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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Beadwork"”.
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Beadwork: its cultural and linguistic significance among the South African Ndebele people
… It sets out to identify and define Ndebele beadwork by looking very closely to its origin, how it survived the dark days of waging wars and made its way into the modern times. In its classification a clear distinction is drawn between the various periods of development and the …
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Colour coding and its meaning in Zulu women's beadwork in fashion design and decoration
… does. In the context of this thesis Zulu womens' beadwork is a form of colour coding, literary and poetic speech communication and a declaration of fashion as a medium of social interaction, status, and social display. Thus, wearing their colourfully designed beadwork and fashion, Zulu women are …
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A case study in the use of beadwork as a model for successful development practice in South Africa
Bibliography: leaves 103-110.
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First Nations, museums and McCord Museum's journey Across borders
… large number of souvenir arts in Across Borders: Beadwork in Iroquois Life , presented at the McCord Museum of Canadian History, Montreal, from June 17 th , 1999, to January 9 th , 2000, proved useful for this study and is thus the focus around which this thesis pivots.
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From String to Structure: Graph Threading for Physical Assembly
Many artistic and engineering applications—from beadwork to deployable structures—create intricate, and sometimes dynamic, designs by threading cord through tubular components. We model the underlying design challenge—threading tubes so that they achieve a target connectivity when the string is …
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Anishinaabe Learning Places: Teaching and Learning through Gift, Relational, Movement and Spirit Pedagogies
… have always been a place of dynamic colours, beadwork, a celebration of life on the land, a site for Anishinaabeg to ‘dance, sing, and pray, the Anishinaabe way.’ Anishinaabe pedagogy and powwow as place: Teaching and Learning through Gift, Relational, Movement and Spirit Pedagogies is a …
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Household livelihood: the church's coping strategies against the impact of HIV and AIDS on the female-headed households in the KwaDlangezwa Area
… are discussed while micro-enterprises focus on beadwork and pottery. Under BEE the research pays attention to empowerment, emancipation and education as the alternative to Black Economic Empowerment only. These are the most practical ways of reaching the poor, especially women. The chapter goes …
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Tlingit tunic design: visual definition, meaning, and identity
… the surface with coarse areas usually due to beadwork. Group Identity was conveyed through the use of similar silhouettes and interior design lines. Individuality was expressed in the uniqueness of the surface designs - in the type of design, varied location, and use of materials.
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Hyperspatial Interlace - Grasping Four-dimensional Geometry through Crafted Models
… icositetrachoron in a gnomonic projection, and a beadwork ‘cavalier projection’ of the 3-3 duoprism. These objects illuminate new connections between arts and mathematics, and serve to enrich the morphological repertory of visual art practice with novel means and meanings. As pedagogical tools, …