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Archive and Public Culture Research Initiative website launched
A dynamic transdisciplinary research group based at the University of Cape Town has launched its new website.
Human Rights Media Centre launches a new publication
“Edge of the Table: Fourteen Cape Flats youths tell their life stories”
Medu Art Ensemble archive to be listed in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register
The Medu Art Ensemble archive has been nominated for inclusion in 2011.
CODESA archive to be listed in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register
The archives of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) and the Multi-Party Negotiation Process (MPNP) have been nominated for inclusion in 2011.
UNESCO World Heritage Centre plans a rock art archive
International experts met in Johannesburg recently to plan a global repository of rock art sites on the World Heritage List and the Tentative List.
Historical Justice and Memory Research Network
A new online platform for those interested in historical justice and social and public memory aims to encourage innovative interdisciplinary, transnational and comparative research.
Remembering and forgetting at Freedom Park
The Archival Platform spent a peaceful afternoon at Freedom Park and came away wondering how, and by whom, decisions about who to remember and who to forget are made.
International Human Rights Day 2010
The focus of International Human Rights Day 2010 is on human rights defenders who act to end discrimination.
SAHA and the SABC launch the Truth Commission Special Report Multimedia Product
The South African History Archive, with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), has launched a multimedia product featuring the Truth Commission Special Report series.
District Six Cultural Landscape: a national heritage site
The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) has expressed its intention to declare the District Six Cultural Landscape a national heritage site.
ICOM 2010 General Conference and Assembly, 7-12 November 2010
Helene Volgraaf reports on the ICOM General Assembly and draws our attention to two important documents adopted by the meeting.
Honouring Albert Luthuli
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Chile Albert Luthuli’s receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize. This event will be commemorated through an exhibition at the Luthuli Museum in Groutville and the Chief Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture to be delivered by Preseident Zuma at the Durban Convention Centre on 24 November 2010.
Community House
An initiative aimed at developing a labour and community history museum precinct centred around the Trade Union Library and its archive.
Africa Media Online
The Archival Platform met with David Larsen and learnt about Africa Media Online’s initiatves to facilitate ‘Africans telling Africa’s story’.
