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Surfacing fat : adiposity as adornment
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis provides a critical discussion of, and motivation for, my jewellery practice, in
which fat from the human body is transformed into adornment. Drawing on Julia Kristeva’s
theory of ‘abjection’, ...
Bibliotuiste as veronderstelde tussentuiste
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: House, home, to be at-home-in-the-world and the need for a mobile
home that accompanies us through our everyday life, are concepts
upon which this thesis is built. I am of opinion that the constant
mobility ...
An investigation of critical citizenship education : exploring art making processes in the South African context
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The notion of critical citizenship has become a diverse phenomenon in both South African and global contemporary societies. The purpose of this study is to investigate how the teaching and learning of ...
Drawing on/from a mirror : a self-reflexive study of the representation and perception of violence in contemporary film
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The cinematic communication process starts with the creative enunciation by the filmmaker and ends with the viewer's subjective perception of the film. This thesis represents a theoretical and experiential ...
Die plek van die inheemse kinderprenteboek in post-apartheid Suid-Afrika, met spesiale verwysing na die Nama taal
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study discusses the role of the indigenous picturebook in South Africa and the positive
aspects it holds with regards to developing a reading culture in this country. Specific
focus is placed on ...
Beeld se gedagtes : 'n alternatiewe benadering tot die voorstellingsfunksie van die fotobeeld
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis is bemoei met die wyse waarop die fotobeeld konvensioneel aan 'n
mimetiese kode van "gedrag" onderhewig is, met die gevolg dat alternatiewe
voorstellingsfunksies dikwels buite oorweging ...
Recollections of home : a study of the use of domestic objects and needlework in contemporary jewellery and my art practice
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is motivated by my own art practice, which exhibits a keen interest in objects and activities historically associated with the domestic, specifically with relation to needlework, in the making ...
A play of signifiers : absence and presence in the picturebooks of Shaun Tan
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is an exploratory study into the signification potential of contemporary,
postmodern picturebooks, specifically focusing on the way in which a seemingly
'simplistic' medium has the potential ...
'n Ondersoek van die kritiese burgerskap komponent in die kuns en kultuur leerarea in die Suid-Afrikaanse kurrikulum (NKV)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
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After birth : abjection and maternal subjectivity in Svea Josephy's "Confinement"
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis I investigate the radical reframing of maternal representation in the photographic series by Cape Town-based artist Svea Josephy (b. 1969), entitled Confinement 2005-ongoing. Using Julia ...