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I Thought We Said #ACAB: The Purpose of Policing 20 Oct 2022 · Ntokozo Mdaki In 2000, a Special Assignment program was aired that exposed the vicious dog training techniques used by the North East Rand dog unit.In the program we are shown a video captured by the officers themselves, one that the dog unit took so much pride in that they would screen the footage for their fellow policemen and friends at a braai. The footage itself is from 1998 and portrays 6 policemen who wanted to train 2 young police dogs to be vicious and aggressive. 2 older dogs were to be used to teach the new dogs how to attack and bring down a human target. Those human targets were 3 immigrants that had been picked up, without any charges, for the sole purpose of this dog training Read more → -
Postmodernism: The interpretation of culture to give meaning to reality 20 Oct 2022 · Mandla Mhlambi Hyperreality refers to the condition of being unable to distinguish and differentiate between reality and simulations thereof. This is exemplified more intensively by social media. At the genesis of the 21st century, hyperreality was perpetuated primarily by basic modern media. TVs, magazines and movies were the primary advocates of hyperreality. Unrealistic standards of existence were illustrated through these forms of media. In today’s atmosphere, the primary advocate of hyperreality is social media. It heavily blurs the lines separating reality and simulations portraying reality. 58,4% of the world’s population is active on social media. This implies that the advancement of hyperreality is perceived by over half of the world’s population. No wonder we hate ourselves so bad. Read more → -
CAN AI BE INTEGRATED INTO TRADITIONAL ARTISTIC MEDIUMS? 29 Sept 2022 · Michael Jarrold The recent developments around AI generated imagery/artwork has brought up a lot of discussion around how it can be integrated into the current artistic ecosystem and what that could mean for artists. Read more → -
The Line: between smoke and mirrors 20 Sept 2022 · Kiara Braum A city: 170km long, 200 metres wide, completely encased in mirrors and built in the Saudi desert. Although it may seem like the description of a fictional post-apocalyptic city, the plan is real and the vision of His Royal Highness Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Read more → -
DREAMING AS A CREATIVE FOUNDATION 30 Aug 2022 · Michael Jarrold In the 21st Century, the majority of the creative projects being released are generated by looking at pre-existing work and previous ideologies. I think that the process of finding original ideas by simply looking inwards is a concept that could be explored further. Read more → -
Is attraction the only true sexual orientation? 25 Aug 2022 · Mandla Mhlambi GENDERFLUIDITY HAS BECOME A CHARACTERISTIC ASPECT OF SEXUALITY AS WE KNOW IT. RETROSPECTIVE VIEWS AND PRINCIPLES ON GENDER ROLES AND SEXUALITY ARE SLOWLY PHASING OUT. “BOYS DON’T CRY” AND “GIRLS LIKE PRINCESSES” ARE STATEMENTS THAT CAN GARNER A LOT OF BACKLASH TODAY. Read more → -
Gen-z vs. Accusations of narcissism: Is our generation self-obsessed or in fact, passionately empathetic? 16 Aug 2022 · Lerato Botha For generation to generation, a peculiar period during which the preceding generation dissects and often ridicules the choices and ideals of the succeeding generation, and vice versa, has come to be expected. Read more → -
“Everything you see, I owe to Spaghetti!” 21 Apr 2022 · Kiara Braum Picture this: you’re hungry, You’ve been busy all day and haven’t had the chance to eat. as you finally step foot into your house after all your stress, there’s a hot, freshly made bowl of spaghetti waiting for you. When one is hungry like that and presented with food, there is a brief moment of such profound, primal relief. Satisfaction, nutrition and pleasure! All because of a delicious bowl of pasta presented at just the right time. Read more → -
IF LIFE WAS A VIDEOGAME, FAMOUS PEOPLE WOULD BE PLAYER 1'S AND THE REST OF US, JUST NON-PLAYABLE CHARACTERS. 7 Apr 2022 · Musa Mnguni Thing is, if you're famous, you're more likely to make money—that's just the fact of the matter. but now for the modern times we're living in, this reality starts to stretch and there's this exclusive batch of jobs that you can't really get unless you're famous. Read more → -
Are we the Last Men? : a brief look into the predictions of Fredrich Nietzsche. 5 Apr 2022 · Kiara Braum THE SUPERMAN IS THE ULTIMATE PERSON, SOMEONE WHO HAS TRANSCENDED THE PREJUDICES AND RESTRICTIONS OF THEIR SOCIETY AND CREATED THEIR OWN VALUES AND BELIEFS. THEY ARE CREATIVE, DISCONTENT, FLEXIBLE, SELF-CONFIDENT, CHEERFUL AND COURAGEOUS. THEY DEFY NIHILISM BY FINDING MEANING AND PURPOSE ON EARTH Read more → -
Existential nuggets amid the chaos of yesterday and tomorrow. 25 Mar 2022 · Lesedi-Atang Litheko To say that existence is something that is quite difficult to get through is an understatement while still being relative to how life goes for the individual that is experiencing it at that specific period in time. Read more → -
Huge influx of information and the direct influence it has in our lives on and offline, can we keep up? 25 Mar 2022 · Musa Mnguni Ever heard the saying " We live in an era of information " , probably...but what does this statement really entail , hasn't information been around for centuries and centuries? Read more →