Some communities imagined

This book arose from a sense of frustration. As academics in the Psychology Department at the University of South Africa (Unisa) we felt privileged to have access to community psychology related research projects submitted by our Honours students. However, we also felt endlessly frustrated by the closed nature of the process. Many of our students produce interesting work, worthy of a wider audience, but the university system of tuition and examination dictates that this work should be ‘for our eyes only’. We conceived of this book as a small attempt to make students’ work more widely available for public scrutiny – because we are proud of what our students are capable of, yes, but also because we know that their efforts, and ours, have many, many shortcomings and can only benefit from outsiders’ comments and critiques.