Or the lack thereof… I recently attended the first pan-African Wiki Indaba in Johannesburg. Wiki Indaba was a three-day conference that brought together African Wikimedians and other open knowledge volunteers. Recognising that access to mobile devices in Africa is on the rise and will intensify in the next few years, thereby increasing Africa’s online presence, the …
Category Archives: Platform and Resource Development
Digital Memory Toolkit
With funding from the Goethe Institut, we were able to develop a practical resource for those wishing to set up digital memory projects. The Digital Memory Toolkit aims to address a lack of digital literacy in community memory projects by giving project teams the insight and tools necessary to develop these types of projects. Projects of …
Hyperlocal website has – surprise, surprise – local users
by Niall McNulty At the beginning of 2013, together with Sabine Marschall from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, we launched a hyperlocal website focused on the community of Inanda, just north of Durban. The website,eNanda.co.za, aims to become a repository of the culture and heritage of the communities in the area, with the intention of attracting more …
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Niall McNulty co-opted as a member of the Executive Committee of OHASA
At a recent meeting in Kimberley, Niall McNulty was co-opted as a member of the Executive Committee of the Oral History Association of South Africa (OHASA). Niall has considerable experience using oral histories in digital media projects and will advise the Committee in this area, as well as assist with OHASA’s own digital communication initiatives. OHASA …
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