Browsing by Subject "Cultural history"
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Besinning oor die hidrosfeer van die Vaalrivier in die omgewing van die Vredefortkoepel, 1840-2012
(Art Historical Work Group, 2014)Observations on the hydrosphere of the Vaal River in the vicinity of the Vredefort Dome. In the 19th century Southern Africa experienced a phase of notable and increased population mobility in the form of migrations. The ... -
Dancing with literature: an overview of South African ballroom dancing.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2009)• Opsomming: Hoewel baldanse deel maak van Suid-Afrika se ryk erfenis, is hierdie sosiale aktiwiteit se kulturele-en maatskaplike waarde tot dusvêr nie in diepte ondersoek nie. Hierdie artikel gee ‘n kort oorsig oor ... -
Die periodisering van die Suid–Afrikaanse geskiedenis in resente oorsigwerke
(Historical Association of South Africa, 2011)Various issues relating to historical periodisation have been discussed in scholarly publications. Against the background of these studies the article examines ten overviews written or edited by professional historians ... -
Hominisation and humanisation: a perspective from the sociology of technics
(Department of Philosophy, University of Pretoria, 2006)This essay will present a few challenges to a new Humanism from the perspective of the sociology of technics. For this purpose Humanism will be described as an effort to intervene in the process of human formation or ... -
Standard Bank 1862 tot 1940 : 'n kultuurhistoriese kontekstualisering van die metafisiese en verbandhoudende kultuurkomponente
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)Ekonomiese groei, wat hoofsaaklik met die wolbedryf in verband gestaan het, het die beskikbaarheid van bankdienste in die Oos-Kaap van Suid-Afrika teen die tweede helfte van die 19de eeu genoodsaak. Standard Bank het in ... -
Vestiging langs die Vaalrivier in die omgewing van die Vredefortkoepel, 1840–2012
(North-West University, 2013)The settlement history of the Vredefort Dome can be described as a process of cultural development. The Vaal River hydrosphere, which was for many years a prestigious settlement site, initially attracted large scale game ... -
Water and the human culture of appropriation: the Vaal River up to 1956
(2006)There is discernable evidence of the human presence having historically appropriated the 1300 kilometer long Vaal River of South Africa as it extends itself from the Drakensberg Plateau into the arid Karoo region. This ...