Title: Prof
Name and Surname: John Steele
Position: Prof: Visual Arts
ORCID: 0000-0002-4085-9608
Faculty and Department: FSET: Visual Arts
Office Number and Building: Carroll’s Building
Campus / Site: Cambridge Street, East London
Phone : 043 704 4827
Fax: 086 721 9297
Email: jsteele@wsu.ac.za
Qualification: PhD
Expertise: Visual Arts in South Africa
My website / social media: N/A
List of your publications: PUBLICATIONS IN SAPSE
ACCREDITED AND/OR PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1995
[1] “The Tourist as patron of the arts”. In De Arte, April: 7-21 2001
[2] “Revisiting nomenclature: ‘Early Iron Age’, First-Millennium Agriculturist’, or what?” In Southern African Field Archaeology 10: 35-45.
2002
[3] “Prehistoric southern African ceramics: a hidden heritage?” In De Arte 65: 7-21
2003
[4] “Potter's fingerprints: some prehistoric southern African utilityware in an intimate light”. In South African Journal of Art History 18: 149-161
2004
[5] “Topless pots: re-evaluating ontological significances of some southern African prehistoric ceramic utilityware”. In South African Journal of Art History 19: 129-142
2006
[6] “Looking at First-Millennium Agriculturist ceramic sculpture of the South African eastern seaboard region”. In South African Journal of Art History 21(2): 27-39.
2007
[7] “Rural potters in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: what next?” In South African Journal of Art History. 22(2): 79-97.
2007
[8] Gcinikhaya Dase, Siziwe Sotewu & John Steele. “Cultural Heritage in the work of two Xhosa-speaking ceramic artists”. In African Arts 40(3): 64-77.
2008 [
9] Litha Ncokazi & John Steele. “Tribute to a special woman, Abigail Nosapho Ncokazi: 1930-2001”. In South African Journal of Art History 23(3): 20-29.
2009
[10] “Tackling art/craft nomenclature, again, with particular reference to octogenarian potter Alice Qga Nongebeza, of Eastern Cape, South Africa” in South African Journal of Art History 24(1): 181-192.
2010
[11] John Steele, Georges-Ivo Ekosse and Ndze Dennis Jumbam “Comments on clay bodies used by two potters in the Port St Johns region of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa”. In South African Journal of Art History 25(3): 29-42.
2011
[12] “Potshards of Zig-Zag cave at Port St Johns, Eastern Cape, South Africa”. In South African Journal of Art History 26(2): 88-100.
2012
[13] “Prehistoric Southern African ceramic figurines from Kulubele further contextualised – some links and discontinuities”. In South African Journal of Art History 27(2): 62-78.
2012
[14] “Anatomy of a pottery bonfiring in the Port St Johns region, Eastern Cape, South Africa”. In Southern African Humanities 24: 121-42.
2013
[15] Ndze Denis Jumbam, Georges-Ivo Ekosse and John Steele. “Chemical characterisation of argillaceous sediments used for traditional pottery around Port St Johns, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa”. In Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 68(3): 147-153.
2013
[16] “Finding the best clay: experiences of rural potter Alice Gqa Nongebeza contextualised”. In South African Journal of Art History 28(2): 211-216. 2013
[17] “Precolonial ceramics of the Southern African Eastern Seaboard”. In International Symposium of Ceramics Education and Exchange: 82-88.
2014
[18] “Outside city limits: introducing Anton van der Merwe of Starways Arts, in Hogsback, Eastern Cape, South Africa”. In South African Journal of Art History 29(1): 1-13.
2014
[19] “Some reflections on two rural potter’s cooperatives in the Port St Johns region of the Eastern Cape, South Africa”. In Indilinga – African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems 13(1): 41-50.
2014
[20] “Starways Arts: a built environment expressing holistic lifestyles dedicated to visual and performing arts in Hogsback, Eastern Cape, South Africa”. In South African Journal of Art History 29(3): 76-89.
2015
[21] Komani & Steele “Ultimate survivor: an Eastern Cape sculptor’s outpouring against women and child abuse”. In South African Journal of Art History 30(1): 126-139.
2015
[22] “Maximum firepower: Vale van der Merwe, an emergent ceramic artist at Starways Arts, Hogsback, Eastern Cape, South Africa”. In South African Journal of Art History 30(1): 47-58.
2015
[23] “Anton and Vale van der Merwe: reinterpreting Afro-Oriental ceramics traditions in South Africa”. In South African Journal of Art History 30(2): 129-138.
2015
[24] “Sculpting with fire: celebrating ephemerality at AfrikaBurn 2015 in the Tankwa Karoo, South Africa”. In South African Journal of Art History 30(3): 187-200.
2016
[25] “Inventive owner-builder, architect and disruptive innovator: Al Stratford of East London, South Africa”. In South African Journal of Art History 31(1): 20-37.
2016 [26] “AntheA Delmotte: performing temporality and returning to chaos at AfrikaBurn 2016”. South African Journal of Art History 31(2): 131-153.
2017
[27] “South Africa: difficult rebirthing, or destructively consuming itself in flames?” Peer reviewed conference proceedings: International Society for Ceramic Art Education and Exchange, 10-16 July 2017, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, England.
2017
[28] “Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life at AfrikaBurn 2017 in Tankwa Karoo, South Africa” South African Journal of Art History 32(2): 161-173.
2018
[29] “Of cogs, fire and quanta: Steampunk at AfrikaBurn 2018?” South African Journal of Art History 33(3): 62-73.
2019
[30] “Ephemeropolis: urban design and performing land art at AfrikaBurn 2019” South African Journal of Art History 34(2): 62-83.
2019
[31] “Two fuel fired kiln designs, for relatively small scale wood and oil firing respectively”. Peer reviewed conference proceedings: International conference paper presented at International Society for Ceramic Art Education and Exchange, 24 June to 3 July 2019, Dankook University, Seoul, South Korea.
2020
[32] “Vessels pulsing with energies and stories to tell” de arte 55(2): 127-152.
2020
[33] “Light art at AfrikaBurn: finding our sublime selves?” South African Journal of Art History 35(2): 19-34.