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From Song to Visual Art: Exploring Sehnsucht in the lived experiences of visual artists
(AOSIS, 2016)This article explored the experiences shared by four artists during their processes of creating an art work which represented a specific art song or Lied. During 2015, South African artists Marna de Wet, Kevin du Plessis, ... -
From South-West Africa to Namibia: Subjective Well-Being Twenty-One Years After Independence
(Springer, 2014)This chapter, endorsed by Martina Perstling (Namibia) and Ian Rothmann (South Africa), takes us to a historical and fascinating journey addressing the relationships between Namibia and South Africa. It brings the studies ... -
From the incompatible to the provisionally synthesised in the music of Robert Fokkens
(South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM), 2015)Tracing Lines, an album containing seven works written between 2001 and 2011 by the UK-based South African composer Robert Fokkens, was released in 2014. In this essay two works from this album, representing two important ... -
From tonality to atonality: the function of the trichord
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From trauma to well-being: how music and trauma can transform us
(2014)Traumatic events can have a profound influence on the way musicians experience “musicing” as well as on their actual performance. An interpretative phenomenological analysis of two case histories is presented here – one ... -
From Waarburg to Matjieskuil: investigating an old Cape Farm
(South African Society for Cultural History, 2012)Problems and misconceptions with regard to old Cape farms are often the result of assumptions made on the basis of the present names of those farms. The way farms are divided and added to and the crucial matter of which ... -
Frontal lobe brain damage and the lived piano-playing experiences of an older adult
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)This paper presents an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) of the lived piano-playing experiences of an older adult who suffered frontal lobe brain damage. Semi-structured interviews and diary reflections were ... -
Function laws and type laws-a significant link between philosophy and the special sciences
(Vereniging vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys, 2017)The difference between function concepts and entity concepts is found in all the special sciences. Philosophy initially, in ancient Greece and during the Middle Ages, gave primacy to the substance concept. Since the ... -
The function of Daniel 1 in a second century BCE historical context.
(North-West University, 2011)In the first chapter, the book of Daniel begins with an introduction of the main characters, and a short story about refraining from defilement by eating foreign food. From a literary perspective that focuses on form and ... -
The function of electoral communication in a developing democracy: the case of South Africa
(Wiley, 2011)This article investigates the unique challenges facing political parties in terms of their communicative responsibilities in a developing democracy as demonstrated by the electoral communication of political parties in the ... -
Functional multilingualism at the North-West University as part of the institution's transformation agenda
(NISC Pty Ltd, 2008)The aim of this article is to explore the link between language management and the sociopolitical environment in which institutions of higher learning, particularly the North-West University, operate. Along the lines set ... -
The functioning of project management units in municipalities: lessons from North West Province municipalities
(Sabinet, 2009)South African municipalities participating in the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) Programme, are required to establish or share (through the shared service model with district municipalities) project management units ... -
Furthering national values through religion in public school education: comparing the United States, Australia and South Africa
(Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, 2010)Changing support, rejection or indifference to religion has shaped the relationship between government and religion in the United States, Australia and South Africa. The place of religion as moulder of national values in ... -
Furthering national values through religion in public schools: comparing the United States, Australia and South Africa
(SUN MeDIA, 2010)Changing support, rejection or indifference to religion has shaped the relationship between government and religion in the United States, Australia and South Africa. The place of religion as moulder of national values in ... -
Fusion of time and space in Hans Roosenschoon’s music: a pre-analytical strategy
(AOSIS, 2017)In order to promote access to non-tonal music, the fusion of musical time and space may be considered as a point of departure. As a pre-analytical strategy, it relies on direct experience of the music as it is heard instead ... -
Future prospects for provincial and local government in South Africa
(University of Pretoria, Institute for Strategic Studies, 2012)This article is concerned with the configuration of provincial and local government in South Africa and the possibility of future changes thereto. Firstly, an historical overview is provided analysing the evolution of South ... -
Gaming is related to enhanced working memory performance and task-related cortical activity
(Elsevier, 2017)Gaming experience has been suggested to lead to performance enhancements in a wide variety of working memory tasks. Previous studies have, however, mostly focused on adult expert gamers and have not included measurements ... -
Geldigheid vanuit drie paradigmas beskou: ’n eenheid, of ’n veelheid van perspektiewe?
(South African Association of Language Teaching (SAALT), 2013)Language tests are the norm at institutions of higher education nowadays, either before or after admission. Such tests, or the decisions taken on the basis of the results, can contribute to inclusion or exclusion. In ... -
Geloofstaal tussen pan-literalisme, pan-metaforisme en die dubbeltaalmodel
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2011)Geloofstaal tussen pan-literalisme, pan-metaforisme en die dubbeltaalmodel Pan-metaforisme dui op 'n posisie wat argumenteer dat dit wat geartikuleer word slegs metafories tot uitdrukking gebring kan word of slegs via die ...