Patches: The EP and Text

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dc.contributor.advisorHaupt, Adam
dc.contributor.authorJwara, Fumani
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-25T09:27:41Z
dc.date.available2025-11-25T09:27:41Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.date.updated2025-11-25T09:25:21Z
dc.description.abstractSelf-reflection can aid in unpacking the complex layers of navigating the intersectionalities of identities. By exploring these layers, we gain a deeper understanding of the societal structures that influence our lives and find ways to navigate them. This creative project, created imperfectly over a three-year academic and musical journey, embodies an extended play (EP) and explication grounded in autoethnography as a framework to explore the intersectionality of being black and gay in South Africa. Titled Patches, the project documents my personal experiences that informed and shaped my journey of becoming, especially when there is no guarantee of acceptance. An essential component of this exploration is the role of music as a usable space in the expression and connection of defining identity through four key themes (or, in this instance, “patches”): insecurity, survival, self-love, and acceptance. Music, in its production and consumption, emerges as an essential resource in the self-making and cultivation of identity. In its written and sonic landscape, the project serves both as a product and a process, allowing for an embodied yet critical reflection and representation of self.
dc.identifier.apacitationJwara, F. (2025). <i>Patches: The EP and Text</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42331en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationJwara, Fumani. <i>"Patches: The EP and Text."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2025. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42331en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationJwara, F. 2025. Patches: The EP and Text. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42331en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Jwara, Fumani AB - Self-reflection can aid in unpacking the complex layers of navigating the intersectionalities of identities. By exploring these layers, we gain a deeper understanding of the societal structures that influence our lives and find ways to navigate them. This creative project, created imperfectly over a three-year academic and musical journey, embodies an extended play (EP) and explication grounded in autoethnography as a framework to explore the intersectionality of being black and gay in South Africa. Titled Patches, the project documents my personal experiences that informed and shaped my journey of becoming, especially when there is no guarantee of acceptance. An essential component of this exploration is the role of music as a usable space in the expression and connection of defining identity through four key themes (or, in this instance, “patches”): insecurity, survival, self-love, and acceptance. Music, in its production and consumption, emerges as an essential resource in the self-making and cultivation of identity. In its written and sonic landscape, the project serves both as a product and a process, allowing for an embodied yet critical reflection and representation of self. DA - 2025 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Patches KW - Music KW - Usable Space KW - Autoethnography KW - Black KW - Gay KW - Insecurity KW - Survival KW - Self-love, Acceptance LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2025 T1 - Patches: The EP and Text TI - Patches: The EP and Text UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42331 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/42331
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationJwara F. Patches: The EP and Text. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2025 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42331en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Film and Media Studies
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectPatches
dc.subjectMusic
dc.subjectUsable Space
dc.subjectAutoethnography
dc.subjectBlack
dc.subjectGay
dc.subjectInsecurity
dc.subjectSurvival
dc.subjectSelf-love, Acceptance
dc.titlePatches: The EP and Text
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
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