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Visual enquiries and idiosyncratic selections : a close reading of dust

Thesis MA(VA)--Stellenbosch University, 2017.

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Main Author: Bredell, Alesha
Other Authors: Van der Wal, Ernst
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Language:en_ZA
Published: Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University 2017
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spelling oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/101037 Visual enquiries and idiosyncratic selections : a close reading of dust Bredell, Alesha Van der Wal, Ernst Lambrechts, Lizabe Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social sciences. Dept of Visual Arts. Ben Segal Collection Hidden Years Music Archive -- Stellenbosch University Ben Segal Collection -- Meaning and function of dust Ben Segal Collection -- Visual analysis UCTD Thesis MA(VA)--Stellenbosch University, 2017. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the thesis, Visual Enquiries and Idiosyncratic Selections: A Close Reading of Dust, dust from the Ben Segal collection is investigated in order to explore what it may reveal about the idea and structure of the archive. This is achieved by looking at the physical and metaphorical manifestation of dust in the Ben Segal collection. The primary concern is the relationship between visibility and invisibility within the archive as it is linked to notions of ‘dust.’ The secondary focus will be to explore the attribution of significance and insignificance to dust within archival practices, in particular the Ben Segal collection from the Hidden Years Music Archive. The Ben Segal collection, held at the Documentation Centre for Music at Stellenbosch University since 2013, forms part of the Hidden Music Years Archive. Since the late 1950s Ben Segal avidly collected material that fascinated him and, during his lifetime, the collection grew to include significant items related to South African folk music. With this history of collecting forming the background to my own enquiry, the methodological basis of this thesis is a close reading of the dust that can be found within Ben Segal’s collection. Such a process of close reading draws on both a poststructuralist framework, as well as modes of (scientific) visual analysis, as a means to investigate the meaning and function of dust in the Ben Segal archive. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Geen opsomming beskikbaar Masters 2017-02-21T08:44:02Z 2017-03-29T12:00:43Z 2017-02-21T08:44:02Z 2017-03-29T12:00:43Z 2017-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101037 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 136 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
spellingShingle Ben Segal Collection
Hidden Years Music Archive -- Stellenbosch University
Ben Segal Collection -- Meaning and function of dust
Ben Segal Collection -- Visual analysis
UCTD
Bredell, Alesha
Visual enquiries and idiosyncratic selections : a close reading of dust
title Visual enquiries and idiosyncratic selections : a close reading of dust
title_full Visual enquiries and idiosyncratic selections : a close reading of dust
title_fullStr Visual enquiries and idiosyncratic selections : a close reading of dust
title_full_unstemmed Visual enquiries and idiosyncratic selections : a close reading of dust
title_short Visual enquiries and idiosyncratic selections : a close reading of dust
title_sort visual enquiries and idiosyncratic selections a close reading of dust
topic Ben Segal Collection
Hidden Years Music Archive -- Stellenbosch University
Ben Segal Collection -- Meaning and function of dust
Ben Segal Collection -- Visual analysis
UCTD
url http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101037
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