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Contemporary Afrikaner cultural identity and the Suidlanders: a discursive analysis of the Suidelanders Inligting DVD 2.
(2012)This dissertation is a discursive analysis of the Suidlanders DVD2. It explores white Afrikaner identity through discourses such as those offered in the Kill the Boer debate, and an all-encompassing fear discourse that ... -
Choreographies of identity, self and the ‘African’ dancing body in negotiating contemporary dancing histories and practices in KwaZulu-Natal post 1994 : a case study of Flatfoot Dance Company.
(2018)This thesis, through a series of case studies of my dance work with FLATFOOT DANCE COMPANY (post 1994), offers an interrogation of both my internal and external processes of decolonising entrenched paradigms of training, ... -
The hidden world of gaming: an exploration of pre-production design, hyperrealism, and its function in establishing conceptual and aesthetic visualisation, characterisation and narrative structure.
(2019)Pre-production design in the video game industry is an extremely important and fundamental part of the pipeline production as it impacts the production, post-production and distribution phases of game development. It is ... -
Voicing the voiceless: exploring the communicative practices, attitudes and perceptions of black men who have sex with men (BMSM) in the Msunduzi Local Municipality towards pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
(2018)Background: The approval of Truvada as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) by the Medicines Council of South Africa in 2015, signalled a new beginning in the fight against HIV and AIDS especially for underserved key populations ... -
Interrogating the creative dance methodologies of Jacques Le Coq, Steven Paxton and Lloyd Newson and how they impact on my own contemporary choreographic practices – with specific reference to Em(brace) choreographed in 2015 and re-worked in 2016 (KZN, South Africa).
(2018)This half dissertation offers an autoethnographical (and hence, personal) study of the performance and dance/physical theatre training methodologies developed by France’s Jacques Le Coq, USA’s Steve Paxton and Britain’s ... -
The body as a site of communication and performance in storytelling : analyzing the offline and online body in performance, in Lungile Mncube’s The Ancient (2017).
(2018)This research explores the idea of the body being the site of communication and performance in storytelling. It further examines how storytelling has evolved and how that has affected the“offline” and “online” body. The ... -
Aesthetics in African cultural performance : a critical study of Ote'gwu festival among the Igala people in Nigeria.
(2018)The Aesthetics of African cultural performance is predominantly understood through non- African conceptualisations. Notably, such conceptualisations focus on the general analysis of the beauty of art as possessing intrinsic ... -
Legislation, policy and regulation in the post-telecommunication era : the role of OTT service’s (WhatsApp) consumption and sense-making in the everyday lives of black-middle class employees of parliament of the Republic of South Africa.
(2017)The world has become increasingly “hyperconnected.” Hyperconnectivity refers not only to the means of communication and interaction, but it also brings people (and things) together from anywhere and at any time. In today’s ... -
Hearing the ‘Voiceless’ : examining the #FeesMustFall movement as an issue community.
(2017)The hashtag #FeesMustFall was adopted by students on social media platforms as a rallying cry to unite students and the public to support the cause for free education in South Africa (Thomas, 2015). This study aims to ... -
Brand engagement on Facebook : an analysis of UKZN Pietermaritzburg student habits.
(2017)Facebook is a type of social media platform that is used by millions of people around the world to engage in peer-to-peer conversations. Brands also use this platform to share their interests, thoughts and opinions with ... -
An analysis of satirical cartoons during the xenophobic violence in South Africa.
(2018)ABSTRACT In the months of May 2008 and February 2015, South Africa was plagued with xenophobic attacks that affected migrants from African countries such as Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique (Steenkamp, 2009: 441). These ... -
Bronwen Findlay, Yinka Shonibare and Joanna Smart: approaches to pattern and form in contemporary artists’ practice.
(2017)The purpose of this Master’s dissertation was to investigate the use of pattern and fabric in the artworks of contemporary artists Yinka Shonibare, Bronwen Findlay and the researcher, Joanna Smart. Through this enquiry the ... -
Brand engagement on facebook : an analysis of UKZN Pietermaritzburg student habits.
(2017)Facebook is a type of social media platform that is used by millions of people around the world to engage in peer-to-peer conversations. Brands also use this platform to share their interests, thoughts and opinions with ... -
Is Tsotsi (2005) a South African film? Implications of a transnational film theory for stylistic analysis in South African film studies.
(2018)The aim of this dissertation is to explore the question: “Is Tsotsi (2005) so Hollywoodised as to be unrecognisably South African?” It is a question that relates to the style of Tsotsi from a perspective of a national ... -
An assessment of the Zimbabwean print media adherence to the principles of partiality and objectivity in election reporting : the case of the 2013 Zimbabwean presidential elections.
(2017)This study takes an exploratory approach in order to ascertain the extent to which the Herald and Newsday adhered to the journalistic principles of impartiality, fairness, and objectivity in the period leading to the July ... -
Alternative cultural practices in drama studies : an exploratory study.
(1992)Traditional drama teaching focuses on the training of students as potential interpretative actors or students-as-technicians. Alternative drama practices emphasise the student-as-social activist. The value and function ... -
Legislation, policy and regulation in the post-telecommunication era : the role of OTT service’s (WhatsApp) consumption and sense-making in the everyday lives of black-middle class employees of Parliament of the Republic of South Africa.
(2017)The world has become increasingly “hyperconnected.” Hyperconnectivity refers not only to the means of communication and interaction, but it also brings people (and things) together from anywhere and at any time. In today’s ... -
Being a ‘good’ Zulu woman? an investigation of female UKZN students’ self-perception of ‘Zuluness’.
(2017)In this study, the researcher was interested in understanding and exploring what female Zulu UKZN students on the Howard College and Pietermaritzburg campuses felt made a ‘good’ Zulu woman. The objectives of the study were ... -
Beyond homeland crisis : identity negotiation of Black Zimbabwean women migrants in the South African metropolis of Johannesburg.
(2017)The thesis interrogates the identity creations/recreation and negotiations/renegotiations of Zimbabwean women migrants living in the metropolis of Johannesburg. The study combines the self-descriptions of women migrants ...
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