Quality of life and well-being in a South African mining sector : exploring a general construct

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Towards theatre remix : a net generational perspective on theatre making by Fourie, Ilse

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Skins, scars, blankets and blood : a pictorial response to the tensions and conflicts that arise from the representation and the practice of Ulwaluko in contemporary South Africa by Sobopha, Mgcineni

“…It should be understood that this study is not an anthropological analysis of the Xhosa society and their cultural practices. Rather, it is a combination of autobiography and social commentary in which emphasis on first-hand experience is of primary importance for better understanding of the subject studied. …”
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"The Host of Vagabonds": Origins and Destinations of the Vagrant in Cape History and Ideas by Anderson_PR

“…The first half of this thesis traces exemplary instances of the transfer of vagrant attributes to the colonial subject, and then looks to the ma.nner in which, especially between 1828 and 1834, the idea of vagrancy comes to dominate cultural and political delineation in the Cape. …”
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"The host of vagabonds" : origins and destinations of the vagrant in Cape history and ideas by Anderson, P R

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Possessing the secret of black womanhood : reading African women in Alice Walker's Possessing the Secret of Joy, The Color Purple, and Warrior Marks by Nako, Nontsasa

“…Other factors such as history, nationality, and culture demand more attention than they have been previously accorded, which makes many alliances across national boundaries subject to redefinition and reconceptualisation. …”
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Young and the urban in Addis Ababa: towards a popular history of the 1974 Ethiopian revolution, c. 1950s-1974 by Asfaw, Semeneh Ayalew

“…It demonstrates the interconnections between the social and cultural formation of subjects, the political formativeness of cultural phenomena, and explicitly political protest.…”
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Rasionaliteit versus irrasionaliteit : 'n ondersoek na die epistemologies-metodologiese uitgangspunte en spanninge in die strukturalisme van Claude Levi-Strauss by Erasmus, J. C

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Spaces of escape: Sexuality in the age of the Internet. by Mahmoud, Miral A.

“…I look at how a parallel sex culture is constructed online as opposed to the offline hegemonic, heteronormative sex culture. …”
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The perfect me: cosmetic surgery and the social body in Egypt by S. Muñoz, María

“…I will draw on feminist analysis and critique of cosmetic surgery, scholarly on social and cultural theory and studies on consumer culture and the body. …”
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The African Zionist Church in East London, Eastern Cape and its response to LGBTQ individuals. by Qinela, Vuyolwethu

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White writings : colonialism and modernism in South African literature since 1970 by Currie, Iain

“…Such an account serves to historicise and contextualise the various positions on commitment, artistic responsibility, the politicisation of art and the question of the capacity of cultural organisations to prescribe the form or content of artistic production, which are the subject of controversy in present-day South Africa.…”
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Ondersoek na ‘n effektiewe metode van indiensopleiding vir Kuns en Kultuuronderwysers in Suid-Afrika by Fourie, Chantal

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A Place to connect by Ndungu, Shirlyn

“…The inquiry stems from my lived experience as a Third Culture Kid and student of architecture engaging with the subject of identity and a sense of place. …”
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African traditional healers’ understanding of depression as a mental illness : implications for social work practice

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Religion and interpretations of experience by J H, Hofmeyr

“…This thesis grows out of a preoccupation with : (a) the status of religious lan~uage and (b) the status of foreign and contrary doctrines to those of th~ writer's culture. Prejudices which informed the writer's approach to his subject were : (a) that people do have what may be called religious experience, that religious language is interpretative of that experience and can be adequate as providing a means to communicate about it; and (b) that foreign doctrines, while false perhaps absurd to non-participants in a culture, can be considered adequate to the expression of what goes into experience in that culture and should therefore be considered true in their own terms .…”
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African music in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa : a case study in the Western Cape by Stephenson, Mark H

“…(a) My purpose is to determine the meaning of African Music in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, and to show that African Music is a contact point between Church and Culture, facilitating cultural liberation. (b)I have erected a framework to order the results of my research. …”
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An investigation into the integration of digital technology in teacher development for enhanced inclusion by Anderson, Meghan

“…Using a design-based research approach, the research involved a case study, interviews, and surveys with teachers and subject heads to examine structural and cultural enablers and barriers, as well as teacher agency in using digital technologies. …”
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