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<big>Welcome to the '''''[[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]] ([[ESAT]])''''', the [[open access]], online and [[Wiki]]-based, '''digital reference work''' on theatre, film, media and performance in South Africa.</big> 
  
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'''[[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance|ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SOUTH AFRICAN THEATRE, FILM, MEDIA AND PERFORMANCE]]''' ([[ESAT]])
 
  
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The online, open access digital reference work. 
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<small>'''NOTE: ''To skip the introductory notes and instructions for using the encyclopaedia and go directly to the listing of contents, simply click in the link below:''</small>
  
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'''<big>[[The ESAT Entries|INDEX TO ESAT ENTRIES]]</big>'''
  
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= About ESAT =
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''This page was last modified on 23 August, 2024''
  
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[[ESAT]] is a Wiki-based encyclopaedia, currently being edited by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] (founder and project director), with [[Freddy Ogterop]], [[Johann van Heerden]] and [[Miriam Terblanche]] as assistant editors. Hosted by [[Stellenbosch University]]
 
  
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Conceived in the early 1980s and registered as a research project  in 1994 by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]], it was originally intended for publication in printed book-form (see ''[[Companion to South African Theatre and Performance|COMSAT]]''). However in 2008 the switch was made to the current digital, online publication, which was opened for public access and use in late 2011.  The resulting open-access reference is the result of a national research programme, involving a large number of voluntary writers, researcher, editors and technical supporters over more than 15 years.
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=<big>'''About [[ESAT]] and how to use it'''</big>=
  
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For more information about specific aspects of ''ESAT'', click on the appropriate link below:
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=='''Introduction to the ''[[ESAT]]'' project'''==
  
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#[[About ESAT|Aims, organizational structure]]
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==='''The project'''===
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#[[Background, origins and history of ESAT]]''
 
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#[[Basic principles in editing and using ESAT]]''
 
  
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You can also consult the entry on the '''[[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]]''' in the encylopaedia itself.
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The ''[[ESAT]]'' encyclopaedia-project was conceived as an interactive resource for researchers interested in the evolution, history and forms of performance and media in South Africa, and it is based on research originally undertaken by the ''[[Centre for South African Theatre Research]]'' under the auspices of, and with the support of, the [[Human Sciences Research Council]] ([[HSRC]]) between 1979 and 1987. In 1988 the research was transferred to, and continued at, the [[University of Stellenbosch]] by the ''[[Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies]]'', with the support of the University's Division for Research Development, the former [[Centre for Science Development]] ([[CSD]])  and the [[National Research Foundation]] ([[NRF]]). The website was opened for public use in 2011.  
  
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=How to use ESAT=
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'''''Please note that any opinion, finding and conclusion or recommendation expressed in this material is that of the particular author(s) and that none of the sponsors of the project accept any liability in this regard.'''''
  
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While [[ESAT]] uses the [[Wiki]] programme, which makes provision for a very useful '''''search''''' function, the database has avoided contemporary multi-screen web-design, and has been constructed rather more traditionally, like a printed encyclopaedia, with an '''index''' to the various entries (called '''[[The ESAT Entries]]'''). The entries in the index have been grouped in '''fifteen''' distinct categories, each one managed and edited by one of the research editors.  
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The project is currently headed by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] (original founder, editor-in-chief and project director of the undertaking), with the assistance of [[Freddy Ogterop]], [[Ivor Markman]], [[Karina Hauptfleisch]], [[Darryl Nel]]  and [[Christo Snyman]] as assistant editors, while numerous contributors across the globe have helped in collating and writing the information since its first inception. It uses the standard  [[Wiki]] programme and is published on the web with the assistance of  the [[University of Stellenbosch, Department of Drama|Drama Department]] (http://www.sun.ac.za/drama) and its former [[Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies]], the IT staff of the [[J.S. Gericke Library]] and the division for Information Technology at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] (http://www.sun.ac.za/index.asp).  
  
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== Important notes for everyone using '''ESAT''' ==
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'''''For more detailed information on the nature of the project, including the history and aims of the encyclopaedia and the names of all the editors, researchers and supporting staff involved - go to their entry on the encyclopaedia by clicking on the link below:'''''  
  
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# [[The focus is on pre-21st century theatre, film, media and performance ]]
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* <big>'''[[About ESAT]]'''</big>
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#[[It is work in progress]]
 
  
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== Accessing the database of entries ==
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==='''Contacting the [[ESAT]] editors''' ===
  
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To access database material on the relevant category, the reader has two options:
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'''You can contact [[ESAT]] at the following addresses:'''
  
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=== Using the '''Search''' function ===
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''Postal address'': The Editor: [[ESAT]], Department of Drama, [[University of Stellenbosch]], Private Bag X1, MATIELAND 7602, South Africa.'''''
  
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Go to the '''''Search''''' block at the top right of this page (or type: Alt+F) and type in the search word/phrase.
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''E-mail address'': satj@sun.ac.za
  
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=== Using the '''[[The ESAT Entries|Index]]''' ===
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''Fax number'': (+ 27) 21 882 9141
  
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Go to the '''''[[The ESAT Entries|Index]]''''' (below) and click on the appropriate link in the list of 15 categories of entries, then follow instructions on the landing page.
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==='''How to use ''ESAT'''''===
  
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= '''[[The ESAT Entries|Index]] to [[ESAT]] entries''' =
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While [[ESAT]] uses the [[Wiki]] programme, which makes provision for a very useful '''''search''''' function, the database has avoided contemporary multi-screen web-design, and has been constructed rather more traditionally, like a printed encyclopaedia, with an '''[[The ESAT Entries|Index]]''' to the various entries (also called '''[[The ESAT Entries]]'''). The entries in the [[The ESAT Entries|Index]] have been grouped in '''sixteen''' distinct categories, each one managed and edited by one of the research editors.
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The [[ESAT]] entries have been grouped in '''fifteen''' categories in this [[The ESAT Entries|index]], each category managed and edited by one of the research editors. To access database material on the relevant category, click on the appropriate link below.  
 
  
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=== Four important notes for everyone using ''ESAT''===
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#[[South African Theatre/Overview|South African Theatre and Performance/Overview]]
 
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#[[South African Film/Overview]]
 
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#[[South African Media/Overview]]
 
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#[[The South African Context/General Terminology and Thematic Entries]]
 
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#[[South African Theatre/Terminology and Thematic Entries]]
 
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#[[South African Film /Terminology and Thematic Entries]]
 
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#[[South African Media/Terminology and Thematic Entries]]
 
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#[[South African Personalities]]
 
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#[[South African Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]]
 
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#[[South_African_Films]] 
 
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#[[South_African_Theatre/Plays|South African Stage Plays]]
 
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#[[South_African_Radio/Plays|South African Radio Plays and Serials]]
 
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#[[South_African_Television/Plays|South African Television Plays and Series]]
 
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#[[ESAT Chronology|A Chronology of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]]
 
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#[[ESAT Bibliography|A Bibliography of South African South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]]
 
  
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# '''[[The main focus is on pre-21st-century theatre, film, media and performance]]'''
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# '''[[It is work in progress and thus subject to error on occasion]]'''
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# '''[[Policy regarding offensive language and terminology]]'''
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# '''[[ESAT is not an archival facility]]'''
  
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= An invitation to contribute to ESAT =
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''To find out more about these matters, click on the relevant item(s) listed above.''
  
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=== Accessing the database of entries===
  
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== Submitting contributions, suggestions and corrections  to [[ESAT]] ==
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To access '''database material''' on the relevant category, the reader has two options:
  
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All researchers, artists and other interested parties are invited to help us to expand, improve, update and correct [[ESAT]], since by its very nature, the database will always be incomplete and prone to error on occasion. (See further discussion of this point in [[Updating ESAT]].) Any information, contributions, relevant comments, material or information can be sent to the following address.
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=== Using the "Search" function ===
  
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If you wish to send whole entries, you may wish to do so using the [[ESAT Templates]] explained below as a guideline.
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Go to the '''''"Search"''''' block at the top right of this page (or type: Alt+F), type in the search word/phrase and click on the '''search''' icon there (the magnifying glass) or press the '''''Enter''''' button on your keyboard.
  
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== The [[ESAT]] address ==
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=== Using the '''Index'''===
  
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'''''The Editor: ESAT, Department of Drama, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, MATIELAND 7602, South Africa.'''''
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Simply click on '''[[The ESAT Entries]]''' at the start of this main page (or '''[[The ESAT Entries|HERE]]''') , to go to the list of 16 categories into which the material has been divided. On the list provided, click on the appropriate one, then follow instructions on the landing page.
  
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'''E-mail address: satj@sun.ac.za'''  
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=='''NB''': Copyright and referencing of material used==
  
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'''Fax number: (+ 27) 21 882 9141'''
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[[ESAT]] is an [[open access]] publication, which means that even though the material contained in the encyclopaedia is [[copyright]]ed to [[ESAT]] and the [[University of Stellenbosch]], it may be freely used for academic and artistic purposes as long as such use is clearly referenced and the material used is attributed to The '''[[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]]''' ('''[[ESAT]]'''), the reference also including the '''URL for the particular entry''' in [[ESAT]].
  
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= <big>'''[[Contributing to ESAT]]'''</big>=
  
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== The [[ESAT Templates]] ==
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''All researchers, artists and other interested parties are invited to help us to expand, improve, update and correct '''[[ESAT]]''' since, by its very nature, the database will always be incomplete and prone to error on occasion.''
  
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We have devised the following templates for the varous categories in the encylopaedia (see next section), and we invite you to use them when preparing material to submit to us. To find the appropriate '''[[ESAT]] Template''' for your purposes, click on the category below:
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'''To find how you can contribute, click on the HEADING above.'''
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#[[Film ESAT Template]]
 
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#[[Personalities ESAT Template]]
 
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#[[Radio Plays & series ESAT Template]]
 
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#[[Stage Plays ESAT Template]]
 
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#[[Themes and definitions ESAT Template]]
 
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#[[TV Drama & series ESAT Template]]
 
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#[[Venues, Companies, Institutions etc ESAT Template]]
 
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Please use the headings outlined in the appropriate category to write up your entry/entries for inclusion in ESAT. Do so in a ''Word'' document, and then mail it back to us as an e-mail attachment '''satj@sun.ac.za''', or in a letter to the address given above, and we will upload it onto the website.
 

Latest revision as of 14:52, 3 September 2024

Welcome to the Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance (ESAT), the open access, online and Wiki-based, digital reference work on theatre, film, media and performance in South Africa.


NOTE: To skip the introductory notes and instructions for using the encyclopaedia and go directly to the listing of contents, simply click in the link below:

INDEX TO ESAT ENTRIES

This page was last modified on 23 August, 2024


About ESAT and how to use it

Introduction to the ESAT project

The project

The ESAT encyclopaedia-project was conceived as an interactive resource for researchers interested in the evolution, history and forms of performance and media in South Africa, and it is based on research originally undertaken by the Centre for South African Theatre Research under the auspices of, and with the support of, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) between 1979 and 1987. In 1988 the research was transferred to, and continued at, the University of Stellenbosch by the Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies, with the support of the University's Division for Research Development, the former Centre for Science Development (CSD) and the National Research Foundation (NRF). The website was opened for public use in 2011.

Please note that any opinion, finding and conclusion or recommendation expressed in this material is that of the particular author(s) and that none of the sponsors of the project accept any liability in this regard.

The project is currently headed by Temple Hauptfleisch (original founder, editor-in-chief and project director of the undertaking), with the assistance of Freddy Ogterop, Ivor Markman, Karina Hauptfleisch, Darryl Nel and Christo Snyman as assistant editors, while numerous contributors across the globe have helped in collating and writing the information since its first inception. It uses the standard Wiki programme and is published on the web with the assistance of the Drama Department (http://www.sun.ac.za/drama) and its former Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies, the IT staff of the J.S. Gericke Library and the division for Information Technology at the University of Stellenbosch (http://www.sun.ac.za/index.asp).

For more detailed information on the nature of the project, including the history and aims of the encyclopaedia and the names of all the editors, researchers and supporting staff involved - go to their entry on the encyclopaedia by clicking on the link below:

Contacting the ESAT editors

You can contact ESAT at the following addresses:

Postal address: The Editor: ESAT, Department of Drama, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, MATIELAND 7602, South Africa.

E-mail address: satj@sun.ac.za

Fax number: (+ 27) 21 882 9141

How to use ESAT

While ESAT uses the Wiki programme, which makes provision for a very useful search function, the database has avoided contemporary multi-screen web-design, and has been constructed rather more traditionally, like a printed encyclopaedia, with an Index to the various entries (also called The ESAT Entries). The entries in the Index have been grouped in sixteen distinct categories, each one managed and edited by one of the research editors.

Four important notes for everyone using ESAT

  1. The main focus is on pre-21st-century theatre, film, media and performance
  2. It is work in progress and thus subject to error on occasion
  3. Policy regarding offensive language and terminology
  4. ESAT is not an archival facility

To find out more about these matters, click on the relevant item(s) listed above.

Accessing the database of entries

To access database material on the relevant category, the reader has two options:

Using the "Search" function

Go to the "Search" block at the top right of this page (or type: Alt+F), type in the search word/phrase and click on the search icon there (the magnifying glass) or press the Enter button on your keyboard.

Using the Index

Simply click on The ESAT Entries at the start of this main page (or HERE) , to go to the list of 16 categories into which the material has been divided. On the list provided, click on the appropriate one, then follow instructions on the landing page.

NB: Copyright and referencing of material used

ESAT is an open access publication, which means that even though the material contained in the encyclopaedia is copyrighted to ESAT and the University of Stellenbosch, it may be freely used for academic and artistic purposes as long as such use is clearly referenced and the material used is attributed to The Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance (ESAT), the reference also including the URL for the particular entry in ESAT.

Contributing to ESAT

All researchers, artists and other interested parties are invited to help us to expand, improve, update and correct ESAT since, by its very nature, the database will always be incomplete and prone to error on occasion.

To find how you can contribute, click on the HEADING above.

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