Colonial representation: complexities of the Nelson Mandela statue at the Union Building precinct / Luvuyo M. Dondolo. Public history, memorialisation, commemorations and counter-commemorations of 16 December, a chequered public holiday in South Africa / Ali Khangela Hlongwane -- Why Paul Kruger must or must not fall / Ali Khangela Hlongwane -- In search of everyday life in public history: Marabastad, an exhibition in history, memory, place and the complexities of land restitution / Ali Khangela Hlongwane -- Undertanding artistic mentorship in apartheid South Africa: the case of the Polly Street Art Centre Johannesburg / Sipho Madanda -- The Soyikwa Institute of African Theatre and the cultural movement of the 197s to 1990s: reflections on the making of cultural history in Soweto / Ali Khangela Hlongwane -- Death in detention in apartheid South Africa: commemorations, remembrance and making sense of Isivivane and the Wall of Names at Freedom Park national heritage site / Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu -- From graves to official memorials: re-presentations and re-negotiating memorials and monuments in the twenty-first century South Africa / Noel Solani and Bongani C. Ndlovu -- Navigating through a colonial space: Sammy Marks site in post-apartheid South Africa / Motsane Getrude Seabela -- Colonial representation: complexities of the Nelson Mandela statue at the Union Building precinct / Luvuyo M. Dondolo.
Summary:
"In South Africa, with the end of formal apartheid in 1994, the national government, provincial and local authorities have made all possible the memorialization of the anti-apartheid and liberation struggles that deserve critical attention and reflection. This is necessary because who were directly involved are growing older and their stories/narratives have begun to recede into the past in the name of continued social, economic, and political progress. Architects, urban planners and heritage professionals continue to play an important role in the memory-making and recording/telling process across South Africa's cultural landscape. Moreover, museum are spaces and institutions that collect, houses, research, reflect on, circulate and exhibit objects of historical, scientific, artistic and cultural significance. The nation's representation of culture in its museums is also revealing of dominant ideologies and to a degree may be interpreted as a kaleidoscope of research and collecting foci of the time."
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