Transdisciplinary diversity for resolving contemporary problems?

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NZASM 100, 1887-1899: The buildings, steam engines and structures of the Netherlands South Afiican Railways Company

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Private ondernemerskap op die voorpos: ontginning van Soutpansberg se soutbron in die 19de eeu

The saltpan of Soutpansberg in the Northern Transvaal was a popular spot for salt-mining during the later pan of the 19th century. This was brought about by the ever-increasing permanent population in the Soutpansberg district after the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886. Although the government of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek initially tried to exercise some sort of administrative control at the pan, it was not successful. Consequently the saltpan was leased to private entrepreneurs. It however soon became clear that the pioneers on the frontier suffered heavy losses because of this arrangement. But nothing could be done to alter the situation since the government was contractually bound to the undertaking. The author suggests that privatization under frontier conditions in the 19th century, did not always benefit the frontier community

Water History and the Modern

Water Resource

From suffering towards communal well-being: experiences of a Dalcroze-inspired workshop for a community in crisis

This qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological study aims to describe the meaning that members of the Parys community ascribed to their experiences of a Dalcroze-inspired workshop. Stakeholders were a number of local residents of Parys, a scenic town situated on the banks of the Vaal River in South Africa’s Free State Province. Local residents were asked to share their water-related experiences at a workshop organized by a North-West University research group. It became clear from their stories that they had experienced severe stressful circumstances. They had suffered stress because of the health risks posed by polluted water and the frequent lapses in the town’s water supply system. Dalcroze-inspired activities were used to facilitate this meeting. Data were collected through focus group interviews, open-ended individual interviews, photos, videos, and observations. All these data were consolidated in one heuristic unit in ATLAS.ti, a computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software program. The codes were organized into categories and themes. Friese’s (2014) notice, collect and think (NCT) method for computer-assisted qualitative data analysis was used. From the data analysis, five themes emerged related to the Dalcroze-inspired activities. It included: joyful experiences, which facilitated social interaction that made it possible for personal relationships to be transformed. Virtues arose from this transformation, and participants’ experience was that the group engagement supported their well-being. We, therefore, argue that the Dalcroze approach can be used in communities in crisis to facilitate conflict resolution and transform relationships

Book review: Following a complexity route to transdisciplinarity

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Being San in a developing and water-stressed Botswana

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