• Culture as a weapon of the struggle: black women artists contributions to South African art history through conferences and festivals between 1982 and 1990 

  Sooful, Avitha (Vaal University of Technology, 2018-11)

  Studies on art made by women have been deprived of their place in the history of art, globally, however, within the South African context, white women were placed firmly within the arts while black women were marginalised. ...
• Personalising the elements and principles of Graphic Design: an exploratory autoethnographic case study 

  Van der Walt, Doreen Esther (Vaal University of Technology, 2021-09-29)

  The main aim of this study is to determine in what ways my graphic design practice is impacted by my socio-cultural identity. The intention is to explain and theorise the creative dynamics at play in Graphic Design as a ...
• The use of graphic design to brand musicking: a case study 

  Cameron, Lindi (Vaal University of Technology, 2019-11-25)

  The way in which people consume music has changed over recent times, and the relationship between music and graphic design, once dominated by the ubiquitous album cover, has evolved. Along with cover art, musicians make ...
• Practice-led research, research-led practice and the dilemmas of ideation: an artistic inquiry 

  Kotze, Johannes Antonie (Vaal University of Technology, 2019-06)

  This study explores two artistic methods of enquiry in order to firstly better understand the lived experience and its contributions on the formation of sexuality and secondly, to explore how a method can dissect and ...
• Commemorative portraiture: the artistic representation of black women in key positions from the Vaal Region 

  Matoba-Thibudi, Matshepo Priscilla (Vaal University of Technology, 2016-12-05)

  My practice-based research aimed to produce commemorative portraits of black women in key positions who are associated with the Vaal Region. The study was undertaken in order to contribute to the empowering, positive and ...
• Customer satisfaction: a study of home-based fashion entrepreneurs and custom-made garments 

  Homela, Chevllin (Vaal University of Technology, 2022-06-03)

  Customer satisfaction has proven to be a major determinant on the success or failure of a business. Regrettably, fashion entrepreneurs are not meeting customer expectations because they have problems that are affecting the ...
• Symbolism in sangoma cloth: a South African printmaking journey from the liminal to the liminoid 

  Rankou-Radebe, Mavis Lebohang (Vaal University of Technology, 2021-10)

  The sangoma cloth is one of the objects which the Zulu people use to utilised in terms of culture and tradition and still is significant amongst African diviners. Initially, sangomas (traditional healers/diviners) dressed ...
• The wedding ritual: a photographer's journey to capturing practice 

  Bogle, Sean Leonard (Vaal University of Technology, 2019-08-05)

  The study explores an alternative approach to Christian wedding photography that draws on the ritualistic narrative of the wedding as “social drama” (Turner.1974:54). Wedding photographers of the past have captured and ...
• Fashion drawing skills training for unqualified fashion entrepreneurs in the Emfuleni Local Municipality: a needs assessment 

  Strydom, Le-nika (Vaal University of Technology, 2019-08-21)

  INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND The fashion trade is a global industry (Amankhwah, Badoe & Chichi 2014:144) that plays a major role in the socio-economic development of many countries (Sarpong, Howard & Osei-Ntiri 2011:98). ...
• Exploring black women's diverse hairstyles through art: a case study 

  Radebe, Zanele Lucia (Vaal University of Technology, 2019-05)

  Problem statement This study investigates black women’s diverse hairstyles through art. The main research question is: How can black women’s diverse hairstyles be understood through art to appreciate the meaning attached ...
• Uses, challenges and training needs regarding business skills for fashion entrepreneurs in the Emfuleni Local Municipality 

  Nana, Keshni (Vaal University of Technology, 2019)

  Fashion entrepreneurs with no formal fashion-related education or training are hereafter referred to by the acronym FEWFFET (fashion entrepreneurs without formal fashion-related education or training). Entrepreneurship ...
• Power discourses, social development and editorial cartoons: a Botswanan case study. 

  Sehuhula, Kesalopa (2019-04-23)

  Botswana is considered to be one of the better welfare states, though it has selective social development, and a close connection between the economic and political elite, offering potential power conflict. However freedom ...
• The re-evaluation and rebranding of a public library from a Human Centred Design (HCD) point of view: a case study 

  Heenop, Danelle (2018-10)

  This study attempts to gain an understanding of the responsibilities and place of the designer within his/her social, political and environmental context, a topic which is continuously being scrutinised. Graphic designers, ...
• Uses, challenges and training needs regarding business skills for fashion entrepreneurs in the Emfuleni Local Municipality 

  Nana, Keshni (2019)

  Fashion entrepreneurs with no formal fashion-related education or training are hereafter referred to by the acronym FEWFFET (fashion entrepreneurs without formal fashion-related education or training). Entrepreneurship ...
• Xhosa twins as a theme in conceptually motivated sculptural artworks 

  Ngcai, Sonwabiso (2015-03)

  My Masters of Fine Arts degree consists of two components: the dissertation and practical works in the form of sculptures displayed as an exhibition. This body of work explores myth, belief and ritual practices relating ...
• Photo-elicitation in qualitative research 

  Pompe van Meerdervoort, Tracy (2006-11)

  The aim of the study The aim of the study is to find an optimal research methodology that is both beneficial to qualitative researchers (regarding data quality and interviewee participation) and research participants ...
• Visual literacy and digital image manipulation in a photographic setting 

  Laurie, Anneke (2009-01)

  The digital manipulation of images that are presented as photographs in the media raises issues of interpretation and the possible deception of viewers. The central research question of this study was whether training in ...
• Visual learning in a graphic design setting 

  Chmela-Jones, Katarzyna Anna (2006-10)

  An exploratory study was undertaken at three campuses of the Vaal University of Technology in response to weak examination results in one of the subjects of the graphic design curriculum. The aim of the study was to ...
• The relationship between visual and verbal codes of visual rhetoric in a sequential art setting 

  Van der Merwe, Ernest (2007-11)

  The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between visual and verbal codes of visual rhetoric in a sequential art setting. The literature investigation component of the study covered: (1) the notion of visual ...
• Critical skills of entry level animators in the contemporary South African computer animation industry 

  Makwela, Mashaole Jacob (2012-11)

  This study investigates the views and opinions of computer animation practitioners about the critical skills required for entry level animators in computer-generated or digital animation design in South Africa. The literature ...

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