The karyology and taxonomy of the southern African yellowfish (Pisces : cyprinidae)
- Authors: Oellermann, Lawrence Keith
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Barbus -- South Africa Cyprinidae -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:5192 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001968
- Description: The southern African yellowfish (Barbus aeneus, B. capensls, B. kimberleyensis, B. natalensis and B. polylepis) are very similar, which limits the utility of traditional taxonomic methods. For this reason yellowfish similarities were explored using multivariate analysis and karyology. Meristic, morphometric and Truss (body shape) data were examined using multiple discriminant, principal component and cluster analyses. The morphological study disclosed that although the species were very similar two distinct groups occurred; B. aeneus-B. kimberleyensis and B. capensis-B. polylepis-B. natalensis. Karyology showed that the yellowfish were hexaploid, B. aeneus and B. kimberleyensis having 148 chromosomes while the other three species had 150 chromosomes. Because the karyotypes of the species were variable the fundamental number for each species was taken as the median value for ten spreads. Median fundamental numbers were B. aeneus = 196, B. natalensis = 200, B. kimberleyensis = 204, B. polylepis = 206 and B. capensis = 208. The lower chromosome number and higher fundamental number was considered the more apomorphic state for these species. Silver-staining of nucleoli showed that the yellowfish are probably undergoing the process of diploidization. Southern African Barbus and closely related species used for outgroup comparisons showed three levels of ploidy. The diploid species karyotyped were B.anoplus (2N=48), B. argenteus (2N=52), B. trimaculatus (2N=42-48), Labeo capensis (2N=48) and L. umbratus (2N=48); the tetraploid species were B. serra (2N=102), B. trevelyani (2N=±96), Pseudobarbus afer (2N=96) and P. burgi (2N=96); and the hexaploid species were B. marequensis (2N=130-150) and Varicorhinus nelspruitensis (2N=130-148). The taxonomic implications of polyploidy for the African cyprinids were considered, and its effect on species was discussed.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1989
- Authors: Oellermann, Lawrence Keith
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Barbus -- South Africa Cyprinidae -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:5192 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001968
- Description: The southern African yellowfish (Barbus aeneus, B. capensls, B. kimberleyensis, B. natalensis and B. polylepis) are very similar, which limits the utility of traditional taxonomic methods. For this reason yellowfish similarities were explored using multivariate analysis and karyology. Meristic, morphometric and Truss (body shape) data were examined using multiple discriminant, principal component and cluster analyses. The morphological study disclosed that although the species were very similar two distinct groups occurred; B. aeneus-B. kimberleyensis and B. capensis-B. polylepis-B. natalensis. Karyology showed that the yellowfish were hexaploid, B. aeneus and B. kimberleyensis having 148 chromosomes while the other three species had 150 chromosomes. Because the karyotypes of the species were variable the fundamental number for each species was taken as the median value for ten spreads. Median fundamental numbers were B. aeneus = 196, B. natalensis = 200, B. kimberleyensis = 204, B. polylepis = 206 and B. capensis = 208. The lower chromosome number and higher fundamental number was considered the more apomorphic state for these species. Silver-staining of nucleoli showed that the yellowfish are probably undergoing the process of diploidization. Southern African Barbus and closely related species used for outgroup comparisons showed three levels of ploidy. The diploid species karyotyped were B.anoplus (2N=48), B. argenteus (2N=52), B. trimaculatus (2N=42-48), Labeo capensis (2N=48) and L. umbratus (2N=48); the tetraploid species were B. serra (2N=102), B. trevelyani (2N=±96), Pseudobarbus afer (2N=96) and P. burgi (2N=96); and the hexaploid species were B. marequensis (2N=130-150) and Varicorhinus nelspruitensis (2N=130-148). The taxonomic implications of polyploidy for the African cyprinids were considered, and its effect on species was discussed.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1989
The kinetics and mechanism of the oxidation of chromium (III) chloride
- Authors: Sole, Kathryn Clare
- Date: 1989 , 2013-08-28
- Subjects: Chromium chloride--Oxidation
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:4301 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004921 , Chromium chloride--Oxidation
- Description: The kinetic behaviour of anhydrous CrCl₃ in gaseous oxidising atmospheres has been examined in the temperature range 350 to 630°C in order to identify optimum reaction conditions and to establish the mechanism by which the reaction is controlled. The reaction under consideration is CrCl₃ (s) + ¾ O₂ (g) → ½ Cr₂O₃ (s) + ³/₂ Cl₂ (g). The main experimental techniques used were isothermal and programmed-temperature thermogravimetry, supplemented by scanning electron-microscopy, surface-area determinations and porosity measurements. The effects of sample pelletisation, gas flowrate, temperature, oxygen partial pressure, pellet porosity and the addition of other oxide species on the rate and extent of reaction have been studied. The reaction is shown to occur in a single step, starting at -350°C under non-isothermal conditions, and exhibiting a deceleratory rate over most of the reaction. Isothermal thermogravimetric curves were fitted to a number of kinetic rate expressions, and a series of statistical analyses used to identify the rate equation which best describes the experimental data. Supporting evidence was provided by scanning electron-microscopic examination of partially-reacted samples. It is concluded that the reaction is under chemical control, and that reaction occurs by means of a linearly-advancing reactant-product interface. The reaction kinetics can be described by a contracting-geometry rate expression. , KMBT_363 , Adobe Acrobat 9.54 Paper Capture Plug-in
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1989
- Authors: Sole, Kathryn Clare
- Date: 1989 , 2013-08-28
- Subjects: Chromium chloride--Oxidation
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:4301 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004921 , Chromium chloride--Oxidation
- Description: The kinetic behaviour of anhydrous CrCl₃ in gaseous oxidising atmospheres has been examined in the temperature range 350 to 630°C in order to identify optimum reaction conditions and to establish the mechanism by which the reaction is controlled. The reaction under consideration is CrCl₃ (s) + ¾ O₂ (g) → ½ Cr₂O₃ (s) + ³/₂ Cl₂ (g). The main experimental techniques used were isothermal and programmed-temperature thermogravimetry, supplemented by scanning electron-microscopy, surface-area determinations and porosity measurements. The effects of sample pelletisation, gas flowrate, temperature, oxygen partial pressure, pellet porosity and the addition of other oxide species on the rate and extent of reaction have been studied. The reaction is shown to occur in a single step, starting at -350°C under non-isothermal conditions, and exhibiting a deceleratory rate over most of the reaction. Isothermal thermogravimetric curves were fitted to a number of kinetic rate expressions, and a series of statistical analyses used to identify the rate equation which best describes the experimental data. Supporting evidence was provided by scanning electron-microscopic examination of partially-reacted samples. It is concluded that the reaction is under chemical control, and that reaction occurs by means of a linearly-advancing reactant-product interface. The reaction kinetics can be described by a contracting-geometry rate expression. , KMBT_363 , Adobe Acrobat 9.54 Paper Capture Plug-in
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1989
The life and times of Kama Chungwa, 1798-1875
- Authors: Yekela, Drusilla Siziwe
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Kama, William, 1798-1875 , Shaw, William, 1798-1872 , Methodist Church of Southern Africa -- Missions , Gqunukhwebe (African people) -- History , Wesleyville mission , Gqunukhwebe (African people) -- Kings and rulers , South Africa -- History -- Frontier Wars, 1811-1878 , South Africa -- History -- Xhosa Cattle-Killing, 1856-1857 , Converts -- South Africa , Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:2520 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001849
- Description: Few students of History understand the derivation and/or origin of the Gqunukhwebe oath "Ndifung' uChungw' efel' ennyameni: I swear by Chungwa who is lying dead at Mnyameni (Alexandria)." A desire to eludicate this point and other related facts inspired me to undertake a close examination of the history of the Gqunukhwebe people, selecting as my main theme the life-work of Chief Kama. In the first chapter I am discussing the creation of the Gqunukhwebe Chiefdom under Khwane by the Xhosa King, Tshiwo. The central theme here is the Black-White confrontation of the 17th - 18th centuries on the Cape Eastern Frontier. As a result of the collision the Gqunukhwebe people were forced to make a home on the banks of the Thwecu River along the east coast. It was here that Kama reached early manhood. The second chapter describes the establishment of Wesleyville Missionary Station by William Shaw in 1823, the first Methodist Missionary Institution in all Xhosaland. In chapter three the discussion centers on the significance of Kama's conversion. An unforeseen outcome of his public profession of the Christian faith was that it not only stigmatized the latter religion as a force destructive of the old order in Xhosa society, but it also reshaped Kama's political image for the good of his religious life. He not only fled from the neighbourhood of his relations and sojourned in a strange land, but also reinforced the Colonial forces in the contemporary frontier struggles. His integrity, self-sacrifice and pro-Colonial inclination eventually won him Middledrift. Chapter four opens with Kama's settling in Middledrift. The theme here is two-pronged. It presents the 'Cattle-Killing' delusion as a source of new trials for the 'priest-chief', and at the same time exposes the Colonial Government's efforts to gain ascendancy above the Xhosa chiefs. Kama's land was the first testing ground in this respect, and the Chief was initially agreeable to the scheme. Chapter five alludes to instances of Chief Kama's unco-operative attitude as signs that his compromising spirit had its limits. An atmosphere of disregard towards Kama pervades the period. But the adversities that threatened to dominate his later life did not by any means shake his Christian principles and convictions. The traces of his good works may to this day be seen in Middledrift, the traditional home of the Kamas.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1989
- Authors: Yekela, Drusilla Siziwe
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Kama, William, 1798-1875 , Shaw, William, 1798-1872 , Methodist Church of Southern Africa -- Missions , Gqunukhwebe (African people) -- History , Wesleyville mission , Gqunukhwebe (African people) -- Kings and rulers , South Africa -- History -- Frontier Wars, 1811-1878 , South Africa -- History -- Xhosa Cattle-Killing, 1856-1857 , Converts -- South Africa , Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:2520 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001849
- Description: Few students of History understand the derivation and/or origin of the Gqunukhwebe oath "Ndifung' uChungw' efel' ennyameni: I swear by Chungwa who is lying dead at Mnyameni (Alexandria)." A desire to eludicate this point and other related facts inspired me to undertake a close examination of the history of the Gqunukhwebe people, selecting as my main theme the life-work of Chief Kama. In the first chapter I am discussing the creation of the Gqunukhwebe Chiefdom under Khwane by the Xhosa King, Tshiwo. The central theme here is the Black-White confrontation of the 17th - 18th centuries on the Cape Eastern Frontier. As a result of the collision the Gqunukhwebe people were forced to make a home on the banks of the Thwecu River along the east coast. It was here that Kama reached early manhood. The second chapter describes the establishment of Wesleyville Missionary Station by William Shaw in 1823, the first Methodist Missionary Institution in all Xhosaland. In chapter three the discussion centers on the significance of Kama's conversion. An unforeseen outcome of his public profession of the Christian faith was that it not only stigmatized the latter religion as a force destructive of the old order in Xhosa society, but it also reshaped Kama's political image for the good of his religious life. He not only fled from the neighbourhood of his relations and sojourned in a strange land, but also reinforced the Colonial forces in the contemporary frontier struggles. His integrity, self-sacrifice and pro-Colonial inclination eventually won him Middledrift. Chapter four opens with Kama's settling in Middledrift. The theme here is two-pronged. It presents the 'Cattle-Killing' delusion as a source of new trials for the 'priest-chief', and at the same time exposes the Colonial Government's efforts to gain ascendancy above the Xhosa chiefs. Kama's land was the first testing ground in this respect, and the Chief was initially agreeable to the scheme. Chapter five alludes to instances of Chief Kama's unco-operative attitude as signs that his compromising spirit had its limits. An atmosphere of disregard towards Kama pervades the period. But the adversities that threatened to dominate his later life did not by any means shake his Christian principles and convictions. The traces of his good works may to this day be seen in Middledrift, the traditional home of the Kamas.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1989
The modification of a computer simulation for use in the professional training of South African secondary school teachers with specific reference to the probationary year
- Authors: Marsh, Cecille Joan Anna
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Computer simulations , High school teachers , Teacher training
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MEd
- Identifier: vital:1376 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001442
- Description: The topic of this thesis arose out of a desire to meet the need for a practical means of supplementing the preparation of Higher Diploma of Education (H.D.E.) students for their future role as first-year teachers. It was established that this need was not adequately filled by conventional university teacher-training methods. The literature about computerised simulation of role-playing and teaching activities was investigated and the investigation indicated that such simulations had been relatively successful. A published American computer simulation, TENURE, in which the student plays the role of a first-year teacher, was selected for modification to meet the needs of South African students. This program is implemented in the TUTOR computer language and runs on the Control Data South Africa PLATO system. In order to determine the needs of South African students, two groups of Rhodes University students worked through the simulation as it was being modified. The modifications were adapted according to the students' responses to a questionnaire. The simulation has been tested by 72 H.D.E. students and several educationists and the response has been positive
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1989
- Authors: Marsh, Cecille Joan Anna
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Computer simulations , High school teachers , Teacher training
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MEd
- Identifier: vital:1376 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001442
- Description: The topic of this thesis arose out of a desire to meet the need for a practical means of supplementing the preparation of Higher Diploma of Education (H.D.E.) students for their future role as first-year teachers. It was established that this need was not adequately filled by conventional university teacher-training methods. The literature about computerised simulation of role-playing and teaching activities was investigated and the investigation indicated that such simulations had been relatively successful. A published American computer simulation, TENURE, in which the student plays the role of a first-year teacher, was selected for modification to meet the needs of South African students. This program is implemented in the TUTOR computer language and runs on the Control Data South Africa PLATO system. In order to determine the needs of South African students, two groups of Rhodes University students worked through the simulation as it was being modified. The modifications were adapted according to the students' responses to a questionnaire. The simulation has been tested by 72 H.D.E. students and several educationists and the response has been positive
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1989
The relationship and commitment of an artist to his or her society in a revolutionary environment
- Authors: Jones, Jacqueline
- Date: 1989
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MFA
- Identifier: vital:21163 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/6662
- Description: From Introduction: In Aesthetics after Modernism, Peter Fuller writes that "good art can only be realized when a creative individual encounters a living tradition with deep tendrils in communal life" (Fuller, 1983: p.36). Yet Francis Bacon believed that "the suffering of people and the differences between people are what have made great art, and not egalitarianism ... " (Brighton and Morris, ' 1977: p.234 and 235). If it is true that art was once an integral part of society and reflected the aspirations of the whole community, its effect on society today has become marginal. Throughout history, especially since the emergence of Romanticism in the nineteenth century, the relationship between art, the artist and the public has become more and more tenuous. The spread of capitalism has resulted in widespread changes in methods of production, literacy, and industrial and technical development. Societies have become so diversified that today art no longer expresses the values and spiritual concerns of a unified society, but rather the individual or the small group. Given this, it has become impossible to return to a system of shared values and beliefs. To preserve some kind of 'truth', art has become a self-evolving activity, autonomous from political, social and economic concerns, and the term 'art for art's sake' is synonymous with many artists working in western capitalist societies.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1989
- Authors: Jones, Jacqueline
- Date: 1989
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MFA
- Identifier: vital:21163 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/6662
- Description: From Introduction: In Aesthetics after Modernism, Peter Fuller writes that "good art can only be realized when a creative individual encounters a living tradition with deep tendrils in communal life" (Fuller, 1983: p.36). Yet Francis Bacon believed that "the suffering of people and the differences between people are what have made great art, and not egalitarianism ... " (Brighton and Morris, ' 1977: p.234 and 235). If it is true that art was once an integral part of society and reflected the aspirations of the whole community, its effect on society today has become marginal. Throughout history, especially since the emergence of Romanticism in the nineteenth century, the relationship between art, the artist and the public has become more and more tenuous. The spread of capitalism has resulted in widespread changes in methods of production, literacy, and industrial and technical development. Societies have become so diversified that today art no longer expresses the values and spiritual concerns of a unified society, but rather the individual or the small group. Given this, it has become impossible to return to a system of shared values and beliefs. To preserve some kind of 'truth', art has become a self-evolving activity, autonomous from political, social and economic concerns, and the term 'art for art's sake' is synonymous with many artists working in western capitalist societies.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1989
The responses of standard nine pupils to valuing strategies in geography
- Authors: Nyikana, Nqabomzi
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Geography -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- South Africa , Critical thinking
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MEd
- Identifier: vital:1380 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001446
- Description: Values education in geography can be seen as a way of educating pupils to think critically and independently on matters to which they can readily relate. It also involves the relating of facts and concepts of a subject area to the pupils ' own lives. There is, therefore, a need to introduce values education in geography at our schools. The DET geography syllabuses offer many topics of social and environmental concern. Valuing processes, based on values analysis and values clarification, can be used to teach these topics. Through values education, geography pupils can become more purposeful, more enthusiastic and positive in their learning. This study investigates the effectiveness of valuing strategies in the teaching of geography. A broad overview of the literature on valuing in general and valuing in geographical education in particular, was analysed. Three teaching units were then devised and tried out in KwaZulu schools. The responses of pupils to these units were then investigated through questionnaires. Teachers were also interviewed to find the extent to which valuing approaches were being used. The principal findings of the study are, firstly, that the pupils responded well to the valuing units. Secondly, that teachers were not using valuing strategies in schools and, lastly, that the units in the research could be effective in teaching values geography. From the findings of this research, it is evident that values geography has an important place in the South African school curriculum
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1989
- Authors: Nyikana, Nqabomzi
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Geography -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- South Africa , Critical thinking
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MEd
- Identifier: vital:1380 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001446
- Description: Values education in geography can be seen as a way of educating pupils to think critically and independently on matters to which they can readily relate. It also involves the relating of facts and concepts of a subject area to the pupils ' own lives. There is, therefore, a need to introduce values education in geography at our schools. The DET geography syllabuses offer many topics of social and environmental concern. Valuing processes, based on values analysis and values clarification, can be used to teach these topics. Through values education, geography pupils can become more purposeful, more enthusiastic and positive in their learning. This study investigates the effectiveness of valuing strategies in the teaching of geography. A broad overview of the literature on valuing in general and valuing in geographical education in particular, was analysed. Three teaching units were then devised and tried out in KwaZulu schools. The responses of pupils to these units were then investigated through questionnaires. Teachers were also interviewed to find the extent to which valuing approaches were being used. The principal findings of the study are, firstly, that the pupils responded well to the valuing units. Secondly, that teachers were not using valuing strategies in schools and, lastly, that the units in the research could be effective in teaching values geography. From the findings of this research, it is evident that values geography has an important place in the South African school curriculum
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1989
The sedimentology and palaeoenvironmental significance of vlei sediments on the Winterberg range, South Africa
- Authors: Dewey, Felicity Joy
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Geology, Stratigraphic -- Holocene Sedimentology Sediments (Geology) -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Winterberg range Geology, Stratigraphic -- Pleistocene Paleoecology -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Winterberg range
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:4797 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001897
- Description: Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the late Pleistocene and Holocene geological periods for central and southern Africa has been hampered by the erratic distribution of suitable sites, incomplete and inaccurately dated sequences and the limited nature of published data. One geomorphological feature which has supplied valuable evidence for fluctuations in past environmental conditions, is the vlei or dambo. The type-site of these waterlogged features is in south central Africa, but similar features have been described on other continents. The clastic and organic sediments contained within these features are affected by, and therefore reflect to some degree, the environment under which they were formed. The characteristics of the sediments supply information as to their transport and mechanisms of deposition. From these processes, the environmental conditions at the time of vlei formation can be inferred. The environmental history of the Eastern Cape region has been considerably neglected, and is far less well understood than other countries such as Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. A study site in the Winterberg Range (Eastern Cape) was selected which permitted the comparison of two vleis, the objective being to establish an accurate late Pleistocene sediment chronology for the entire plateau area. Radiocarbon dates from organic layers indicate that these sediments span the last 12 000 years BP, suggesting that organic accumulation at this site began at roughly the same time as at sites further afield. The vlei sediments are analysed in terms of their morphology, particle slze distribution, and other physical and chemical characteristics. These data facilitate the construction of detailed stratigraphic diagrams and a chronological summary of sediment accumulation, from which the period and governing processes of vlei development under changing environments may be described. It is found that the Winterberg vleis contain sediments which respond to changes in the prevailing environment. This makes these sediments useful indices from which to trace such changes during the late Pleistocene and Holocene times. These features are found to be similar in many respects to those described elsewhere in Southern Africa. The study attempts to provide greater understanding of contemporary vlei processes and emphasises the necessity of their preservation, as finite and valuable resources, by future generations
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1989
- Authors: Dewey, Felicity Joy
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Geology, Stratigraphic -- Holocene Sedimentology Sediments (Geology) -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Winterberg range Geology, Stratigraphic -- Pleistocene Paleoecology -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Winterberg range
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:4797 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001897
- Description: Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the late Pleistocene and Holocene geological periods for central and southern Africa has been hampered by the erratic distribution of suitable sites, incomplete and inaccurately dated sequences and the limited nature of published data. One geomorphological feature which has supplied valuable evidence for fluctuations in past environmental conditions, is the vlei or dambo. The type-site of these waterlogged features is in south central Africa, but similar features have been described on other continents. The clastic and organic sediments contained within these features are affected by, and therefore reflect to some degree, the environment under which they were formed. The characteristics of the sediments supply information as to their transport and mechanisms of deposition. From these processes, the environmental conditions at the time of vlei formation can be inferred. The environmental history of the Eastern Cape region has been considerably neglected, and is far less well understood than other countries such as Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. A study site in the Winterberg Range (Eastern Cape) was selected which permitted the comparison of two vleis, the objective being to establish an accurate late Pleistocene sediment chronology for the entire plateau area. Radiocarbon dates from organic layers indicate that these sediments span the last 12 000 years BP, suggesting that organic accumulation at this site began at roughly the same time as at sites further afield. The vlei sediments are analysed in terms of their morphology, particle slze distribution, and other physical and chemical characteristics. These data facilitate the construction of detailed stratigraphic diagrams and a chronological summary of sediment accumulation, from which the period and governing processes of vlei development under changing environments may be described. It is found that the Winterberg vleis contain sediments which respond to changes in the prevailing environment. This makes these sediments useful indices from which to trace such changes during the late Pleistocene and Holocene times. These features are found to be similar in many respects to those described elsewhere in Southern Africa. The study attempts to provide greater understanding of contemporary vlei processes and emphasises the necessity of their preservation, as finite and valuable resources, by future generations
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1989
The usefulness of the story of the alchemical vessel in the understanding and psychotherapy of borderline conditions: a case study
- Authors: Milton, Christopher
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Psychotherapy , Borderline personality disorder
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3160 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007640 , Psychotherapy , Borderline personality disorder
- Description: The principal intention of this study was to explore the heuristic value of the story of the alchemical vessel in understanding borderline conditions and pursuing their psychotherapy. It establishes the pertinence of the case study as a method of exploring the content and process of psychotherapy. The essential nature of story-telling is examined and the hypothesis is made that psychotherapy, borderline conditions, the myth of the alchemical vessel and the case study all reflect instances of story-telling. Towards the end of examining their mutual reflection, and thus heuristic value, elements of Jungian theory, the phenomenology of borderline conditions and case material are examined. Through the examination of certain shared themes which emerge from the story of the alchemical vessel and the material of psychotherapy it is established that there is indeed a metaphoric resonance between the different stories. Furthermore this resonance is useful in that it provides a secure vantage point as well as guidance towards effecting transformation for the client. The validity of the metaphoric resonance is examined and areas of weakness highlighted. Some suggestions are made concerning further research.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1989
- Authors: Milton, Christopher
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Psychotherapy , Borderline personality disorder
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3160 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007640 , Psychotherapy , Borderline personality disorder
- Description: The principal intention of this study was to explore the heuristic value of the story of the alchemical vessel in understanding borderline conditions and pursuing their psychotherapy. It establishes the pertinence of the case study as a method of exploring the content and process of psychotherapy. The essential nature of story-telling is examined and the hypothesis is made that psychotherapy, borderline conditions, the myth of the alchemical vessel and the case study all reflect instances of story-telling. Towards the end of examining their mutual reflection, and thus heuristic value, elements of Jungian theory, the phenomenology of borderline conditions and case material are examined. Through the examination of certain shared themes which emerge from the story of the alchemical vessel and the material of psychotherapy it is established that there is indeed a metaphoric resonance between the different stories. Furthermore this resonance is useful in that it provides a secure vantage point as well as guidance towards effecting transformation for the client. The validity of the metaphoric resonance is examined and areas of weakness highlighted. Some suggestions are made concerning further research.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1989