Experiencing universities through their visual culture is a phenomenon that is seldom studied. In South Africa, this reality of rare study was highlighted by the occurrence of the 2015 #RhodesMustFall moment when students across the country argued that there are visuals within the university space that remain experientially problematic within a postcolonial society. The South African higher education landscape was taken by surprise as it had not been adequately aware of the power that visuals can gain when considered as part of a culture of representation. Visual culture is in this paper defined as what is seen and allows itself to be placed within a culture of seeing and representation. As South Africa is a postcolonial society, it has been argued that the colonial period showed bias towards certain visual cultures throughout the country’s spheres – especially in the country’s tertiary education institutions. This is a paper documenting how students at a South African university experience the university through its visual culture. In‐depth mobile interviews, closely related to transect walks, were conducted with 12 “Rhodians” purposefully selected in the hope for maximum sample variation. The study finds that the experience of Rhodes University as a place through its visual culture is highly informed by the isolation of parts of the visual presentation of the built up and decorated environment, the expectation of what the visual culture should be, and the experience of alleged contestation over what is visually presented as the university. Ultimately, the university space is experienced often through its socially‐learned visual representations and the experiential templates that people bring to the place as seen.

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罗德大学通过Henri Lefebvre的空间三合会：“罗德人”如何通过其视觉文化体验罗德大学的地位？

通过视觉文化体验大学是一种很少研究的现象。在南非，这种稀有研究的现实通过2015年#RhodesMustFall时刻的出现而凸显，当时全国各地的学生争辩说大学空间内的视觉效果在后殖民社会中仍然存在问题。南非高等教育前景出乎意料，因为它没有充分意识到当将视觉作为代表文化的一部分时视觉所能获得的力量。在本文中，视觉文化被定义为所见事物，并允许其自身被置于可见和表征文化中。由于南非是一个后殖民社会，有人认为，殖民时期显示出对整个国家范围内某些视觉文化的偏见，尤其是在该国的高等教育机构中。这篇论文记录了南非大学的学生如何通过其视觉文化体验大学。我们与12个“ Rhodians”进行了深入的移动访谈，这些访谈与横断面走动密切相关，希望最大程度地增加样本变化。该研究发现，通过隔离建筑和装饰环境的视觉呈现的各个部分，对视觉文化的期望以及对罗德斯大学的视觉体验，罗德大学作为其视觉文化场所的体验是高度有根据的。在视觉上呈现为所谓的争执 这篇论文记录了南非大学的学生如何通过其视觉文化体验大学。我们与12个“ Rhodians”进行了深入的移动访谈，这些访谈与横断面走动密切相关，以期最大程度地提高样本变异性。该研究发现，通过隔离建筑和装饰环境的视觉呈现的各个部分，对视觉文化的期望以及对罗德斯大学的视觉体验，罗德大学作为其视觉文化场所的体验是高度有根据的。在视觉上呈现为所谓的争执 这篇论文记录了南非大学的学生如何通过其视觉文化体验大学。我们与12个“ Rhodians”进行了深入的移动访谈，这些访谈与横断面走动密切相关，以期最大程度地提高样本变异性。该研究发现，通过隔离建筑和装饰环境的视觉呈现的各个部分，对视觉文化的期望以及对罗德斯大学的视觉体验，罗德大学作为其视觉文化场所的体验是高度有根据的。在视觉上呈现为所谓的争执该大学。最终，大学空间往往是通过其社会学习的可视化形式和体验式模板经历了带给人们的地方所看到。