Browsing by Subject "Hegemony"
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Democratizing an online discussion forum at a higher education institution : from rationalistic exclusion to the recognition of multiple presences
(North-West University, 2013)Institutional transformation initiated the creation of an online forum by academic staff at the North-West University. This forum functioned as an official space on the intranet of the institution as a result of the need ... -
Destabilisering van hegemoniese Afrikanermanlikheid deur middel van die randfiguur in drie onlangse Afrikaanse films
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2017)In her influential book, Masculinities, R.W. Connell (2005) formalised the term hegemonic masculinity. She explains that the term, which was coined in the 1980s in sociology, refers to the type of masculinity that dominates ... -
Gender conversations in Zimbabwe: A precursor of male gaze in visual art practices
(AOSIS, 2020)Masculine hegemonic predisposition dominates the gender culture in Zimbabwe. From this perspective, the notion of the male gaze entails that visual interpretation, amongst other things, at encoding and decoding levels ... -
Hegemonie en mag : ’n normatiewe besinning in die lig van ’n gevallestudie
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns/South African Academy of Science and Arts, 2022)Hegemony and power are overlapping concepts. Hegemony can be understood as a way of exercising power and as the consequences of exercising power. Limited studies attempted to use the relationship between the concepts to ... -
History curriculum, nation-building and the promotion of common values in Africa: a comparative analysis of Zimbabwe and South Africa.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2009)A challenge for Africa is how to derive common values from the values of diverse communities. The challenge becomes even more difficult in the face of notions such as autonomy, multiculturalism and respect for difference which ... -
An investigation into the role of hegemons in Regional Politics : a case study of South Africa in the SADC Region
(North-West University (South Africa) Mafikeng Campus, 2006)This research set out to investigate the role of hegemons in regional politics, a case study of South Africa in the SADC region. A hegemon is a state with capabilities such as military prowess, international accreditation, ... -
Kalanga culture and the nature of resistance against the Native Land Husbandry Act of 1951 in colonial Zimbabwe
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)In this article the nature of resistance to the implementation of the Native Land Husbandry Act of 1951 (NLHA), popularly known as amagandiya in Bulilimamangwe, in colonial Zimbabwe is explored. It looks at two Kalanga ... -
The representation of minority languages on SABC 1 : the case of Siswati
(2014)This dissertation interrogates the representation of SiSwati programming (a minority language) on SABC 1 It critically analyses the statutory provisions in place for language parity and utilises hegemony as the theoretical ... -
Die uitbeelding van hegemonie, identiteit en herinneringe deur die konseptuele kunstenaars Berni Searle en Jan van der Merwe
(North-West University, 2012)This study focuses on the way in which the conceptual artists Berni Searle and Jan van der Merwe portray their respective memories of the influence of hegemony on their identity formation. Two conceptual installations of ...