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Art and globalisation : the place of intangible heritage in a globalising environment

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dc.contributor.advisor Mutasa, Davie Elias
dc.contributor.advisor Mojapelo, Mampaka Lydia
dc.contributor.author Grand, Nesbeth
dc.date.accessioned 2013-11-22T12:23:18Z
dc.date.available 2013-11-22T12:23:18Z
dc.date.issued 2013-06
dc.identifier.citation Grand, Nesbeth (2013) Art and globalisation : the place of intangible heritage in a globalized environment, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/12065> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/12065
dc.description.abstract The thesis has investigated the place of Zimbabwean indigenous intangible heritage in a globalising environment. It used the Shona language and intangible heritage situation as a case study. It argued that Zimbabwean intangible heritage is continually being eroded by the agents of globalisation and that the only way of safeguarding it from extinction is through the preservation of Zimbabwean indigenous languages. The thesis has come to this conclusion after having established that there is an intimate and inseparable bond between language and its intangible values so much that it is not possible to talk of one devoid of the other. The relationship has been seen to be symbiotic. The Shona language has been established to embody, express and to be a carrier of all the intangible heritage of its speakers into the future by re-living them in the people’s daily life while these intangible values have been seen to conserve the language through their continued practice by the people. The research has also established that Zimbabwean intangible heritage marginalisation has roots in colonialism, dating as far back as the early Christian missionary days. The Shona intangible heritage has also been seen to be still of value despite the global threats as evidenced by the people’s continued re-living of it through language. The thesis has also noted that the Zimbabwean Ministry of Education, Sport and Culture is still using out-dated colonial language policies that still further the ascendancy of English and the intangible values it stands for while indigenous languages and values are marginalised in the education system, in government and in industry thereby worsening their predicament in the global environment. The current socio-economic and political developments in the country and some Shona novelists in Shona and in English are also culprits in this whole process as they continue to demonise and infantilise Zimbabwean intangible heritage. The thesis has therefore asserted that Zimbabwean intangible heritage is most likely to be eroded from the face of the earth if no measures are taken to safeguard it from extinction. It has therefore wound up by arguing that the survival of Zimbabwean intangible heritage lies in the survival of Zimbabwean indigenous languages through which it continues to be practised and felt by its people. The thesis has therefore recommended that the Zimbabwean government adopt sound language policies that safeguard the survival of Zimbabwean indigenous languages to enable the indigenous intangible heritage of the people to survive as well as the two are intricately related. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (ix, 319 leaves) en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Intangible heritage en
dc.subject Globalisation en
dc.subject Colonialism en
dc.subject Imperialism en
dc.subject Neo-colonialism en
dc.subject Internationalisation en
dc.subject Art en
dc.subject Heritage en
dc.subject Tangible heritage en
dc.subject Language en
dc.subject Culture en
dc.subject.ddc 496.3975
dc.subject.lcsh Shona language -- Social aspects -- Zimbabwe en
dc.subject.lcsh Shona (African people) -- Social aspects -- Zimbabwe en
dc.subject.lcsh Art and globalization -- Zimbabwe en
dc.subject.lcsh Culture and globalization -- Zimbabwe en
dc.subject.lcsh Language policy -- Zimbabwe en
dc.subject.lcsh Cultural property -- Protection -- Zimbabwe en
dc.title Art and globalisation : the place of intangible heritage in a globalising environment en
dc.type Thesis en
dc.description.department African Languages en
dc.description.degree D. Litt. et. Phil.(African Languages)


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