My study is a theoretical intervention of the South African contemporary visual art of Mary Sibande. It focuses on the figure of Sophie representing the maid in three series; namely, Sophie-Elsie, Sophie-Merica, and ...
This thesis asks “What would a decolonized partnership look like between North Katangan and American United Methodists?” Guided by the 7-point mission praxis matrix developed in the missiology department at the University ...
This study will argue that visual art and the making of images share much
With other languages. If writing can be deoonstructed, visual Imagery can
be deconfigured, for figuring an image is much like structuring a ...
This qualitative study illustrates that a narrative approach to pastoral
therapy can guide collaborative co-authoring of alternative ways of living
after trauma. The research emanates from postmodern epistemology ...
This dissertation considers whether photography as a language translates
a transient moment into an embodied image. This is considered to be a
mimesis of the moment as an aid for memory. By following a dialectic
approach ...
This study is a practice-led research that visually examines how the sense of self and identity are experienced within the complexity and multiplicity of selves in a technologically saturated culture. This dissertation, ...
The purpose of this research study is to describe emerging realities within an HIV/AIDS baby sanctuary using a social constructionist approach. The study is concerned with
the rediscovery of the value of human participation ...
Stepfamilies are shown by existing research as having multiple problems unique to this type of
family, some of which include role ambiguity, role strain, role captivity, increased stress and
adjustment problems in ...
This dissertation describes efforts to facilitate participation in deconstructing gay
discourse in the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC). Gay discourse is challenged
through the sharing of gay Christians' stories. While serving ...
This study examines the ways in which museums and memorials within South
African society commemorate events of the past. Various examples of
museums and memorials are chosen and identified according to the ways in
which ...
This study argues that social media network Twitter possess underlying political populist rhetoric and uses different discursive practices in the verbal and visual texts primarily to legitimise and/or delegitimise a political ...
HIV/Aids is a worldwide pandemic and as South Africans we are at the epicentre of this global health crisis. The harrowing statistics are useful as a means to quantify a horrific situation; however, what these facts do not ...
The present research study is a deconstructive collaborative project situated within a postmodern paradigm. The research is premised on a notion that disability has been constructed by societies to reflect their values and ...
The aim of the study was to determine the influence/effect of discourses on love and marriage in the lives of people from their childhood uptil this day. Twelve people participated in the study. These participants were ...
The text deconstructs notions of ideal community which, while affinning
irmnediate proximate human relations, effectiveiy disaffirms and thus
devalues those mediated over distance and time. It argues against such
social ...
Bestuursmodelle word vandag oor die algemeen as diagnostiese instrumente in
organisasies benut. Die struktuur van hierdie bestuursmodelle word selde
ondersoek om te bepaal of dit met die empiriese realiteit verband hou. ...
In section 3(3)(d) of the Estate Duty Act 45 of 1955 (the Act) the
legislature introduced the concept "competent to dispose", described in
section 3(5) of The Act as a "power". If the deceased was "competent to
dispose" ...
The planet is in a dismal environmental state. This state may be remedied by way of an integrated approach based on a holistic vision. This research examines which ecological ideology best suits current conditions for ...
Thermal control in spacecraft will be increasingly important as the spacecraft grows smaller and more compact. Such spacecraft with low thermal mass will have to be designed to retain or reject heat more efficiently. The ...
In this dissertation a formalisation of nonmonotonic reasoning, namely Default logic, is discussed. A proof theory for default logic and a variant of Default logic - Prioritised Default logic - is presented. We also pursue ...