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Perceptions of Ghanaian Digital Artists Regarding the Utilization of Digital Technologies in Painting: A Case Study in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Educational Innovations in Science and Technology in the Faculty of Educational Studies, College of Art and Built Environment, in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Philosophy
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| spelling | oai:ir.knust.edu.gh:123456789/17636 Perceptions of Ghanaian Digital Artists Regarding the Utilization of Digital Technologies in Painting: A Case Study in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology OSMAN, SALIFU A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Educational Innovations in Science and Technology in the Faculty of Educational Studies, College of Art and Built Environment, in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Philosophy Painting has been in existence for over decades and new styles, theories have been developed and digital technologies have been explored. And every time there is new changes in a particular innovation it suffers rejection and later accepted. Digital technologies like photography had been in existence since decades. Like all the painting mediums, it was rejected. It has been over 50 years since digital art introduction and yet, it has not been fully accepted as an art form (Miller, 2007). This qualitative study seeks to understand the digital artists’ perceptions on the use of digital technologies as an art tools and its benefit to the artists and art education. Grounded theory was used as a methodological guide for the study. Respondents for the study were drawn from Eleven (11) digital art instructors, digital art students (131) and practicing digital artists 30. The research elicited the perception of artists on the use of digital technologies, otherwise known as digital mediums in painting. The study relied on interviewing as a method of data collection, which was triangulated with reviewed literature relating to the research KNUST 2026-03-03T11:06:55Z 2026-03-03T11:06:55Z 2022-08 Thesis https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/17636 en application/pdf KNUST |
| spellingShingle | OSMAN, SALIFU Perceptions of Ghanaian Digital Artists Regarding the Utilization of Digital Technologies in Painting: A Case Study in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| title | Perceptions of Ghanaian Digital Artists Regarding the Utilization of Digital Technologies in Painting: A Case Study in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| title_full | Perceptions of Ghanaian Digital Artists Regarding the Utilization of Digital Technologies in Painting: A Case Study in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| title_fullStr | Perceptions of Ghanaian Digital Artists Regarding the Utilization of Digital Technologies in Painting: A Case Study in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perceptions of Ghanaian Digital Artists Regarding the Utilization of Digital Technologies in Painting: A Case Study in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| title_short | Perceptions of Ghanaian Digital Artists Regarding the Utilization of Digital Technologies in Painting: A Case Study in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| title_sort | perceptions of ghanaian digital artists regarding the utilization of digital technologies in painting a case study in kwame nkrumah university of science and technology |
| url | https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/17636 |
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