The way that landscape is depicted in art, but also in visual culture is telling about the ways in which people see and experience space, place and nature, but also culture, belonging and ownership. In South Africa these have always been contested concepts, that are constantly being re-negotiated t...
South African Tourism| #LIVEAGAIN FILM (2011)
https://youtu.be/sdxTNQ55_ZU
AND
South Africa Travelogue: Kimberly Diamond Mines & Gold Mines (1940)
https://youtu.be/EKWg8So-3xU
Now, write an essay where you contrast the two videos, paying attention specifically
with the way in which landscape is presented, and the meanings attached to it.
In your answer you should refer to ideology, ‘the gaze’, the picturesque, the pastoral,
and the sublime. You should also refer to van Eeden’s article ‘Surveying the Empty
Land’ in Selected South African Landscape Postcards’ available on the e-reserves,
as well as ‘Chapter 5: White Childhoods’, by van der Merwe, from The Politics of
Design. Available here: https://issuu.com/opresearch/docs/the_politics_of_design
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, Declaration
I declare that this assignment is my own original work. Where secondary material
has been used (either from a printed source or from the internet), this has been
carefully acknowledged and referenced in accordance with departmental
requirements as explained in Tutorial Letter ARHALLY/301. I understand what
plagiarism is and am aware of the department’s policy in this regard. I have not
allowed anyone else to copy my work.
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