A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Master Degree in Recreation and Tourism in the Department of Recreation and Tourism at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2012. / This research study was conducted with the view of investigating the Morija Arts and Cultural Festival as tourist attraction. Morija community has staged the event for more than ten (10) years. It was first held in 1999, but it seems that the event has not shown the great potential to the Morija communities. The broad intention of the study was to reveal the barriers and come up with a strategy, which would mobilise the potential of the cultural festival towards benefiting the local communities, tourists and other stakeholders. It is further the intention of this study to close the gaps which are existing in the management of the Morija Arts and Cultural Festival as tourist attraction in Lesotho.

<p>This dissertation investigates colonial and postcolonial practices of cultural representations in Namibia. The state sponsored Annual National Culture Festival in Namibia was studied with a specific focus on the Kavango Region in northeastern Namibia. I was particularly interested in how cultural representations are produced by the nation-state and local people in a post-colonial African context of nation-building and national reconciliation, by bringing visions of cosmopolitanism and modernity into critical dialogue with its colonial past. During the apartheid era, the South African administration encouraged the inhabitants of its &bdquo / Native Homelands‟ to engage in &bdquo / cultural‟ activities aimed at preserving their traditional cultures and fostering a sense of distinct cultural identity among each of Namibia‟s officially recognized &bdquo / ethnic groups‟. This policy was in line with the logic of South African colonial apartheid rule of Namibia, which relied upon the&nbsp / emphasis of ethnic differences, in order to support the idea that the territory was inhabited by a collection of &bdquo / tribes‟ requiring a central white government to oversee their development. The colonial administration resorted to concepts of &bdquo / tradition‟ and &bdquo / cultural heritage‟ in order to construct Africans as members of distinct, bounded communities (&bdquo / tribes‟) attached to specific&nbsp / localities or &bdquo / homelands‟. My central argument is that since Namibian independence in 1990, the postcolonial nation-state has placed emphasis on cultural pride in new ways, and on&nbsp / identifying characteristics of &bdquo / Namibian-ness‟. This has led to the institution of cultural festivals, which have since 1995 held all over the country with an expressed emphasis on the notion of &bdquo / Unity in&nbsp / Diversity‟. These cultural festivals are largely performances and cultural competitions that range from lang-arm dance, and &bdquo / traditional‟ dances, displays of &bdquo / traditional‟ foodstuffs and dramatized representations. The ethnographic study shows that while the performers represent diversity through dance and other forms of cultural exhibition, the importance of belonging to the nation and a&nbsp / larger constituency is simultaneously highlighted. However, as the study demonstrates, the festivals are also spaces where local populations engage in negotiations with the nation-state and contest regional forms of belonging. The study shows how a practice which was considered to be a &bdquo / colonial representation‟ of the &bdquo / other‟ has been reinvented with new meanings in postcolonial Namibia. The study demonstrates through an analysis of cultural representations such as song, dances and drama that the festival creates a space in which &bdquo / social interaction‟ takes place between participants, spectators and officials who organize the event as social capital of associational life.</p>

Recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in the role of museums and cultural festivals in adult learning. Once considered the keepers of physical and cultural history, there was only limited concern for if and how adults learned from these settings. The conventional view held that museums provided knowledge, and it was an individual’s prerogative whether or not to seek it out. The past few decades, however, have seen both a resurgence of interest in visiting museums and festivals and a more concerted effort to understand their value in a rapidly evolving society. This study considers visitor experiences at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, a free two-week festival held each summer in Washington, D.C. Specific research questions addressed are: (a) what are study participants’ perceptions of their experiences during their festival visit? and (b) what do study participants perceive as outcomes of their visit? Data for this phenomenological study were gathered through in-depth interviews with five participants and researcher observations. Participants were asked to take photographs during their visit and these images were used to stimulate post visit interview recall and discussion. Study participants’ experiences and researcher observations are presented through individual and social themes. Individual themes include the role of sensory perceptions and of participant-specific characteristics and autobiography in visit behavior and meaning-making. Socially-oriented themes include the role of official festival demonstrators, fellow visitors, and the voice of the museum as communicated through interpretive signage. Comparisons are drawn to current museum visit theory with analysis suggesting that the Smithsonian Folklife Festival offers more than museum visits; it provides dynamic and authentic opportunities for cultural contact and socially situated cognition.

<p>This dissertation investigates colonial and postcolonial practices of cultural representations in Namibia. The state sponsored Annual National Culture Festival in Namibia was studied with a specific focus on the Kavango Region in northeastern Namibia. I was particularly interested in how cultural representations are produced by the nation-state and local people in a post-colonial African context of nation-building and national reconciliation, by bringing visions of cosmopolitanism and modernity into critical dialogue with its colonial past. During the apartheid era, the South African administration encouraged the inhabitants of its &bdquo / Native Homelands‟ to engage in &bdquo / cultural‟ activities aimed at preserving their traditional cultures and fostering a sense of distinct cultural identity among each of Namibia‟s officially recognized &bdquo / ethnic groups‟. This policy was in line with the logic of South African colonial apartheid rule of Namibia, which relied upon the&nbsp / emphasis of ethnic differences, in order to support the idea that the territory was inhabited by a collection of &bdquo / tribes‟ requiring a central white government to oversee their development. The colonial administration resorted to concepts of &bdquo / tradition‟ and &bdquo / cultural heritage‟ in order to construct Africans as members of distinct, bounded communities (&bdquo / tribes‟) attached to specific&nbsp / localities or &bdquo / homelands‟. My central argument is that since Namibian independence in 1990, the postcolonial nation-state has placed emphasis on cultural pride in new ways, and on&nbsp / identifying characteristics of &bdquo / Namibian-ness‟. This has led to the institution of cultural festivals, which have since 1995 held all over the country with an expressed emphasis on the notion of &bdquo / Unity in&nbsp / Diversity‟. These cultural festivals are largely performances and cultural competitions that range from lang-arm dance, and &bdquo / traditional‟ dances, displays of &bdquo / traditional‟ foodstuffs and dramatized representations. The ethnographic study shows that while the performers represent diversity through dance and other forms of cultural exhibition, the importance of belonging to the nation and a&nbsp / larger constituency is simultaneously highlighted. However, as the study demonstrates, the festivals are also spaces where local populations engage in negotiations with the nation-state and contest regional forms of belonging. The study shows how a practice which was considered to be a &bdquo / colonial representation‟ of the &bdquo / other‟ has been reinvented with new meanings in postcolonial Namibia. The study demonstrates through an analysis of cultural representations such as song, dances and drama that the festival creates a space in which &bdquo / social interaction‟ takes place between participants, spectators and officials who organize the event as social capital of associational life.</p>

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Anthropology/Sociology) / This dissertation investigates colonial and postcolonial practices of cultural representations in Namibia. The state sponsored Annual National Culture Festival in Namibia was studied with a specific focus on the Kavango Region in northeastern Namibia. I was particularly interested in how cultural representations are produced by the nation-state and local people in a post-colonial African context of nation-building and national reconciliation, by bringing visions of cosmopolitanism and modernity into critical dialogue with its colonial past. During the apartheid era, the South African administration encouraged the inhabitants of its Native Homelands to engage in cultural activities aimed at preserving their traditional cultures and fostering a sense of distinct cultural identity among each of Namibia officially recognized ;ethnic groups. This policy was in line with the logic of South African colonial apartheid rule of Namibia, which relied upon the emphasis of ethnic differences, in order to support the idea that the territory was inhabited by a collection of requiring a central white government to oversee their development. The colonial administration resorted to concepts of traditional and cultural heritage in order to construct Africans as members of distinct, bounded communities attached to specific localities or homelands. My central argument is that since Namibian independence in 1990, the postcolonial nation-state has placed emphasis on cultural pride in new ways, and identifying characteristics of Namibian-nessa. This has led to the institution of cultural festivals, which have since 1995 held all over the country with an expressed emphasis on the notion of Unity in Diversity. These cultural festivals are largely performances and cultural competitions that range from lang-arm dance, and traditional dances, displays of traditional foodstuffs and dramatized representations. The ethnographic study shows that while the performers represent diversity through dance and other forms of cultural exhibition, the importance of belonging to the nation and a larger constituency is simultaneously highlighted. However, as the study demonstrates, the festivals are also spaces where local populations engage in negotiations with the nation-state and contest regional forms of belonging. The study shows how a practice which was considered to be a colonial representation of the other has been reinvented with new meanings in postcolonial Namibia. The study demonstrates through an analysis of cultural representations such as song, dances and drama that the festival creates a space in which social interaction takes place between participants, spectators and officials who organize the event as social capital of associational life. / South Africa

A presente tese teve como objetivo investigar, no âmbito dos estudos históricos educacionais comparados, o objeto e fenômeno festas, realizadas no contexto escolar. A análise incidiu no período considerado de consolidação dos princípios de ensino moderno, do final do século XIX ao início do XX, em dois países cujas histórias políticas, econômicas e sociais se entrecruzaram em diferentes momentos, Brasil e Portugal. A seleção do período justificou-se pela profusão de reformas com o intuito de implementação de um sistema público, estatal, democrático e laico de ensino gestadas no decorrer do século XIX e assumidas como bandeiras dos regimes políticos republicanos. Particularmente, procurou-se compreender como as festas escolares foram forjadas nos projetos políticos e discursos educacionais do período relacionado. A retomada da metáfora da festa-máquina (OZOUF, 1976) foi particularmente fértil para a compreensão do objeto nos seus múltiplos elementos (peças), nas técnicas (engrenagens), e nos saberes e propósitos (funções). A comparação estabelecida entre a festa e a máquina suscitou inquietações a respeito de como esta maquinaria se organizou para as instituições escolares no seu propósito educativo, quais eram seus elementos, suas técnicas, suas funções e saberes. A realização das festas no âmbito escolar não se deu de forma homogênea e direta, tampouco sem equívocos e contradições. O mesmo maquinário utilizado em outros âmbitos sociais e para outros fins, precisou se adaptar ao novo contexto de idealização e concretização, além de reestruturar seus elementos e técnicas que deveriam servir, a partir de então, a um propósito eminentemente educativo. Em estudos realizados nas diferentes áreas sobre os atos festivos é recorrente a associação destes momentos a acontecimentos desregulados, alegres, sem normatização específica e cuja realização serviria à descontração do povo e à renovação das energias a partir da ruptura com o cotidiano. Contrariando tal concepção, a investigação aqui proposta demonstrou que caberiam às comemorações, assim como a todas as atividades realizadas no contexto escolar, uma função de ensino e de aprendizagem, bem como a divulgação de um saber característico da escola moderna, considerada, naquele momento, o modelo ideal de escola. Para a análise da hipótese, utilizaram-se como fontes documentais, textos publicados em periódicos de ensino brasileiros e portugueses, manuais pedagógicos e fotografias localizadas neste corpus. Os trabalhos das áreas distintas que se preocupam com a questão das comemorações e que fundamentaram teoricamente a tese apresentam-se em primeira análise, divididos entre aqueles que tomam as festas como aspecto da vida social (OZOUF, 1976; DEL PRIORE, 2000), os que as examinam em suas relações com outras dimensões da sociedade (DUVIGNOUD, 1983), aqueles que discutem mais detidamente os rituais festivos (BRANDÃO, 1978; DAMATTA, 1990), e ainda os que apresentam o funcionamento e as ressonâncias das festas nas sociedades e nos processos de formação dos sujeitos (RIBEIRO JUNIOR, 1972; AMARAL, 1998). No âmbito educacional, os conceitos de cultura escolar (JULIA, 2001; CHERVEL, 1990) e forma escolar (VINCENT, LAHIRE e THIN, 2001) subsidiaram a investigação. / The present thesis aimed to investigate the object and phenomenon festivals organized inside the school context, according to the compared studies on educational history. The analysis covered the considered consolidation period of the modern education principles, from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, in two countries whose political, economical and social histories are intertwined in different occasions, Brazil and Portugal. The profusion of renovations aimed to the implementation of a state, public, democratic and secular educational system during the 19th assumed as a motto of the republican political regimes was the main reason for the choice of the period. More specifically, we tried to understand how the phenomenon school festivals was inserted in the political projects and in the educational discourses from the period and transformed into expressive practices inside the public primary school contexts. The retaking of the festival-machine metaphor (OZOUF, 1976), was especially fertile for the comprehension of the object and its multiple elements (parts), techniques (gearing), and purposes (functions). The comparison established between festival and machine raises uneasiness in relation to the way the former organized itself for the educational purpose within the educational institutes, which elements, techniques, functions and knowledges were involved. The organization of festivals inside the school area happened neither in a homogeneous and direct way nor without misunderstanding and contradictions. The same machinery used in other social environments and for other purposes not only had to adapt itself to the new context of idealization and concretization, but also had to restructure its elements and techniques to a highly educational purpose from then on. In studies done on different areas about the festive events, the association of these moments with unregulated and cheerful moments without specific rules is recurrent and their organization would be for peoples relaxation and energy renewal due to the routine break. Contradicting this idea, the investigation proposed herein showed that a role of teaching and learning and a disclosure of a distinguished Progressive Education knowledge, considered at that time an ideal model of school, would fit all the festivals, along with all the activities performed inside the school context. Documental sources, texts published in Brazilian and Portuguese educational journals, pedagogic handbooks and pictures located in this corpus were used to analyze this assumption. The works from distinct areas that are concerned about the celebration subject and theoretically justified the thesis presented themselves on first analysis divided among those who take festivals as aspects of social life (OZOUF, 1976; DEL PRIORE, 2000), those who analyze them in their relations with other dimensions of the society (DUVIGNOUD, 1983), those who argue more carefully the festive rites (BRANDÃO, 1978; DAMATTA, 1990), and furthermore those who present the workings and resonance of the festivals in societies and in the formation of subjects process (RIBEIRO JUNIOR, 1972; AMARAL, 1998). In the educational field, the concepts of school culture (JULIA, 2001; CHERVEL, 1990) and school form (VINCENT, LAHIRE e THIN, 2001) contributed to the investigation.

A presente tese teve como objetivo investigar, no âmbito dos estudos históricos educacionais comparados, o objeto e fenômeno festas, realizadas no contexto escolar. A análise incidiu no período considerado de consolidação dos princípios de ensino moderno, do final do século XIX ao início do XX, em dois países cujas histórias políticas, econômicas e sociais se entrecruzaram em diferentes momentos, Brasil e Portugal. A seleção do período justificou-se pela profusão de reformas com o intuito de implementação de um sistema público, estatal, democrático e laico de ensino gestadas no decorrer do século XIX e assumidas como bandeiras dos regimes políticos republicanos. Particularmente, procurou-se compreender como as festas escolares foram forjadas nos projetos políticos e discursos educacionais do período relacionado. A retomada da metáfora da festa-máquina (OZOUF, 1976) foi particularmente fértil para a compreensão do objeto nos seus múltiplos elementos (peças), nas técnicas (engrenagens), e nos saberes e propósitos (funções). A comparação estabelecida entre a festa e a máquina suscitou inquietações a respeito de como esta maquinaria se organizou para as instituições escolares no seu propósito educativo, quais eram seus elementos, suas técnicas, suas funções e saberes. A realização das festas no âmbito escolar não se deu de forma homogênea e direta, tampouco sem equívocos e contradições. O mesmo maquinário utilizado em outros âmbitos sociais e para outros fins, precisou se adaptar ao novo contexto de idealização e concretização, além de reestruturar seus elementos e técnicas que deveriam servir, a partir de então, a um propósito eminentemente educativo. Em estudos realizados nas diferentes áreas sobre os atos festivos é recorrente a associação destes momentos a acontecimentos desregulados, alegres, sem normatização específica e cuja realização serviria à descontração do povo e à renovação das energias a partir da ruptura com o cotidiano. Contrariando tal concepção, a investigação aqui proposta demonstrou que caberiam às comemorações, assim como a todas as atividades realizadas no contexto escolar, uma função de ensino e de aprendizagem, bem como a divulgação de um saber característico da escola moderna, considerada, naquele momento, o modelo ideal de escola. Para a análise da hipótese, utilizaram-se como fontes documentais, textos publicados em periódicos de ensino brasileiros e portugueses, manuais pedagógicos e fotografias localizadas neste corpus. Os trabalhos das áreas distintas que se preocupam com a questão das comemorações e que fundamentaram teoricamente a tese apresentam-se em primeira análise, divididos entre aqueles que tomam as festas como aspecto da vida social (OZOUF, 1976; DEL PRIORE, 2000), os que as examinam em suas relações com outras dimensões da sociedade (DUVIGNOUD, 1983), aqueles que discutem mais detidamente os rituais festivos (BRANDÃO, 1978; DAMATTA, 1990), e ainda os que apresentam o funcionamento e as ressonâncias das festas nas sociedades e nos processos de formação dos sujeitos (RIBEIRO JUNIOR, 1972; AMARAL, 1998). No âmbito educacional, os conceitos de cultura escolar (JULIA, 2001; CHERVEL, 1990) e forma escolar (VINCENT, LAHIRE e THIN, 2001) subsidiaram a investigação. / The present thesis aimed to investigate the object and phenomenon festivals organized inside the school context, according to the compared studies on educational history. The analysis covered the considered consolidation period of the modern education principles, from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, in two countries whose political, economical and social histories are intertwined in different occasions, Brazil and Portugal. The profusion of renovations aimed to the implementation of a state, public, democratic and secular educational system during the 19th assumed as a motto of the republican political regimes was the main reason for the choice of the period. More specifically, we tried to understand how the phenomenon school festivals was inserted in the political projects and in the educational discourses from the period and transformed into expressive practices inside the public primary school contexts. The retaking of the festival-machine metaphor (OZOUF, 1976), was especially fertile for the comprehension of the object and its multiple elements (parts), techniques (gearing), and purposes (functions). The comparison established between festival and machine raises uneasiness in relation to the way the former organized itself for the educational purpose within the educational institutes, which elements, techniques, functions and knowledges were involved. The organization of festivals inside the school area happened neither in a homogeneous and direct way nor without misunderstanding and contradictions. The same machinery used in other social environments and for other purposes not only had to adapt itself to the new context of idealization and concretization, but also had to restructure its elements and techniques to a highly educational purpose from then on. In studies done on different areas about the festive events, the association of these moments with unregulated and cheerful moments without specific rules is recurrent and their organization would be for peoples relaxation and energy renewal due to the routine break. Contradicting this idea, the investigation proposed herein showed that a role of teaching and learning and a disclosure of a distinguished Progressive Education knowledge, considered at that time an ideal model of school, would fit all the festivals, along with all the activities performed inside the school context. Documental sources, texts published in Brazilian and Portuguese educational journals, pedagogic handbooks and pictures located in this corpus were used to analyze this assumption. The works from distinct areas that are concerned about the celebration subject and theoretically justified the thesis presented themselves on first analysis divided among those who take festivals as aspects of social life (OZOUF, 1976; DEL PRIORE, 2000), those who analyze them in their relations with other dimensions of the society (DUVIGNOUD, 1983), those who argue more carefully the festive rites (BRANDÃO, 1978; DAMATTA, 1990), and furthermore those who present the workings and resonance of the festivals in societies and in the formation of subjects process (RIBEIRO JUNIOR, 1972; AMARAL, 1998). In the educational field, the concepts of school culture (JULIA, 2001; CHERVEL, 1990) and school form (VINCENT, LAHIRE e THIN, 2001) contributed to the investigation.

This thesis considers the relationship between practices, communities and continuity in intermittent organisational arrangements. Cultural festivals are argued to offer one such particularly rich and nuanced research context; within this study their potential to transcend intermittent enactment emerged as a significant avenue of enquiry. The engagement of organisation studies with theories of practice has produced a rich practice-based corpus, diverse in both theoretical concerns and empirical approaches to the study of practice. Nevertheless, continuity presents an, as yet, under-theorised aspect of this field. Thus, the central questions of this thesis concern: the practices that underpin the enactment of festivals; the themes emerging from these practices for further consideration; and relationships between festivals and the wider context within which they are enacted. These issues were explored empirically through a qualitative study of the enactment of a community-centred film festival. Following from the adoption of a ‘practice-lens approach', this study yielded forty-eight practices, through which to explore five themes emerging from analysis: Safeguarding, Legitimising, Gatekeeping, Connecting and Negotiating Boundaries. This study revealed an aspect of the wider field of practice that has not yet been fully examined by practice-based studies: the cementing or anchoring mechanisms that contribute to temporal continuity in intermittent, temporary or project-based organisations. The findings of this thesis suggest a processual model, which collectively reinforces an organisational memory that survives periods of latency and facilitates the re-emergence of practice, thus potentially enabling organisations to endure across intermittent enactment and, ultimately, transcend temporality and ephemerality. The themes examined and insights offered in this thesis seek to contribute to: practice-based studies and film-festival studies; forging a new path linking these two disciplines; and generating both theoretical and practical insights of interest to festival organisers and stakeholders of project-based, temporary or intermittent organisational arrangements.