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Introducing the Archival Platform Team
You’ve read their opinions, now meet the team!
2012 is the year of heritage! Could 2013 be the year of the archive?
Jo-Anne Duggan reflects on the Minister of Arts and Culture’s Budget Vote Speech and poses a couple of questions about the state of the archive.
Field brat’s blog from the bundu: creative archival practice
Brenton Maart, our Field Brat from the Bundu peers into contemporary South African scholarship of creative archival practice through art programmes and exhibitions
Should your GLAM be on Pinterest?
Harriet Deacon looks at the opportunities and possible pitfalls for cultural institutions (GLAMs) using the new interface provided by Pinterest.
Signalling history from Heliograph Hill
Catherine Kennedy, director of the South African History Archive, talks to the writer and director, Neil Coppen, about tackling over a century of history in his new play, Abnormal Loads.
On the ‘border’: Namibian memories of the liberation war
Heike Becker considers stories of the local populations in whose midst the ‘border war’ was fought and wonders why South Africans are excruciatingly silent about the pain of others.
24 Years of Stories: Growing up with the Border War in Namibia
Nicola Lazenby reports on an interview with Ndinomolo Ndilula, one of the actors in Anthony Akerman’s play, Somewhere on the Border.
The age and sexual division of food among the Matlala of Limpopo
Dineo Skosana’s account of a meal associated with the unveiling of a family tombstone continues our focus on food and heritage.
“Somewhere on the Border”: report on the panel discussion
Theresa Edlmann and Wesley Anderson report on a panel discussion co-hosted by the Archival Platform and the Legacies of Apartheid Wars project which brought men and women from the SADF and liberation groups together to reflect on their experiences and the legacies of the apartheid era wars.
The day in memory and honour of King Moshoeshoe I -March 11th
Sebinane Lekoekoe comments of the national celebrations and shares some insight into the history and significance of this Basotho leader.
Alternative leaderhip
Lucy Campbell reflects on leadership, and shares her experience of the Human Sciences Research Council’s “Red Tent” project
Rights enshrined yet rights denied
Nokhanyo Mhlana considers the meaning of Human Rights Day for people whose livelihoods and lives are cut short to protect forests, hotel owners and tourists.
Fantastic Feasts
C. A. Michael shares her recollections of the cooking and eating of wedding biryani.
Beyond white bread, tea & KFC: can healthy foods be promoted through heritage discourse?
Harriet Deacon discusses her new project on food, heritage and public health
The power of information
Tammy O’Conner of the South African History Archive explains why access to information is an essential element for a vibrant democracy and vital to the realisation of other basic human rights.
