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The story of how it was made : an investigation of artistic practice
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This book is centred on the very act of artistic creation, in other words making. I aim to demonstrate that art making is a meaningful, generative and transformative activity. Specifically, I will argue ... -
The story of Charlotte Maxeke : an analysis of how visual arts can be utilised to reflect on race, gender, identity and citizenship in the South African higher educational context
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The history of South Africa represents oppressive systems of racial discrimination and subjugation, systems that were used in the construction of social institutions. Grounded in the institutionalisation ... -
Redrawing ecology : dark ecological thought in art-design practice
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The thesis follows my practice based research process as a visual communication designer concerned with visualising deep ecological thought. Throughout this thesis, I apply Timothy Morton’s dark ecology ... -
Punt, lyn en vlak : tekenpraktyk as demokratiese wyse van maak
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis I ask the question: How to move from a point of state to an expanded and changed field with new possibilities? In this study the standpoint is held that both design and art is transforming ... -
Perceptions of globalisation : how high school learners perceive and express their understanding of globalisation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As an art educator, my role is to assist learners to assign a deeper meaning to art. Learners need to be guided to connect with art on a greater than superficial level based on the obvious aesthetic. ... -
Exploring safe spaces for students to engage with critical and caring thinking regarding portrayals of ‘self’ and ‘other’
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As an educator at a private higher education institution, I have observed that there is very little critical dialogue on politically sensitive issues in the classes I teach. A sense of rainbowism, which ... -
Criss-cross : on weaving as a time-based process
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis investigates weaving as a method concerned with the process of making rather than a process centred around the outcome (as is customary). My work is situated in a fast-paced and technologically-driven ... -
Between colour lines : interrogating the category ‘coloured’ in depictions of District Six in the work of five South African artists
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Group Areas Act of 1950 radically affected coloured artists of the time, since it resulted in forced removals and the demolition of traditionally ‘coloured’ suburbs, and forced coloured people into ...
