A village within a town, a town within a city that's Atlantis. New growth point for Coloureds in the Western Cape

This article tells the planning story of Atlantis. It explains briefly the history of the project; why it was conceived and what is envisaged. The planning process is then discussed and, as will be seen, a case emerges for a multi-level (or "re­cycle") planning approach for projects of this nature

A metaphorical approach to higher education engagement as a liminal and creative free space amid supercomplex and paradoxical dual demands

Amid the “continual pandemonium” (Barnett in Smith, 2000:np) of supercomplex competing imperatives, the burning question about the social relevance and impact of universities has become a significant postmillennial concern in higher education. This article explores some of the associated challenges and dynamics and considers ‘higher education engagement’ (broadly defined to mean any interaction between a university and any of its identified communities, both internal and external) as a liminal space for approachability, collaboration and creation, both within and beyond the traditional structures of higher education institutionalisation and disciplinary and methodological silo’s. The article uses three metaphors of space and placement for integrated paradoxical ‘both-and’ thinking in order to conceptualise and articulate the potential of engagement as a liminal creative free space in higher education today. The metaphors are the shifting fulcrum, the agora and heterotopic anxiety. All three resonate with the ideas of paradoxical simultaneous situatedness (localisation) and mobility (globalisation) amid supercomplexity and boundary-challenging liminality, as inherent qualities of the contemporary academic engagement project and the postmillennial higher education landscape with its associated dual demands of globalisation and localisation

Die inkerende waarneming

In this article the relation between Breyten Breytenbach’s paintings and poems is discussed focusing on images relating to vision, seeing, looking and eyes. Based on the interpretation of selected paintings, of which some are used on the covers of the volumes of poetry and a number of poems, the conclusion is reached that the same poetics and ars combinatoria underlie painting and writing in Breytenbach’s oeuvre. Seeing, writing and living are opposed to blindness, non-vision, silence and death. In die windvanger (“the wind catcher”) similar motifs are used but the emphasis is changed as the ability to see is more markedly associated with insight and an attempt to understand

Bridging the chasm between theory and research/practice in Communication Science: a challenge in higher education

This article investigates the problems experienced by academics and higher education adultlearners when required to conduct research in real-life situations, namely to find a logical link orbridge between theory and research methodology or practice. It is argued that a chasm is foundto exist, due to factors such as alienation between theory and research/practice, the role oflanguage, culture, and, the quest for objectivity. This is a reflective scrutiny addressing the utilitycriterion of theory- building, dialectical and relativist thinking, plus dispositions and skills that adultlearners have to develop to promote creative and critical thinking. Thereafter, five generic dimensionsof metatheoretical perspectives are offered as a possible means of bridging this chasm. The articleconcludes with specific recommendations, which future Communication curricula in higher educationshould address in order to facilitate bridging the divide between theory and research/practice

S21RS SGR No. 4 (Spirit Squad)

A Resolution To Urge and Request LSU to safely support and aid in the Spirit Squads being able to compete in Nationals this April

Listening to the wind in the trees: meaning, interpretation and literary theory

In this article the literary theories which dominated textual studies during the twentieth century are discussed briefly, indicating the philosophical roots of these theories. The article points out that whereas theories during the greater part of the twentieth century tended to encourage a more "open" approach to meaning and textuality, there are clear indications of a new awareness of textual constraints in the last decade. The point is made that interpreters and translators should be aware of the philosophical implications as well as of the textual constraints in the different forms of textual processing. In conclusion the responsibility of translators and interpreters of religious texts is emphasised. (Acta Theologica, Supplementum 2, 2002: 266-279

Thinking differently about local economic development and governance in secondary cities in South Africa - A conceptual analysis of the possibilities of problem driven iterative adaption (PDIA)

Local economic development successes and failures at municipal level, and specifically in secondary cities in South Africa, is deeply influenced by the constitutional imperatives for establishing developmental local government. The local planning, economic development and policy frameworks introduced between 1999 and 2006 were largely based on, and moulded according to, the wave of new public management paradigms and public sector reform 'good governance best practises' implemented in South Africa post the 1994 democratic elections. The study makes two claims about municipal designs and practises, one that the governance design for these expressions of developmental local government in South Africa has been driven by solution based and theoretical mechanisms rooted in primarily new public management frameworks and development approaches. The second claim is that this development approach manifested in practise in specific plans and frameworks which municipal governments and entities are required to implement and this implementation is characterised by mimicry and isomorphism through compliance, specifically in intermediate cites The motivation for the study, and the third claim which the study investigates, is that the implementation of these plans in practise is not doing so well in terms of delivering the results as envisaged, and secondary cities and towns are often in economic, social and service delivery crises and exhibit very high levels of spatial exclusion despite the local economic development profiles and governance arrangements in these settings increasingly being a matter of policy discussion and debate. The study then introduces a proposed alternative by focusing on implementation at local level and explores how things might be done differently. It looks at the possible contribution of the current search for more effective public service reform, generally referred to as 'doing development differently' or 'smart(er) development', to this local economic development debate. Through a conceptual analysis and application of the approaches and methodologies introduced by problem driven iterative adaption, the study identifies possible different approaches for local economic development in secondary cities and explains what it looks like. The study concludes that doing local economic differently in intermediate settings in South Africa can provide more realistic expectations for the results of local economic development initiatives through fundamentally rephrasing the problem as one that matters, and make recommendations for approaches through which problem driven iterative adaptation processes and practises can be introduced in the context of the institutional constraints present in these intermediate settings

3-D Computer-aided Design (CAD) and Computer Numerical Control (CNC) milling : An alternative to traditional ceramics master moulding technology

Thesis (M. Tech. (Design and Studio Art)) -- Central University of Technology, Free State, 2014This quantitative research project investigates the utilization of emerging technologies within the arts with a view on establishing an interdisciplinary approach between ceramics and engineering. The traditional manufacturing method of producing master moulds is a time-consuming process for the studio ceramicist. This study explores whether computer-aided design (CAD) and computer numerical control (CNC) milling can accelerate the design and manufacturing process when developing master moulds as an alternative to using traditional methods. It investigates whether SolidWorks® can be applied as a suitable CAD design tool for the creation of ceramic vessel forms in order to reduce the design development time frame. It furthermore investigates whether CNC milling can be used as a viable manufacturing technology for the making of vessel prototypes and master moulds from CAD data, the overall objective being to improve and accelerate the plaster of Paris master mould manufacturing process for the batch production of studio-based ceramic artefacts. Findings from this study indicate that emerging technologies have a lot to offer the artist when it comes to providing new possibilities for the creation of artefacts and that SolidWorks® and CNC milling can be utilized as a viable interdisciplinary manufacturing approach between ceramics and digital manufacturing technologies

Die verhaal as mitiese vraagstelling: die verhaalkuns van Henriette Grové

Story as mythical questioning: The narrative art of Henriette GrovéHenriette Grove's stories are mostly concerned with the nature and meaning of human experience, especially human suffering. In this article an effort is made to characterize these stories, indicating the relation between the stories and a way of thinking that is primarily concerned with metaphysical, mythical and religious issues. Texts like In die kamer was ’n kas and Die kêrel van die Pêrel and some short stories are examined to find indications of the underlying vision of man from which the stories generate. Special attention will be given to focalization in the stories, indicating the need to extend the meaning and use of the term so that textual as well as extratextual modal relations can be described. These relations may provide an indication of the vision of man which is favoured by the “abstract author" and which in this case seems to encompass much more than mere ideological thought patterns. Grové's stories posit questions which, being mythical questions, can only be answered in a religious manner. The stories do not provide solutions to the problematic nature o f experience and suffering, but insist on asking the type of questions with which religion concerns itself