The Archival Platform launches in Cape Town today. Archives in South Africa are currently underfunded and understaffed, putting valuable documents at risk. Museums and heritage sites are often still perceived by the public as being part of the old apartheid order, and transforming the sector has not been as easy as we thought in 1994. …
Category Archives: Heritage
Archival Platform
Sorry, I have been a lazy blogger as of late but this directly translates into a busy consultant. Check out this great new project, the Archival Platform, run by Harriet Deacon. The Archival Platform’s aim is to facilitate dialogue and information sharing between professionals, academics and government employees in the heritage and archive sector. From …
Morija Museum and Archive
I went up to Lesotho a couple of weeks back on a research trip and visited the Morija Museum and Archive. It is located about an hour from Maseru, in a charming little village, and well worth a visit.
ALONG THE WAY, 2008
Artist Roger Jardine, Niall McNulty and Tamlyn Young City Durban Project info Along the Way is a project inspired by Doung Anwar Jahangeer ‘sCityWalk. In December 2007 a call went out to Durban’s creative community inviting proposals for an upcoming art festival, Cascoland. Under the theme of “mobility,” the festival was to take place along …