Dr LH Koenig-Visagie

Qualifications

• MA Visual Studies (University of Pretoria, 2012)
• BA (Hons) Visual Studies (University of Pretoria, 2008)
• BA Languages Journalism with a specialization in Visual Arts (University of Pretoria, 2007)

Fields of academic interests

• Constructions of gender and race in the contemporary South African art world
• Discursive practices in the South African art world
• Art writing and publication in the South African art world
• Gender studies, feminist theory and postcolonial studies

Field of Specialisation

• Contemporary South African art
• Foucaultian discourse analysis
• Rancièrean analysis
• Constructivist Grounded Theory Method
• Arendtian-Guaraldian narrative analysis
• Gender representation in the Afrikaans church
• Barthean visual analysis

Books

Book chapters:

• Koenig-Visagie, LH. 2012. The Representation of Gender in the Afrikaans Corporate Church. Fundamental Difference, in Caarstens, J & Viljoen, S (eds). Sacred Selves. Essays in gender, religion and popular culture. Cape Town: Griffel.

Journal articles

Byrne, DC, Murray, J & Koenig-Visagie, LH. 2013. Teaching Gender Studies via Open and Distance Learning in South Africa. Distance Education 34(3):339-352.

Koenig-Visagie, LH & Van Eeden, J. 2013. Gendered representations of fatherhood in contemporary church imagery. Verbum et Ecclesia. 34(1): 12 pages. [Open access online] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v34i1.760

Koenig-Visagie, LH & Viljoen, S. 2011. Gender representation on Christian book covers: a case study. Verbum et Ecclesia 32 (1): 9 pages. [Open access online] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v32i1.487

Koenig-Visagie, LH. 2011. Subversive semiotics and ironic anchorage on Vrye Weekblad covers: A visual analysis. Communicatio 37(1):41-63.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

• Commonwealth Scholarship for Doctoral studies in the UK (2013 – 2016)
• Academic Qualification Programme (UNISA) (2013 – 2016)
• Masters and Doctoral Support Programme (UNISA) (2009 – 2011)
• National Research Foundation Honours Bursary (2007)

Projects

• Doctoral research in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds, UK. Thesis title: Negotiations of difference and transformative practices in the contemporary South African art world.
• Masters research in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Pretoria. Thesis Title: Significant Others: A visual analysis of the representation of gender in the Afrikaans corporate church.
• Honours research in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Pretoria. Dissertation title: A post-colonial reading of four front covers of Vrye Weekblad from 1990 and 1992.