This paper is used to study the implications that power has in a fictive story about the apocalypse. In the fictional novel, Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, there are different positions that express power and by analyzing them different attitudes emerge. This study uses the narratological model by Mieke Bal, which is used to analyze the different aspects of a text by focusing on the different dimensions of structure in narratives. To interpret the results this study uses the power and knowledge theory developed by Michel Foucault by inserting it in an apocalyptic and eschatological context. By analyzing the material one should consider the modern approach to religious authority that exists in modern adaptation, such as popular culture. Therefore, including popular culture as a culture hostile to authority, the results show that the material criticizes traditional values and norms regulated by religious authorities in society. The thesis demonstrate that the novel by Pratchett and Gaiman can be defined as apocalyptic and eschatological literature and that it contains different connotations of power in an eschatological and apocalyptic context, such as God and fatalism and also the suspense between Heaven and Hell as well with individuals. The last result shows that different attitudes towards power are present in the novel, such as social justice, fairness and independent thinking. The final result is later used to discuss how the different attitudes can be used in popular culture to influence their readers. Finally the total sum is that the characters are used to bring forth a band of various criticisms against the power displays of religious authorities in society through a selective reading of the novel.

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Traditionellt ges information på museum ut skriftligt, dock i vårt arbete belyser vi hur man kan visualisera samma information med hjälp av filmteknik. Vi undersöker olika alternativ gällande berättande där en händelse från förr blandas med nutid. Hur kan information förmedlas genomt ett visuellt perspektiv? Denna undersökningen har använt en kvalitativa metod då vi inte strävar efter ett mätbart resultat utan experimenterar inom ett visst område. Som hjälp inom vår utforskning av områden så används “The Good Eye” som en analysmetod och litteraturstudier samt en semistrukturerad intervju. Enligt våra genomförda intervjuer blev resultatet att visuell information förmedlas tydligare till åskådaren gentemot textlig, men löper risken att åskådaren går miste om viktig kontextuell information som inte går att visa visuellt på en plats, exempelvist karaktärsbakgrund och föremåls information. Dock föredrog majoriteten att presenteras med något visuellt gentemot textligt. / In the traditional sense, information at museums is published in writing. In our work we shed light on how to visualize the same information with the help of film technology. We explore different alternatives regarding storytelling where an event from the past is mixed with the present day. How can information be conveyed through a visual perspective? This study has used a qualitative method as we do not strive for a measurable result but experiment in a specific area. To help in our exploration of areas, “The Good Eye” is used as an analysis method and literature studies as well as a semi-structured interview method. According to our interviews, the result was that visual information is conveyed more clearly to the viewer in relation to text, but there is a risk that the spectator misses important contextual information that cannot be displayed visually in a place, such as character background and object information. However, the majority preferred to be presented with something visual versus textual.

Thesis (MPA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The focus in this research report is the violation of the constitutional rights of a young person in conflict with the law in the Cape Town Magisterial District. This violation is caused by the lack of collaboration between the different role players. The situation can be rectified with a policy intervention which will ensure multi-disciplinary collaboration between the role players. The researcher proves that stipulations in section 28 of the Constitution, Act 108 of 1996, are violated because the different role players in the juvenile justice system of Cape Town magisterial district work in a fragmented manner and do not operate as a unit. The young person in conflict with law is harmed in this process. The situation can be rectified through a policy intervention. The policy intervention entails a uniform administrative procedure, the drafting and implementation of a working agreement between the role players, establishing a communication network, combined and integrated training and a multi-disciplinary committee that evaluates and monitors these aspects. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die fokus van hierdie navorsingverslag is die skending van die grondwetlike regte van die jong persoon in botsing met die gereg binne die Kaapstad se landdrosdistrik. Die skendings is vanweë die gebrek aan samewerking tussen die verskillende rolspelers. Die situasie kan deur middel van 'n beleidintervensie reggestel word ten einde multi-dissiplinêre samewerking tussen die rolspelers te verseker. Die navorser bewys dat bepalings in artikel 28 van die Grondwet, Wet 108 van 1996, geskend word omdat die verskillende rolspelers in die jeugregstel van Kaapstad se landdrosdistrik gefragmenteerd werk en nie as 'n eenheid funksioneer nie. Die jong persoon in botsing met die gereg word benadeel in die proses. Die situasie kan deur middel van 'n beleidsintervensie reggestel word. Die beleidsintervensie behels dat daar 'n eenvormige administratiewe proses gevolg word, 'n samewerkingsooreenkoms tussen die rolspelers opgestel word, 'n kommunikasienetwerk gevestig word, gesamentlike en geïntegreerde opleiding plaasvind en dat 'n multi-dissiplinêre komitee die gemelde aspekte evalueer en moniteer.

From Conclusion: There were no great upheavals during Cole's governership, but his rule has been a very interesting study. The old order of things was coming to a close. The way was prepared under Cole for freeing of the slaves; and the old despotic rule became a thing of the past. The British Settlers agitated for and obtained a free press; thus the foundation was laid for democratic institutions. He was the first governor to lay emphasis on the necessity of municipal councils not only as a way of decreasing expenditure, but also as a school for representative government. The Boers were becoming race conscious and the present orientation of the political parties had their origin in this period, though subsequent events have made the political struggle embittered. Above all the stage was being set for the Great Trek and the opening up of the whole of the present Union of South Africa and Rhodesia ... Last but not least the native question was entering upon its modern phase. Chiefs were losing their power, they admitted that they could not control their subjects, and natives were entering the service of Europeans; not only to steal with greater impunity but also to be able to enjoy the security offered by a well organised and disciplined society.

Thesis (DPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 1973 / See Item for full text / Voorwoord: Omdat daar in die Suid-Afrikaanse Geskiedskrywing 'n groot leemte aan werke oor die ekonomiese geskiedenis bestaan, ek persoonlik baie in die geskiedenis van landbou in Suid-Afrika belangstel en daar nog feitlik geen argivale navorsing oor die geskiedenis van wynbou en wynhandel na 1795 gedoen is nie, het ek besluit om 'n verdere studie van laasgenoemde onderwerp te maak tot 1860. In hierdie jaar is die vryhandelsooreenkoms tussen Brittanje en Frankryk gesluit, wat meegebring het dat die voorkeurtariewe wat Brittanje in 1813 op Kaapse wyn ingestel he+, beeindig is. Die beeindiging van die voorkeurtariewe het tot 'n ineenstorting van die Britse mark vir Kaapse wyn, en daarmee ook die totale wynuitvoerhandel van die Kaapkolonie, gelei. Hiermee het die Kaapse wynboubedryf 'n kruispad bereik. Om hierdie redes vorm die jaar 1860 'n logiese afsluitingsdatum vir hierdie proefskrif.

Thesis (MA(VA))--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines the extent to which the cuff and the collar as semiotic entities played a significant role in the symbolic expression of power and oppression in the seventeenth century Cape of Good Hope. These entities were visually naturalised by the Eurocentric imperialist hegemony at the Cape and offered as undisputed ‘truth’. These symbols permeated the collective consciousness of the society at the Cape on both a physical and cognitive level. The white ruff and cuffs, and the shackles of the slaves represented physical restraints, whilst mentally the slaves were confronted with identity construction and deconstruction. ‘The self’ was pitted against ‘the Other’, and these European values and hierarchies were enforced on the society at the Cape by creating dualistic relationships. An identity implies a certain amount of power. For this reason, the Europeans stripped the slaves of their identities in order to gain control over them. This theory, together with the investigation into the hybrid characteristic of culture as a product of colonialism and slavery at the Cape, will be established concurrently with the aim of my practical work — The Ruff/Rough Collection, The Shackle Collection, and The Soft Steel Collection. This body of work aims to deconstruct the boundaries and hierarchies established by the cuff and the collar (as symbols of the power and oppression paradigm) at the Cape. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis ondersoek die mate waarin die mouboordjie (‘cuff’) en die kraag (‘collar’) as semiotiese entiteite ’n beduidende rol gespeel het in die simboliese uitdrukking van mag en onderdrukking aan die Kaap de Goede Hoop in die sewentiende eeu. Hierdie simbole is visueel deur die Eurosentriese imperialistiese leierskap ingevoer en as onbetwisbare waarheid van hul mag en heerskappy voorgehou. Dié simbole het die kollektiewe bewussyn van die samelewing aan die Kaap op ’n fisieke en geestelike vlak geïnfiltreer. Die wit plooikraag (‘ruff’) wat die Europeërs gedra het om hulself as ‘meesters’ te vestig, en die boeie van die slawe het fisieke beperkings verteenwoordig, terwyl die slawe geestelik gekonfronteer is met die opbou en afbreek van hulle identiteit. ‘Die ek’ is teen ‘die Ander’gestel en Europese waardes is op grond van die Eurosentriese ingesteldheid van die ‘meesters’ op die samelewing afgedwing as ‘n dualistiese verhouding. ’n Identiteit impliseer ’n sekere graad van mag. Daarom het die Europeërs die slawe van hulle identiteit gestroop om sodoende mag oor hulle te verkry. Hierdie teorie, asook die ondersoek na die hibridiese eienskap van kultuur as ’n produk van kolonialisme en slawerny aan die Kaap, sal konkurrent met die doel van my praktiese werk — The Ruff/Rough Collection, The Shackle Collection en The Soft Steel Collection — gevestig word. Die doel van hierdie versameling kontemporêre juweliersware is om die grense en hiërargieë te dekonstrueer, wat deur die mouboordjie (‘cuff’) en die kraag (‘collar’) (as simbole van die mag- en onderdrukkingsparadigma) tot stand gebring is aan die Kaap de Goede Hoop.

Thesis (PhD)-- Stellenbosch University, 1985. / Includes bibliography / INLEIDING: Daar is nog nie veel navorsing ten opsigte van musiekopvoeding en -onderwys, soos dit in die Suid-Afrikaanse situasie van toepassing is, voltooi nie. Name wat in hierdie verband wel vermelding verdien, is o.a. Jan Bouws, Theodore C. de Villiers, Anna C.M. Fick, Philip McLachlan, Rachel E. Pienaar, Petrus Roos, Gertruida M. Steyn, Anna G.J. van Wyk en Arthur Wegelin. Die terrein sover dit Kaapland betref, is ook nog nie deeglik verken nie, hoewel waardevolle werk deur Mej. Acàma Fick van die Universiteit Stellenbosch gedoen is ten opsigte van die geskiedenis van skoolsang in Kaaplandse skole tot 1915, die afsluiting van die Muirtydperk. Gevolglik is 1916 gekies as die aansluitingsjaar vir hierdie studie oor die ontwikkeling van musiekopvoeding onder die Kaaplandse Onderwysdepartement (K.O.D.). Ten einde 'n hydrae tot die moontlike verdere ontwikkelinge op hierdie gebied te kan lewer, is ook besluit om die studie tot 1984 deur te trek.

Thesis (MEd)--University of Stellenbosch, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The education of the children in the community is the responsibility of the whole community of which the parents are part. The aim of the school is to create responsible and respectful citizens who can make a significant contribution to the future South Africa. The role of the school is furthermore to establish democratic values. The school is also in a position to contribute to the establishment of a democratic society. The governing body is an example of a democratic institution in which representatives of the role players in education are involved. They are democratically elected onto the governing body. Parents are now also part of the leadership and management team of the school. They also must contribute to policymaking. It means that they must acquire certain skills to be productive and to deliver service in' the best interest of the school and the community. The South African Schools Act (1996) made provision for the need for capacity building amongst governing bodies. In the past the management of the school was the total responsibility of the principal and the staff. This role has now changed, but if the governing body does not function well it will again put pressure on the principal and the staff. This thesis is specifically concentrating on one particular governing body and whether it is functioning in an effective way. A preliminary investigation was done among ten schools in the Grabouw-area. The investigation was in actual fact done to pinpoint, the central focus for the thesis. The central focus of this thesis is about parental involvement in the school and how it can contribute to effective governance. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die opvoeding van die leerders in 'n gemeenskap is die verantwoordelikheid van die groter gemeenskap waarvan die ouers deel vorm. Die doel van die skool is om gerespekteerde en gewaardeerde burgers te skep wat 'n betekenisvolle rol in daardie gemeenskap kan vervul. Die skool moet verder verseker dat die demokratiese waardes van die nuwe Suid-Afrika in daardie spesifieke gemeenskap gevestig word. Die beheerliggaam is "n demokratiese struktuur waarbyalle rolspelers betrek word by die beheer en die bestuur van die skool. Daar is egter baie beperkinge wat betref die vemoëns van die persone wat daarop dien. Dit bemoeilik die vestiging van die beoogde demokratiese beginsels. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Skolewet (1996) maak voorsiening dat effektiewe deelname vooraf gegaan moet word met doelgerigte kapasiteitsbou programme. In baie gevalle het die groter magte wat oorgedra is na mikrovlak eintlik die werklading van die prinsipaal vergroot. Sommige beheerliggame beskik nie oor die kapasiteit om hul verantwoordelikhede uit te dra nie. Hierdie tesis let op een spesifieke beheerliggaam en 'n evaluering word gedoen omtrent die effektiewe funksionering van daardie beheerliggaam. Met effektiewe funksionering word bedoel dat daar gekyk word in hoe "n mate die werksaamhede wat deur die Skolewet opgedra is, tot uitvoering gebring word. Die grootste leemte in die pad van effektiewe funksionering blyk te wees die gebrekkige vermoëns van die ouers. Hierdie feit het na vore gekom in 'n voorlopige ondersoek wat gedoen is om die fokus van die studie vas te pen. Die sentrale fokus van die studie behels die betrokkenheid van ouers by die skool om hul vermoëns te bou. Deur middel van hul betokkenheid by verskeie aktiwiteite van die skool word ouers eintlik vooraf geskool om op die beheerliggaam te dien.