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This essay aims to explore the identities of a selection of female characters in Earl Lovelace’s novel Salt. My research questions are the following: How are the selected characters’ hybrid identities constructed? What role do different circumstances play in the formation of the characters’ identities? How do polyphony, mimicry and the carnivalesque affect their identities? Although the examined women are assumed to conform to similar gender norms, I argue that there is no common female role in Salt. This is demonstrated by the characters’ hybrid identities, which combine divergent characteristics. The method used in the analysis is close reading formulated by Greenham. My analysis reveals that the concept of carnivalesque influences the identities of all the examined characters. It results in a performative, creative power that makes the women discover and redefine their selves. However, it occurs in different ways for each character. Moreover, the characters’ identities are highly polyphonic and complex, with contrastive traits completing each other. To a lesser extent, the analysed women’s identities show traits of postcolonial mimicry, which may be seen as a repetitive and imitative attitude.

A thesis report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts in Media Studies to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, 2019 / This study examines contemporary representation and imaginings of the black South African family structure in a popular reality television programme, Date My Family. Further categorised in the sub-genre of reality dating television, the programme is also a significant study of the ways in which reality television values intersect with discourses about family, romantic partnering and romantic love. These are the three main themes that have been identified in Date My Family, and are all fundamental and significant social practices that will be explored in a critical discussion of dynamics in black South African families. This study aims to outline the ways in which Date My Family displays contemporary understandings of black identity in relation to the family structure, as well as how the programme either imagines or renegotiates traditional conceptions of family, romantic partnering and romantic love. The study’s examination of its three main themes is informed by literature that serves an introductory and contextual function. Subsequently, I apply theories of identity, race and representation. Using discourse analysis to focus on the visual and verbal discourses, I show that the programme displays significant cultural relevance and a representation of the social circumstances in which it is produced. Date My Family portrays instances in which Western/ European traditions and conceptions of family, romantic partnering and romantic love have been continued in the African context, how some of these traditions and conceptions co-exist with those of Africa, and how these traditions and conceptions have been renegotiated. The structure of the black South African family seems to remain in its traditional form – the extended unit - and notions of female-headed households and an absence of fathers in the family remain topics of representation in the current, local context. / NG (2020)

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Linear characters of finite groups can be extended to take k operands. The basics of such a k-fold extension are detailed. We then examine a proposition by Johnson and Sehgal pertaining to these k-characters and disprove its converse. Probabilistic models can be applied to random walks on the Cayley groups of finite order. We examine random walks on dihedral groups which converge after a finite number of steps to the random walk induced by the uniform distribution. We present both sufficient and necessary conditions for such convergence and analyze aspects of algebraic geometry related to this subject.

Coherence is not unity alone, but rather expressing the same cause. How can I form a common expression between a diverse selection of fragments? I have treated the characters as fragments - something that is ripped out of its context and doesn’t belong to a system. They are individuals. The act of collecting characters relates to what the swedish author Torgny Lindgren says about his figures of projection. They are people and places he have encountered in real life, that made a strong impression on him. They have followed him through the years, reoccurring in his authorship in slightly different shapes. This is perhaps what I have been looking for, my own figures of projection within the field of architecture. Along the work with the characters, I have been reading A scientific autobiography by Aldo Rossi. Searching for my own figures of projection, Rossis description of his architectural practice has been to useful help. There is a clear connection between his sources of inspiration and his works, not only in physical resemblance, but also in strong ideas connecting different fragments with each other. The architectural method of this semester could be described as that of still life painting, were seemingly disparate fragments have been carefully joined together. The ambition was to make this diverse selection of characters come together in one building, forming a common voice. / Samstämighet handlar om mer än enighet, det är att uttrycka en gemensam sak. Hur kan en rad, till synes olika fragment, forma ett gemensamt uttryck? Jag har behandlat mina karaktärer som fragment - något som är ryckt ur sitt sammanhang och inte tillhör ett system. De är individer. Samlandet av karaktärer anknyter till vad Torgny Lindgren berättar om sina projektionsgestalter. Det är människor och platser som han har mött i verkliga livet,som har gjort så starkt intryck på honom att de har rotat sig i hans författarskap. Där återkommer de, i olika skepnader och olika berättelser.I mitt examensarbete har jag letat efter mina egna projektionsgestalter, i arkitekturen. Samtidigt som arbetet med karaktärerna har framskridit, har jag läst A Scientific Autobiography av Aldo Rossi.I sökandet efter mina egna projektionsgestalter, har Rossis beskrivning av hans praktik varit användbar. Det finns ett tydligt samband mellan de inspirationskällor han nämner, och hans egna verk. Inte bara i fysisk tappning, utan även i tydliga idéer, som kopplar samman fragment med varandra. Den arkitektoniska metoden denna termin kan enklast liknas vid stilleben-målning, där till synes helt olika fragment omsorgsfullt fogas samman till en väl avvägd helhet. Ambitionen var att låta karaktärerna samsas i en byggnad och förena sig i samma språk.