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When art informs : a case study to negotiate social stereotypes and stigmas through art at Taung Junior Secondary School
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: While every Botswana national can claim to be a citizen legally within the framework of the modern nation-state, some (minority groups in the main) are perceived by others (among the majority Tswana groups ... -
Ways of seeing, knowing and gathering : taking art out of the classroom : exploring the scope for art education in the expanded field to benefit the transformative process of higher education
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The tensions I experienced as a Stellenbosch University student made me curious to delve into potential exchanges between the boundaries of worthwhile art and valid education. I explored the capacity of ... -
Reflecting self : an exploration of drawing trace as reciprocity between self and life-world, with reference to my own drawing and selected works of Diane Victor
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study postulates that drawing functions as a valuable vehicle that facilitates reciprocity between the drafter and her life-world. This relationship of exchange can bring about transformation of ... -
New title : traversing uncertain co-ordinates in search of alternative trajectories
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch Universitty, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis traverses the complexities and entanglement of theoretical and practical processes in a Post-structural age. Through the deconstruction of stable systems of knowledge and thought, this age has ... -
The men in our living room : masculinities and the struggle for a 'new' South African hegemony in 'Egoli: place of gold' 1994
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this study I analyse the 1994 episodes of the popular soap opera Egoli: Place of Gold that coincide with the so-called ‘birth’ of the New South Africa. This moment in media history is characterised by ... -
If / Then : measuring matter through metaphor : a poetic exploration of science
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis investigates physical and philosophical measurement within the context of a Masters Degree in Visual Arts. By unpacking concepts within science through a philosophical approach to material, ... -
Fragmented mnemonics : an investigation into contemporary jewellery as means of externalizing memory
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis interrogates my own memory in order to illustrate its fragmented and unstable nature. I revisit a specific childhood memory and attempt to recreate it visually through the creation of jewellery ... -
Figuring from within : a study in history, painting and the work of Moses Tladi
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores the significance of landscape painting in my own work and in the work of Moses Tladi, one of the lesser-known SA pioneer artists working in the oil painting convention. Through a ... -
Exploring critical thinking and critical citizenship education in a visual art course at a secondary school, KwaZulu-Natal
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Critical thinking and critical citizenship are generally considered to be desirable outcomes of the educational process as they enable students to make thoughtful choices. Citizenship Education does not ... -
Exploring critical citizenship and globalization discourse to conscientize industry expectations of design education at Universities of Technology
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Design educators are expected to demonstrate a high level of confidence in the industry for which they are preparing students. When I reflected upon my own design industry and higher education experience ... -
Drawing as experience
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Drawing, as a discipline within in the Visual Arts domain of knowledge is the focus of this dissertation. Herein I pose the question: What happens between my mind, body (hand), and the drawing (as ... -
The book and the rhizome : the implications of and alternatives to linear logic, with special reference to artist books
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis entails an explorative and argumentative study that is concerned with the importance and relevance of artist books, as substantiated by art-historical research into the way in which people ...
