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The domesticated Absurd
(2009)
In this article, translation, linguistics, philosophy and cultural studies meet
in order to discuss the translation of Absurdist theatre. The aim of this discussion is to
determine whether the universal and philosophical ...
Anachronism and the rewriting of history: the South Africa case
(2006)
The use and abuse of anachronism is often seen as the quintessence of the writing of history. Historians tend to conceive it as the hardcore of their métier to avoid anachronism. It designates a confusion in order of time, ...
‘Nature’ as a humanistic principle of universal communication? A European case study regarding natural law
(2006)
The conference, “Humankind at the Intersection of Nature and Culture”,
presented in the Kruger National Park in South Africa, forms part of the project
“Humanism in the era of globalisation: An intercultural dialogue on ...
Hidden benefits of public private partnerships: the case of water pressure management in Sebokeng
(2007)
Many water distribution systems in South Africa are deteriorating due to many years of
neglect resulting in a serious maintenance backlog. Recent government legislation has
introduced free basic water to all South Africans ...
Towards transdisciplinary education
(2005)
The methodology of transdisciplinarity is founded on three postulates:
there are, in Nature and in our knowledge of Nature, different levels of Reality and,
correspondingly, different levels of perception; the passage ...
Indonesia and Africa: questioning the origins of some of Africa’s most famous icons
(Thurlton Publishing, 2006)
In the author’s opinion there have been three far-reaching gaps in the study of Africa’s history: 1) Indonesian involvement in East and Central Africa; 2) Links between Madagascar and Eastern and South/Central Africa; and ...
Archetyping race, gender and class: advertising in The Bantu World and The World from the 1930s to the 1990s
(2006)
This article sets out to interrogate the ideological hegemony of the superstructuring narrative voice in advertisements by studying linguistic, structural devices and encoding that are employed, in order to expose its ...
Mapping cultural and natural landscape: metaphors in mapping human nature
(2006)
The article uses the cartographic metaphor to describe the relations between
culture and nature, science and life world, signifier and signified. Modernism may be
defined as a project to map the whole of human reality ...
Aspects of irrigation development in the Netherlands East Indies
(2006)
The ‘Romijn’ discharge measurement structure was developed in the Netherlands East Indies. By the end of the colonial period in the 1930s, it had become the standard structure in irrigation. The Romijn design is not only ...