Niall McNulty has recently returned from a trip to Kenya, where he presented at the IST-Africa Conference on the Ulwazi Programme, a digital library initiative we have managed for the past five years. The project uses the public library infrastructure, the local community and social web technologies to collect and disseminate indigenous knowledge and local histories. …
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Special Issue of South African Historical Journal
A recent special edition of the South African Historical Journal brings to life the shifting contexts and varied social imperatives out of which archives are initiated and sustained. This just-published special focus on Archive put together by NRF Chair, Carolyn Hamilton, showcases five papers by Archive & Public Culture research associates and is available online at: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rshj20/65/1. Hamilton’s overview …
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2013: The Year for SoLoMo in South Africa?
SoLoMo is a buzz-word that has been doing the rounds for the past couple of years but, according to some analysts, 2013 could be the year it takes off. For those unfamiliar with the term, SoLoMo is a contraction of Social, Local, and Mobile, referencing the convergence of social media, geo-location technology and mobile devices. There …
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Oral History Association in South Africa
Niall McNulty has been invited to present at a meeting of the Oral History Association of South Africa, to be held in Kimberley on the 15th March. Niall will be discussing his work on digital media projects such as the Ulwazi Programme, which uses oral history methodology to collect indigenous knowledge and local history from communities around …