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Exploring semiotic remediation in performances of stand-up comedians in post- apartheid South Africa and post-colonial Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)This research has been conducted by focusing on the trajectories of semiotic ensembles from various contexts that stand-up comedians exploited for aesthetic and communicative purposes. I apply the social semiotic theory ... -
Exploring the commonalities between Stanley Hauerwas and James H Cone’s narrative approaches for moral formation for post-Apartheid South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)This thesis will investigate the narrative approach to moral formation by comparing the narrative paradigm as espoused by James H. Cone and Stanley Hauerwas and will apply the findings to post-Apartheid South Africa. I ... -
Exploring the dualisms of 'belonging': Young women's performances of citizenship in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)My research involves a nuanced exploration of 'citizenship', through examining the liberatory potential of young women's use of social media and performance of embodied subjectivities in the post-Apartheid imaginary. By ... -
Exploring the effectiveness of distance learning as an alternative to mainstream education for disabled children in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The implementation of inclusive education by the South African government has been inspired and mandated by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. While South Africa was among the first ... -
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. ... -
Exploring the link between literacy practices, the rural-urban dimension and academic performance of primary school learners in Uganda district, Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)This study aimed at establishing and analysing the literacy practices in the rural and urban communities and their effect on the academic achievements of learners. It also aimed to establish the impact of other factors, ... -
Exploring the links between urban agriculture, land use and food security in the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA)
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Hunger is more than just a feeling, it is the lack of access to safe nutritious food, which in turn may result in anger towards government, low performance, sadness and a limited will to survive. Urban agriculture has been ... -
Exploring the micro-social dynamics of intergenerational language transmission: a critical analysis of parents's attitudes and language use patterns among Ndamba speakers in Tanzania
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)The study has several implications; for general theoretical traditions it highlights the point that ambivalent attitudes and incomplete language use are responsible for gradual language decline. Previous studies while ... -
Exploring the philosophical mind: An empirical investigation of the process of philosophizing using the protocol analysis methodology
(University of Western Cape, 2019)Many empirically supported versions of stage and componential models of the cognitive processing underlying the completion of various tasks spanning a wide range of domains have been developed by cognitive scientists of ... -
Face-work and identities in a discussion about xenophobia
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)International students arriving at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) from other African countries find themselves in a position of having to negotiate their identities and positions with their South African counterparts. ... -
Facilitating the Cape's metropolitan spatial development framework by using Gis to investigate vacant land
(University of Western Cape, 1998)The trend in metropolitan planning is to provide overarching objectives for development, leaving detailed interpretation at the local level. The unspecific nature of these guidelines, however, coupled by the parochial ... -
Factors in the establishment of institutional repositories: a case study of the Western Cape higher education institutions
(2009)In the academic world, open access institutional repositories (IRs) are beginning to play a vital role in storing and disseminating scholarly communication. Through this method, higher education institutions are able to ... -
Factors influencing the rendering of services in academic libraries
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)In the field of user studies, very little research has been done on rendering of services in academic libraries. These services need to be examined in depth in order to be able to provide academic library users with more ... -
Family dynamics in home-based care settings of Zimbabwe’s Eastern Highlands in Mutasa North rural district
(2011)Ever since United Nations’ declaration of 1994 as the Year of the Family, the study and understanding of families has taken center stage, albeit with constant references to ‘normal’ versus ‘deviant’ families based on ... -
Family Planning and Progeny as a means of enacting the Maqāsid al- Sharī’ah: A Critical analysis of the positions of Gamal Eldin Attia, Abul Faḍl Moḥsin Ebrāḥīm and ‘Abdel Raḥīm Omrān
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)This study will research one of the objectives of Maqāsid al- Sharī’ah (Objectives of the Islamic Law) namely Ḥifẓ al-Nasl better known as the protection of progeny as well as family planning. 1. Sharī’ah (Islamic Law) ... -
Fashion, performance and the politics of belonging among Muslim women in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)This thesis explores how the hijab fashion market has emerged in Cape Town and how Capetonian Muslim women are appropriating hijab fashion as a means of redefining themselves as Muslim South Africans instead of ‘Cape ... -
Female identity and landscape in Ann Radcliffe's Gothic Novels
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)The purpose of this dissertation is to chart the development of an ambivalent female identity in the Gothic genre, as exemplified by Ann Radcliffe's late eighteenth century fictions. The thesis examines the social and ... -
The female protagonist’s intersection with the African world of actuality in Beyala’s novel Tu T’appelleras Tanga
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)In order to overcome the silence that had been instilled by colonialism, several postcolonial female writers employ fiction to restore their local culture and reflect on their representation in historical writings. For ... -
The female protagonist’s intersection with the African world of actuality in Beyala’s novel Tu t’appelleras Tanga
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)In order to overcome the silence that had been instilled by colonialism, several postcolonial female writers employ fiction to restore their local culture and reflect on their representation in historical writings. For ... -
Figuring post-apartheid SA women: Brutal fruit online advertising in a glocalized world
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)In a developing country like South Africa plagued by historical racial scars, attitudes pertaining to race, ethnicity and language, can be described as considerably problematic. Images used for advertising (ads) and the ...