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Stolen Holocaust art database released
A story that affirms the significance of archival records!
Open Access Week
Celebrated around the world from 18-24 November 2010, Open Access Week is aimed at promoting free online access to scholarly publications.
Right2Know Campaign: Week of Action
The Right2Know Campaign staged a Week of Action from 19-27 October 2010.
ICOM theme for 2011: Museums and Memory
Celebrate International Museums Day 2011 in collaboration with other institutions that focus on memory.
Minister Cwele on the Protection of Information Bill
Read State Security Minister Cwele’s second submittion to the Ad Hoc Committee on Protection of Information Bill.
Why employment contracts need an intellectual property clause
A cautionary tale, and some excellent advice.
South Africa falls to 38th place on the World Press Freedom Index
This is attributed to attacks on journalists during the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ and to the behaviour of the ANC toward the press.
Save and savour your audiovisual heritage now!
This month we celebrate World Audiovisual Heritage Day
“Letters for Lulu / Postcards for Paul” 2010
This year we’re inviting you to write a postcard to the Minister of Arts and Culture about the challenges facing South African museums.
International sports events and their documentary heritage
Shadrack Katuu considers the documentary heritage of the Winter Olympics held in Vancouver this year and asks what lessons South Africans can learn form the way in which the city processed the records relating to this event.
Web-based discussion forum
Melissa Mannon is seeking participants for a web-based discussion forum on community documentation and cross-professional collaboration
Journal of African Cinema
Call for submissions: ongoing
Nelson Mandela Foundation “Dialogue for Social Change” seminar
This seminar focussing on xenophobia and the experience of migrants in South Africa, raised some thought provoking questions about memory practice, amongst other issues.
“Working with the Archive: Second Apartheid Archive Conference”
This project examines South African experiences of racism and the continuing effect on individual and group functioning in contemporary society.
