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Chelsea Ingham utilises the medium of printmaking to explore the creolisation and power relations of language and everyday objects in present South African Afrikaaps culture.

These images are presented here with reference to her mini-dissertation…

Black Ink. is a collective of printmakers, educators and artists based in and around the Stellenbosch area who are committed to effecting change within local communities. More specifically, the collective aims to provide a platform for creative…

1. Description of research for MA in Visual Arts (Art Education) thesis:
Introducing a diploma course at the Department of Visual Arts at Stellenbosch University: An investigation into attitudes and perceptions regarding social, racial and economic…

In the making: Negotiating identity formation in Cloetesville

This research project explores how collaborative drawing can facilitate a process of collective decision making among coloured male youths in Cloetesville. The seven young men I worked…

In this article I consider specific artworks by South African female artists Tracey Rose, Zanele Muholi
and Mary Sibande and discuss whether the strategy of creative self-representation can be employed
to counter hegemonic representations of the…

The study topic was chosen to identify the ways in which students understand and define race, gender, identity and citizenship in South Africa by conducting an analysis of how visual arts can be utilised to reflect on these constructs in the South…

The Berghuis (1850) was lived in by Olof Marthinus Bergh and his family during the mid-1800s. While it started with an exterior that was similar to Blettermanhuis, during the 19th century it was modified to its current appearance. It is ornately…

The research questioned what a comparative analysis of the semiotic landscapes of the Stellenbosch Village Museum and the Kayamandi Creative District House Museum reveal about the broader historical and sociocultural contexts wherein each exist, with…

To facilitate the visitor’s imaging of each house and period, all of the houses of the Stellenbosch Village Museum are equipped with a docent who is dressed in a period-specific costume. The docents all wear bonnets and long dresses – often with…

The purpose of this study was to celebrate, bring awareness of and further educate Stellenbosch University students who participated in this study regarding the history of Charlotte Maxeke. The study topic was chosen to discover the different ways in…