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Soul searching : an exploration of the relationship between technology and soul through the interpretation of contemporary visual texts
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/57218 Soul searching : an exploration of the relationship between technology and soul through the interpretation of contemporary visual texts Du Preez, Amanda karli1@live.co.za Brittz, Karli UCTD Technology and soul Contemporary visual texts Philosophy of technology Digital culture Visual culture Identity and technology Humanities theses SDG-03 Humanities theses SDG-04 Humanities theses SDG-09 Humanities theses SDG-11 Humanities theses SDG-16 Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2016. This study aims to critically analyse the contemporary relationship between the concepts of the soul and technology, with reference to the manner in which the relationship is represented in selected examples of visual culture, most notably film, photography and artworks. The relationship between the soul and technology is explored by expanding the framework provided by psychiatrist Alison Gray (2010:638), where she identifies three main categories when dealing with the soul. The three categories are namely dualism as found in the gnostic approach, monism as it manifests in the animistic approach, and finally the physicalist approach. Gray (2010:638) considers these three approaches as amongst the most common worldviews in contemporary society, thus these provide a diverse yet comprehensive manner for interpreting current notions of the soul and technology. Essentially, Gnosticism is based on various religious beliefs and principles that express a negative attitude towards earthly and material existence (Hoeller 2012). Animism, in turn, maintains that the lifeless has life, spirit and soul, and therefore provides characteristics of living things to inanimate things and events (Hornborg 2006:1). Finally, physicalism asserts that there is nothing more to the world than what can be scientifically and empirically observed (Pettit 1993:222). These three categories approaches to the soul and technology differ, but, as becomes evident in the analysis, these also overlap in parts, which means the analysis of the selected visual examples differ and overlap accordingly. tm2016 ae2026 Visual Arts MA Unrestricted SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-04: Quality education SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2016-10-14T07:32:18Z 2016-10-14T07:32:18Z 2016-08-31 2016 Dissertation Brittz, K 2016, Soul searching : an exploration of the relationship between technology and soul through the interpretation of contemporary visual texts, MA Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57218> S2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57218 en © 2016 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 Technology and soul Contemporary visual texts Philosophy of technology Digital culture Visual culture Identity and technology Humanities theses SDG-03 Humanities theses SDG-04 Humanities theses SDG-09 Humanities theses SDG-11 Humanities theses SDG-16 Soul searching : an exploration of the relationship between technology and soul through the interpretation of contemporary visual texts |
| title | Soul searching : an exploration of the relationship between technology and soul through the interpretation of contemporary visual texts |
| title_full | Soul searching : an exploration of the relationship between technology and soul through the interpretation of contemporary visual texts |
| title_fullStr | Soul searching : an exploration of the relationship between technology and soul through the interpretation of contemporary visual texts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soul searching : an exploration of the relationship between technology and soul through the interpretation of contemporary visual texts |
| title_short | Soul searching : an exploration of the relationship between technology and soul through the interpretation of contemporary visual texts |
| title_sort | soul searching an exploration of the relationship between technology and soul through the interpretation of contemporary visual texts |
| topic | UCTD Technology and soul Contemporary visual texts Philosophy of technology Digital culture Visual culture Identity and technology Humanities theses SDG-03 Humanities theses SDG-04 Humanities theses SDG-09 Humanities theses SDG-11 Humanities theses SDG-16 |
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