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Funding available for digitising collections of genealogical value
Funding is available through Ancestry24 for African Media Online to digitise archival collections of genealogical value. Deadline for applications 22 April 2011.
The Department of Arts and Culture announces new boards
The Nelson Mandela Museum has a new council and the National Film and Video Foundation and the National Arts Council have new boards!
Online Memorialisation: The Web as a Collective Memorial Landscape for Remebering the Dead
Kylie Veal of the Curtin University of Technology, Australia argues that the World Wide Web is providing an alternative space for the age-old process of memorialisation
Archivists, oil and records
Ghanaian archivist Sammy Dzandu argues that archivists need to manage the records relating to the exploration, production and sale of oil and natural gas
ICOM and the Blue Shield take action in North Africa
ICOM is making good on its commitment to preserving and protecting the world’s cultural heritage
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) re-launches its newsletter
Kha Ri Ambe will enable the DAC to share and exchange information and ’ put the excellent work of the Department in the spotlight”.
National Arts Council Annual Report 2009/2010
The National Arts Council briefed the parliamentary committee on its Annual Report and auidt queries.
Tanzanian withdraws World Heritage Site nomination for the Eastern Arc Mountains Forests
Is there an innate conflict between conservation and local economic activity, or is it possible to achieve a balance between these?
National summit on the cultural and creative industries
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and its agencies have embraced government’s New Growth Path and are developing strategies to optimise the contribution of the arts, culture and heritage sector to job creation and economic development
COSATU and ODAC threaten legal action to access a City of Cape Town report
We’re not as interested in the specifics of the spat between contesting parties, as we are in the issues at stake for us as citizens!
World Intellectual Property Day 2011: Designing the future
On 26 April 2011 World Intellectual Property Day celebrates the invaluable contributions made by innovators and creators across the globe.
The Prince Claus Cultural Emergency Response programme
This programme offers quick and effective aid to stabilise or restore cultural heritage affected by man-made or natural disasters.
WITNESS is training women activists in Kenya
Through this training, women activists are learning how to integrate video into their advocacy campaigns.
The Western Cape government calls for input on a new museums policy
This Discussion paper outlines some of the ways in which the Provincial Government of the Western Cape aims to support museums in the province, other than national institutions, and make them accessible to all.
