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Listening to the past : a subjective exploration of cultural continuity in Shona migration through sculptural works
Mini Dissertation (MA (Fine Arts))--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/103371 Listening to the past : a subjective exploration of cultural continuity in Shona migration through sculptural works Lebakeng, Teboho u18035206@tuks.co.za Grobler, Nicola Mapisire, Tatenda UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Migration Cultural memory Rootlessness Mnemotechnics Loepard Kopje people Mini Dissertation (MA (Fine Arts))--University of Pretoria, 2025. This study explores the intersections of cultural memory, migration, and identity through sculptural installations that merge personal narratives with historical Shona migratory experiences. Grounded in myth-making and oral histories, the research examines how contemporary art can serve as a vessel for ancestral knowledge, fostering dialogue between past and present migratory movements. Utilising natural materials such as clay, wood, stone, and found objects, the study reinterprets the materiality of Shona heritage while addressing the complexities of displacement, adaptation, and belonging. By engaging with archaeological traces from the Great Zimbabwe civilisation and Leopard Kopje migrations, the research situates contemporary migratory experiences within a broader historical continuum. Through a multidisciplinary approach that integrates art practice, historical analysis, and critical theory, this study demonstrates how sculpture and installation art can embody both personal and collective memories of migration. The research ultimately contributes to the discourse on cultural reinvention, offering a visual and sensory exploration of shifting identities in the context of urban transience and academic migration. Visual Arts MA (Fine Arts) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities SDG-10: Reduced inequalities 2025-07-15T09:56:58Z 2025-07-15T09:56:58Z 2025-09 2025-03 Mini Dissertation * S2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/103371 DOI: https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.29564858.v1 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.29564858 en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Migration Cultural memory Rootlessness Mnemotechnics Loepard Kopje people Listening to the past : a subjective exploration of cultural continuity in Shona migration through sculptural works |
| title | Listening to the past : a subjective exploration of cultural continuity in Shona migration through sculptural works |
| title_full | Listening to the past : a subjective exploration of cultural continuity in Shona migration through sculptural works |
| title_fullStr | Listening to the past : a subjective exploration of cultural continuity in Shona migration through sculptural works |
| title_full_unstemmed | Listening to the past : a subjective exploration of cultural continuity in Shona migration through sculptural works |
| title_short | Listening to the past : a subjective exploration of cultural continuity in Shona migration through sculptural works |
| title_sort | listening to the past a subjective exploration of cultural continuity in shona migration through sculptural works |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Migration Cultural memory Rootlessness Mnemotechnics Loepard Kopje people |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/103371 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.29564858 |