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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/languages/english
English
Available on the Mahikeng, Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark Campuses The history of the English language really started with the arrival of three Germanic tribes who invaded Britain during the 5th century AD. So, English has its roots in the West Germanic languages of the Indo-European language family, from which German and…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/french
French
Available on the Mahikeng, Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark Campuses In 2020, la langue française, the language of love, is an official language in 32 countries and is spoken in more than 43 countries and by about 300 million people around the world, on every continent. There are more than 50 million people learning…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/german
German
Available on the Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark Campuses German is the language of scientists, inventors, philosophers, composers, artists, poets and authors. More than 100 Nobel Prizes have been awarded to German-speaking individuals who have distinguished themselves in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine,…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/ilma
About ILMA
The entity Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA) is a research niche area of the North-West University (NWU) in South Africa. It is the only one of its kind on the continent of Africa. It focuses on issues of African languages in the media, the contrast between public and private financing of the media, the media and…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/south-african-sign
South African Sign Language
Available on the Potchefstroom Campus Used by almost one million deaf and hearing South Africans, South African Sign Language (SASL) is the official language of the South African deaf community and has linguistic rules just like all other spoken languages do. This study programme is designed for people who would like to…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/ilma/contact-us