TD: 2013 Volume 9 No 2
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9549
2024-03-28T09:50:50ZHow Pat Metheny came to Carolina in Mpumalanga, South Africa: using music in transdisciplinary water research
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10026
How Pat Metheny came to Carolina in Mpumalanga, South Africa: using music in transdisciplinary water research
Tempelhoff, Johann W N
Listening to music can help researchers to comprehend and gain insight into complex
problems in transdisciplinary research. This article explains how members of a research
group at North-West University in South Africa conducted research on a crisis in the
urban settlement of Carolina in Mpumalanga Province when acid mine drainage (AMD)
from local coal mining operations was found in the municipal water supply.
In grappling with complex issues such as the failure of communication with local
stakeholders, the group resorted to using the music of Pat Metheny’s music to come to a
better understanding of the crisis.
2013-01-01T00:00:00Z'Locating' or 'dislocating' heritage and cultural tourism within the humanities
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10025
'Locating' or 'dislocating' heritage and cultural tourism within the humanities
Hoffmann, Nicole Beate
Heritage and cultural tourism (HCT) is currently one of the fastest growing fields in the
tourism domain. Tourism as a composite field of study has traditionally been located
within the economic and business management sector. However, due to the range of
social, political and ethical issues pertaining to heritage and cultural tourism, it can be
argued that it should be also located within a humanities context. After elucidating
certain key concepts, the paper will consider the interdisciplinary nature of tourism with
specific reference to the groundbreaking work of the leading international tourism
theorist John Tribe. The relevance of tourism and its relationship with the humanities
cluster of established disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, art, literature, history
and heritage will be discussed. It will become apparent that heritage and cultural tourism
is also locating itself within the domain of the humanities, despite efforts to dislocate it.
2013-01-01T00:00:00ZCutting the apron strings: the South African experience of decolonisation
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10024
Cutting the apron strings: the South African experience of decolonisation
Devenish, G E
Decolonisation is a recurring constitutional and political theme in the process of change
and reform in South Africa’s history during the 20th century. The constitutional
emancipation of the erstwhile Union of South Africa and the subsequent internal
decolonisation of designated black ethnic population and cultural groups, are two
kindred processes which have interesting similarities, but also important differences. The
former involved British Imperialism, the latter involved Afrikaner Nationalism and
African Nationalism. The former was a natural, legitimate and spontaneous process, the
latter was an artificial process that was induced by Afrikaner Nationalism, that was
spurned internationally and domestically by the the international community of nations
and indigenous people of South Africa respectively.
The article examines the legitimacy of the process of the decolonisation of the Union of
South Africa resulting in its independence, followed by the adoption of a republican
form of government. In contrast, a comparison is made with the controversial and
questionable evolution of the Bantustans, which emerged out of the erstwhile native
reserves, a stratagem designed in effect to thwart the liberation struggle for a truly
democratic form of government for all the people of South Africa. This pseudo
decolonisation was an analogous process to that of genuine decolonisation. The former
involved political fragmentation, whatever it was designated, that in effect, denied to the
indigenous people, freedom and liberation for decades. As an odyssey it was a very
protracted and painful process. Ultimately, in a belated and circuitous manner, after the
inordinate suffering and oppression of South Africa’s indigenous people, a genuine
democracy in a unified and consolidated state for all the people of South Africa was to
transpire. This was liberation and not decolonisation, and was the final stage in the
historic and traumatic process for South Africa.
It is also argued that only with the inception of the Interim Constitution, following the
first historic democratic election of 27 April 1994, did South Africa and its people adopt
an authentic democratic and republican constitution.
2013-01-01T00:00:00ZAgritourism activities in the Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo Province, South Africa: perceptions and opportunities
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10023
Agritourism activities in the Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo Province, South Africa: perceptions and opportunities
Myer, S L; De Crom, E P
Farms in South Africa have to compete in a very hostile agricultural economic
environment and it has become imperative for farmers to find new ways of generating
additional income. Research undertaken in the Mopani District Municipality (MDM) in
the Limpopo Province of South Africa identified agritourism as a potential means to this
end. The main aim of this primarily qualitative study was to gain a better understanding
of the perceptions and opportunities for agritourism in the study area. Data were mainly
collected through interviews and questionnaires. Participants consisted of farmers and
tourists, as well as owners of existing agritourism farms within the MDM. Five current
active agritourism establishments were identified. Key findings revealed that agritourism
is not being utilised to its full potential. Although perceptions of respondents towards
agritourism are positive, marketing around it is insufficient and not all farmers are willing
to host agritourism activities on their farms for various reasons. However, the MDM is a
tourist hub with many visitors passing through the area en route to the Kruger National
Park. Therefore, the potential already exists to host agritourism activities that will benefit
farmers in various ways. By developing farm trails, scheduling daily farm activities, using
information brochures, forming networks with existing tourist establishments,
encouraging the use of local and fresh produce and providing good roadside signage,
farmers can gain increased exposure and recognition for what they do and opportunities
for growth and development may be realised.
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