Browsing Masters Degrees (Media, Visual Arts and Drama) by Title

The inception of cross-cultural dimensions in the ceramics of the late 1970s onwards, as reflected in the work of Maggie Mikula and her adherents.

Bauer, Vanessa M. (2004)

In this dissertation the incorporation of cross-cultural imagery and its assimilation is focused on the work of Maggie Mikula, a ceramist from KwaZulu-Natal. Producing within the 1970's and 1980's. her work is investigated ...

Indigenous aesthetics and narratives in the works of Black South African artists in local art museums.

Winters, Yvonne Elizabeth. (2009)

This dissertation is an amalgam of reformulated essays on artists who had connections with 20-21st century KwaZulu-Natal: They appeared in exhibition catalogues that accompanied the exhibitions; The Azaria Mbatha Retrospective, ...

Interracial mumbo jumbo : Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom and Brett Bailey's theatre.

Keevy, Jacqueline. (2008)

This dissertation explores the use of the Black performing body in the works Cards (2002) and Relativity: Township Stories (2006) by Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom and, iMumbo Jumbo (1997) and Big Dada: The Rise and Fall of Idi ...

Interrogating the creative dance methodologies of Jacques Le Coq, Steven Paxton and Lloyd Newson and how they impact on my own contemporary choreographic practices – with specific reference to Em(brace) choreographed in 2015 and re-worked in 2016 (KZN, South Africa).

Zondi, Thembelani Percival. (2018)

This half dissertation offers an autoethnographical (and hence, personal) study of the performance and dance/physical theatre training methodologies developed by France’s Jacques Le Coq, USA’s Steve Paxton and Britain’s ...

Interrogating the synthesis of African traditional rituals and spirituality in contemporary South African dance: critical reflections on the dance work of Vincent Mantsoe, Moeketsi Koena, and my own work.

Mtshali, Mduduzi. (2020)

This part dissertation explores the synthesis of selected, black (AmaZulu and Sotho) South African traditional rituals and spirituality, and the way they are negotiated and manifest in selected contemporary South African ...

Into Ulwembu: exploring collaborative methodologies in a research-based theatre production on street-level drug use in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Coppen, Neil. (2019)

Over a yearlong creative process starting in 2014, The Big Brotherhood, Mpume Mthombeni, Dr Dylan McGarry and myself, Neil Coppen, came together to devise a collaborative theatrical intervention in response to the ‘whoonga ...

An investigation of the concept of 'mediated art' within the context of Rosalind Krauss's notion of the Post-Medium condition.

Crooks, Nicholas. (2012)

No abstract available.

Is Tsotsi (2005) a South African film? Implications of a transnational film theory for stylistic analysis in South African film studies.

Hatton, Michael John. (2018)

The aim of this dissertation is to explore the question: “Is Tsotsi (2005) so Hollywoodised as to be unrecognisably South African?” It is a question that relates to the style of Tsotsi from a perspective of a national ...

Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of medical male circumcision as an HIV prevention procedure by white and Indian male students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Howard College.

Sakarombe, Phebbie. (2014)

This study establishes the knowledge, perceptions and attitudes of white and Indian male students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s (UKZN) Howard College on Medical Male Circumcision (MMC) as an HIV prevention procedure. ...

Learner-led drama in high schools in the Emmaus Valley and its implication in the development of adolescent identity within a rural context.

Bydawell, Arum. (2008)

No abstract available.

Legislation, policy and regulation in the post-telecommunication era : the role of OTT service’s (WhatsApp) consumption and sense-making in the everyday lives of black-middle class employees of parliament of the Republic of South Africa.

Nene, Sandile Thabani Alphoes. (2017)

The world has become increasingly “hyperconnected.” Hyperconnectivity refers not only to the means of communication and interaction, but it also brings people (and things) together from anywhere and at any time. In today’s ...

Legislation, policy and regulation in the post-telecommunication era : the role of OTT service’s (WhatsApp) consumption and sense-making in the everyday lives of black-middle class employees of Parliament of the Republic of South Africa.

Nene, Sandile Thabani Alphoes. (2017)

The world has become increasingly “hyperconnected.” Hyperconnectivity refers not only to the means of communication and interaction, but it also brings people (and things) together from anywhere and at any time. In today’s ...

Life in the game : identity in the age of online computer games.

French, Chanel. (2010)

Whether virtual reality will have positive or negative implications on the social structure is debatable, but one thing is certain- virtual reality will play an increasingly important role in public and private life as we ...

The living dead girl : a performance art exploration of poor/working class women of colour as sites of violence in contemporary South Africa.

Peschke, Marcia. (2015)

This practice-led study (Barrett, 2007; Candy, 2006; Little, 2011) seeks to investigate the status of poor/working class women of colour as sites of violence in contemporary South Africa. My research objectives are explored ...