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    (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005-12) Van Eeden, Adrienne; Alborough, Alan; University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Visual Arts.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is an enquiry into the interrelated nature of artistic production, theoretical concerns and subjectivity. It serves as an interrogation of linear and hierarchal argumentation and draws parallels between conceptions of textuality and the human body.
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    The tensions in technology : influences of technology in the modern age
    (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2002-12) Campbell, Kurt (Kurt Denver); Klopper, Sandra; Brundrit, Jean; Alborough, Alan; University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Visual Arts.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Technology as a formal structure has been given pride of place in many developing countries because of its association with modernity and social development. It has been grouped with Science as a force that operates beyond reproach because of its perceived rational and instrumental nature. By surveying current theories of technology, philosophy and technology development modules, I investigate the implications that modern technology and technological artifacts have beyond merely their instrumental role. I will question the current conceptions of technology as a rational, objective force by arguing that technology operates as a force that more often than not produces a variety of unintended consequences as part of its impact on society.