"Why Persephone?" investigating the unique position of Persephone as a dying god(dess) offering hope for the afterlife
- Authors: Goodwin, Grant
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Mythology, Greek , Gods, Greek , Future life , Greece -- Religious life and customs , Persephone -- (Greek deity)
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3655 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017896
- Description: Persephone’s myth is unique, as it was the central narrative of one of the most prominent ancient mystery religions, and remains one of the few (certainly the most prominent) ancient Greek myths to focus on the relationship of a mother and her daughter. This unique focus must have offered her worshippers something important that they perhaps could not find elsewhere, especially as a complex and elaborate cult grew around it, transforming the divine allegory of the changing seasons or the storage of the grain beneath the earth, into a narrative offering hope for a better place in the afterlife. To understand the appeal of this myth, two aspects of her worship and mythic significance require study: the expectations of her worshippers for their own lives, to which the goddess may have been seen as a forerunner; and the mythic frameworks operating which would characterise the goddess for her worshippers. The myth, as described in The Hymn to Demeter, is initially interpreted for its literary meaning, and then set within its cultural milieu to uncover what meaning it may have had for Persephone’s worshippers, particularly in terms of marriage and death, which form the initial motivating action of the myth. From this socio-anthropological study we turn to the mythic patterns and motifs the story offers, particularly the figure of the goddess of the Underworld (primarily in the influential Mesopotamian literature), and the Dying-Rising God figure (similarly derived from the Near East). These figures, when compared to the Greek goddess, may both reveal her unique appeal, and highlight the common attractions that lie in the figures generally. By this two-part investigation, on the particular culture’s expectations and the general mythic framework she exists in, Persephone’s meaning in her native land may be uncovered and understood.
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- Date Issued: 2015
- Authors: Goodwin, Grant
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Mythology, Greek , Gods, Greek , Future life , Greece -- Religious life and customs , Persephone -- (Greek deity)
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3655 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017896
- Description: Persephone’s myth is unique, as it was the central narrative of one of the most prominent ancient mystery religions, and remains one of the few (certainly the most prominent) ancient Greek myths to focus on the relationship of a mother and her daughter. This unique focus must have offered her worshippers something important that they perhaps could not find elsewhere, especially as a complex and elaborate cult grew around it, transforming the divine allegory of the changing seasons or the storage of the grain beneath the earth, into a narrative offering hope for a better place in the afterlife. To understand the appeal of this myth, two aspects of her worship and mythic significance require study: the expectations of her worshippers for their own lives, to which the goddess may have been seen as a forerunner; and the mythic frameworks operating which would characterise the goddess for her worshippers. The myth, as described in The Hymn to Demeter, is initially interpreted for its literary meaning, and then set within its cultural milieu to uncover what meaning it may have had for Persephone’s worshippers, particularly in terms of marriage and death, which form the initial motivating action of the myth. From this socio-anthropological study we turn to the mythic patterns and motifs the story offers, particularly the figure of the goddess of the Underworld (primarily in the influential Mesopotamian literature), and the Dying-Rising God figure (similarly derived from the Near East). These figures, when compared to the Greek goddess, may both reveal her unique appeal, and highlight the common attractions that lie in the figures generally. By this two-part investigation, on the particular culture’s expectations and the general mythic framework she exists in, Persephone’s meaning in her native land may be uncovered and understood.
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- Date Issued: 2015
An evaluation of the integrative propositional analysis model for complex policy environments:The case of the Drakenstein housing policy, 2010-2017
- Authors: De Wee, Guswin
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Housing policy -- South Africa -- Drakenstein
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/46681 , vital:39608
- Description: This study evaluates the Integrative Propositional Analysis (IPA) (Wallis, 2015), and its usefulness as a complementary model for analysing and evaluating public policy and policy implementation. The IPA model is evaluated in this longitudinal study and seeks to establish the validity of the correlation between the historically implemented results of the Drakenstein Local Municipality Housing Policy against the complexity and systemicity scores of the policy between 2010 and 2017. The IPA model predicts that the higher the complexity and systemicity of the internal logic structure of a policy, the more useful and effective the policy will be, and for its successful implementation. The model is premised on the idea that policies are more useful when they have some level of structure and has been accepted widely for some time (Wallis, 2018). The study thus is an evaluation of the usefulness of the model as complementing policy analysis and evaluation for successful implementation based on the policy internal structure. The research study provided a brief historical background on the development of the IPA and locates it as a ‗science two‘ model based on its systems thinking and Complexity Theory properties to policy analysis. An extensive literature review was undertaken, and secondary data was gathered and analysed to gauge the policy‘s historical success. In examining the Drakenstein‘s housing policy outcomes for evaluating the IPA model, the study adopted both qualitative and quantitative approaches for this exploratory descriptive report. The diagnosis indicated that the revised targets, introduced during the implementation altered the vision of the policy. This allowed for an analysis of the low structure of the policy and its inability to create integrated sustainable human settlements.
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- Date Issued: 2020
- Authors: De Wee, Guswin
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Housing policy -- South Africa -- Drakenstein
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/46681 , vital:39608
- Description: This study evaluates the Integrative Propositional Analysis (IPA) (Wallis, 2015), and its usefulness as a complementary model for analysing and evaluating public policy and policy implementation. The IPA model is evaluated in this longitudinal study and seeks to establish the validity of the correlation between the historically implemented results of the Drakenstein Local Municipality Housing Policy against the complexity and systemicity scores of the policy between 2010 and 2017. The IPA model predicts that the higher the complexity and systemicity of the internal logic structure of a policy, the more useful and effective the policy will be, and for its successful implementation. The model is premised on the idea that policies are more useful when they have some level of structure and has been accepted widely for some time (Wallis, 2018). The study thus is an evaluation of the usefulness of the model as complementing policy analysis and evaluation for successful implementation based on the policy internal structure. The research study provided a brief historical background on the development of the IPA and locates it as a ‗science two‘ model based on its systems thinking and Complexity Theory properties to policy analysis. An extensive literature review was undertaken, and secondary data was gathered and analysed to gauge the policy‘s historical success. In examining the Drakenstein‘s housing policy outcomes for evaluating the IPA model, the study adopted both qualitative and quantitative approaches for this exploratory descriptive report. The diagnosis indicated that the revised targets, introduced during the implementation altered the vision of the policy. This allowed for an analysis of the low structure of the policy and its inability to create integrated sustainable human settlements.
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- Date Issued: 2020
Language and social services in rural North West the status of Setswana
- Authors: Nkashe, Esther
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Tswana language Linguistic rights -- South Africa -- North-West Linguistic rights Language policy -- South Africa -- North-West Linguistic minorities -- South Africa -- North-West Multiculturalism -- South Africa -- North-West Language and languages -- Political aspects -- South Africa -- North-West
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3590 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002165
- Description: This study seeks to support the thesis that African indigenous languages in South Africa should enjoy equal treatment in terms of the South African Constitution. Therefore, it will explore and find ways and means of how the South African government can reach out to rural communities with inadequate English proficiency, in an English-dominated South Africa, by breaking down the existing language barriers and curbing social inequalities. Language rights, like any other human rights, should be protected, as enshrined in the new democratic Constitution of South Africa.
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- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Nkashe, Esther
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Tswana language Linguistic rights -- South Africa -- North-West Linguistic rights Language policy -- South Africa -- North-West Linguistic minorities -- South Africa -- North-West Multiculturalism -- South Africa -- North-West Language and languages -- Political aspects -- South Africa -- North-West
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3590 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002165
- Description: This study seeks to support the thesis that African indigenous languages in South Africa should enjoy equal treatment in terms of the South African Constitution. Therefore, it will explore and find ways and means of how the South African government can reach out to rural communities with inadequate English proficiency, in an English-dominated South Africa, by breaking down the existing language barriers and curbing social inequalities. Language rights, like any other human rights, should be protected, as enshrined in the new democratic Constitution of South Africa.
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- Date Issued: 2012
The effects of a South African Black youth jive on selected biophysical physiological and psycho-social parameters
- Authors: Masipa, Mochaki Deborah
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Movement, Psychology of , Dance, Black -- Physiological aspects , Dance -- Physiological aspects
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:5158 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015682
- Description: This study investigated the effects of a South African Black youth jive on selected Biophysical, Physiological and Psycho-social parameters, using 31 Black youths, males and females (mean age 19.29 yrs) as subjects. All subjects participated in the pre- and post-programme testing protocols (acting as their own control) and in a 7-week jive programme. While the female subjects were significantly (p<0.05) heavier with a greater percentage body fat than their male counterparts, a two factor analysis of variance revealed no significant changes in body composition (p<0.05) of either sex group. However, significant improvements did occur in the cardio-respiratory . parameters of working and recovery heart rates, predicted V0₂ max, and the anaerobic capacity. Here, the males exhibited superior cardio-respiratory qualities and performed better in all motor fitness parameters except flexibility, where no significant sex difference occurred. Also, there were significant improvements in all motor fitness tests with the exception of power (as tested in the 18-Item Illinois test). No significant differences occurred between male and female psycho-social responses with no changes occurring after the 7- week programme. It can be concluded that involvement in the 7-week jive programme improved physiological parameters but failed to bring about alterations in the biophysical and psycho-social domains..
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- Date Issued: 1989
- Authors: Masipa, Mochaki Deborah
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Movement, Psychology of , Dance, Black -- Physiological aspects , Dance -- Physiological aspects
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:5158 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015682
- Description: This study investigated the effects of a South African Black youth jive on selected Biophysical, Physiological and Psycho-social parameters, using 31 Black youths, males and females (mean age 19.29 yrs) as subjects. All subjects participated in the pre- and post-programme testing protocols (acting as their own control) and in a 7-week jive programme. While the female subjects were significantly (p<0.05) heavier with a greater percentage body fat than their male counterparts, a two factor analysis of variance revealed no significant changes in body composition (p<0.05) of either sex group. However, significant improvements did occur in the cardio-respiratory . parameters of working and recovery heart rates, predicted V0₂ max, and the anaerobic capacity. Here, the males exhibited superior cardio-respiratory qualities and performed better in all motor fitness parameters except flexibility, where no significant sex difference occurred. Also, there were significant improvements in all motor fitness tests with the exception of power (as tested in the 18-Item Illinois test). No significant differences occurred between male and female psycho-social responses with no changes occurring after the 7- week programme. It can be concluded that involvement in the 7-week jive programme improved physiological parameters but failed to bring about alterations in the biophysical and psycho-social domains..
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- Date Issued: 1989
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