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RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
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Topics
Reclaim the African Narrative within South Africa through African centred design within
Tribalism
African Identity crisis
Design a collection that documents the African Narrative
in an empowering educational and authentic manner. The
collection should aim to decolonize South Africa’s history and ultimately,
culture. Therefore, the collection should source inspiration
from the past engage with the present and help shape the
future of liberated South African minds
Research Approach
Qualitative
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Qualitative is non numerical data collecting where the focus is on getting multiple opinions and understand multitude of experiences and generate new ideas(Bhandari., 2020)
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Why Qualitative
Since the topic revolves around sociological issues qualitative data will be optimal and will help structure the researcj
Crucial Points
The aim is t o understand concepts, opinions and experiences around the topic of trialism and the cultural barriers between Africans
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Proposed
Solution
Create a brand that aims to bridge the existing gap between Africans and create a community where everyone is welcomed regardless of their cultural differences.
A brand that communicates educating empowering and ultimately liberating messages to African
Design a collection that documents the African Narrative
in an empowering educational and authentic manner. The collection should inspiration from different African Garments and silhouettes to illustrate the commonality in our diversity
Analysis
Through the narrative research I aim to find patterns and possible connection with each participants experiences to emphasis the relevancy and importance of the collection.
Findings
Liberating ourselves from our own bondage
It is imperative that black people ensure that new, liberating
symbols can emerge.This means that it is our responsibility
to dismantle artefacts or songs that remind its of our
inferiority complex, as we work to embrace new perceptions
of ourselves
The deformation of our African identity, which we as Africans
allowed to happen by justifying
Western Epistemologies as the only correct ones, created an
impression that African Philosophies traditions and lifestyles are
unacceptable ad deniable.It is the undeniable truth that we are
not going to uproot the attitude of white supremacy unless we
deal with the black condition, because white supremacy is
founded on the black condition
Data
Gathering Tools
Age group
18-25
Gender
Different cultural backgrounds
Male and Female
Academic Journals, Academic Books,Interviews, Videos
Students in university would be ideal because there diverse cultures so that will allow me to randomly select individuals