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Van der Watt, J. P.
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dc.contributor.author |
Kayanja, Raymond Louis
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dc.date.accessioned |
2013-11-07T11:00:26Z |
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dc.date.available |
2013-11-07T11:00:26Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2009-02 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Kayanja, Raymond Louis (2009) Rural African perceptions of the contemporary metropolis, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/11988> |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/11988 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This dissertation focuses on utopian versus dystopian perceptions of rural indigenous African societies with regard to the modern metropolis. Since the evolution of the modern metropolis, rural African societies have undergone significant and complex cultural changes that have dislodged rural cultures from being perceived in terms of the traditional notion of fixity. This has lead to the modern city being seen as either utopian or dystopian by rural African societies. The dissertation questions the “utopianess” of the modern metropolis with a special focus on its central idea of “progress”. Special attention is given to artists who explore this cultural phenomenon in the utopian–dystopian paradigm. The dissertation goes further to address the cultural impact of recent technological developments on rural and urban societies, the researcher’s perceptions of this impact and how this has contributed to the dynamics that characterise the cultures of contemporary rural and urban migrants |
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dc.format.extent |
1 online resource (x, 166 leaves) : ill. (some col.) |
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dc.language.iso |
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dc.subject |
African perceptions |
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dc.subject |
The contemporary metropolis |
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Utopian/dystopian perceptions |
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Multiculturalism |
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Contemporary technology and art expression |
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Rural cultures versus urban cultures |
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Migration and movement of artists |
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Urban-rural invasion |
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Rural-urban migration |
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711.4 |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Urban renewal -- South Africa |
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Urban beautification |
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Architecture and society -- South Africa |
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Cultural property -- Protection -- South Africa |
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dc.title |
Rural African perceptions of the contemporary metropolis |
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dc.type |
Dissertation |
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dc.description.department |
Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology |
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dc.description.degree |
M.A. (Visual Arts) |
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