Thesis (B.F.A.)--Pennsylvania State University, 2009. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. Thesis supervisor: Rosa A. Eberly.

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio University, June, 2007. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2008. / Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 9, 2009) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Dept. of Performance Studies, Faculty of Arts. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Dr. Tom Anderson, Florida State University, School of Visual Arts and Dance, Dept. of Art Education. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 19, 2005). Document formatted into pages; contains xiii, 318 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio University, June, 2007. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references.

This thesis is submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of Witwatersrand, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Arts and Culture Management by dissertation, 2016 / This study looks into the artistic strategies employed by the Inner-City High Schools Drama Festival to promote an appreciation for arts and culture programmes in inner-city high schools and beyond, and, by extension, reflects on how the festival impacts on participants’ perceptions of Hillbrow as home. Through an analysis of South African art historian Lize van Robbroeck’s conceptual framework of community arts centres, this case study unpacks how site specificities of the centre being in Hillbrow, starts to debunk what has become a widely understood framework of arts centres as inherently pro-marginal, thereby associated with ‘blackness’, both during apartheid and post-apartheid. Qualitative methods such as semi-structured interviews with the Hillbrow Theatre Project staff, facilitators and school teachers, focus group discussions with school-goers, letters and organisational documents have therefore been used in order to get a deeper understanding of the workings of the Outreach Foundation as a centre and its artistic programme under the Hillbrow Theatre Project called the Inner-City High Schools Drama Festival. The study reveals that the artistic strategies employed by the Inner-City High Schools Drama Festival are effective in promoting an appreciation for an arts and culture programme, and it further shows that the festival can indeed effect some measure of change in participants’ attitudes about Hillbrow as home. / GR2017

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Santa Cruz, 1995. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 342-352).

Thesis (MTech (Design)--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. / The research was motivated by my lived experience in the Olifants River community of Namaqualand. In this community there are many diverse ethnic and social groupings with considerable potential to contribute to indigenous knowledge and creative practices. These groupings are, however, fragmented, with no platform for their varied and rich cultural assets to be displayed and acknowledged. In addition, the research was motivated by the call for a platform for the arts in the region. It is argued that visual art practice is an instrumental tool in the advancement of both creativity and social cohesion in this community. The research commenced with a pilot study, comprising workshops, which were run by art practitioners from various sectors in the region. Primary literature that influenced the emerging research design was that of Solomon (2007) as well as the holistic cultural viewpoints of Schafer (2014). The organic process of qualitative research methods as described by Ellingson (2009) was a natural personal directive. Body mapping was used during a preparatory phase that led to the creative exploration of community members’ own identity. Storytelling and dance were included in the design methodology since they enabled a psychosocial process of validating art practice as an economic asset within the community as well as enhancing social cohesion in the community. Crystallisation methods implemented in the process-driven body map workshops were held for grassroots -, town – and township sectors in the Olifants River valley. Each of the workshops comprised ten participants who were invited to participate in a subsequent do-designed collaborative event.

M.Tech. / This research project explores the use of visual arts-based methodologies as tools to create exposure, increase sales of products and enhance social networks for a small craft enterprise called Kutloano Papermaking. Visual strategies of Photovoice, resource mapping and mural-making have been widely used in different contexts. This research considers the benefit of combining these three tools in a series of interventions with participants from Kutloano Papermaking and Thabong township of Welkom, Free State Province, South Africa. This project emerges out of a multi-year research activity, Cultural Action for Change: a Ford Foundation-funded project investigating the role of visual arts and social change. The partnership between the University of Johannesburg, Artist Proof Studio, Phumani Paper and sixteen papermaking enterprises across South Africa uses visual tools such as Paper Prayers, Photovoice and resource mapping to explore issues of health, economic development and creativity. My research expands on the work of Cultural Action for Change, building on the successes of Photovoice and resource mapping. Participatory Action Research (PAR) principles of collaboration, participation, action and dialogue underpin this research project. PAR as the framework of this research attempts to create an environment of horizontal knowledge creation and sharing. Findings from this research demonstrate that culture can awaken the spiritual, material and emotional well-being of individuals and communities. This research supports the role of the arts in contributing to economic action and organizing communities that are socially and economically marginalised.