43 research outputs found
New identities and old perceptions: Opperman\u27s Grounds land restitution
No full textThis article focuses on the emergence of intracommunity tensions, owing to the revitalisation of the Oppermans\u27 identity, as well as of a "coloured" ethnic identity; racially-based forms of political mobilisation; and land struggles. The research results presented here are the outcome of a request that the author received from the Opperman family to assist them with a land claim that they had submitted. Written sources (both published and unpublished) concerning Opperman\u27s Grounds are limited. It was therefore necessary to pay several visits to the area of the research and conduct interviews with informants and focus groups. This research was carried out during 2004-2005
Koerant en Konteks in Opperman se Poësie
No full textOpperman does not only use his personal and cultural experiences to distil them Into poetry, but also uses news reports appearing in the daily press and which reflect everyday life around him. These news reports are used by Opperman as an intertextual framework on which to weave his own worl< of art.
In this article the author traces how Opperman reworks journalistic prose through allusion, transposition and editing to become poetry
It is also indicated that an intergame takes place between the news report and the socio-cultural topicality The perspective of the poem is shaped in the construction of the conflict situation touched upon by the press report, but which in the poem is woven in perspectivistically in both the composition of the poem and the figurative conception both of which then grow towards a culminating conclusion. In "Klara Majola" from Engel uit die klip, for example, the whole of the events builds up towards an identification with Klara Majola, so that her deed in the final two lines rises above the perspective with great dynamic force
Op soek na die paradys: paradigma-ondermyning as leesstrategie toegepas op ‘Vrees van die arbeider’ (Heilige beeste) deur DJ. Opperman
No full textIn this article the author examines a key convention of the love lyric, namely the 'realisation' of the beloved through poetic articulation, by which the illusion of a ‘unity of the spirit’ between the lovers is created. In this regard the Afrikaans love lyric in general, and the love poems of Opperman in particular, generate a secondary convention in terms of which the Genesis myth is transformed to a paradigm for the quest for spiritual unity as directly related to a "... collective yearning for a vanished time of happiness ..." (Turner, 1978:24), that is an idyllic pastoral existence before the advent of Afrikaner urbanization in the thirties and forties. In this regard the poet Totius’s Trekkerswee forms the ideological base for a perception of the city as a ‘grysland’ (literally 'grey country') in direct opposition to a perception of the farm as a 'paradise' in the sense that it represents a "vanished time of happiness" (Turner, 1978:24). Taking this paradigm as a point of departure, the author deconstructs a well-known Opperman poem, revealing its underlying ideological base, and presenting an interpretation which differs radically from the traditional
An inter-semiotic approach to translation: Leonard Cohen in Afri-Kaans
No full textWhether or not song lyrics should be translated has been debated by researchers, translators, artists and audiences. Some are of the opinion that songs should not be translated as singing in translation produces a weak version of the source text, while others argue that a song in the language of the audience fosters better understanding. The translation of song lyrics goes beyond linguistic aspects and includes musicological aspects such as the melody, rhythm and mode of presentation. Because of the interaction between the music (the melody) and the lyrics, the music in some cases obscures the lyrics and in other cases prolongs the lyrics. Therefore, the song translator faces a constant negotiation of inter-semiotic elements with regard to, among others, functionality and singability. This study provides an overview of the musicological aspects of song translation, with reference to Low’s pentathlon and Franzon’s layers of singability. As an illustration, this article provides a discussion of the translation of a Leonard Cohen song into Afrikaans by a South African gospel singer and preacher, Koos van der Merwe. The data have been collected from an original Leonard Cohen CD and the translated versions thereof from the Van der Merwe CD (Leonard Cohen in Afri-Kaans)
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Session E4: Basins that Work for Fish and Energy: Hydropower Planning for Fish Passage in Tropical Rivers
No full textPresenting Author Bio: Jeff Opperman, Director of Sustainable Hydropower Strategy and Lead Scientist, Great Rivers Partnership, has been working to protect rivers and lakes for nearly 15 years. He has provided strategic and scientific guidance to freshwater conservation projects across the United States as well as in China, Africa and Latin America. Through scientific research and collaborations and technical support to field projects, Jeff focuses on improving the environmental sustainability of hydropower and protecting and restoring river-floodplain ecosystems. Jeff has served on scientific panels that provided recommendations for floodplain management to the California Department of Water Resources, Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality and state and federal agencies for California’s Sacramento San Joaquin Delta Restoration Plan.
Jeff earned his B.S. in Biology from Duke University and a Ph.D. in Ecosystem Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He then studied floodplain ecology during a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, Davis. His scientific and policy research has been published in journals such as Science, BioScience and Ecological Applications. Jeff strives to communicate the challenges and opportunities of protecting fresh water through op-eds, articles and blog posts in such places as The New York Times, Outside, Grist, and The Guardian.Abstract: Global hydropower capacity is projected to approximately double in the next several decades, powered by thousands of new dams. Most of this development will take place in South America, Africa, and Asia (China, South Asia, and Southeast Asia). While providing valuable energy to meet growing demands, this expansion of hydropower threatens the diversity and productivity of fish in many tropical rivers, including several river basins where fish provide the primary source of protein to rural communities and larger regional populations. Maintaining the movement of migratory fish within basins undergoing development is a key challenge for governments and those who plan, design, and manage dams. While improving fish passage at dams is critically important, this session will highlight how the spatial arrangement of dams in a river basin impacts fish movement through a channel network. The applied focus of the panel will be maintaining fish passage and migration within river basins that are undergoing development, with an emphasis on tropical rivers. The panel will review current examples of fish passage that illustrate the need for a basin-scale approach, tools for assessing connectivity of different dam configurations, and examine the potential for system-scale planning for dam siting to produced more balanced outcomes between hydroelectric energy and fish migration
Die drenkeling in die werk van D.J. Opperman, met spesiale verwysing na Joernaal van Jorik
No full textBibliography: pages 154-155.In discussing the drowning figure in the work of DJ Opperman, it is assumed that the themes of decline and resurgence are central to the work of the author. With respect to these dual motifs the following became apparent: (a) that the decline inevitably leads to new life, and of necessity, must precede it. (b) This universal paradox of decline and resurgance is characterised by an endless repetition in time. (c) Man as an individual is inextricably caught between the dichotomous forces of birth and death. The individual is recognisable throughout Opperman's work. Through man's intimate connection with water as a medium of birth and death, the individual or "enkeling" is also seen as the drowned figure or "drenkelingfiguur". Reference to this drowned figure carries the joint connotations of drowning or submergence and decline. The condition of decline indicates the disappearance of the drowning figure below the water-line or surface. Such alienation can also be brought about by means of other elements which can become the metaphorical equivalent of water as the medium of submergence
Aspekte van die genetiese proses by Opperman soos afgelei uit ’n variantestudie van 'Gedagtes by ’n sarkofaag'
No full textAspects of the genetic process in the poetry of D.J. Opperman based on an analysis of different versions of the poem 'Gedagtes by ’n sarkofaag' (Thoughts on a sarcophagus)
A study of the genesis of a literary text reveals the systematic changes effected by the author during the creative process, and an understanding of these creative tendencies foregrounds structural principles of the final text. In studying a larger corpus of the author’s work, scrutiny of text development affords the means to gain insight into stylistic, semantic and thematic characteristics of the author’s oeuvre. This article focuses on the genesis of D.J. Opperman’s poem “Gedagtes by ’n sarkofaag” within the theoretical framework of Dutch edition theory as represented by Dorleijn (1984), Mathijsen (1997) and De Bruijn (2000) in particular. The different phases of development in the genesis of “Gedagtes by ’n sarkofaag” are identified and represented in a synoptic apparatus. In the analysis of the textual development particular attention is paid to the creation of a symbolic level
Designing for social configurations: Pattern languages to inform the design of ubiquitous computing
No full textIn this paper we present our approach for informing the design of ubiquitous computing by using pattern languages of human practice. By linking ethnography and design, this approach makes it possible to tackle the social dimension of ubiquitous computing in the design processes. Adding to the existing research on patterns of human practice for design, we solidify the methodology for creating pattern language by identifying its links with grounded theory and action research and, via an example of a navigation support system for frontline firefighters, showing how a pattern language becomes part of the design process. Reflecting on our work, we conclude that the pattern language approach provides a framework to design for existing practice and helps to reflect the impact of novel computing artifacts.Industrial Design Engineerin
The distribution of the Negroes, Indians, and Sino-Japanese in the United States in 1950
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Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD systemU of I Only Restriction Lifted for Item 99251 on 2019-05-19T09:15:30Z.Thesis (M.S.)--University of Illinois.Includes bibliographical references
