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CONFERENCE
PROGRAM
"Living
Heritage: Oral History, Practice and Policy"
A
Training Workshop Sponsored by the South African National Cultural Heritage
Training and Technology Programme:
A Programme of Collaboration Between the U.S. and South Africa
November
8-10, 2000
Robben Island & Cullinan Inn, Cape Town
Wednesday * Thursday * Friday
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comments by the Deputy Minister for Arts, Culture,
Science &
Technology
Ms. Bridgitte Mabandla -
Video
Wednesday
08 November 2000: Robben Island
| 9.00am |
Ferry
to Robben Island |
| 9.30am
- 10.00am |
Tea |
| 10.00am |
SESSION
1: OPENING-Chaired by Professor André Odendaal
Welcoming comments by Mr. Ahmed Kathrada
(Chairperson of the Robben Island Museum Council)
Welcoming
comments by Professor John Eadie
(Director, CICALS, Michigan State University)
Workshop
opening by Professor Jakes Gerwel
Introduction:
audio |
video |
transcript
Closing:
video
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| 11.00am
- 13.00pm |
 SESSION
2
Tour of Robben Island, including a prison tour by former Robben
Island political prisoner Ahmed Kathrada |
| 13.00
- 13.45pm |
LUNCH |
| 13.45
- 14.45pm |
SESSION
3: DISCUSSION & INTERPRETATION OF TOUR
Presenters/Facilitators:
Mr. Khwezi Ka Mpumlwana (Education Manager, RIM)
Dr. Harriet Deacon (Research Coordinator, RIM)
video
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| 14.45
- 15.00pm |
BREAK |
| 15.00
- 15.45pm |
SESSION
4: Continuation of Previous Session |
| 16.15
- 17.00pm |
Boat
Returns to waterfront |
| 18.00pm |
Reception
at District 6 Museum, to include a tour and reception dinner |
Thursday
09 November 2000: Cullinan Inn, Cape Town
| 9.00
- 10.00am |
SESSION
4: FRAMEWORK & POLICY
Overview of national frameworks and policies for oral history and
living heritage
Presenters: Dr. Luli Callinicos (Heritage Consultant); Mr. Irwin
Langeveldt (Assistant Director: Heritage, DACST)
Callinicos - Intro:
audio |
transcript
Callinicos - Archives:
audio |
transcript
Callinicos - Heritage Sites:
audio |
transcript
Callinicos - Oral History:
audio |
audio 2 |
transcript
Callinicos - Work Sources:
audio |
transcript |
video
Langeveldt - Mother Tongue:
audio |
video |
transcript
Langeveldt - NGO:
audio |
video |
transcript
Langeveldt - NHC:
audio |
video |
transcript
Langeveldt - Training:
audio |
video |
transcript
Facilitator: Professor Yonah Seleti (Director, Killie Campbell Collections,
University of Natal-Durban)
|
| 10.00
- 10.15am |
Break |
| 10.15
- 12.15pm |
 SESSION
5: INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES
Interview, Robert Vassen - Video
Presenters/Facilitators: Dr. Sean Field (Coordinator, Western Cape
Oral History Project, UCT); Professor Marsha MacDowell (Curator,
MSU Museum) |
| 12.15
- 13.00pm |
Lunch |
| 13.00
- 14.45pm |
SESSION
6: MODEL ORAL HISTORY PROJECTS
Krige Opening Video
National Archives pilot oral history project on the 1956
Women's
March / Group Presentation
South
African praise poets / Dr. Russell Kaschula, Department of South
African Languages & Literatures, UCT
Video: South African Praise Poets
Facilitator:
Mr. Dumisani Sibayi, South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA)
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| 14.45
- 15.00pm |
Break |
| 15.00
- 16.45pm |
SESSION
7: PRESERVATION AND ACCESS
Preservation and description of oral history collections / Ilse
Assmann (Manager, SABC Sound Archives & Audio Library)
Copyright
and licensing of cultural assets / Mr. Michael Shapiro; Ms. Lee
Gillespie-White (International Intellectual Property Institute)
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| 19.00pm |
Evening
Reception - U.S. Consulate |
Friday
10 November 2000: Cullinan Inn, Cape Town
| 9.00
- 10.30am |
SESSION
8: DIGITIZATION & TECHNOLOGY
Best Practices for digitizing sound archives /
Professor Mark
Kornbluh (Director, H-Net, MSU); Ms. Melanie Shell-Weiss (Assistant
Director, H-Net, MSU)
Digital
archiving / Mr. Valmont Layne (Sound Archivist, District Six Museum)
Facilitator:
Professor Peter Knupfer (Director, SANCH Training and Technology
Project, MSU)
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| 10.30
- 10.45am |
Break |
| 10.45
- 12.15pm |
SESSION
9: ORAL HISTORY - EXHIBITIONS & COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Oral history and exhibitions at the District Six Museum / Professor
Crain Soudien (District Six Museum Council)
Smithsonian
Folklife Festival: African immigrants in Bermuda and Washington,
D.C. / Dr. Diana Baird N'Diaye (Folklife Specialist, Office of
Folklife Programmes and Cultural Studies, Smithsonian Institution)
The
Chicago Neighbourhoods Project / Dr. Russell Lewis (Director for
Collections and Research, Chicago Historical Society)
Facilitator:
Professor Kurt Dewhurst (Director, Michigan State University Museum)
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| 12.15
- 13.00pm |
Lunch |
| 13.00
- 14.30pm |
SESSION
10: DISSEMINATION & THE DIFFERENT USES OF ORAL HISTORY
Historical film documentaries of gay oral histories / Mr. Jack
Lewis (Film producer, Idol Productions)
Community
radio and oral history / Ms. Nomachina Mfeketho-Noah (Freelance
radio producer)
Facilitator:
Dr. Ciraj Rassool (History Department, UWC)
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| 14.30
- 14.45pm |
Break |
| 14.45
- 16.00pm |
SESSION
11: TRAINING
Developing training modules for oral history and living heritage
/ Ms. Deirdré Prins (Educational Programmes & Materials
Development Coordinator, Robben Island Museum) and Ms. Carohn
Cornell (Heritage trainer)
Comments
by Dr. Leslie Witz (Robben Island Heritage Studies Training Programme)
and Dr. Cynthia Kros (Heritage Programme, Graduate School for
Humanities and Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand)
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