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Communities in WIReDSpace
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- This community is for all faculties and schools' research outputs by Wits academics and researchers
- This community hosts traditional outputs such as published and unpublished research articles, conference papers, book chapters and other research outputs authored by Wits academics and researchers. Items in this collection are also mapped to relevant collections within the Faculties/Schools/Departments communities for more specific browsing and searching.
- This community is for all faculties and schools' electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) by masters and doctoral students. NB: All electronic theses and dissertations to be edited and moved/uploaded here.
- This community for all Wits Inaugural lectures.
- This community is for all Wits Libraries staff presentations and publications.
Recent Submissions
Item type:Item, Bridging Communities: A community centre to encourage and facilitate intergenerational connections in Johannesburg.(University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2025-02) Lachman, Kaylene; Hart, BrendanThe aim of this project is to create a safe space to facilitate and encourage intergenerational connections between the elderly and children whilst revitalising an underused park. The safe space will be a community centre that acts as a social hub where children and the elderly are able to work cohesively alongside each other, allowing for more meaningful interactions and mutual learning between the generations. The connections created through these interactions can foster more trust and empathy in the community. These shared spaces will allow the opportunity for the different generations to mutually benefit from each other. Some of these benefits include skill development, cultural preservation, mentorship programs and the improvement of mental and physical wellbeing of both generations. The intergenerational connections formed in this community centre can combat social isolation amongst the elderly. It can provide an enlightening and educational experience for the children. The revitalisation of the neglected urban space will create an enriching experience for the community as bridging the generational gaps will create deeper community bonds and improve the quality of life for all within the community.Item type:Item, Simultaneous traumatic bilateral femur fractures in the paediatric population Case reportLubabalo Guzana; Collen NkosiItem type:Item, Patients palliative care needs in rural health and a proposal for palliation servicesDeidre Pretorius; Goitseone MaholeItem type:Item, Enabling participation in activities of daily living for people living with obesityM Conradie-Smit; Sindeep Bhana; W MayItem type:Item, Limited clinical utility in the anatomical zones of the neck in selecting patients with gunshot wounds to the neck for imaging(SPRINGER HEIDELBERG) W Yeung; V Kong; D Lee; J Ko; R He; E et al; Damian Clarke