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A semiotic notion of transcendence
(Pretoria University, 2013)
As the title indicates, this contribution explores a semiotic
notion of transcendence. It is argued that experiences of transcendence
are quite common and that notions of transcendence
are highly significant since they ...
Only a fully trinitarian theology will do, but where can that be found?
(Stellenbosch University, 2013)
The argument of this contribution, departing from a famous article by Arnold van Ruler, is that a fully Trinitarian theology requires attention to God's work and not only God's identity and character. The three relationships ...
Mueda massacre: the musical archive
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
As in Pidjiguiti in Guiné-Bissau or Baixa de Cassanje in Angola, the massacre that occurred in
the northern Mozambican town of Mueda on 16 June 1960 has been inscribed in the
nationalist narrative as the breaking point ...
Aftershocks: Psychotechnics in the wake of apartheid
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
What we at first found intriguing about Simon Gush’s Red, what the documentary and the installation seemed to mutually conjure, was the Mandela car as a body to be mourned.2 Mourning recurred as a latent theme through the ...
The ‘Rough edge of deterritorialisation’: Contemplation
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
To frame this paper, which given its focus on the installation Red should ostensibly deal with a question of aesthetics and technology, with an epigraph that situates the contemplative capacity of a cow alongside the echo ...
Masculinity, sexuality and vulnerability in 'working' with young men in South African contexts: 'you feel like a fool and an idiot...a loser'
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)
South Africa has seen a rapid increase in scholarship and programmatic interventions
focusing on gender and sexuality, and more recently on boys, men and masculinities.
In this paper, we argue that a deterministic discourse ...
Indigeneity, Alienness and cuisine: Are Trout South African
(Cambridge University Press, 2016)
Man has been defined as a rational animal, a laughing animal, a tool-using animal and so on. We would be touching upon a deep truth about him, however, if we called him a cooking animal.‘Trout Still on the Menu’ announced ...
Living with xenophobia: Zimbabwean informal enterprise in South Africa
(Southern African Migration Programme, 2017)
South Africa’s crisis of xenophobia is defined by the discrimination and intolerance to which migrants are exposed on a daily basis. A major target of the country’s extreme xenophobia – defined as a heightened form of ...
Speaking about building Rylands (1960s to 1980s): a Cape Flats history
(Taylor and Francis, 2014)
This article draws on oral histories of Rylands, a former Indian group area on
the Cape Flats. It shifts focus from narratives of dispossession to narratives of
the making of a relocation site. The Cape Flats has generally ...
Negotiating race and belonging in a post-apartheid South Africa: Bernadette’s stories
(Kings College, Univ. of London, 2014)
Although apartheid officially ended in 1994, race as a primary marker of identity has
continued to permeate many aspects of private and public life in a post-apartheid
South Africa. This paper explores how race is ...