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A phenomenological discourse analysis of harassed female 'skinscapes' in select public spaces in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Street harassment refers to the unsolicited verbal remarks and nonverbal gestures that women
are subjected to by men when moving through (public) spaces. The dominant discourse sees
this phenomenon as firstly a gendered ...
Lowering the gaze: Representations of Muslim women in South African society in the 1990's
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
Muslim women’s lack of access to mosque space has left them with few opportunities to
direct or influence the interpretation of the theological texts. The mosque is an almost strictly
gendered space that is seen as a key ...
Exploring digital literacy practices of 12- to 15-year-old children from Philippi and Khayelitsha townships in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Despite the spread of digital communication technologies and the integration of mobile
phones into everyday life, young children's literacy practices are changing rapidly, and
schools are struggling to address the potential ...
Unfinished lives: The biographies of Nokuthula Simelane
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Nokuthula Simelane, born near Bethal in Mpumalanga, joined the ANC's armed-wing
uMKhonto we Sizwe (MK) as a courier while studying at the University of Swaziland in the
early 1980s. In 1983 she set out on a mission to ...
The sound of war: Apartheid, audibility, and resonance
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This study approaches the field of military history with approaches to the study of sound in order to
interrogate the concept of war that underpins military historiography as a disciplinary formation. It
delineates the ...
Around a Fire: Poems of Memory and Ritual
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This Creative Writing mini-thesis offers a deep meditation on what it means to speak to ritual
and memory. The thesis is compiled from a collection of original creative work as well as a
short reflective essay that present ...
lnterreligious dialogue and the colonial legacy: A critical assessment of current models for interreligious dialogue as tools toward reconciliation in the South African context
(University of Western Cape, 1998)
This chapter will start the debate by concentrating on the phenomenon or
occurrence of religious pluralism. Thereafter, the reasons for its existence
and its importance in providing a system of coexistence in mutuality ...
Socially just pedagogies: Towards participatory parity in higher education
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
South Africa remains challenged by persistent poverty and inequality, the ramifications of
which are felt across the higher education (HE) sector. Many students enter universities already
hindered by socio-economic ...
Semiotics of spatial citizenship: Place, race and identity in post-apartheid South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This thesis uses the work of Frantz Fanon as a perspective to anchor an analysis of semiotic
material deployed by students during the #Shackville protests at the University of Cape Town
in 2016. Through the notion of ...
Staff development and training in academic libraries: Case studies in the UK
(University of the Western Cape, 1993)
This dissertation is based on a literature review and three case studies of staff development and training in academic libraries in the
United Kingdom. The study is not a comparative one but aims at establishing the ...