No. 39 (2025): Image and Text

Book Reviews

Book Review Narrating the heritage of psychiatry

Rory du Plessis

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Exhibition Review

Exhibition Review Artefacts

Carla Crafford, Alicia Ferreira

1 - 9
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Special Section I

Special section editorial Stairways and Ruins

Louisemarié Combrink, Janine Allen, Colette Lotz

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Weaving more-than-human connections in Danelle Heenop and Juan Steyn’s The nest and Jo Roets’s Nest series Stairways and Ruins

Catharina de Klerk

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Hou my vas, Korporaal: Protesting masculinity in Héniel Fourie’s Toekoms Spoke/Future Ghosts Stairways and Ruins

Juan M. Terblanche

1 - 24
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Dystopian ruins: Nostalgia for a lauded past that never existed Stairways and Ruins

Liam Rothballer

1 - 19
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The Cadastral Map as Imperial Ruin: All She Surveys Stairways and Ruins

Neil Lowe

1 - 21
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Creating sacred spaces: A study of storyworld building Stairways and Ruins

Colette Lotz, Louisemarié Combrink

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Navigating grief through contemporary commemorative art practice in the form of graphic tapestries Stairways and Ruins

Lindi Cameron

1 - 24
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Artistic conversation: Louisemarié Combrink in conversation with Jan van der Merwe Stairways and Ruins

Louisemarié Combrink, Jan L. van der Merwe

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Graphic history and style: Dada Khanyisa’s drawings for The Widow of Marabastad Stairways and Ruins

Adrie Haese, Deirdre Pretorius

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Phoenixes and ashes: A close reading of selected work from Stairways and Ruins Stairways and Ruins

Rat Western

1 - 21
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That which remains: Memorialisation in art and the ‘living’ melancholy object Stairways and Ruins

Lyrene Kühn-Botma

1 - 17
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Sivivane sogogo!: An artistic reimagining beyond shadow and stone Stairways and Ruins

Jessica Lindiwe Draper, Louise Hall, Justine Wintjes

1 - 26
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Special Section II

Special section editorial Arts activisms and gender-based violence through transnational perspectives

Maria Photiou, Basia Sliwinska

1 - 6
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Caring about queer-feminist artists on social media. Thinking with critical friendship Arts activisms and gender-based violence through transnational perspectives

Sophie Lingg

1 - 18
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Silence will not protect you: Speaking up, speaking out, and speaking against domestic violence through the medium of jewellery in The body language - scars by Dominika Kuźniar Arts activisms and gender-based violence through transnational perspectives

Basia Sliwinska

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Trajectories of solidarities in Asia and beyond. The work of Arahmaiani, Phoebe Ching Ying Man and Sun Shaokun Arts activisms and gender-based violence through transnational perspectives

Monica Merlin

1 - 24
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Weaving resistance: Feminist embroidery as a political, affective, and artistic practice within the struggle against feminicides in Mexico City Arts activisms and gender-based violence through transnational perspectives

Charlotta S. Sippel

1 - 22
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Lighting up resistance: Dalit Women Fight projections and the power of ambient activism Arts activisms and gender-based violence through transnational perspectives

Giorgia Rizzioli

1 - 20
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Breaking the silent legacies of war: Exploring transnational feminist art activisms and conflict-related gender-based violence Arts activisms and gender-based violence through transnational perspectives

Maria Photiou

1 - 21
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Transnational affect and gender-based violence in Arizona, CY (2024) Arts activisms and gender-based violence through transnational perspectives

Marilena Zackheos, Nicos Philippou

1 - 20
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Open Section

The agency, references and contexts in the oeuvre of the ceramist Henriette Ngako (1943-2021) Original Research

Ronnie Watt
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Spectres of decay: Anarchival approaches to decoding the palimpsest Original Research

Nicola Deane

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Zoë Modiga’s SINENKANI (2020): A Womanist exploration of contemporary South African Afrosurrealism and Zulu identity Original Research

Nhlosenhle Mpontshane, Obakeng Kgongoane, Deneesher Pather

1 - 24
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No. 39 (2025): Image and Text

Book Reviews

Book Review Narrating the heritage of psychiatry

Exhibition Review

Exhibition Review Artefacts

Special Section I

Special section editorial Stairways and Ruins

Weaving more-than-human connections in Danelle Heenop and Juan Steyn’s The nest and Jo Roets’s Nest series Stairways and Ruins

Hou my vas, Korporaal: Protesting masculinity in Héniel Fourie’s Toekoms Spoke/Future Ghosts Stairways and Ruins

Dystopian ruins: Nostalgia for a lauded past that never existed Stairways and Ruins

The Cadastral Map as Imperial Ruin: All She Surveys Stairways and Ruins

Creating sacred spaces: A study of storyworld building Stairways and Ruins

Navigating grief through contemporary commemorative art practice in the form of graphic tapestries Stairways and Ruins

Artistic conversation: Louisemarié Combrink in conversation with Jan van der Merwe Stairways and Ruins

Graphic history and style: Dada Khanyisa’s drawings for The Widow of Marabastad Stairways and Ruins

Phoenixes and ashes: A close reading of selected work from Stairways and Ruins Stairways and Ruins

That which remains: Memorialisation in art and the ‘living’ melancholy object Stairways and Ruins

Sivivane sogogo!: An artistic reimagining beyond shadow and stone Stairways and Ruins

Special Section II

Special section editorial Arts activisms and gender-based violence through transnational perspectives

Caring about queer-feminist artists on social media. Thinking with critical friendship Arts activisms and gender-based violence through transnational perspectives

Silence will not protect you: Speaking up, speaking out, and speaking against domestic violence through the medium of jewellery in The body language - scars by Dominika Kuźniar Arts activisms and gender-based violence through transnational perspectives

Trajectories of solidarities in Asia and beyond. The work of Arahmaiani, Phoebe Ching Ying Man and Sun Shaokun Arts activisms and gender-based violence through transnational perspectives

Weaving resistance: Feminist embroidery as a political, affective, and artistic practice within the struggle against feminicides in Mexico City Arts activisms and gender-based violence through transnational perspectives

Lighting up resistance: Dalit Women Fight projections and the power of ambient activism Arts activisms and gender-based violence through transnational perspectives

Breaking the silent legacies of war: Exploring transnational feminist art activisms and conflict-related gender-based violence Arts activisms and gender-based violence through transnational perspectives

Transnational affect and gender-based violence in Arizona, CY (2024) Arts activisms and gender-based violence through transnational perspectives

Open Section

The agency, references and contexts in the oeuvre of the ceramist Henriette Ngako (1943-2021) Original Research

Spectres of decay: Anarchival approaches to decoding the palimpsest Original Research

Zoë Modiga’s SINENKANI (2020): A Womanist exploration of contemporary South African Afrosurrealism and Zulu identity Original Research

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