibian Past. A Commemorative Conference’, University of Namibia, Windhoek, August 2004
2003 - Reclaiming the 21st century? Ramatex Textiles Namibia: a case study in southern African globalization. Paper presented at the bi-annual conference of the Southern African Social Sciences Council, December 2003.
12. Recent Professional Activities
Research:
Volkswagen Foundation Germany, research project within the scope of the Funding Initiative: Knowledge for Tomorrow – Cooperative Research Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa: Violence, Its Impact, Coping Strategies and Peace Building. Namibian – Angolan project: “Reconciliation and violence in the aftermath of large-scale violence: the cases of Angola and Namibia” (2006- 2009). Sub-project (Winterfeldt): “Post-colonial class formation in Namibia”
Southern African Norwegian Tertiary Education Development (SANTED): cooperative research project of the Copenhagen Business School (Danmark), the Sociology of Work Programme at the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), Department of Sociology at UNAM: “Corporate social responsibility and state regulation in the Southern African textile and clothing industries”. Sub-project (Winterfeldt): “Codes of conduct vs. state regulation of labour relations in Namibian textile industry”
Community outreach:
Labour Resource and Research Institute (LaRRI), Windhoek: Labour Diploma Course, module ‘Political Economy of Namibia’, 2002 – to date
Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID), Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), Dept. of Sociology: August Public Lecture Series at UNAM, 2006 – to date
