Faculty of Arts: Recent submissions
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From chisungu to the museum: a historical ethnography of the images, objects and anthropological texts of the chisungu female initiation ceremony in the Moto Moto Museum in Zambia, 1931 to 2016
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)This study examines the processes through which sacred cultural practices and people were made subjects of ethnological studies. It considers these histories through a renewed examination of the contexts under which the ... -
Negotiating waste management: exploring urban residents’ perceptions of waste, litter, and clean environments in Mbekweni, Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Increased waste generation and pollution in South Africa arise from multiple factors ranging from an increase in the construction of towns and cities, population increases, ever-changing consumption patterns, and economic ... -
Place-making in the linguistic landscape of Europe, Eyadini and Marikana
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Informal settlements are undeniably a part of the South African semiotic landscape and can be established instantly. As most informal settlements are ‘initiated’ by citizens, residents of informal settlements assume the ... -
Southern cameroons: fifty years of subtle violence and subjugation 1961-2016
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The Southern Cameroons question which has come to be known as the ‘Anglophone problem’ has drawn international attention as a result of the physical and ‘spectacular’ violence that have recently engulfed the region. Central ... -
Understanding chess men: an ethnographic study of chess on the Cape Flat
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)This thesis examines the socialities of chess in Cape Town, South Africa. It explores how chess is played and experienced in different social contexts, including the Steinitz Chess Club in Bellville, Cape Town, local chess ... -
Framing and visuality in two postcolonial novels: J.M. Coetzee’s disgrace and Juan gabriel vasquez’s reputations
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)The aim of this study is to examine the concept and effect of framing in two postcolonial novels, Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee and Reputations by Juan Gabriel Vasquez. A frame can be defined as “[t]hat in which something, esp. ... -
The white saviour complex in three contemporary American novels
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)The term ‘White Savior Industrial Complex’ became popular when Nigerian-American Teju Cole criticised a polarising documentary, Kony 2012, in a series of social media posts. Cole argues that the complex allows white saviours ... -
A discourse analysis of social activism and social movements on social media networks: towards an understanding of the emergence of virtual public spheres
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)As Internet technologies, Facebook and Twitter are important sociopolitical tools in the context of revolutions and protest actions as evidenced in the cases of Egypt’s 2011 political revolution #Jan25 and South Africa’s ... -
A critical and an analytical study of sadeq ai-naihoum’s novel min makkah ilā hunā (from Mecca to here) deconstructive and structural approaches
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Background: The novel is considered to be one of the most famous and distinguished prosaic literary arts in the current era, which makes it the focus and target of researchers, writers, thinkers, critics and scholars. Due ... -
Uhlahlubonzulu lwempophomobuciko yale mihla kwiinoveli zesiXhosa: ‘ukhozi olumaphiko, umlimandlela, Inkululeko Isentabeni nolibambe lingatshoni’
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Kule ngxoxobunzululwazi kujoliswe ekubhentsiseni nasekudundubaliseni ukuchana kwezithako zesiXhosa nasekugqwesiseni iinoveli ezine zikaNcedile Saule kuxhathiswe ngemixholo ethe yachongwa. Ubuthumbu nobunto bobu bunzululwazi ... -
Geografiese aspekte van rekreasie en vryetydsbesteding in Bellville-Suid
(University of the Western Cape, 1987)The way in which people utilize their FREE TIME [that is time left after all commitments (social and physiological) have been met] forms the Howl theme of this study. An important aspect of this theme for the geographer ... -
The muslim judicial council a descriptive and analytical investigation
(University of the Western Cape, 1989)This thesis proposes to investigate the application of the Shari'a or Islamic Law in South Africa. To this end, the work of the Cape Town-based Muslim Judicial Council, which follows the Shafi's school of thought, is ... -
Gesondheid in ontwikkelingsperspektief:’n Gevallestudie van Loxton
(University of the Western Cape, 1992)Die doel van die navorsingsprojek is om die gesondheidsvoorsiening en -benutting van In klein landelike gemeenskap te ondersoek. Dit is egter nie moontlik om na die gesondheidsituasie van die inwoners in isolasie te kyk ... -
Multilingualism in late-modern Cape Town: a focus on popular spaces of hip-hop and tshisa-nyama
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)In highly mobile societies, the voice and agency of speakers will differ across contexts depending on the linking of forms and functions. This thesis is thus about the complexities introduced to the notion of (form-function ... -
Exploring the journey to maternal death: gender and human rights perspectives on the major causes of maternal mortality in the Western Cape province, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)In this thesis, I use gender and human rights approaches to examine and analyse the major causes of maternal mortality, which result from delay in seeking maternity care and failure to attend maternity care during pregnancy. ... -
An assessment of the spatial distribution of neglected and underutilized crop species (nus) (taro and sweet potatoes) using very high-resolution uav remotely sensed data in small-holder farms of swayimane, South Africa.
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)This work explores the potential of neglected and underutilized crop species (NUS) in addressing agricultural, food, and nutrition security challenges exacerbated by climate change, particularly in Southern Africa. Mainstream ... -
Bientang’s cave: A trans-disciplinary study of marginality in the epic in Afrikaans
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)This reflexive essay has a creative and an in-depth research component. I sought to write an Epic poem about a marginalised woman known as Bientang. Bientang was a Khoisan, or ‘strandloper’ as Khoisan people were known, ... -
An assessment of the spatial distribution of neglected and underutilized crop species (NUS) (taro and sweet potatoes) using very high-resolution UAV remotely sensed data in small-holder farms of Swayimane, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)This work explores the potential of neglected and underutilized crop species (NUS) in addressing agricultural, food, and nutrition security challenges exacerbated by climate change, particularly in Southern Africa. Mainstream ... -
Mapping the changes in vegetation spatial extent within the Khayelitsha wetlands, Western Cape province, utilizing remotely sensed data
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)Urban wetlands play an important role in providing ecosystem services and supporting biodiversity as a habitat. These ecosystem services include reducing severe impacts of floods by helping slow the overland flow amongst ... -
Julian Müller’s narrative approach to pastoral counselling in the South African landscape
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)The goal of this study is to examine and analyse Julian Müller's narrative approach to pastoral counselling within the South African context. The objectives include exploring both primary and secondary scholarly resources ...
