Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts (MTSIFA) Collections
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Designing sonko: an interactive game application exploring visual communication through user experience/user interface design based on child labour
(Makerere University, 2023-11-22)This study explored the role of interactive design, specifically user experience/user interface (UX/UI and game) design, in disseminating information about child labour focusing on scrap collection as a case study. It ... -
Unveiling mental health among the Ugandan adolescents through multimedia art; animating beyond William Kenbridge
(Makerere University, 2023-11-27)This study sought to [unveil] mental health to a Ugandan audience as spelt out by the Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) Policy guidelines by (Ndyanabangi et al. 2017). The guidelines mention multimedia campaigns ... -
Paper bead[ing] as agency: shaping women’s subjectivities and the practice of jewelry-making in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-11)In this study I interrogated the premise that paper bead[ing] is a site of agency that women beaders use to [re]constitute their subjectivities in ways that informed a jewelry enterprise as both knowledge production and ... -
Contemporary Ganda Catholic visual art: an analysis of its transitions and manifestations
(Makerere University, 2023-08)This study focused on the transitions and manifestations of contemporary Ganda Catholic visual art in Buganda from 1879 to the present, focusing on the visual art works of the churches in Buganda. Africanisation in the ... -
Public art in Uganda: on the dialectics of social closure for monuments in Kampala Capital City Authority, 1914-2014
(Makerere University, 2023-06)In this study, I argued that Public Art in Uganda created the legacy of Monuments under the influence of Kampala Capital City Authority as historical products that glorified power relations in the context of social closure. ... -
Coding narratives associated with mnemonic objects: Embedding photographs with technologies for contemporary photography space
(Makerere University, 2023)Despite the influence of photography as a tool for archival and documentation of moments, over the years family albums become presentations and not representations, as the originators (chroniclers) of archives transition ... -
My granary my home: haute couture reinterpretation as a framework for intellectual knowledge dissemination
(Makerere Institute of Heritage Conservation and Restoration, 2020-11)The progression of fashion artifacts into a knowledge dissemination platform in the era of dynamic visual media, offers an inclusive pathway towards a probable realization of global agendas. Through intellectual engagement, ... -
Embodying social being
(Almas Art Foundation, 2023)Nabulime is distinctive as an artist whose practice is concerned with traditional and contemporary sculptural values, but who also engages directly with pressing social issues. Since 2001 she has been developing a body ... -
Formal content in glass art
(Makerere University, 2022-07)This study focused on the studious exploration of glass mediums through cold and hot practices as a formal content with a goal of creating sculptural and design concepts for indoor and outdoor applications. Glass in cold ... -
An investigation into the performance of art and design students in Art history. The case of National Teachers’ College Mubende
(Makerere University, 2022-04)This research analysed the factors that affect art education student’s performance in Art history among at National Teachers’ College Mubende. A descriptive research design was employed in which purposive and simple random ... -
Social sustainability and the Ugandan Haute Couture Visual Aesthetic: articulating the contemporary value of past traditions.
(Makerere University, 2022-05-10)The stride backwards to move forward exhibited by contemporary Ugandan haute couture artefacts amidst modern fashion aesthetic innovations, has repositioned past traditions as constructive in the contemporary 21st ... -
Re(de)fining boundaries: on art, deafness and maternity in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-05-06)This study has explored Deaf Gain as a platform for activism, with the employment of sign language as Deaf culture and the Deaf female voice as a voice of reason, in the production of graphic and multimedia art, while ... -
Visual manifestations of the Baganda concepts of “OBUSAWO BW’EKINNASI N’OBUYUNZI”.
(Nommo Gallery, 2018-11-13)This exhibition presents the findings, interpretations and discussion of the embedded meaning of traditional Baganda art forms used in herbalism and physiotherapy in reference to their symbolism and the embedded ... -
Baganda Cultural Practices; Visual Narratives from Divination and Exorcism
(Makerere University Art Gallery, 2019-11-13)Cultural practices play an important role in society. It is through cultural practices that societies define their cultural background and boundaries. Through cultural practices, societies define their common values and ... -
Using communication design to enhance waste separation practices (Case study: Kampala Central Division and the new waste bins)
(Makerere University, 2018-11-20)The study aims to understand and comprehend the impact of the universal symbols for recycling and separating waste on the new waste separation bins. A qualitative case study was conducted to examine the relationship between ... -
Plays as source of inspiration for costume design: A case study of Lysistrata stage production by performing arts and film students of Makerere University 2012
(Makerere University, 2017-01)In this era when Uganda is experiencing a dramatic transformation in the theatre or entertainment industry; understanding and relating costumes to character in enhancing the message of the play/performance is increasingly ... -
Studio experimentation of the use of charcoal in drawing
(Makerere University, 2016-06)The purpose of this study was to experiment with the use of charcoal in drawing. The study was based on two set objectives: a. To identify the sources of inspiration and surfaces on which experimentation with charcoal ... -
Tapestry expression inspired by selected bird species in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017)The study investigated the ways in which tapestry expression can be inspired by three selected bird species in Uganda. The researcher focussed on three species, namely: the egret (Bulucus ibis), the crested crane (Balearica ... -
Evaluation of the quality of reinforcing steel bars manufactured in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-10)To apply locally manufactured steel bars in all engineering applications with confidence requires understanding of structural materials properties beyond commercial standards to ensure that they meet demands of the fundamental ... -
Stabilization of heavily trafficked gravel roads using waste steel slag
(Makerere University, 2015-11)ABSTRACT Enormous quantities of waste materials, both domestic and industrial are generated every year in Uganda’s steel making factories which include among others Roofing Rolling Mills Ltd, Steel rolling Mills, Modern ...
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