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Dance music, with its advanced technology and millions of fans, is the fastest-growing musical genre. Shutterstock

21st‑century DJs: spinning beyond the post‑capitalist dream

James Sey, University of Johannesburg

Thanks to technology the DJ has become a musical God of sorts. Under post-capitalism, where we’re looking for a new way of understanding cultural objects, the DJ now plays a pivotal role.
It may seem like photographer Greg Marinovich captured a bare landscape in his photos of Marikana, but the dreary photos are filled with haunting memories of the massacre that took place there. © Greg Marinovich

Marikana artwork provides a tool for conscientisation

James Sey, University of Johannesburg

The Marikana tragedy has dominated recent South African memory and produced many different aesthetic responses.

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