21 research outputs found
Question CCI, Spécialités pharmaceutiques citées par Marcel Proust
No full textWittop Koning Dirk Arnold, Grendel Elize. Question CCI, Spécialités pharmaceutiques citées par Marcel Proust. In: Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie, 71ᵉ année, n°256, 1983. p. 84
Thoughts about the historiography of veracity or “truthfulness” in understanding and teaching History in South Africa
No full textDebating the understanding and use of historical content as fact and/or fiction in
publications has come a long way in the science of History (historiography). Arthur
Marwick for example, in “The new nature of history, knowledge, evidence, language”
provides, amongst others, insight into aspects of fact and fiction in writing (and
certainly so in teaching) as part of the “eight battles” historians usually face.2 To
what lengths historians and educators of History in South Africa have contributed
to voices and views in research on features of fact and fiction (concepts also associated
with “truth” or truthfulness “cum veracity”) regarding the country’s past will be
the key focus of the paper. Eight South African journals have been scrutinised for
thoughts and notions of academia (as authors of articles) regarding their way of going
about with particular histories and their associations with veracity, or their criticism
against past histories because of an absence or lack of veracity. The general stand of
the author is that educators of History must also be sensitised to the realities of one sided
factual exchange or a sense of fiction-creating in past knowledge, used as sources
in Further and Higher Education and Training environments. The quest is that
educators must also sensitise their students of History and Education History to be
sufficiently informed and efficiently prepared when reading and using sources related
to History in the classroom. Critical reading seems to be a way to become prepared
to address the level of veracity of published historical research. Hands-on guidance
towards critical reading will be briefly shared in the last part of the discussion.http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2223-0386/2016/n15a
Regional, local, urban and rural history as nearby spaces and places: Historiographical and methodological reflections
No full textThe purpose of this article is to review the almost 50 years of formal regional and
local history research practices in South Africa under the umbrella of a variety of
rural and urban trends, themes and phenomena. This revisit of research practice is
not approached from the traditional angle of critically debating the visibility of the
research in historiography through publications (it is, after all, an extraordinarily
broad field of study to cover, which may not correctly serve each author in the
broader and/or local history). Rather the focus is on analysing where and when
regional or local history in South Africa got its momentum and how historians have
broadly assessed their progress and future in presenting and carrying out regional
and local history research. International influences on historians and other academics
in the humanities and social sciences which surface are also discussed. The reader is
also exposed to a concise exposition of modern-day efforts in the field of integrative
research that have been necessary in regional and/or local history research for decades.
Local research methodologies used in the past have been combined with integrative
methodology models to create an integrative multidisciplinary research methodology
required for carrying out regional and local research in modern-day practice. Because
no single definition of the concepts of local and regional history exists, its meaning
in literature is first thrashed out to strengthen understanding of the term and the
approach to it in this discussion. This debate, among others, was inspired by, and is
part of, the commemoration of the journal New Contree’s 35 years of existence. The
journal’s involvement in the dissemination of regional and urban history, especially
during the early part of its existence, is discussed. It is hoped that this article’s review
of the past will inspire South African historians to revisit regional, local, urban and/or
rural spaces and places in South Africa. This could be done perhaps with the view to
strengthening the methodologies used in regional history studies and to ambitiously
embrace possibilities for engaging in a variety of integrative research from bottom-up and top-down perspectives. This may be the only way to progress towards inclusive regional histories as contributions to the understanding of regions
De ontwikkeling van de artsenijbereidkunde in Gouda tot 1865 /
No full textDiss. Doct. Wiskunde En Natuurkunde
A management strategy for the museums and collections of the University of Pretoria
No full textDissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2001.In this dissertation, a high-level management strategy was developed for the
museums and collections of the University of Pretoria. Specific areas where
improvements to the current operations of the University museums can be made, were
identified and solutions proposed. This analysis was based on a survey of the current
operations of the University museums, as well as an analysis of the needs of all
stakeholder groups.
Proposals to improve the operation of the University museums include the following:
- Rationalising collections to ensure that available technical and organisational
resources are focused on the most valuable collections;
- Improving the use and maintenance of collections to ensure that the needs of
stakeholders are met;
- Ensuring that sufficient financial and organisational resources are mobilised to
support the operations of the museums.
A brief overview of the steps needed to implement these proposals and to adjust the
management strategy on an ongoing basis, is given. The author believes that the
implementation of the proposals outlined in this report can contribute towards ensuring
that the museums of the University of Pretoria help to fulfil the overall mission and
vision of the University of Pretoria.Historical and Heritage Studiesunrestricte
Relevance of variation in use of terminology to define generic pharmaceutical products
No full textThe World Health Organization (WHO) promotes the use of generic drug policies to foster competition in the pharmaceutical sector, reduce drug prices, and increase access to therapeutic drugs. However, little is known about how countries implement these policies. This article describes different terminology adopted by national regulatory authorities to define generic versus proprietary drug products in developing countries, including those in Latin America, and challenges that arise in their application of WHO guidelines, such as labeling issues. The author concludes that variation in generics terminology in these countries is a result of institutional context (i.e., the public sector setting as well as the body of laws and regulations that exists in the country) and policy legacies, such as intellectual property regimes, and highlights the need for further analysis of pharmaceutical regulations to improve understanding of the barriers and political implications of generic drug policies
Colonial Hotspots: Reflecting on My Conditional Citizenship as a ‘Coloured’ [Woman] in Post-Apartheid South Africa
No full textThe prevailing geopolitical situation has perpetuated epistemic and ontological violence against the citizens of Africa. This indicates that geopolitics have an impact on socio-spatial relations and human interactions that may affect the citizenship of oppressed persons. This paper contains reflections on the conditional citizenship of the author, who is legally identified as a Coloured [woman] in post-Apartheid South Africa. The racial classification Coloured [women], which was created during Apartheid, remains a divisive racial category in post-Apartheid South Africa, one that preserves stereotypes and negative connotations. The author draws the reader’s attention to her geographical location as a specific site of silencing and oppression that has served the reproduction of colonial and Apartheid ideology. Since her location has facilitated subjugation and created conditional citizenship, both of which render Coloured [women] vulnerable to dehumanizing, this specific location is identified as a ‘colonial hotspot’ in emphasis of how colonial and Apartheid epistemes are embedded in present-day socio-spatial relations. Moreover, as a Coloured [woman] in this colonial hotspot, her gender remains silent. The objective of this paper is to emphasize the importance of decolonizing colonial hotspots and warn that failing to devote attention to these phenomena may lead to the recolonizing of socio-spatial relations
Photographic Images, Distanced Realism, and the State of Being Modern in the Works of Mohammad Ghaffari and Otto Dix
No full textIn this study, I investigate the works of two painters, Otto Dix (1891-1969, Germany) and Mohammad Ghaffari (known as Kamal-al-Molk, 1848-1940, Iran), whose turn to a distanced realism reflects ruptures and transformations in their respective socio-historical contexts mutually inflected by a rapid proliferation of photographic realism. I examine the distanced mode of realism in their works, mainly in the use of linear perspective and a mechanically descriptive mode of representation to point out the impact of photographic cameras on the formation of realism in the works of these artists. Juxtaposing two painters from two distinct cultures is an adaptation of a novel comparative methodology, collage, to construct a non-hierarchical and inclusive concept of modern art. Therefore, by scrutinizing the impact of photography on the advent of realism in the works of Ghaffari and Dix, I elucidate the relation between realism and modernism. While stereo-typically modern art refers to moving away from the illusionistic representation of the external reality, I argue that the emergence of realism in the cases under study embodies new levels of integration of the camera and its particular mode of depiction within modern aesthetics in a cross-cultural scope.Embargo status: Restricted to TTU community only. To view, login with your eRaider (top right). Others may request the author grant access exception by clicking on the PDF link to the left
The SASHT: Personal memories, imaginaries and realities
No full textIt was in 1994, I remember, after some years of involvement and membership in the less-than-a-decade-old South African Society for History Teaching, that I was “nominated” to become the secretary of the SASHT. It was no extraordinary formality. Most probably it could be viewed as a one-way priorto-conference decision-making by the leadership to ensure no diffi culty at the SASHT General Meeting when it would be announced that a volunteer was needed to fi ll the secretary position. All those present – I remember about 50 to 60 then – “gladly” took note of the “volunteer”, thereby implying that the activities of the SASHT at least would be assured of continuity. I do remember, at the 1994 GM, that the author of All that glitters, Emelia Potenza, dryly observed that the stereotype of having only a woman in the position of secretary should be changed. I cannot remember if the leadership responded to this remark, but it made an impression on me as a 34-year-old. I was tasked to take over from Dr Maritz Broodryk from the erstwhile University of Port Elizabeth. With a PhD in Regional History Studies awarded in 1993, I had in some way only departed with my higher education career. I was excited to also help make a diff erence in the newly established democratic South Africa
Thoughts about the historiography of veracity or “truthfulness” in understanding and teaching History in South Africa
No full textDebating the understanding and use of historical content as fact and/or fiction in publications has come a long way in the science of History (historiography). Arthur Marwick for example, in “The new nature of history, knowledge, evidence, language” provides, amongst others, insight into aspects of fact and fiction in writing (and certainly so in teaching) as part of the “eight battles” historians usually face.2 To what lengths historians and educators of History in South Africa have contributed to voices and views in research on features of fact and fiction (concepts also associated with “truth” or truthfulness “cum veracity”) regarding the country’s past will be the key focus of the paper. Eight South African journals have been scrutinised for thoughts and notions of academia (as authors of articles) regarding their way of going about with particular histories and their associations with veracity, or their criticism against past histories because of an absence or lack of veracity. The general stand of the author is that educators of History must also be sensitised to the realities of onesided factual exchange or a sense of fiction-creating in past knowledge, used as sources in Further and Higher Education and Training environments. The quest is that educators must also sensitise their students of History and Education History to be sufficiently informed and efficiently prepared when reading and using sources related to History in the classroom. Critical reading seems to be a way to become prepared to address the level of veracity of published historical research. Hands-on guidance towards critical reading will be briefly shared in the last part of the discussion
