Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Mapitio'

Kiswahili, one among the Bantu languages, was formerly called Kingozi, the Waswahili (as they were called by the visiting Arabs) were originally known as Wangozi. Although Western researchers have manifested great interest in Swahili language and culture, they refuse to consider the arguments of their Swahili counterparts, they do accept but their own evidence and analysis. As far as the development of vocabulary and terminologies are concerned, this should be the work of Waswahili per se, scholars and lovers of the language. The author argues that the coining of word had always been in connection with (1) the function, (2) the sound, and (3) the structure of the item to be named. He shows that the lexical and structural richness of Kiswahili in fact can lead to meaningful and reasonable coining of any words necessary. He proposes to continue the work started after the 1975-meeting in Dar-es-Salaam, i. e. to compile vocabularies of the different dialects of Kiswahili which could form a pool from which material can be drawn for coining new words. There is need for all experts to organize their forces. Tanzanian experts should stop doing the whole work alone. They should incorporate their Kenyan counterparts as well. But this is not enough. There is a call for a joint Panel or Committee which shall coordinate all efforts of developing Kiswahili.

Mapproduction, also called cartography, is one of the processes of visualrepresentation of reality. This practice has for a long time been of hugeinterest to humanity and was initially a handcraft[2]. Today most maps areproduced with the help of computers and are often the last step of a GISanalysis – the way the result is presented. This makes knowledge of mapproduction important and relevant when working with different GIS analysis. Thereare several GIS programs on the market, both free and commercial software.ArcGIS is one of the most common programs used by companies when producing mapsand is often used in universities for teaching. However, there are otherprograms on the market. Two examples of these are QGIS and MapInfo. QGIS isfree open source software and MapInfo is licensed software like ArcGIS. Theobjectives of this thesis are to explore and learn the steps of map productionin these programs and to look at how interchangeable the programs are in mapediting. This is examined by trying to create the same map and map series inthe three programs. From the process and result an evaluation schema is createdto present the functionality as well as a discussion to raise the pros and consof the programs. The result of creating a simple map shows that it is possibleto create the same map in all three programs, except from some minordifferences. When looking at the evaluations schema it is clear that theprograms have almost the same functionality. The biggest difference is thatboth ArcGIS and QGIS have a tool for generating an atlas while MapInfo lacksthis functionality. What the evaluation schema does not show is the differencesin how user-friendly the programs are. This is further narrated in the discussionpart of the report where the pros and cons are reported. The conclusion is thatArcGIS and QGIS are much alike when it comes to producing maps while MapInfoworks differently and are harder to get used to. The result gives a goodindication of which programs to choose and what type of functionality thatexists, though a more profound study could have been done where more types ofmaps were created for more reliable results.

El presente seminario de título se focaliza en presentar una estrategia de marketing para la empresa consultora Anticipa, orientada a la comercialización de sus productos Mapit en el mercado local chileno. Los productos Mapit representan una gama de cinco soluciones de software paquetizadas, ofrecidas al mercado de empresas y corporaciones en el contexto de la gestión estratégica y operativa que exige el estado de competitividad y globalización de hoy. El mercado local presenta grandes oportunidades asociadas a la estimación de un aumento de la inversión en Tecnologías de la Información (TI), en el contexto de materialización de la medida de eliminar el impuesto a la compra de software, con lo que, para el año 2011, se estarían movilizando US$3.000 millones en la industria1 . El estudio, en primer lugar, mostrará in extenso la situación actual de la empresa, aspectos centrales del negocio y estado del arte del mismo. Luego, se indagará acerca del comportamiento del mercado relevante, éste es, el mercado de venta de software propio, a partir de los análisis de estructura de mercado, perfil de clientes y de las cinco fuerzas de Porter. A partir de lo anterior, se obtendrá la matriz FODA clave para Anticipa (fortalezas, oportunidades, debilidades y amenazas), en base a la cual se definirá la estrategia, los objetivos y el plan de acción para posicionar de manera óptima a los productos Mapit y lograr la meta corporativa de vender 100 licencias mensuales. De este análisis, puede desprenderse que el mercado TI, en general y en todas sus aristas, presenta inmensas oportunidades de crecimiento y desarrollo, por tratarse de un elemento central para competir en los negocios de hoy. Por otro lado, las soluciones de software para la gestión empaquetadas de manera local deben enfocarse a suplir las necesidades de medianas empresas que no dispongan de abultados presupuestos de inversión, cumpliendo con las expectativas de automatización e incluso integración que las herramientas de software ofrecen a gran escala. El mercado objetivo de la venta de desarrollos para la gestión, entonces, corresponde a PYMEs y grandes empresas sudamericanas, principalmente chilenas, así como estamentos públicos que busquen automatizar sus procesos a través de herramientas de software integrativos y modulares

Idag är det mycket vanligt att använda och förlita sig på GIS-programvaror inom byggsektorn. Det finns flera alternativ att välja mellan som QGIS, ArcGIS, MapInfo, GRASS GIS, Surfer och Maptitude men om man inte redan är välbekant med området eller programmen är det svårt att veta hur dom skiljer sig åt och vad man kan förvänta sig. Därmed är syftet med arbetet att utföra en systematisk undersökning av GIS-programvaror utifrån en generell digitaliseringsarbetsgång för att kunna identifiera fördelar och nackdelar samt lämna en slutgiltig rekommendation. För att besvara syftet har följande frågeställningar tagits fram: • Vilket program är lämpligast för georeferering? • Vilket program är lämpligast för att rita kartor digitalt, dvs. att skapa vektorskikt och ”rita av” information från grundkartan? • Vilket program är lämpligast för att skapa en karta och diverse tillhörande detaljer? • Vilket program rekommenderas utav de tre möjliga med tanke på bedömningsmallen, tidsinsats för arbetet och kostnad? För att besvara frågeställningarna har tre programvaror valts ut (QGIS, ArcGIS och MapInfo) som jämförs utifrån en digitaliseringsarbetsgång och utvärderas efter samma utvärderingsmall som tagits fram efter hur ett idealt GIS-program tänks prestera inom arbetsgången. För att hjälpa slutgiltig rekommendationen har även tidsinsatsen för hela arbetsgången mätts och kostnaden för dom olika programmen har tagits fram. Inom georeferering fick QGIS och ArcGIS mest poäng men eftersom QGIS har flera alternativ inom transformation- och omsamplingsmetoder bedöms det vara ett bättre alternativ än ArcGIS. Inom rita kartan digitalt presterade QGIS och ArcGIS bäst enligt utvärderingsmallen men eftersom QGIS har bättre funktioner för att sätta ID-nummer och attributdata anses det vara bättre alternativ. Inom att skapa en karta presterade ArcGIS och MapInfo bäst men eftersom ArcGIS har bättre möjligheter för att anpassa elementen i kartan bedöms det som ett bättre alternativ än MapInfo. Den slutgiltiga rekommendationen gick till QGIS eftersom det prestare bäst genom hela utvärderingsmallen, hade kortast tidsinsats för att genomföra arbetsgången och har lägst kostnad.

Cette thèse analyse les transformations historiques de mapiko, une danse de masques du Mozambique septentrional, et plus spécifiquement leur relation au politique. De la période coloniale jusqu'au post-socialisme, la performance des mapiko est un terrain où sont produites des formes complexes de critique sociale, et des identités sont négociées et mises en scène. La thèse -qui se base sur un terrain ethnographique intensif, sur des enregistrements audio-visuels, sur des recherches d'archives, aussi bien que sur un corpus d'un millier de chansons liées aux différentes genres de mapiko- contribue à la littérature sur le rituel, l'esthétique et le pouvoir étatique en Afrique. En creusant l'interaction entre formes héritées et créativité individuelle dans l'invention de nouveaux genres et masques, la thèse offre une critique des notions de la muséographie coloniale, qui considèrent les expressions artistiques africaines traditionnelles et rurales comme étant figées et intemporelles
This dissertation provides an analysis of the political entanglement of African ritual performances, by discussing the historical transformations of mapiko, a masquerading tradition of Northern Mozambique. From late colonialism to post-socialism, the public performance of mapiko is an arena in which complex forms of social critique are produced, and identities negociated and enacted. Based on oral history, extended ethnographic fieldwork, audiovisual recording, archive research, and on a corpus of about a thousand songs connected to the different genres of the masquerade, the dissertation constitutes a contribution to scholarship on ritual, aesthics and state power in Africa. It also provides a critique of notions, inspired by colonial museography, of indexing traditional/rural African expressive culture as timeless and impersonal, by ethnographicaaly detailing the complex interplay between inherited forms and individual agency in the invention of new genres and masks

Norrköpings kommun håller just nu på med ett stadsomvandlingsprojekt i Östra Saltängen. I dag bedrivs industri- och hamnverksamhet i området, vilka påverkas av de nya planerna och planerar flytten av sin verksamhet parallellt. Examensarbetets syfte var att planera och utforma GC-nätet för det nya området genom en GIS-modell, samt att analysera genhetskvoten från och till bostads- och målpunkter. GIS-modellen upprättades i programmet MapInfo Professional 12.0 där tilläggsprogrammet RouteFinder lades till för att utföra nätverksanalysen. Resultatet från nätverksanalysen användes sedan för att beräkna genhetkvoten. Fyra olika GC-nät togs fram för att analyseras i RouteFinder. Detta för att se vad nätens olika utformning hade för betydelse för genheten. JA bestod av ett GC-nät utifrån Norrköpings kommuns planskiss. UA1 bestod av ett GC-nät med normal maskvidd, UA2 av ett GC-nät med tät maskvidd och UA3 av ett GC-nät med dubbel diagonal. Därefter utfördes en tidsanalys och en diskussion kring broplacering. Till tiden från punkt A till B lades även en tidsrelaterad korsningsfördröjning på för att göra resultatet mera verklighetsbaserat. Diskussionen kring broplaceringen utfördes som en förbättringsåtgärd då en samverkan mellan broplacering och rutter med dålig genhetskvot upptäcktes. Resultatet av de olika analyserna är att en kombination av UA2 och UA3 är det bästa GC-nätet, med avseende på genhet- och tidsaspekten. Med avseende på broarna, bör Skeppsbron ersätta Hamnbron och ”GC-bro 2” byggas.

Orientador: Matteo Bonfitto Júnior
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes
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Resumo: O Mapiko é manifestação cultural do povo Maconde, originário da província de Cabo Delgado, norte de Moçambique. Mapiko é o nome dado à manifestação cultural tradicional e à máscara utilizada por ela. Tal manifestação mistura música, dança e cena. Rodeado de mistérios e segredos; ao som de batuques e cantos tradicionais, o mascarado realiza sua dança. A manifestação, tendo como base o imaginário do povo Maconde, apropria-se do mundo espiritual e cria a convicção da existência de ligação lógica entre o dançarino mascarado e as suas crenças. O Mapiko possibilita, através da arte, a representação dos diferentes modos de estar na vida espiritual, usando a força da sua história e do seu cotidiano, transmitindo em cada dança as suas convicções. Este trabalho aborda aspectos do Mapiko tais como sua origem, tradição, cantos, batuques, máscaras e especificidades da dança realizada pelo mascarado. A pesquisa também reflete sobre questões acerca dos segredos, mistérios e limites da pesquisa acadêmica sobre tal tradição. A tese inicia-se com a descrição do trabalho de campo realizado em Moçambique em 2014 e explora as descobertas e dificuldades encontradas. O trabalho propõe, portanto, ao leitor, um mergulho no universo do Mapiko, passeando entre mistérios, cores, aromas, imagens e sabores do povo Maconde. A tese é acompanhada por um DVD que contém um documentário sobre o Mapiko e o processo de aprendizagem vivenciado pela atriz-pesquisadora em Moçambique
Abstract: Mapiko is a cultural expression of Maconde¿s people original from Cabo Delgado¿s province on the north of Mozambique. Mapiko is the traditional cultural expression and the mask used on it. This expression brings together music, dance and scene. Surrounded by mystery and secrecy; to the sound of drums and traditional song, the masquerade holds his dance. The expression has its base on the imaginary of Maconde¿s people who appropriates the spiritual world, creating the belief of the existence of a logical link between the masquerade dancer and his beliefs. Trough art, Mapiko makes possible the representation of different ways of being in the spiritual life. It uses the power of its stories and its everyday aspects conveying in each dance its beliefs. The present work addresses the aspects of Mapiko such as its origins, tradition, songs, drumming, masks and particularities in the dance performed by the masquerade. The research also reflects on issues about the secrets, mystery and limits of the academic research about the theme. The dissertation begins with the description of the fieldwork in 2014 in Mozambique and explores its discoveries and difficulties. The work propose the reader to dive into Mapiko¿s universe, along with its mysteries, colours, aromas, images and flavours of Maconde¿s people. A DVD accompanies the dissertation which contains a documentary about Mapiko and the learning process experienced by the actress-researcher in Mozambique
Mestrado
Teatro, Dança e Performance
Mestra em Artes Visuais

Orientador: Antonio Carlos Carrera de Souza
Banca: Michela Tuchapesk da Silva
Banca: Nádia Regina Baccan Cavamura
Resumo: Nesse trabalho, dizemos e mostramos, por um caminho "desestruturalizado", quer dizer, um caminho não linear pelos padrões da Academia, que a escola é uma farsa! Bebemos na fonte de Deleuze (1988), que apresenta a palavra aprender como verbo, ou seja, como a ação na qual o indivíduo toma para si o conhecimento. Para uma aproximação do processo de pensar e de aprender a Matemática Escolar foram utilizados cartografias e mapas narrativos. Elaborados a partir da imersão de seis meses dentro de uma escola estadual, no interior paulista, pudemos observar uma turma do segundo ano do Ensino Médio onde alguns alunos utilizam o YouTube e WhatsApp para tirar dúvidas de Matemática. Outro ponto que levantamos foram quais práticas e táticas que a professora utilizava dentro de sala de aula. Outra prática encontrada na escola consistia na ausência de alunos às sextas-feiras. Observamos também que era "natural" ter mapa de sala de aula e o uso do uniforme. Pudemos observar que não foi somente Matemática que os alunos aprenderam nessa classe. Aprendiam "normas", "regras", "classificações" e "subjetivações". Apresentamos práticas de insurreições ao poder instituído. Para descrever os movimentos descritos acima foram realizadas entrevistas com oito alunos e dados do nosso diário de campo
Abstract: In this work, we say and show, by a "de-structured" way, that is, a non-linear path by Academy standards, that school is a farce! We drink from the source of Deleuze (1988), who presents the word learn as verb, that is, as the action in which the individual takes the knowledge for himself. Cartographies and narrative maps were used to approximate the process of thinking and learning in School Mathematics. Elaborated from the immersion of six months within a state school in the inland of São Paulo, we could observe a second year high school class where some students use YouTube and WhatsApp to ask questions about Mathematics. Another point that we raised was what practices and tactics the teacher used within the classroom. Another practice found at the school was the absence of students on Fridays. We also noted that it was "natural" to have a classroom map and the use of a uniform. We could observe that it was not only math that students learned in this class. They learned "rules", "regulations", "classifications" and "subjectivation". We present practices of insurrections to the instituted power. To describe the movements described above we conducted interviews with eight students and data from our field diary
Mestre

La zone aride du nord du mexique est essentiellement exploitee par un pastoralisme incontrole (surpaturage), d'ou des risques de degradation de ce milieu tres fragile. Dans le but d'ameliorer la connaissance scientifique de ce milieu mal connu jusqu'a present, le present travail cherche a caracteriser le fonctionnement hydrique d'une fraction representative de cette zone, par le biais d'une etude experimentale du cycle terrestre de l'eau, et a en etudier les consequences sur le milieu, en particulier sur les sols. Le paysage est organise en plusieurs systemes ecologiques emboites qui se differencient par des caracteristiques propres de geomorphologie, pedologie, vegetation et hydrologie. Certains de ces systemes s'individualisent nettement par la couverture vegetale qui se distribue de maniere tres contractee sous forme d'une mosaique de plages denses alternant avec des zones totalement denudees a croute superficielle. La pluviometrie se caracterise par sa forte variabilite a la fois spatiale et temporelle. Deux types de milieux peuvent etre distingues, l'un a comportement infiltrant, l'autre a comportement ruisselant. Le premier correspond aux formations vegetales denses et represente 15% de la superficie. Le second correspond aux zones denudees a croute superficielle generalisee representant 85% de la superficie. Ces dernieres sont ainsi des zones de transit superficiel pour l'eau (impluviums) ou la dynamique hydrique est essentiellement horizontale. La faible quantite d'eau qui s'infiltre dans ces milieux reste proche de la surface, d'ou son evaporation tres rapide. Les ruissellements provenant des zones denudees sont interceptes par les plages de vegetation dense ou l'absence de croute favorise une importante infiltration. Cette dynamique hydrique verticale permet ainsi un stockage qui atteint en moyenne deux fois la pluviometrie recue. Ce fonctionnement hydrique determine la differenciation pedologique. Ainsi, aux zones denudees sont associes les sols non ou peu differencies, alors qu'aux plages de vegetation dense sont associes les sols les plus differencies. Ces derniers se caracterisent par une forte teneur de l'horizon b en smectite supergene provenant de l'alteration des smectites sedimentaires de la roche-mere. Cette neoformation est a mettre en liaison avec l'important apport en eau que recoivent ces sols. Pour assurer la perennite de quelques systemes ecologiques, le milieu est oblige d'autosteriliser une portion tres importante de sa superficie. Le surpaturage actuel ne fait qu'augmenter les surfaces steriles, ce qui accentue la desertisation

During the last years a great effort has taken place to create a common IT-strategy within the Swedish national police board. This to establish a foundation for decision making concerning strategy principles was formed on the activity. The principles describes how the technical architecture is going to be developed and shapes the major rule and direction that’s makes the decision possible. To investigate and use products that is used already within the organisation shall primary take in consideration. Also is the usage of established industrial standards important to create cooperation and exchange between application and platforms. The choose of programming language Java and the service oriented architecture is a direct cause of the IT-strategy and was adopted to make the organisation to be platforms independent

The purpose with this master thesis has been to draw up specifications of the demands for a developing tool for geographic information system (GIS) that are in line with the IT-strategy and in collaboration with affected personal on the Swedish national police board. A comparison study has been the procedure to examine the choice of GIS solution for similar organisations and it has been guiding in the work with specification of demands. In the first phase only the demands on Java have been significant on closed and open source software that has been investigated. Next the chosen developing tools has been verified against the specification of demands and resulted in a recommendation. Although the Swedish national police board doesn’t have an official policy for open source products the proposal of the software GeoTools is going to be feasible after up coming investigation about open source software is finished. Concerning the proposal for closed software has ended up in alternative solutions depending on short or long term solutions. MapXtreme Java and Oracle Spatial consider being equivalent alternitivs for a long term solution while MapObjects Java considers being appropriate choice for a short term solution.

De senaste åren har ett omfattande arbete lagts ner på att skapa en gemensam IT-strategi inom Rikspolisstyrelsen (RPS). För att få en stabil grund för att fatta beslut kring denna strategi har principer som grundas på verksamheten tagits fram. Dessa beskriver hur den tekniska arkitekturen ska byggas och formar de styrande regler och riktlinjer som möjliggör besluten. Att undersöka och använda produkter som redan finns inom organisationen ska komma i första hand. Likaså är användandet av etablerade industristandarder viktiga då de medför samverkan och utbyte av data mellan applikationer och plattformar. Valet av programspråket Java och en serviceorienterad arkitektur är en direkt följd av IT-strategin och gjordes för att organisationen ska vara plattformsoberoende.

Syftet med detta examensarbete har varit att utarbeta en kravspecifikation för ett utvecklingsverktyg inom geografiska informationssystem (GIS) som överensstämmer med IT-strategin och i samråd med berörd personal på RPS. En studie av tillvägagångssätt vid val av GIS-lösning för liknande organisationer har gett värdefull vägledning i arbetet med kravspecifikationen. I ett första skede har endast kravet på Java haft betydelse då både proprietära och öppna programvaror har studerats och jämförts. Därefter har utvalda utvecklingsverktyg ställts mot kravspecifikationen för att resultera i en rekommendation. Då RPS inte har någon uttalad policy för öppen programvara blir bedömningen av GeoTools som mest lämpade utvecklingsverktyg, aktuell först när kommande utredning om öppen programvara är avslutad. Angående bedömning av proprietär programvara har den lett till alternativa lösningar beroende på om inköpet av utvecklingsverktyg ska ha en kort- eller långvarig lösning. MapXtreme Java och Oracle Spatial bedöms vara likvärdiga alternativ för den långvariga lösningen medan MapObjects Java bedöms vara lämpligt val vid en kortvarig lösning.

På grund av en olyckligt formulering har sista stycket på sidan 22 ändrats samt första stycket på sidan 23 tagits bort i den elektroniska versionen.

Katika mapitio hayo, Irene Brunotti aliye Mhadhiri wa Lugha na Taaluma za Kiswahili na Mtafiti wa Chuo Kikuu cha Leipzig anausifu umakinifu wa uchambuzi wa hadhara za Kiislamu za Waswahili uliofanywa na Kai Kresse katika kitabu chake. Anatoa hoja mbalimbali za kusisitiza kwamba kazi hiyo ni mchango wenye thamani kubwa sana katika Taaluma za Kiswahili, Anthropolojia, Falsafa, Ubaadaukoloni na nyingi nyinginezo.
In this review of Kai Kresse’s book, Irene Brunotti, Lecturer in Kiswahili and Swahili Studies and Researcher at the University of Leipzig, highlights the humble attentiveness with which Kresse analyses Swahili Muslim Publics. She advances a variety of arguments which emphasize that Kresse’s is an excellent contribution to Swahili Studies, Anthropology, Philosophy, Postcolonial Studies, and a number of other disciplines.

Yuning Shen’s study deals with transitivity and verb valency in Kiswahili using a corpus-based approach. The author relates the methods used and results with previous studies dealing with the same topic, namely Whiteley (1968), Abdulaziz (1996) and Olejarnik (2005). He uses the meta-function-rank-matrix (MF/R) from Chinese to point out the fallacy of adopting such a matrix from one language and imposing it on another. Using the parts of speech annotation TreeTagger (Schmid 1994, 1995) to examine previous verb classifications, the author discusses the divergent use of concepts such as verb radicals, verb stems and verb bases as used in different theoretical approaches.
Kitabu hiki cha Yuning Shen kinahusu uelekezi na mpangilio wa vitenzi katika lugha ya Kiswahili kwa kutumia mkabala wenye msingi wa kopasi ya kiisimu. Mwandishi anazihusisha mbinu zilizotumika na matokeo yake na kazi za utafiti zilizotangulia zilizoshughulikia mada hiyo yaani Whiteley (1968), Abdulaziz (1996), na Olejarnik (2005). Shen anatumia mkabala wa mpangilio wa viwango tofauti vya matumizi ya lugha (meta-function-rank-matrix, MF/R) iliyotumika kwa utafiti wa lugha ya Kichina kwa ajili ya kuonesha udhaifu wa mkabala huo kwani unaiga mfumo unaofanya kazi katika lugha moja na kuutumia kwa lugha nyingine bila kuzingatia kuwa lugha ni tofauti. Kwa kutumia njia ya matawi ya kutenganisha vipashio vya maneno (TreeTagger) iliyobuniwa na Schmid (1994, 1995) kwa lengo la kuchunguza njia za awali za kuainisha vitenzi, mwandishi anayajadili matumizi yanayotofautiana ya dhana mbalimbali kama vile viini vya vitenzi, mashina ya vitenzi, na mizizi ya vitenzi jinsi ambavyo zimetumika katika mikabala mbalimbali ya kinadharia.

A research report presented to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Masters Degree in Arts, February 2013
Mapiko is a dance that is practiced in northern Mozambique. This dance is usually associated with the rites of passage from youth to adulthood. Over time Mapiko has undergone several mutations according to the social, cultural and economic changes in the community. The adaptation described in this paper came out of many years of theatrical practice and research into the traditional values of Mozambique. The aim was o produce a theatre experience which has cultural elements that could be recognized by Mozambicans and which would link them to modern, contemporary and perhaps post-modern theatre techniques. the resulting play made use of elements of Mapiko dance, playback theatre and the text "We killed Mangy-Dog" written by Luis Bernardo Honwana. [Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version]

The focus of this discussion is whether there is still the need to enforce the restraint of trade agreements in their pre-Constitutional form. The dawn of the constitutional era has necessitated a re-examination of common law with a view to establishing whether the balance created by the latter (regarding this field) still exists. The Bill of Rights has obviously raised some doubts regarding the equilibrium desired between employer and employee interests. Section 22 of the Constitution is to the effect that everyone must be free to secure employment (as a fundamental right), whereas the common law restraint of trade agreements impose some bars to the operation of the said right. It is common course that the Constitution is more superior to common law, what remains a debateable issue is whether there are any reasonable limits that must be considered to justify the disregard of the Constitution. Serious arguments around the direct and indirect application of the Bill of Rights still persist and failure to resolve them would have the effect of excluding or weakening the application of the Bill to disputes arising in this field. In common law the enforcement of restraint agreements is sine qua non for the greater good of protecting the sanctity of contracts. Contractual obligations must be fulfilled unless it would be unreasonable to enforce same. The question of the onus to prove unreasonableness, which lies with the employee, turns to place an onerous burden on the employee. This coupled with the employee’s weaker bargaining power raises doubts as to whether the employee is in a better position to conclude a restraint of trade agreement. Common law does not consider or accommodate this concern in that its main object is the fulfilment of the agreement. It is believed that the Constitution has ushered in a new approach which focuses mainly on the fairness of the agreement itself. The enforcement of the agreement must pass the constitutional muster built in section 22 in order to ensure that there is equilibrium between the employer (the restrainor) and employee (the restrainee) interests. In the end this discussion explores whether it is justifiable to subject the Right to work (as provided by the Constitution) to the common law restraint which is opposed to the constitutional right. The circumstances under which the exclusion of section 22 is condonable are interrogated within the framework of conflicting case law.
LLM (Labour Law), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Tese de doutoramento em Antropologia, na especialidade de Antropologia Social e Cultural, apresentada à Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra
Esta tese propõe como principal objectivo, o estudo das características antropológicas sociais e culturais mais marcantes do povo Makonde. Pretendeu-se conhecer e compreender as razões da existência de certos rituais como a mutilação dentária, a iniciação masculina e feminina, o Mapiko, a escarificação do corpo, as tatuagens e outras características identitárias e estabelecer analogias com outras etnias de matriz linguística Bantu e de distintas áreas geográficas de Moçambique. O desenvolvimento do tema foi apoiado pela colheita dos seguintes dados: revisão bibliográfica de documentos relevantes no âmbito da antropologia, da história e das ciências sociais e políticas, entrevista a individualidades académicas e a anciãos locais, e na observação directa. Este trabalho tem como razão de ser, a vontade de querer aprofundar o conhecimento, sobre o povo Makonde, nomeadamente, no que diz respeito às práticas da mutilação dentária, como forma de expressão identitária desta etnia. Os Makonde são orgulhosos de si próprio, das suas raízes, tradições e cultura. Alguns dos seus rituais já não tem o rigor e a força de outrora, no entanto, continuam a ser uma oportunidade de socialização e um meio de ensinar os mais jovens a preservar e a recriar a cultura dos seus antepassados. Actualmente, a mutilação dentária é uma prática abandonada. No entanto, os Makonde tem conseguido manter a sua identidade. Para tal, muito tem contribuído a arte escultória, as cerimonias iniciaticas e a força da dança Mapiko.
This work proposes as its main goal, the study of social and cultural anthropological characteristics of the most striking Malone race. It was intended to know and understand the reasons for the existence of certain rituals such as dental mutilation, female and male initiation, the Mapiko, body scarification, tattoos and other identity characteristics and draw analogies with other ethnic groups of Bantu linguistic matrix and different geographical areas. The theme development was supported by the triangulation of the following data: interviews with academic experts, local elders, direct observation of the author and the literature review of relevant documents in the anthropology, history, social and political sciences. This work was born because, the author wanted to deepen their knowledge on the Makonde people and in particular on the practice of dental mutilation, as an expression of identity of the Makonde people. The Makonde are a people proud of themselves, their roots, traditions and culture. Some of their rituals no longer have the strength and rigor of the past, however, continue to be an opportunity for socialization and a way to teach young people to preserve and recreate the art of their ancestors. Today, dental mutilation is a practice abandoned. However, the Makonde have managed to maintain their identity. To do so, has greatly contributed the sculptural art and the power of dance Mapiko.