Deirdre Pretorius
Biographic Data
| ID | 132989 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deirdre Pretorius |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deirdre |
| FAMILY NAME | Pretorius |
| SIGNATURE | PRETORIUS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Johannesburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3174-5403 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dead Living Things
This article offers a reflection on a research-led practice project titled Dead Living Things: A Cabinet of Curiosities in the Postcolony through which I explored how academic research can inform and be extended into creative practice. While the project resulted in both creative and textual outputs, the focus here is on the creative output, consisting of a physical cabinet of curiosities filled with a curated collection of found objects, accompan…
President, Preacher and Populist
This article presents the findings of an analysis on a sample of three 2019 South African election posters. Posters that feature the party leader from the ruling African National Congress (ANC), the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) and the “largest of the small parties” the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) are analysed to provide insight into the manner in which the posters are designed to appeal to the voting public through the design of their…
SLUIT NOU AAN! South African Union Defence Force recruitment posters from the Second World War
South Africa entered the Second World War ill-prepared and divided into pro- and anti-war factions. The Union Defence Force (UDF) required recruits for a variety of roles but the right to bear arms was confined to white male citizens. Despite the numerous daunting challenges that faced the recruiters, the number of white men who enlisted reached or even exceeded the required figures. To persuade men to volunteer authorities launched successive pr…
Propaganda Tricks – Good and Bad
This article begins to address the lack of research on South African poster propaganda from the Second World War by offering an account of the posters produced by the Mobile Visual Instruction and Propaganda Section of the South African Union Defence Force (UDF) from January to July 1945 in Rome, Italy. The article proceeds by providing the context for the posters, followed by an analysis of the three main poster categories; health, education, an…
Dead Living Things
This article offers a reflection on a research-led practice project titled Dead Living Things: A Cabinet of Curiosities in the Postcolony through which I explored how academic research can inform and be extended into creative practice. While the project resulted in both creative and textual outputs, the focus here is on the creative output, consisting of a physical cabinet of curiosities filled with a curated collection of found objects, accompan…
SLUIT NOU AAN! South African Union Defence Force recruitment posters from the Second World War
South Africa entered the Second World War ill-prepared and divided into pro- and anti-war factions. The Union Defence Force (UDF) required recruits for a variety of roles but the right to bear arms was confined to white male citizens. Despite the numerous daunting challenges that faced the recruiters, the number of white men who enlisted reached or even exceeded the required figures. To persuade men to volunteer authorities launched successive pr…
Propaganda Tricks – Good and Bad
This article begins to address the lack of research on South African poster propaganda from the Second World War by offering an account of the posters produced by the Mobile Visual Instruction and Propaganda Section of the South African Union Defence Force (UDF) from January to July 1945 in Rome, Italy. The article proceeds by providing the context for the posters, followed by an analysis of the three main poster categories; health, education, an…
SLUIT NOU AAN! South African Union Defence Force recruitment posters from the Second World War
South Africa entered the Second World War ill-prepared and divided into pro- and anti-war factions. The Union Defence Force (UDF) required recruits for a variety of roles but the right to bear arms was confined to white male citizens. Despite the numerous daunting challenges that faced the recruiters, the number of white men who enlisted reached or even exceeded the required figures. To persuade men to volunteer authorities launched successive pr…
President, Preacher and Populist
This article presents the findings of an analysis on a sample of three 2019 South African election posters. Posters that feature the party leader from the ruling African National Congress (ANC), the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) and the “largest of the small parties” the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) are analysed to provide insight into the manner in which the posters are designed to appeal to the voting public through the design of their…
Dead Living Things
This article offers a reflection on a research-led practice project titled Dead Living Things: A Cabinet of Curiosities in the Postcolony through which I explored how academic research can inform and be extended into creative practice. While the project resulted in both creative and textual outputs, the focus here is on the creative output, consisting of a physical cabinet of curiosities filled with a curated collection of found objects, accompan…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Democracy (2 works) · History (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Military, Security, and Education Studies (2 works)