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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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 …
Oral History Workshop for the Luthuli Museum
Last week we ran a really successful oral history workshop for the Luthuli Museum, who are embarking on a fascinating social history of the families of Groutville, the township where the museum is located. We wish them the best of luck and can’t wait to see the results. “Thank you so much for the training, …
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Oral history workshop for UKZN students
Niall McNulty recently ran an oral history workshop for Cultural and Heritage Tourism students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The workshop forms part of a larger digital, cultural memory project, focused on the area of Inanda, north of Durban. The project aims to collect and disseminate oral histories and intangible heritage and link this to …