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Iyarara: Loss and Found

This MFA research project investigates the issue of e-waste in Africa, drawing attention to the cycle of trade associated with the extraction and exploitation of minerals in Africa and the impact on the environment and lives of people on the continent. The project uses e-waste to highlight sponsored...

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Main Author: Nsabimana, Jean Claude
Other Authors: Josephy, Svea
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Language:English
Published: Michaelis School of Fine Art 2024
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description This MFA research project investigates the issue of e-waste in Africa, drawing attention to the cycle of trade associated with the extraction and exploitation of minerals in Africa and the impact on the environment and lives of people on the continent. The project uses e-waste to highlight sponsored conflict in Africa, the displacement of millions of people and the dumping of outdated and unwanted electronic goods back on the continent. The attendant exhibition, foregrounded the impact of colonialism, capitalism and the competition for mineral resources that have impacted millions of lives. Personal experience is woven into this wasted landscape, considering the repurposed materials used by many artists in Africa historically and contemporarily and their relationship both to these social and environmental issues and to European and North American art history.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/39259 Iyarara: Loss and Found Nsabimana, Jean Claude Josephy, Svea Alexander, Jane Fine Arts This MFA research project investigates the issue of e-waste in Africa, drawing attention to the cycle of trade associated with the extraction and exploitation of minerals in Africa and the impact on the environment and lives of people on the continent. The project uses e-waste to highlight sponsored conflict in Africa, the displacement of millions of people and the dumping of outdated and unwanted electronic goods back on the continent. The attendant exhibition, foregrounded the impact of colonialism, capitalism and the competition for mineral resources that have impacted millions of lives. Personal experience is woven into this wasted landscape, considering the repurposed materials used by many artists in Africa historically and contemporarily and their relationship both to these social and environmental issues and to European and North American art history. 2024-03-27T06:56:50Z 2024-03-27T06:56:50Z 2023 2024-03-27T06:54:51Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters Master of Arts http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39259 eng application/pdf Michaelis School of Fine Art Faculty of Humanities
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