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In this issue Dennis Purvis Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives News / Awards & Honours New staff

Durban University of Technology Faculty of Arts & Design

Issue One 2015

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Island’s Sofy Mazandira and her band performing her smash hit Koza. Her innovative and authentic lyrics combine with traditional instrumentss like the rouler, kayamb, acoustic guitar, bass, drums and percussions to produce a more contemporary maloya blues sound.

Francophone Week

FAD Research Coordinator, Dr Maleshoane Rapeane-Mathonsi, with Ronicka Sirputh and Academic Development Practitioner, Ms Mala Govender.

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The Francophone week at DUT City Campus kicked off with a food experience on March18, where students and staff enjoyed delicious baked goods from France. On March 20 there were two events, first the Journalism Seminar by world famous journalist, Patrice Vanoni, while Reunion Island’s Sofy Mazandira’s concert held at the courtyard blew students away.

French lecturer, Dr Delphine Colin explaining the different types of food to students who kept coming back for more.

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Portuguese journalist, Clara Ferreira Alves talking about Camoes and Pessoa during the EU Inspiring Thinkers Series at DUT City Campus.

Representative of the European Union Delegation to South Africa, Ms Sofia de Sousa, His Excellency, the Consul of Portugal in Durban, Mr Elias de Souza, Portuguese journalist and speaker, Clara Ferreira Alves, General Consul of Portugal in Pretoria, Mrs Luisa Fragoso and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Design, Dr René Smith.

Faculty of Arts and Design hosts Clara Ferreira Alves Renowned Portuguese writer and journalist Clara Ferreira Alves visited DUT City Campus in March to give an hour-long seminar titled, Camões and Pessoa; two of Portugal’s greatest poets, two centuries and two perspectives of Portugal.

Alves’ talk was part of the European Union (EU) Inspiring Thinkers Series, an initiative of the European Union Delegation to South Africa and the Embassy of Portugal in Pretoria, with the support of the Camões Institute and the Faculty of Arts and Design. During the talk Alves shared that she was the one who chose the theme for the talk, because she is an investigator of Pessoa and knowledgeable about his time in South Africa, especially Durban.

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She also said she felt that she could not just talk about Pessoa without talking about Camões.

“So I decided to put the two of them together, sort of oppose them but fuse them in the same thing which they have, which is our language, among other things,” she said.

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She also she touched on what it means to be European and Portuguese, saying: “I felt that these two poets complete us, they complete each other but they complete what I call the lunar and the solar side of the Portuguese temperament.”

from Coimbra University, having practiced for a short period of time. She has worked at the Portuguese newspaper Expresso as a senior writer, literary editor and Managing editor. She is also a member of the Pessoa Prize Jury (the most important prize for the Arts, Science and Humanities in Portugal) and member of the Iberian Prize Premio Luso-Espanhol de Arte e Cultura.

Just before ending her talk Alves said the EU Inspiring Thinkers Series was a great idea because it provides for young minds to be exposed to seasoned professionals with more experience and more knowledge, so that the youth can be motivated and be inspired.

“I am a good reader and a good writer also, but the fact that I was inspired by other thinkers gave me the bases and the talent to survive in a very harsh environment, where I did a couple of peculiar things, like being a war correspondent...Journalism gave me that, it provided me with the opportunity to see the world and to meet different people. And books provided me with the chance to read and write,” she said.

Alves has published two books (Passageiro Assediado and Mal de Senhora) and she regularly writes essays and short stories in various magazines.

She said: “It is always interesting to have mentors, to have thinkers that come and tell us about things or works that we don’t know. I want to do exactly what the tittle of the programme says which is to inspire people to think about things. I want people to look at the Portuguese or the Portuguese language or even Portugal and think, it’s far more than history, it’s far more than what we know about the Portuguese history.”

Alves is a law graduate with a MBA

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Tshwane University of Technology’s Prof Patric Ebewo (centre) with members of the faculty after the research seminar

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TSHWANE University of Technology’s Head of Drama and Film Studies, Professor Patric Ebewo was guest lecturer at a special research seminar held on April 14 in the Faculty of Arts and Design.

Hosted by the Faculty Research Office and the Drama department, the seminar attracted a number of students as well as staff

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members. Ebewo talked extensively on the burgeoning Nigerian film industry and lessons for economic development.

Titled, “The Nigerian Film Industry: Myth or Reality”, the presentation also evaluated the shortcomings of the industry and provided statistics of employment opportunities, income generation, and Nollywood’s contribution to the Nigerian economy. The presentation provided an indication of an industry to be emulated by other developing countries in Africa. He also encouraged film and video production students in African universities to expand on the Nollywood initiative.

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Prof Ebewo studied Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. He was a Director/Head of the Performing Arts Department, National Council for Arts and Culture, Nigeria. He has taught at universities in Nigeria, Lesotho, Swaziland and Botswana.

He is a researcher in the areas of African theatre, development communication, culture, film and folklore. He has published 9 books, 31 Journal Articles and 24 book chapters and has written plays, published poems and read papers at several international and local conferences/seminars. Ebewo is a member of the International Federation for Theatre Researchers (African Theatre Working Group), Society of Nigerian Theatre Artists, Association for Rhetoric and Communication in Southern Africa, and Nigerian Folklore Society. He is an NRF-rated researcher, 2013-2018.

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The Durban University of Technology’s Faculty of Arts and Design, Acting Dean Dr René Smith visited Parsons The New School for Design in New York in March this year.

“This was truly a memorable and productive trip.

At Parsons the New School for Design I met with a representative in the Dean’s office. We provided overviews of our respective institutions and faculties”, she said.

Smith was provided with a range of Parsons’ promotional material and she visited the school’s Welcome Centre and Exhibitions. She explained: “Synergies with our planned and existing strategic projects were noted. The focus on transdisciplinary studies and social entrepreneurship stood out as these were areas included in our 2013 TDG application. Interestingly, Parsons has an MFA Transdisciplinary Design, which speaks to our existing Transdisciplinary project with Mistra and has lessons for our planned generic degree.”

Mistra, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection, was recently rated one of the Top 10 New Global Think Tanks. Faculty are currently working on an inter and transdisciplinarity book project with Mistra. In addition to her visit to Parsons, Smith also attended a Commonwealth Secretariat and African Union (AU) high-level dialogue. The aim of the conference was to address women’s leadership

in delivering democracy and development in Africa. Participants invited to the event included speakers of parliament, members of parliament, ministers, senior representatives from election management bodies, academia and civil society, to share common goals and strategies for political leadership. The conference provided an opportunity for stakeholders to assess the progress towards achieving commitments set out in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and Agenda 2063 – the AU’s 50-year roadmap for advancing women’s rights. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and the AU’s dedicated year of women’s empowerment.

Acting Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Design, Dr René Smith

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FAD’s Dr René Smith visits Parsons The New School for Design in New York

The Faculty of Arts and Design afforded 12 Students an opportunity of a lifetime to travel and explore China in January this year.

DUT students with FAFU students at the UNESCO natural and cultural heritage site, Mount Wuyi, in China.

StudentsfromFashionandTextiles,Fine Art, Language Practice, Translation and Interpreting Practice programmes got to spend 20 days at the Chinese bridge Winter Camp in Fuzhou and Wuyishan, Fujian Province.

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Apart from visiting the exquisite sights of Mount Wuyi and the gorgeous Fuzhou Springs, they got a better understanding of China, improved their Mandarin proficiency, Chinese culture and built close friendships with Chinese students at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU).

Sponsored by the DUT Confucius Institute (DUT CI) and FAFU, the Winter Camp forms part of a series of programmes for students that include Mandarin enhancing courses, lectures and workshops themed on China-African relations and ChinaSouth African relations, the Fujian culture and economy, Apitherapy (the

medicinal use of products made by honeybees) and Chinese conventional medicine. This partnership was formed as a result of DUT signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with FAFU towards the establishment of a Mandarin language programme at DUT. The DUT CI programme is the first programme in KwaZulu-Natal aimed at promoting and facilitating academic exchanges between the two universities.

The Faculty of Arts and Design has signed a MOA with the College of Arts and Landscape Architecture (CALA) at FAFU, which provides for student and staff exchanges.

Luke Binder, Ruth Binder, Nkanyiso Shezi, Jack Binder, Zimme Hadebe who were in the play, Oliver!

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The Drama and Production Studies Department kicked off the year with the successful staging of Lionel Bart’s timeless musical, Oliver! at their newly-refurbished Courtyard Theatre.

Based on the classical novel by Charles Dickens, which was later turned into a play and film, the musical tells the story of a young orphan living in Victorian London. It captures Oliver’s time in a workhouse, being sold as an undertaker’s assistant and as part of a gang of young pickpockets - before being adopted by his benefactor, Mr Brownlow.

The musical staged at DUT Featured popular and much loved songs from the original award-winning Broadway version of Oliver! Hits included Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself,

You’ve got to Pick a Pocket or Two, As Long as He Needs Me, I’d Do Anything and Omm-Pah-Pah. The production had a cast numbering 55, including 12 children who really impressed director Dr Pamela Tancsik, from the Drama Department.

Tancsik localised the DUT production to a contemporary Durban setting, an act which reminded us that this iconic work of literature is still contemporaneous today as when it was written.

Even though Dickens’s novel was penned in 1838, Tancsik said the heart of this tale is still relevant today.

“Unfortunately, hardly anything has changed. We still deal with huge poverty levels, human trafficking, abuse against children and woman,

violence, alcoholism. All those issues are still very relevant in South Africa today and that, for me, was also a great reason to do the musical in a contemporary style and set it in Durban.”

She said the show’s designer, Peter Court, opted to set the musical in Durban and in a contemporary style.

“So there is no London or Victorian costumes and set designs. Usually you would have the whole London or Victorian market scene, but we will have fruit and wares vendors – similar to what you would see around the Durban central and Warwick junction areas. People will be reminded of the everyday realities that we see when we drive along Durban streets,” she said.

Madlen Tzankova was musical director, while the set was designed

by Peter Court and construction by Jimmy Alberts and Black Coffee.

Choreography by Mdu Mtshali and musical piano accompaniment by

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Drama Department welcomed the year with a bang!

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Equal Rights without Discrimination Dialogue In March, Art for Humanity (AFH) in partnership with the Democracy Development Program (DDP) hosted a dialogue titled, Equal Rights without Discrimination: The Role of Higher Education institutions to safeguard individual rights. The dialogue keynote speaker was Acting Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design, Dr René Smith.

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Smith reflected on her experiences of activism and as a student campaigning for equal rights while living in England.

She relayed stories of her time as ‘Minorities Officer’ of the National Union of Students at her alma mater in the United Kingdom. She shared some lessons of student protest action against a racist, sexist and homophobic column in a local newspaper. She talked about the significance of the South African Constitution and about the need for us to know and understand the Bill of Rights and make it a ‘living document’.

Smith went on to share statistics and graphic representations of countries where same-sex relationships are illegal. She said: “There are almost 80 countries in the world where same sex relationships are illegal and most of these countries are in the Middle East and on our Continent - 36 of Africa’s 55 countries. If found guilty the punishment can be death, lashings, forced psychiatric treatment, hard labour, prison or fines.” She highlighted the harsh reality of hate crimes in South Africa, especially the heinous crimes perpetrated against black lesbians specifically.

The Acting Dean spoke of the importance of setting up structures, formal or informal, that can in the long run influence policy in Higher Education that will protect LGBTIQ student communities. After her presentation the room separated into groups for targeted participant discussion on the topic, facilitated

by Brian Bhengu, the DDP facilitator for the evening. AFH intern Zimasa

Magudu shared: “I was part of a very diverse group that comprised of individuals that were business men, members of parliament, lecturers as well as students and together we shared stories we had either encountered or heard of. We had a student who comes from a very deeply Christian rooted family with a father who is a pastor and this student was proud to share with us that she was now - after many attempts - able to bring home her gay friends without her father throwing a fit.”

Smith ended the dialogue by asking participants the question what needed to be done to ensure all our students felt safe and protected at institutions of Higher Education. She said: “There needs to be a collective response and action and that it is important to have more of these conversations”.

After her presentation the room separated into groups for targeted participant discussion on the topic, facilitated by Brian Bhengu, the DDP facilitator for the evening.

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AFH intern Zimasa Magudu shared: “I was part of a very diverse group that comprised of individuals that were business men, members of parliament, lecturers as well as students and together we shared stories we had either encountered or heard of. We had a student who comes from a very deeply Christian rooted family with a father who is a pastor and this student was proud to share with us that she was now - after many attempts - able to bring home her gay friends without her father throwing a fit.”

Lee also stood up and spoke, sharing that he does not hide his sexual preference but does not advertise nor flaunt it either when it comes to his businesses. Smith ended the dialogue by asking participants the question, “What can we do?”

And she said: “There needs to be a collective response and action and that it is important to have these conversations”.

Smith ended the dialogue by asking participants the question what needed to be done to ensure all our students felt safe and protected at institutions of Higher Education. She said: “There needs to be a collective response and action and that it is important to have more of these conversations”.

Magudu went on to say there was only one gay person in their group, a gentleman by the name of Lee who is a successful businessman and who sits on many company boards. His story proved wrong stereotypes or notions that gay men can only work as hairdressers.

Dr Rene Smith during the Equal Rights without discrimination Dialogue

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Francophone week

Seven students from the Durban University of Technology’s Faculty of Arts and Design shine in Cape Town

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Design Indaba

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Design Indaba

Fabulous FAD Seven Shine at Design Indaba

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Horizontalism design

By Thulisizwe Mamba

Design Indaba

a platform to introduce their work to international buyers. Buzwe Nxasana, fourth year student in the Interior Design Programme was among the five upand coming designers that took part in the mentorship programme. He was paired with Mark Horner and Andrew Makin from Design Work Shop, in an effort to allow for collaboration and skills transfer, and the ability to learn from seasoned professionals who are working in the design industry.

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Graphic Design students, Thulisizwe Sizwe Mamba from the first year class and Camilla Kruger, a fourth year student, together with Megan Parker, a fourth year student in the Interior Design Programme participated in the Indaba’s Emerging Creatives programme.

Each year, Design Indaba profiles South Africa’s top design talent and this year there was a record number of applications. The curators had to narrow down nearly 270 applications to just 40 successful candidates.

The Design Indaba Expo is a showcase that features some of the nation’s top local exhibitors. The three-day long expo gives candidates from the Emerging Creatives programme, an initiative that provides exceptionally talented young individuals the opportunity to break into the industry,

Also, three graduates from the Faculty of Arts and Design, Siyanda Mbele an interior design graduate and part-time lecturer, Lungelo Mashaba and Msizi Luthuli who are part of the Department and Arts and Culture and the SABS Design Institute mentorship programme exhibited their work at the three day indaba.

Another DUT student and Lecturer, Mhlonishwa Chiliza’s work submitted for the PPC Cement Imaginarium Awards was also on display at the Design Indaba.

The Dean’s office sponsored two lecturers from the participating departments to attend the Design Indaba.

Departments nominated Michelle Reynolds from Interior Design and Farida Kadwa from Fashion Design.

Kadwa said: “The Indaba was a mind-blowing experience as it hosted design gurus from across the world who are the front-runners in their industries and hail from a myriad of creative, technological and business spheres.” Reynolds echoed her sentiments saying the Design Indaba was a symphony in delivery and sheer rock ‘n roll in content. “Ravi Naidoo is the acclaimed conductor and for many years I have been a devoted fan. The annual conference brings designers, educators and business together in the true sense of an Indaba. It does so not only to inspire but to remind us of why design matters, and how meaningful design can change lives. Hearing design heroes, gurus and rockstars such as Rosita Missoni, Dan Wieden, Casey Niestat and Stanley Hainsworth speak from the heart and reflect on their most intimate truths and realisations about process gives one a great sense of privilege,” she said.

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even students from the Durban University of Technology’s Faculty of Arts and Design were chosen from more than 270 hopefuls to be part of this year’s Design Indaba Expo which was held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in February.

Awards & Honours

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence for Purvis Graphic Design Lecturer and Fine Artist, Dennis Purvis has been successfully recommended for the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence.

Purvis who has a teaching career spanning nearly three decades said he was flattered to be recognised by the Faculty as well as the ViceChancellor.

“For me it is an honour to be recognised by the Faculty and the Vice-Chancellor, because I have been teaching for nearly thirty years,” he said.

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His current areas of exploration include programme development, subject development, liaising with industry professionals, as well as lecturing at undergraduate and post graduate levels.

His challenges include keeping abreast of developments in the

industry and encouraging students to think ‘outside of the box’ so that they become entrepreneurs and confident creative problem solvers.

“Balancing the intense demands of the industry and allowing students the space for personal development is always a challenge”, said Purvis.

One of his profound memories over the years was the merger of Natal Technikon and ML Sultan Technikon to form the Durban University of Technology in 2002. “it is impossible to single out particular events, but most of them centre around the difference one can make in empowering students and seeing them flourish as individuals and adding value to the world around them,” he said.

Purvis co- founded Purvis Design, a progressive graphic design studio which ran for 15 years.

Gotcha casualwear was one of the international brands he developed from inception until the late ‘80s.

His works hang in South African museums, galleries, corporate and private collections. When he is not working he enjoys surfing and has a deep love for music.

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Mnguni Makes History at the Emma Smith Art Scholarship Awards

on subliminal levels in that the use of dialogue is minimal and the visual experience is often quite intimate and spacey due to the use of atmospheric musical scores and the combination of moody lighting and minimal figures within the frame in which the audience views the narrative.

Mnguni’s short film, Windows of Solitude scooped the top price at the ceremony held at the DUT City Campus Arthur Smith Hall in February. His film tells the story of four teenage friends who embark on a journey of self-discovery after losing a friend to suicide. Explaining his film, he said: “an introvert story

The film also makes the use of time to help drive the texture of the world that the characters exist in by making the use of settings that appear to be of the past in some distant setting from the current time”. He continued: “The film exposes the individual characters through a transparent filter that

allows the audience to examine these characters’ personal spaces and how they’re all being affected by death which introduces the thematic element of loss and discovery into the narrative because after Bongani dies, each character goes in a new path of discovery to find themselves as individuals.

The scholarship was founded in 1920 by Hon CG Smith in the memory of his mother who passed on. Originally, the objective of the scholarship was to provide a sum of money annually to assist the learner financially in order to study overseas.

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NOT only did Video Technology student, Ndumiso Mnguni walk away with a R50 000 scholarship at the glitzy Emma Smith Art Scholarship Award ceremony earlier this year, he also made history by being the first student from the department to win an Emma Smith Award.

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Chiliza wins big at the PPC Imaginarium Awards

There were 477 shortlisted entrances and 96 finalists who qualified to have their work displayed at the UJ Gallery

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Awards & Honours

Award-winning artist and Fine Art lecturer, Mhlonishwa Chiliza has bagged another award for his creatively sculptured piece which intends to express his life experience of living in a hostel. Not only has this win raised his profile as a budding artist but it has also outstretched his bank balance. Chiliza walked away with a whooping price money of R50 000 in the PPC Imaginarium: YCSA (Young Concrete Sculpture Awards) held at the University of Johannesburg’s Art Gallery in January.

There were 477 shortlisted entrances and 96 finalists who qualified to have their work displayed at the UJ Gallery. Chiliza says after viewing the works of other finalists, he didn’t think his piece would win and was incredibly overwhelmed when he was announced as the winner.

Award-winning artist and Fine Art lecturer, Mhlonishwa Chiliza has bagged another award for his creatively sculptured piece which intends to express his life experience of living in a hostel. Not only has this win raised his profile as a budding artist but it has also outstretched his bank balance. Chiliza walked away with a whooping price money of R50 000 in the PPC Imaginarium: YCSA (Young Concrete Sculpture Awards) held at the University of Johannesburg’s Art Gallery in January.

There were 477 shortlisted entrances and 96 finalists who qualified to have their work displayed at the UJ Gallery. Chiliza says after viewing the works of other finalists, he didn’t think his piece would win and was incredibly overwhelmed when he was announced as the winner.

“The works that filled the gallery were all amazing and I was overwhelmed with the technical excellence of each piece. However when my name was called as the winner in the best sculpture category, I was very surprised and overwhelmed by the moment”, he said. The competition had six categories, Architecture, Film, Fashion, Industrial design, Jewellery and Sculpture. Top winners in each category walked away with a cash price of R50 000, while the runner-ups received R15 000 and the merit prize award was R10 000.

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Over the years Chiliza has enjoyed vast media coverage for his achievements, which include magazine profiles and exhibitions in various galleries that have brought him local and international recognition.

His winning piece intends to express his life experience of living in a hostel, an often negatively perceived place with shocking historical records of unnecessary wars and conflicts between political parties.

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Portraying a two-plate stove with an empty kettle intended to grab the viewer’s attention in getting a feeling of a township life

Chiliza came from a working class background and a hostel provided him with a home. His work portrays the deep relationship he has had over his lifetime with this environment. The intention to depict an underprivileged kitchen is a reflection of his own experience. In a hostel, the kitchen is often the main and most important place. It is where those who live there gather and chat about social and political issues, which creates unity of brotherhood and fatherhood within the building.

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Portraying a two-plate stove with an empty kettle intended to grab the viewer’s attention in getting a feeling of a township life. The medium of cement is hard and strong, which acts as a metaphor for Chiliza’s life- enduring the hardships of poverty, hunger and hopelessness. These objects are handmade mainly to portray the interior of an informal environment, and are made with cement because of the strong sense of permanence. Chiliza thoroughly enjoyed the medium, seeing it as a constructive device to record and share his ideas Lastly, the floor replicates uMlabalaba, which is a game played in most hostels. The structure of a sleeping chair reveals the insufficiency of space that can be experienced in a hostel.

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New Staff Members in the Faculty Anthony Collins: is a Professor in the Journalism Programme of the Department of Media, Language and Communication. He is interested in transformative approaches to teaching that empower students by giving them more critical ways of understanding themselves and social worlds in which they live, and has received both the UKZN Distinguished Teacher Award and the HELTSA National Excellence in Teaching Award.

He holds a PhD from the University of California, and is active in research and community work on understanding and reducing violence in South Africa. He is currently working on a new book on this topic, entitled ‘One Bloody Thing After Another’. His work can be found online.

Dr Delphine Colin: has joined the Faculty as a Lecturer for the French General Education (Gen Ed) Module. She also develops cultural and art projects in partnership with Alliance Française. She is involved in promoting francophone culture through gastronomy, music, movies and art at DUT. She studied Art at La Sorbonne in Paris and completed her PHD thesis on the subject of ‘The Self-Portrait and The Tearing of Reality in Photography and Video’. She has also written articles in different specialised magazines about Self-Portrait and Female Identity in contemporary Art, Art and Intimacy, and Digital Art.

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Dr Colin lived in Reunion Island for four years before her arrival in Durban. She was a High School Art Teacher, and during the time participated in many projects, including lecturing about Contemporary Art History at Artothèque and at Le Port Fine Art School, as well as working with artists in cinema, photography and drama. She also has her own artistic practice in Digital Art, and in the coming months, she will develop art projects with exhibition at the KZNSA gallery and for the Arts and Design Digital Festival taking place in September.

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Rachel Pegado: is our Portuguese Gen Ed Module Lecturer and was instrumental in facilitating March’s public lecture, which was part of the EU Inspiring Thinkers Series. Rachel coordinates all the Portuguese cultural activities that augment the Gen Ed Portuguese module currently being piloted in the Faculty of Arts and Design. Rachel also teaches Portuguese at Alliance Française, amongst others.

Andile Dube: has joined the Faculty to assist with the Information and Communication portfolio, which includes improving the Faculty’s internal communications as identified during the strategic planning processes. Andile has a background in journalism and he has worked for The Mercury Newspaper, Heat magazine and The New Age Newspaper.

Nirvana Singh: has joined us an Administrator for the Faculty’s Teaching Development Grant. She has a background in finance and (amongst others) has worked in the Higher Education sector for several years.

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Issue One 2015