Abacwaningi bakaHoward: Imibono yobandlululo nobandlululo ngokobulili ngokuziphendukela komuntu isagcwele isayensi, ezokwelapha kanye nemfundo

I-WASHINGTON – Isihloko socwaningo olubalulekile olushicilelwe yi-Howard University School of Medicine kanye noMnyango Webhayoloji sihlola ukuthi ukuvezwa kobandlululo ngokobulili kanye nokucwasa ngokobulili kokuziphendukela komuntu kusasakazeka kanjani ezintweni eziningi zamasiko ezindabeni ezidumile, emfundweni kanye nesayensi.
Ithimba likaHoward locwaningo oluhlanganisa iminyango eyahlukene laliholwa nguRui Diogo, Ph.D., uSolwazi Ohlangene Wezokwelapha, kanye noFatima Jackson, Ph.D., uSolwazi Webhayoloji, futhi lalihlanganisa abafundi bezokwelapha abathathu: u-Adeyemi Adesomo, uKimberley. S. Farmer noRachel J. Kim. Isihloko esithi “Hhayi Isikhathi Esidlule Nje: Ubandlululo Lobuhlanga Nobulili Lusaqhubeka Nokusabalala Kwebhayoloji, I-Anthropology, Imithi, kanye Nemfundo” sivele kumagazini wakamuva wephephabhuku lesayensi elidumile i-Evolutionary Anthropology.
“Nakuba ingxoxo enkulu ngalesi sihloko isekelwe kakhulu kulokho okushiwoyo, isihloko sethu sinikeza ubufakazi obuqondile nobuqondakalayo bokuthi ubandlululo oluhlelekile kanye nokucwasana ngokobulili kubukeka kanjani ngempela,” kusho uDiogo, umbhali oholayo wesihloko sephephabhuku. “Asigcini nje kuphela emasikweni athandwayo, kodwa futhi naseminyuziyamu nasezincwadini zokufunda, siyaqhubeka nokubona izincazelo zokuziphendukela kwemvelo komuntu njengomkhuba oqondile kusukela kubantu abanesikhumba esimnyama, okuthiwa 'bangabantu abasafufusa' kuya kubantu abanesikhumba esikhanyayo, 'abaphucukile' ababoniswe kulesi sihloko.”
Ngokusho kukaJackson, incazelo eqhubekayo nenganembile yezibalo zabantu kanye nokuziphendukela kwemvelo ezincwadini zesayensi ihlanekezela umbono weqiniso wokuguquguquka kwezinto eziphilayo zabantu.
Uqhubeke wathi: “Lokhu kungalungi sekuyaziwa isikhathi esithile manje, futhi iqiniso lokuthi kuqhubeka izizukulwane ngezizukulwane lisikisela ukuthi ubandlululo ngokobulili kanye nokucwasa ngokobulili kungadlala ezinye izindima emphakathini wethu – ‘ubumhlophe’, ukuphakama kwabesilisa kanye nokukhishwa ‘kwabanye’.”
Isibonelo, lesi sihloko siqokomisa izithombe zezinsalela zabantu ezenziwe ngumdwebi odumile we-paleoarte uJohn Gurch, eziboniswa eSmithsonian National Museum of Natural History eWashington, DC. Ngokusho kwabacwaningi, lesi sithombe sibonisa "inqubekela phambili" eqondile yokuvela komuntu kusukela ekubaleni kwesikhumba esimnyama kuya ekubaleni kwesikhumba okukhanyayo. Iphepha likhomba ukuthi lokhu kuvezwa akunembile, liphawula ukuthi cishe amaphesenti ayi-14 kuphela abantu abaphilayo namuhla abazibiza ngokuthi "abamhlophe." Abacwaningi baphakamisa nokuthi umqondo wohlanga uyingxenye yendaba enganembile, njengoba uhlanga lungekho ezintweni eziphilayo.
“Lezi zithombe azigcini nje ngokubonisa ubunzima bokuziphendukela kwethu, kodwa futhi nomlando wethu wamuva wokuziphendukela kwemvelo,” kusho umfundi wezokwelapha wonyaka wesithathu uKimberly Farmer, umbhali ohlangene waleli phepha.
Abalobi besihloko bafunde ngokucophelela izincazelo zokuziphendukela kwemvelo: izithombe ezivela ezihlokweni zesayensi, iminyuziyamu kanye nezindawo zamagugu amasiko, amadokhumentari kanye nezinhlelo ze-TV, izincwadi zezokwelapha ngisho nezinto zemfundo ezibonwe yizigidi zezingane emhlabeni jikelele. Leli phepha liphawula ukuthi ubandlululo oluhlelekile kanye nobandlululo ngokobulili bekulokhu kukhona kusukela ezinsukwini zokuqala zempucuko yabantu futhi akuzona ezezizwe zaseNtshonalanga kuphela.
I-Howard University, eyasungulwa ngo-1867, iyiyunivesithi yocwaningo yangasese enamakolishi nezikole ezingu-14. Abafundi bafunda ezinhlelweni ezingaphezu kuka-140 ze-undergraduate, ze-postgraduate kanye nezobungcweti. Ukuze baphumelele kakhulu eqinisweni nasenkonzweni, inyuvesi ikhiqize izazi ezimbili ze-Schwartzman, izazi ezine ze-Marshall, izazi ezine ze-Rhodes, izazi ezingu-12 ze-Truman, izazi ezingu-25 ze-Pickering, kanye nemiklomelo ye-Fulbright engaphezu kuka-165. UHoward uphinde wakhiqiza iziqu ze-PhD eziningi zaseMelika ekhempasini. Abamukeli abaningi kunanoma iyiphi enye inyuvesi yase-US. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana ne-Howard University, vakashela ku-www.howard.edu.
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