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Journalism and Media Studies
[accordion collapsed] What does a journalist do? Journalists tell people what is happening in the world around them, about things that matter. They investigate issues, generate and develop story ideas, gather information through methods and techniques such as interviews, research, and observation, and then…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/communication/history-art-and-visual-studies
History of Art
[accordion collapsed] What is History of Art? History of Art makes an important contribution towards developing insight into the visual arts as emerging from and reflecting different historical and geographic contexts. It gives students a deeper understanding of the complex, shifting relationships between cultural expression…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/communication/development-communication
Development Communication
[accordion collapsed] What does a development communication practitioner do? Development communication refers to empowerment and development, mostly in a community context. A communication practitioner who specialises in development communication must be able to develop strategies to communicate with and on behalf of non-…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/communication/video
Documentary video
Documentary video Documentary video is a specialist field focusing on planning, executing and polishing audio-visual narratives with a factual character. Planning – or preproduction, does not only entail writing stories, but also production research, how to compile a proposal, set a budget, and apply ethical and legal aspects in…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/communication/contact-us
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MahikengMr Musara LubomboDeputy Director: CommunicationTel. +27 18 3892363Musara.Lubombo@nwu.ac.zaPotchefstroomLisl BoshoffSenior administrative assistant: CommunicationTel: +27 (0)18 299 1642lisl.boshoff@nwu.ac.za Zita KysterAdministrative assistant: Art History and Graphic DesignTel: +27 (0)18 299 4091Fax: +27 (0)18 299 4097zita.…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages
Languages
The 2022 applications for the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture language bursary are now open. This bursary is specifically aimed at making a contribution toward full-time undergraduate as well as full-time and part-time Honours and MA students of language studies at the North-West University. See if you qualify…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/vinco
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The research niche ViNCO (Visual Narratives and Creative Outputs through Interdisciplinary and Practice-Led Research) contributes to current discourse on South African and African visual narratives and the histories and visions that shape them. Our students and researchers work towards creating, imagining, exploring, inquiring and…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/vinco/previous-projects
Previous projects
Research Niche: Visual Narratives and Creative Outputs through Interdisciplinary and Practice-Led Research (VINCO) Tracking creative creatures (2007-2009) Tracking creative creatures is an interdisciplinary exploration, which originated out of a need for research possibilities within the…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/vinco/disappearance-2015-2017
Disappearance (2015-2017)
Disappearance consists of three broad main components, namely: (i) creative outputs as research outputs, (ii) community engagement and (iii) formal explicit format research outputs. The project has its departure point in the perspectives regarding the relationship…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/vinco/researchers
Researchers
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News
Communication news European film bursary for PUK alumnus David Zanré Reed, a former student at the School of Communication was awarded an Erasmus Mundus study bursary to complete his master's degree in documentary video editing in Europe. The bursary, awarded annually to students and academics by the European…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/communication/zanre-reed
Zanre Reed
Europese-filmbeurs vir oud-Puk Deur Lieneke Pieterse Zanré Reed …http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/afrikaans-and-dutch
Afrikaans and Dutch
Available on the Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark Campuses The variety of Afrikaans that is spoken today originates from the Dutch, Malay and African languages spoken by early settlers in South Africa in the 1600s. Afrikaans is viewed by linguists as a young language. Its development began in the 17th century when …http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/creative-writing
Creative Writing
Available on the Potchefstroom Campus [accordion collapsed] What is Creative Writing? Creative Writing entails the writing of creative texts such as short stories, poems, children’s stories and drama texts. It is a fully fledged graduate subject and is mainly selected by students majoring in languages. No specific entrance…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/centre-text-technology/autshumato