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Traditional
Arts Documentation and Education
The partners
are the MSU Consortium (MSU Museum as the lead partner), Johannesburg
Art Gallery; Durban Art Gallery; Smithsonian Institution Center
for Folklife and Cultural Heritage; Department of Arts, Culture,
Science, and Technology; Robben Island Museum; South African Natural
History Museum; Nelson Mandela Museum; University of Ft. Hare; Campbell
Collections – University of Natal; and several other arts
and culture organizations, universities and technikons. The project
incorporates a series of modules focused on traditional arts as
refracted through various lenses, including region, genre, in-community
or national recognition, economic development, and history. Each
module will showcase a selection of artists and their work and would
include interpretation based on field documentation with the artists
and members of their communities. Photographs of the artists, the
making and use of the art forms, and the words of the artists would
be foregrounded along with the work itself. Where possible, information
would be presented in multiple languages, including the language
of the maker and English.
Abelumbi
Siyazama
Project
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