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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Grahamstown"”.
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Remixing the tech: the digital media ecologies of the hip-hop artists from Grahamstown, South Africa
… Consciousness philosophy, hip-hop artists in Grahamstown become highly critical of self-defeating narratives rooted in racism, colonialism and apartheid, which often manifest in violent forms of urban masculinity. Instead they find ways to "remix" their identities by incorporating alternative …
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Negotiating whiteness: a discourse analysis of students' descriptions of their raced experiences at Rhodes University, Grahamstown,1 South Africa
Questions of the dominance of cultures of whiteness are pre-imminent issues in historically white South African universities. Even when historically white universities – such as Rhodes University, the site of study for this thesis – have a predominantly black student body post 1994, there are still …
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The individual context, and met and unmet palliative care needs of stage III and IV HIV/AIDS isiXhosa speaking patients in the Grahamstown hospice service
… patients who access palliative care from Grahamstown Hospice.
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“Wars are won by men not weapons”: the invention of a militarised British settler identity in the Eastern Cape c. 1910–1965
… Anglo identity in the Eastern Cape town of Grahamstown. In the nationalisms of the postcolonial states, independent countries possessed museums in their capitals. These institutions constituted an essential part of national heritage, were crucial for the advancement of education, and …
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The wild olive bowl
… the boycotts, arson and funerals of July 1980 in Grahamstown, this novel explores how the discovery of the dead body of a street child under the walls of St Jude’s Chapel sets events in motion that provoke the spiritual crises faced by the two protagonists. Father Philip Riley, the non-stipendiary …
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Structures of complex plant polysaccharides : exudates from Hakea sericea and Hakea gibbosa
… of Hakea (fam. Proteaceae), H. sericea (from Grahamstown) and H. qibbosa (from Constantiaberg), have been investigated. In this study molecular structural differences which may arise from the species of origin were sought. The possibility that a polysaccharide component of the glucuronomannan …
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Playing with/in history
… and Fourplay (Rehearsal Room, Monument Theatre, Grahamstown, 2003) to form part of an anthology of plays, called The Paris/Cape Town/Joburg Plays.
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The salience and visibility of toponymic changes in Makhanda & Gqeberha: A social semiotic perspective
… (now renamed Gqeberha), and the city of Grahamstown (now renamed Makhanda). Drawing on social semiotics theory, these name changes are examined through an analysis of how they are made visible on billboards, shopfronts, and road signs, as well as through interviews with residents living …
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Meaningful mouthpieces : the deconstruction of texts for theatrical (re)presentation
… at the Standard Bank National Arts Festival in Grahamstown on 29 June 2001, followed by a short season at the Arena Theatre of the UCT Drama Department. The following written submission is divided into two parts. The first is an exploration of the theory and creative method that was applied in …
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Guy Butler from a post-apartheid perspective : reassessing a South African literary life
… the National English Literary Museum archives in Grahamstown, and combines the biographical insight gained from this documentation with criticism of his published work in every genre to offer a more balanced explication of Butler's life and work than has yet been achieved.
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“Of unsound mind”: a history of three Eastern Cape mental institutions, 1875-1910
… the years 1875 to 1910. Fort England asylum in Grahamstown was established in 1875. Port Alfred asylum followed in 1889 and the Fort Beaufort institution was opened in 1894. Each asylum retained its own distinctive character and function based on the nature of its patient population. Although …
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The use of Keith Johnstone's concepts of 'Circles of Expectation' and Vogler's generic story structure as directorial aids in comedy theatre
… at The Standard Bank National Arts Festival in Grahamstown on 1 June 2000 and later opened at The Arena Theatre in Cape Town on 18 June 2000. The following written submission contains two parts. The first part of the written submission is a theoretical explication of the creative method applied …
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Towards the realisation of South African jazz assuming its righful place in the cultural identity and heritage of the country
… during the National Youth Jazz Festival in Grahamstown in 2010. Secondary sources were literature reviews and qualitative data collected by using focus groups, observations and other interviews. About 35 participants were involved in the process. Chapter 1 The opening chapter is mainly an …
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The application of the surface energy balance system model to estimate evapotranspiration in South Africa
… study area (quaternary catchment P10A, near Grahamstown, Eastern Cape) where two different approaches for deriving surface roughness are applied. It was again demonstrated that the sensible heat flux is sensitive to surface roughness in combination with land surface air temperature gradient …
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Theatrical bodies and madness: a case study of a theatre playground in a South African forensic psychiatric hospital
… staff at Fort England psychiatric hospital in Grahamstown/Makhanda, South Africa. Framed as a ‘theatrical playground', programme sessions were structured around theatre games, improvisation and devised theatre processes that culminated in playmaking at the end of each session. Participation in …