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Sailors, Singers and being Sick of Aids
By Mvuzo Ponono Popeye Spinach or Popeye the Sailor Man the much loved cartoon character is actually a very creative invention to sell spinach. Popeye did so much for spinach industry in the USA that a statue of the muscular … Continue reading
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Tagged AIDS, education, Entertainment education, media, Popeye
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Media & Citizenship 2013 Roundtable
The Mellon Media and Citizenship Project recently presented a paper at the Media & Citizenship 2013 Colloquium hosted by Unisa’s Department of Communication Science. Here are recorded snippets of all of the presentations made at the Colloquium. The full papers … Continue reading
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Tagged citizens, citizenship, Marikana, media, media policy, nation-building, play theory, public, radio
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Last year during the National Schools Festival (which runs immediately after the National Arts Festival) we ran a World Cafe for school goers. What a fantastic opportunity to engage with young people from all over the country about their ideas … Continue reading
Researching media and citizenship amongst South African youth
by Stephane Meintjes What is my role as a South African citizen? Can I make a difference? Am I able to effect change? The above questions implicitly confront every citizen on a daily basis and the answers to these questions … Continue reading
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Tagged citizenship, Grahamstown, research, Rhodes University, South Africa
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Journalism in a New Democracy: the ethics of listening
Prof Wasserman, Deputy Head of School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes, presented his Inaugural Lecture last week entitled: “Journalism in a New Democracy: the ethics of listening”. The roles and responsibilities of journalists and the media in post-apartheid … Continue reading
Education has failed to create new citizenship
High levels of education among South Africans have failed to translate to greater democratic demand among the youth, a University of Cape Town professor revealed during a lecture at Rhodes University. Professor Robert Mattes, who was presenting findings of a … Continue reading
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Photographs from the ‘Being & Belonging’ exhibition during the National Arts Festival 2012
Photographs of the ‘Being & Belonging’ exhibition raising questions around the notions of citizenship and what it means to be a citizen in the new South Africa. We were privileged to have photographs by prominent South African photographer Roelof van Wyk … Continue reading
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‘Being and Belonging’ at the National Schools Festival 2012 – World Cafe sessions hosted by Symphonia
The World Cafe sessions were hosted by Fortune Sibanda, a Leadership and Team development facilitator at Symphonia during the National Schools Festival as an extension of the ‘Being & Belonging in South Africa’ series of discussions at Think!Fest during the National Arts … Continue reading
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