Grant has recently published the first paper from his PhD findings in the South Africa Historical Journal. It focuses on custodianship of the past in a variety of forms in Umbumbulu, near Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. The paper examines the Ulwazi Programme, which Niall has been a part of running for the last four years, as …
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The Role of Archives in Nation Building
Interesting article about how archives are being used in South Sudan as part of the nation building project. Dr Johnson, a distinguished Sudan historian, best known for his work on the Abyei Boundaries Commission, and author of The Root Causes of Sudan’s Civil Wars andWhen Borders Become Boundaries, explained that every government produces new documents daily, and …
Oral histories in a digital age
Niall McNulty will be presenting at the Department of Arts and Culture Conference on Library, Archives, Museum and Language Services in Durban this Thursday. His presentation looks at the digitisation of oral histories and their distribution online. Click here to view the programme …
Seminar on case studies & good practice: Perspectives on preservation and promotion of audiovisual cultural heritage in France and South Africa
The two day seminar on case studies and good practice organized by Ina and DOXA in Cape Town on 13 & 14 November 2012, Perspectives on preservation and promotion of audiovisual cultural heritage in France and South Africa starts tomorrow. Niall McNulty will be presenting in the session ‘Case studies of regional projects for knowledge …