A case study of democratic debate on People's Choice (PC) FM "Thahameso" and Harvest FM "Tsa Mabatooa" in Lesotho
- Authors: Falatsa, Mamolise Martha , Thipa, Henry
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Radio addresses, debates, etc. -- Lesotho , Radio broadcasting -- Lesotho , Mass media -- Political aspects -- Lesotho , Civil rights -- Lesotho
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/7281 , vital:21314
- Description: The study investigates the role of media in promoting free debate in Lesotho: A case study of democratic debate on People’s Choice (PC) FM “Thahameso” and Harvest FM “Tsa Mabatooa in Lesotho. Firstly, the study looked at the democratic communication in the volatile democracy of Lesotho, by providing historical factors of pre-independence and authoritarian governments, democrocatic governments prevailing and the dependence on South Africa. Secondly, the study provided literature on the role of broadcast media in different forms of government globally. Thirdly, it provides the analysis and transcription of one month’s recordings of the two political talk shows in Sesotho and identifies the communicative strategies used in this live on-air political discussion by talk show hosts, guests and callers. In these talk shows the researcher identifies the caller, host and guest behaviour and attitudes in discussions that relate the current political situation to the historical development of democracy in Lesotho alongside the economic and political influences from South Africa. The researcher also identifies that the talk show, guests and callers in the challenging political climate use traditional figurative expressions and biblical quotations to express their views. This leads the researcher to conclude that the political talk shows indeed facilitate participatory communication.
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A study of the integration of technology in the school arts classroom
- Authors: Sauls, Maxwell Martin
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Computer-assisted instruction , Educational technology , Computer managed instruction
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/7364 , vital:21342
- Description: This study explores the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Educational Technology (ET) as an educational resource in the school Arts classroom. Many teachers lack the qualifications to teach the Performing Arts (PA) of the Curriculum and Policy Statement (CAPS). Therefore, teachers rely on curriculum documentation and textbooks to help guide planning of lessons and the execution thereof. Technology as a resource tool can assist teachers as they incorporate an overwhelming amount of content/concepts in lessons. In this way they could improve classroom practice in the PA disciplines. With the emergence of Operation Phakisa: ICT in Education (Department of Education [DoE] 2015), the researcher acknowledges that the integration of ET is unavoidable. Moreover, the research highlights the importance of engaging with the rising hegemony of ICT as the defining characteristic of the information society. Literature supporting the inclusivity of media and media-related resources in education are discussed. In addition, the literature review focuses on a wide variety of ET and concludes with the implementation of ET in a South African context. Teachers from the Foundation Phase (FP), Intermediate Phase (IP) and Senior Phase (SP), namely grade R – 7, were invited to participate in the study where they were observed during contact time drawing on technology to aid teaching pedagogy. The research design involved a qualitative inquiry with aspects of crystallization where the data was collected through observations, interviews and teacher’s self-assessment. The findings suggest that teachers received little or no training in one or more PA disciplines. The integration of technology in the teaching pedagogy led to an enhanced learning environment where the teacher could actively engage learners in meaningful activities. The findings furthermore revealed that the use of technology was not uniform and did not lead to neat conclusion. Instead the researcher found that a great deal of divergence in the use of technology. This divergence was found across art disciplines and the use of technology also differed among teachers. Finally, individual teachers also differed in their use of technology across the art disciplines that they taught. The learners benefited from the use of technology insofar as they displayed a better understanding of the concepts in subsequent lessons. Furthermore, by the end of the study, teachers had begun to implement the new teaching style in learning areas other than the PA.
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A text-critical analysis of potentially conflict-provoking genres of the Christian bible
- Authors: Grigor, Pierre
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Church history , Transformation groups , Conflict management
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/11289 , vital:26906
- Description: This dissertation wants to understand the church history regarding the divide which resulted in the so called fundamentalist and the liberal movements in the church being birthed in identifying the reasons for the conflict between the aforementioned groups. It then presents principles of conflict transformation and management in order to understand and to help transform and manage potential confrontational situations between the aforementioned groups effectively. It further propose alternative interpretations to potential conflict-generating Bible texts by extrapolating new information from those texts in order to stir the potential of birthing a second naïve love for the discredited texts by offering new meanings to those same texts. Unfortunately, this objective can’t effectively be measured within the scope of this dissertation, but will nevertheless remain as an objective of hope.
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An anthropological investigation on the marginalization of women in sport: the case of women soccer in Gelvandale
- Authors: Sait, Shaabiera
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Sports for women -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth Sex discrimination in sports -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/10773 , vital:26822
- Description: During the Apartheid era in South Africa, women were marginalized from sport. The ability to participate in sport in South Africa is inherently linked to the political history of the country. Sport played a dynamic role in the struggle against the diabolical system of apartheid in South Africa and has a powerful role to play in the transformation and nation building of South Africa. Women have made great strides in sport in recent years in South Africa. However, at times we find that there is unfair media coverage. The unfair coverage of women’s sport displays gender based attitudes which systematically disadvantage women’s position in society. Women’s participation in sport has grown dramatically but despite this growth coverage of women in sport remains inferior. This research study investigated the marginalization of women in soccer in the Gelvandale area, Port Elizabeth. The objective of this study is to investigate if women are being marginalised in Gelvandale where soccer is concern as well as determining the meaning of gender inequality from an anthropological perspective within the context of soccer in the Gelvandale area. Further, to contribute within the anthropology of soccer in South Africa particularly in the Eastern Cape Province and to come up with recommendations that will contribute towards improvement of soccer in Gelvandale and beyond.
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An anthropological perspective of destitute families in the Walmer Township, Port Elizabeth
- Authors: Thornton, Jessica Leigh
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Poverty -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth Families, Black -- South Africa -- Social conditions , Economic assistance, Domestic -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/45690 , vital:38927
- Description: It is noticeable that poverty and deprivation exists in all forms in most, if not all, societies. Poverty and destitution have led to the formation and development of rural settlements within an urban context, which is known as informal housing. An example of this is Port Elizabeth’s Walmer Township. Walmer Township is seen to be one of the poorest informal settlements within the Eastern Cape, and has common problems of unemployment, violence, substance abuse, HIV/Aids and illiteracy. These problems adversely affect the community’s living conditions and plummets the society further into a state of destitution. In a last attempt to alleviate poverty among communities, such as the Walmer Township, organizations and external agencies have stepped in to reduce the harmful effects caused by poverty. These include shelters, feeding schemes and job empowerment. However, questions as to whether these organizations actually assist those living in poverty, and how can the organizations or current policy be improved, still exist and are raised regularly today. Thus, the research attempts to investigate the social effects of poverty and how it compromises family units, in order to understand what external organizations are in place to assist these families in destitution, and to come up with recommendations with the view of improving the existing policy
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Beyond commercial design: a critique of design and graphic design writings in Emigre and Dot Dot Dot magazines
- Authors: Muir, Margot
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Graphic design (Typography) Graphic arts Magazine design
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/12436 , vital:27066
- Description: Graphic design faces the contradictions of commercial intent and social relevance. This study explores the contribution of criticism, in two independent, seminal graphic design magazines, towards shifting the dominant preferences of graphic design from a purely commercial pursuit to a human-centred practice. Emigre magazine (c.1984 - 2005) and Dot Dot Dot magazine (c.2000 - 2010) are recognised for their critical intent and within them are emerging critical issues that suggest a potential niche for graphic design beyond consumerism and commerce. In the discipline of graphic design, designers define what it is to be human (and thus equally the realities of dehumanisation) in very particular ways (Rose, 2001:135; Freire, 1993:43). Graphic design has a history of commercial practice. This commercial history continues to define its identity and reinforce a particular body of knowledge. Graphic design criticism, however, is an inventive voice that has the potential to contribute to change. Both Emigre and Dot Dot Dot were representative of a “constructive marginality” (Bennett, 1993:64), drawing from their own set of references and awareness of graphic design’s potential to inform their identities, instead of looking to established definitions of practice to do so. This analysis explores how they anticipated a modern conception of graphic design that has become part of a recently adopted (2015) and more widely embedded discourse. This discourse involves critical design that interrogates multiculturalism, interdisciplinarity, environmental sustainability, social and political agency, and speculative futures. Graphic design engages social institutions and practices that denote social constructions of difference and inequality, and is never neutral. Any work, any representation of ideology, is at once individual and discursive at the level of social, cultural and political formations. The critical issues evident in Emigre and Dot Dot Dot, with the exception of an absence of speculative futures, anticipate a more humanising perspective in graphic design. They invite critique and the potential for change that is relevant to the surrounding world, as a counter to commercial self-interest.
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Die hantering van etikette in woordeboeke, met spesiale verwysing na Xhosa-woordeboeke
- Authors: Landman, Kie-Mari , Kwatsha, Linda Loretta , Otto, PR
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Xhosa language -- Lexicology Xhosa language -- Terms and phrases
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/21845 , vital:29793
- Description: The researcher’s decision to study the labelling of lexical items in dictionaries was prompted by the frustration experienced with subjective labelling in Afrikaans and English dictionaries. Some lexicographers rely too much on their subjective judgement when it comes to labelling lexical items. The problem with this is that the different dictionaries often label the same word differently or that words in the same dictionary which should get the same label are labelled differently. The question arose as to what exactly constitutes the correct handling of labels, especially with regard to Xhosa dictionaries. The search for an answer to achieve this aim dictated the necessity to examine the essence of the concept “label” in order to establish criteria for evaluating the effective usage of labels, because as Harteveld (1993:143) stated: “…the incorrect treatment of labels or the lack thereof can have important implications for a dictionary”. Since the hypothesis of this study is that it is possible to use labels objectively and correctly it is therefore possible to establish criteria that can be used to achieve this end. A literature review was undertaken to identify criteria for the handling of labels. Fieldwork with the aid of a questionnaire was conducted to supplement the establishment of such criteria. A number of criteria for handling labels was determined. Each criterion was discussed and its implementation was practically demonstrated by means of exemplars.
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Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Pretoria
- Authors: Smith, Jan-Willem Christiaan
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Embassy buildings -- South Africa -- Pretoria -- Design Architecture, Modern -- 21st century , Historic buildings -- South Africa --Pretoria
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/15400 , vital:28239
- Description: This treatise aims to demonstrate an understanding of the complexities involved in the design of a German Embassy in Pretoria, in terms of technicality and identity. Programmatic requirements will be considered, with an emphasis on creating the maximum level of security against any reasonable threat. The identity of the embassy will also be considered through the lens of a symbolic aesthetic that must be reconciled with the embassy’s physical and symbolic context. At a time of increasing cultural homogenisation and growing sameness within an ever more interconnected world, this treatise will explore the problem of creating a unique physical expression of German cultural and political identity. This aim exists in tension with the growing fluidity and porosity of cultural identity at the present moment, and the research herein therefore seeks to articulate a new vision of cultural identity that can coexist with globalisation without losing its own specificity. In essence, an attempt will be made to give a concrete expression to cultural identity and move beyond preconceptions of this idea.
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Examining public participation as a contributor to good governance: a local government perspective
- Authors: Nkuntse, Tulani
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Public administration -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Local government -- South Africa -- Citizen participation South Africa -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/11854 , vital:26982
- Description: This study undertook to examine public participation as a contributor to good governance in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM), as part of the process of improving this Municipality’s governance. The main objectives of the study were to analyse the existing processes and arrangements for public participation in the NMBM; to examine the extent to which community participation influences decision-making; to investigate the factors that improve or lead to good governance in a municipal environment; to examine a framework for robust participation, in which communities are able to influence decisions that affect them; and to propose recommendations to potentially improve the Municipality’s governance. The triangulation research methodology was employed with emphasis on both the quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The sample comprised of two Ward Councillors, two selected Mayoral Committee members and 14 Ward Committee members. Questionnaires, with open and closed questions, were employed for the Ward Committee members and semi-structured interviews were conducted with both the Ward Councillors and the two Mayoral Committee members. Statistical procedures supplied by the NMMU Unit of Statistics were utilised to interpret and analyse the quantitative data to determine the results for data analysis. The qualitative data analysis involved thematic content analysis. The findings suggest that the current public participation processes are inadequate. The correlation of results further revealed that a significant negative relationship exists between the Ward Councillors, the Municipality and Ward Committee members. Despite various legislative prescriptions pertaining to public participation requirements in local government, the results suggest that the NMBM may be undertaking the public participation exercise for the sake of compliance and therefore it might not be a genuine exercise. The thesis proposes specific recommendations on how the NMBM can address the current shortcomings in terms of its public participation processes and strategies. Recommendations include significant civic education for the public to understand that being in a democratic country involves active participation in local affairs; more participatory initiatives need to be done to make the public aware of the role of Ward Committees and to invite people to apply to be on these Committees; recommendations also suggested that it would be crucial that Ward Committees are not used as a political platform to push political agendas, as this deters public participation. The NMBM needs to establish a monitoring and evaluation process to track their progress with public participation and develop and implement a public participation strategy and policy for enhanced public participation is also proposed in the thesis.
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Investigating the manufacturing of consent and democratic resistance through legacy and new media, in relation to fracking
- Authors: Roodt, Jean-Pierre
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Press and propaganda , Press and politics , Mass media
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/3665 , vital:20451
- Description: This dissertation concerns the extent to which the propaganda model advanced by Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman in their Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media is still applicable to the current media ecosystem, where both legacy and new media converge, especially given the emergence of global democratic resistance both to the excesses of neoliberalism in general, and to the problems associated with shale gas mining through hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) in particular. In this regard, firstly, the tensions between the views of seminal propaganda theorists and of critical theorists opposed to propaganda will be thematized in relation to Chomsky and Herman’s propaganda model, through which they sought to account for the negative impact of neoliberalism on journalistic freedom. Secondly, the primary features of neoliberalism will be considered in relation to the advent of the Internet, which has helped spread laissez-faire capitalism globally, both through integrating financial markets and augmenting consumerism, and through facilitating new practises of consent engineering via digital forms of censorship and surveillance. Thirdly, the correlative emergence around the world of digital democratic resistance on the part of new social movements and through both new and legacy media means, to the excesses of neoliberalism in general, will be investigated. Fourthly, the corporate underpinning of fracking in the United States will be explored, along with the media strategy by which anti-fracking groups – following Vera Scroggins’s activism – have contested government endorsement of such resource extraction. Fifthly, the resonances/dissonances between the media strategies of the American anti-fracking movement and the South African anti-fracking movement – most notably the Treasure the Karoo Action Group (TKAG) – along with the different contexts out of which they emerged and their respective efficacy, will be examined. Finally, some potential deficits in the TKAG media strategy will be identified, and appropriate recommendations will be made.
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Local media reporting on nuclear energy in South Africa: an analysis of articles from selected state and news publications, 2011-2015
- Authors: Swart, Debbie-Lynn
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Nuclear industry -- Press coverage , Reporters and reporting , Journalistic ethics
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/9218 , vital:26480
- Description: South Africa saw a rapid growth in energy needs after 1996 which was driven by the states newly established socio-economic development agenda. At the same time, there was insufficient investment in new energy infrastructure and maintenance of existing infrastructure. This opposing combination led to an energy crisis which nuclear power has been proposed to alleviate. The following paper critically examines the articles published between 2011 and 2015 pertaining to nuclear energy from five media publications. The articles were sourced online and include those from respected state, public, science and economic publications: Government websites, The Mail & Guardian, The Sowetan, The Mining & Engineering Weekly and The Business Day. This examination was done to assess the representation of nuclear energy and the new build programme in South Africa. In order to accurately analyze the state and news media coverage, both a quantitative and qualitative content analysis was done. The trends evident from this analysis are triangulated against four media theories in order to identify specific trends related to the reporting of nuclear energy. The theories of Agenda Setting and Framing are used to interpret Models of Good Governance and themes of Social Responsibility. The evident trends indicate a change in representation of the nuclear new build programme over the sample period. The media coverage reflected environmental, economic and political interest as well as associated fears.
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Media and communication influences on farmers' views of water conservation in the Garden Route, South Africa
- Authors: Buckle, Dorothea Maria
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Water-supply, Agricultural -- South Africa , Sustainable agriculture , Mass media in agricultural extension work
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/9109 , vital:26465
- Description: The Garden Route is situated between a mountain range and the ocean, both within close proximity. These geographic considerations make the farmers in the area vulnerable to extreme weather events, especially droughts and floods, which have been experienced in recent years. Agriculture in the area is predominantly focused on dairy and vegetables, which require intensive irrigation practices. It is this water demand that inspired adaptations to counteract the risks of extreme weather and dwindling water sources. These adaptations and behaviours were investigated to determine the underlying perceptions and influences. The research aimed to understand the way environmental knowledge would disseminate through the use of the Diffusion of Innovation theory, whilst determining the ecological worldviews of the participants through the use of the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale. Both of these theories proved effective in researching the ecological perceptions of and various influences on the participants, with a few minor drawbacks. The data analysis investigated the research questions with a three-pronged approach. Interpersonal interviews and media content analysis of the local and agricultural media in the area was followed by analysing the two sets of findings, in order to find overlaps and relationships between the factors explored. The interviews were designed as semi-structured to allow for themes to emerge and were conducted mainly within the diary and beef industries, consisting of 24 participants. The media content analysis incorporated a niche agricultural magazine (32 articles) as well as the local newspaper (74 articles). The articles were coded for themes to allow for comparison between the two, and to provide an overall understanding of the media coverage. The use of the interviews and media content analysis concurrently, made it possible to determine the farmers’ perceptions of water conservation and the possible influences on these. By exploring this, the research endeavours to understand the dynamics between the farmers’ use of media and interpersonal networks and their water conservation practices. The farmers’ perceptions appeared to be predominantly shaped by agricultural media and interpersonal communities. The NEP scale responses exposed the clash between economic and environmental considerations. The farmers were acutely aware of their ecological impact and were employing various measures to counteract it. However, these were heavily dependent on their financial situation. This is in contrast to the NEP scale’s measuring of NEP statements contrasted with Dominant Social Paradigm (DSP) statements to determine ecological attitudes. These findings confirm previous research and demonstrate that modern farmers are more likely to adopt conservation practices than their traditional counterparts, if it helps achieve their economic, social and environmental goals. The importance of the historical context of South Africa’s water issues emerged, with the past and future proposed changes to water regulation and legislation affecting farmers’ perceptions. The move from agriculturally privileged water legislation to equitable distribution is affecting the farmers negatively, causing distrust towards the government. The research was successful in achieving an understanding of the effect of the mass media and interpersonal communication influences on the farmers’ perceptions of water conservation.
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Metaheuristic design: the parametric blueprint of a processing plant
- Authors: Ley, Braddin
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Architectural design -- Data processing
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/38819 , vital:34985
- Description: Architectural design “folds” deeply into associative logic, which is used to create a system of grammar responsive to a dialect. Within traditional design practices, these associations create themselves through additive logic, thereby making them laborious in their response to any change in the language. The implementation of computers in architectural design was initially considered a mode to overcome this - to automate the design process. Until now, it has primarily only afforded the designer the opportunity to perform repetitive tasks faster than traditional drawing methods, without enhancing any depth to associative parameters. The current state of the architectural discourse has opened itself up to advanced computation and is beginning to use this capacity fully. Using algorithmic logic to instantaneously process and compare multiple conditions, the designer now holds the power to determine which grammars he desires to engage with, which solutions he is required to review and which outcomes he wishes to find. He no longer labours over repetitive and additive tasks; rather, he focuses on reviewing iterative changes in dialect in order to produce a highly responsive and technically comprehensive architectural solution. It is important to note that these changes in dialect can refer to any field of qualitative or quantitative data, such as quantified climatic or census data, or qualities of light and volume, so long as the designer transposes quality into a scaled matrix of values. The author is captivated by both digital technologies and sensory experiences in architecture, guiding this treatise to understand natural phenomena and their complexities - expressly, environmental responses to field conditions. The design response to this research is formulated from an algorithm that devises a fl oor plan layout; the methodology used is from a close-packed perimeter cell network, most notably found in floor plans of industrial architectures, henceforth the design articulates as industrial architecture in a context reactive to this typology. The agrarian town of Patensie lies in a rich valley of agriculture, climate and field conditions, and provides the opportunity for this treatise to develop.
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Refuse exchange: the design of of waste management and recycling facility for the 5th avenue, Walmer waste tip in Port Elizabeth/Nelson Mandela Bay Metro
- Authors: Hunter, Casey Lauren
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Refuse disposal facilities -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth Waste disposal sites -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/38808 , vital:34975
- Description: Our cities can be viewed as urban mines, full of resources that already exist within the urban fabric. This treatise focuses on the design of a recycling facility to be used as a tool for metabolising waste and separating it into valuable resources. It then goes further into the uses of waste and its up-cycling in the realms of (I would say industrial products, arts and crafts and even in the fabric of architecture. The treatise aims to perpetuate Regenerative Sustainability and its application in design and architecture. It tries to understand the impact waste has on social, economic and environmental aspects of the community and how the better management of waste can positively affect these aspects of modern urban life. The study is separated into two parts. The first part is research into the topic and the second part is the application of this research into the design. The research section is broken down into two main chapters that investigate various issues and processes relating to the nature of the program and the nature of the site. The main focus of part two is on the conceptual development that will lead to a final design. Chapter one is an introduction to the theoretical discourse to be discussed in this project. It also discuses the connotations, history and development in waste management. Chapter two discusses the various programmatic concerns relating to the Waste Management and Recycling Facility and a paradigm shift towards integrated infrastructural development in an urban environment. Chapter three analyses site criteria to choose a site best suited to this program. It then analyses precedent studies of projects done in similar contextual environments. Through this a conclusion is made about the nature of the site. It considers how this project can be developed from the organising elements and the opportunities for improvement and the re-scripting of the site. The final chapter of part two explains the process used to arrive at a final design. It starts with the development of an urban intervention and the vision for the project. It goes on to explain the nature of the spaces in the facility, their various connections and locations in relation to the site and other related spaces. This chapter then develops the plan and physical form as well as the tectonic and materials to be implemented in the facility. The themes of the project are to [RE] cycle, [RE]cover, [RE]manufacture and [RE]materialise. Recycle refer to the program of the building and the physical act of separating waste. Recover refers to the way the facility will try to extract energy and useful resources from the waste stream such as biogas, electricity and fertiliser from anaerobic digesters. Thirdly, remanufacture refers to the up-cycling of waste in order to improve its value by transforming it into art, crafts and even building materials. Finally, the ultimate goal of the project is to rematerialise the connotations of waste in society, changing its perception from a dirty, unwanted by-product of society to a minefield of possibilities.
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Rethinking biokinetics: a philosophical critique concerning the roles and responsibilities of practitioners and patients
- Authors: Greene, Mark A
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Holistic education -- South Africa Physical education and training -- South Africa -- History Exercise therapy -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/10381 , vital:26743
- Description: The specialist responsible for providing prescribed exercise as a form of medicine to the South African population is the biokineticist. Biokinetics is a relatively new profession developed in response to empirical research supporting exercise as medicine. Although the role of the biokineticist is clearly defined by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), there is still confusion concerning this profession and its services. At present, the dominant medicalscientific and capitalist-economic discourses offer a narrowly mechanistic and instrumental understanding of the human body and its treatment, which contributes to this confusion. This dissertation proposes a new point of departure, enriched by historical and philosophical understandings of the human body, from which the biokineticist can begin to redefine him/herself. The study aims to shift biokinetics as a practice away from the reductionist and dehumanising influences of instrumentalist, scientific and neoliberal capitalist-economic discourses, and to restore to biokineticists, and their clients, the ability they need to interact as relatively autonomous individuals. The study draws on the ideas of Michel Foucault, specifically on his notions for ‘discipline’, ‘docility’, and ‘the care of the self’ (1991; 2005), as well as Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari and their ideas of ‘becoming’ and ‘rhizomatic thinking’ (1983; 1987); ultimately presenting a philosophically enriched, holistic representation of the human body. From here recommendations for best practice in contemporary biokinetics are suggested that encourage interactions and connections between the professional and his/her patients, which move beyond the mere physiological interpretations currently dominating health discourse.
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Successes and challenges of women's income generating projects in Zimbabwe
- Authors: Hamunakwadi, Purity
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Women in development -- Zimbabwe , Women -- Employment -- Zimbabwe , Economic development projects -- Zimbabwe , Women in rural development -- Zimbabwe
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/6810 , vital:21145
- Description: Women’s income-generating projects are regarded as a critical area in promoting sustainable livelihoods in the lives of the poor. This study centres on a cattle project in Sadomba village in Nyanga District, Zimbabwe. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role and contributions of income-generating projects with regard to women; the necessary conditions for a successful cattle production project; the major challenges in women’s income-generating projects, and how income-generating projects can be strengthened, all in relation to this cattle project.The study is underpinned by the sustainable livelihood approach and literature on micro-financing of women’s projects in various countries. The study is based on qualitative methodology using a case study design and methods of data collection included semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and participant observation. The data was analysed using thematic analysis and sub-themes that arose in the study and thereafter all the data was grouped by a process of coding. The results indicated that the Sadomba cattle project has benefited the project members in terms of income generation by the selling of cattle and milk, for agricultural purposes (draught power) and also income they obtained from hiring their cattle to other community members in rainy seasons. The income generated has assisted them to send their children to school and attain higher education.In addition, it promotes community engagement when they share paddocks and dip tanks. However, despite these benefits, they face a number of challenges such as long distances to the market, a lack of microcredit and the unavailability of exotic breeds. Therefore, there is need to integrate the conditions that are necessary for successful income generating projects to the Sadomba cattle project.
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The art of education reform: an analysis of the relationship between arts education and performance in mathematics and science
- Authors: Xulu, Senzo Siphesihle
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Educational change -- South Africa Arts in education -- South Africa Science -- South Africa -- Mathematics
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/14124 , vital:27432
- Description: The role of the Arts Education in South African Education has long been a contentious and disputable topic. Despite this, a large amount of literature has been compiled advocating for the inclusion of the arts in schooling systems worldwide. Most of this literature speaks of the benefits of the arts, covering how they directly and indirectly affect 1) The learning environment 2) The learner and 3) The performance of the learner in other subjects. The basis of this study is to intently look at the third factor, the influence of the arts on a learner’s performance in other subjects, like Mathematics and Science. Though education reform programs are neither new nor few in number, those that have been implemented through the arts, and in low socio-economic areas, portray art education as a salient ingredient to holistic education reform. The study draws from such reform programs, from around the world, and categorically shows how they have successfully integrated arts education into their curricula. Through the investigation of the success and implementation of these programs, this paper shows that creativity - through the teaching of the arts - is a vital key to the education reform that South Africa is in need of, particularly in mathematics and science.
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The benefits of an extra-curricular 'reading for enjoyment' programme for primary school learners
- Authors: Trytsman, Jaclyn Wendy
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Literacy programs , Student activities , Holistic education
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/7213 , vital:21303
- Description: Changing perceptions of literacy over the past few decades have produced new approaches to the problem of how best to improve the literacy competence of primary school learners. Literacy remains a continuous problem in South Africa, as learners lack motivation to read or are struggling to read, write, and learn in a language that is unfamiliar to them. Researchers such as Street (2005) believe that literacy should not be viewed only as a set of skills to be mastered, but rather as something which must be understood in its broader social context. In accordance with this theory, the South African organisation PRAESA uses their Nal'ibali campaign to promote 'reading for enjoyment' and the formation of 'reading clubs' in order to improve learners' motivation to read and thus their literacy competence by increasing their exposure to pleasurable reading experiences. In this study it is argued that reading for enjoyment is beneficial to primary school learners' literacy competence as well as their personal and social development. In this study, Grade 5, 6, and 7 learners belonging to the reading club at a primary school in Port Elizabeth were observed over a six-month period. Data was collected through ethnographic observation of the reading club sessions and compiled into a detailed expository and sequential report. This narrative was then analysed in order to determine to what extent the learners had benefited in terms of their development from their participation in the reading club's activities. The analysis of the narrative demonstrated that learners' literacy competence, as well as personal and social skills such as self-confidence and tolerance, had been enhanced by the learners' voluntary participation in enjoyment-centred experiences with literacy. The findings of this study demonstrate that, in under-resourced schools and communities lacking a strong reading culture, an extra-curricular 'reading club' with a focus on reading for enjoyment was able to improve learners' literacy skills and provide opportunities for holistic growth by increasing learners' motivation to read.
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- Date Issued: 2016
The design of a botanical centre for Shark River Valley Port Elizabeth
- Authors: Pollock, Megan Jane
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Conservatories -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plans Botanical gardens -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth , Visitors' centers -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plans
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/15411 , vital:28241
- Description: This treatise is preoccupied with the unparalleled five bio-mes found in Nelson Mandela Bay, its current endangered state and the scope of which an architectural intervention can serve to re-mediate and facilitate the lack in conservation and awareness. It is through an initial awareness of the vegetation diversity in Nelson Mandela Bay and its current need for formal protection, that the need for an architectural intervention is realized. The typological nature of the architectural intervention is derived from an interrogation into the historical development and the contemporary function of botanical institutions. This investigation, coupled with the existing need for a botanical garden in Port Elizabeth, establishes the Botanical Visitors’ Centre as the typology. Precedents are investigated, identifying typological functions as well as the facilities’ various contextual positions within the Botanical Garden. Functions are categorized spatially and their relationships analyzed. An understanding of the typologies functional, spatial and contextual nature, coupled with an ecologically aligned value statement, identify a set of architectural issues. These issues are interrogated through the critical examination of various precedents. An appropriate architectural language is established in terms of materiality, physicality and contextual integration. The need for a Botanical Garden within Port Elizabeth is established and an appropriate site selected. Shark River Valley is selected in recognition of its existing and historic natural integrity within the city, its current under-utilized state, and the resultant architectural opportunity to facilitate ecological remediation and urban re-integration. A contextual investigation preoccupied with the historical, ecological and urban issues of the valley informs a set of constraints and informants. A contextually informed urban and ecological intervention is proposed serving as a framework for the integration of the building. The building is then realized through a combined understanding of typology, ecological integrity and contextual understanding. The contextual position of the building, as well as its spatial layout, is determined through precedent investigation which is then shaped and adapted in response to the defined site issues. Physical and technological issues are addressed in a practical manner while maintaining the ecological integrity of the building. The resultant Botanical Centre aims to be rooted in its contemporary universal function through the contextual integrity of its architectural response.
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- Date Issued: 2016
The design of a fish processing facility in Port Louis, Republic of Mauritius
- Authors: Tegally, Ghazaalah
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: City planning -- Mauritius Community development, Urban -- Mauritius , Sustainable development -- Mauritius Fish trade -- Mauritius
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/19102 , vital:28773
- Description: This treatise will be focused on the design of a Mixed-use Facility in Mauritius, which will be implemented within an existing fishing village, Grand Gaube, located along the Northern coast of the Island. This site has been chosen due to its high fishermen population relying on fishing for their livelihoods. The proposed design will be aimed at a sustainable fishery which will involve the development of offshore bank fishing as opposed to the traditional lagoon fishing. With a focus on promoting a better catch quantity and quality, the increase in domestic production will be aimed at supplying the local market whereby a significant demand for seafood exists. In the process, the project will aim to alleviate poverty for the local fishermen communities through increased trade and job creations, while being in line with the Government’s vision for the development of the fisheries sector in Mauritius. The facility will include a Fish Landing Terminal, a Fish Processing Plant, and a Fish Market, for the production of a branded local product while accommodating the fishermen’s daily activities, as well as a highly public platform to create an activated public environment. In doing so, the proposed architectural intervention will act as a catalyst for urban and social change.
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- Date Issued: 2016