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HSRC presentation to thePortfolio Committee on Arts
and Culture
HSRC presentation to thePortfolio Committee on Arts
and Culture8 March 2005
Presentation formatPresentation format Indigenous Knowledge
Systems
Disability
Gender
Social Cohesion and Identity
Indigenous knowledge systems
Indigenous knowledge systems
Importance of indigenous knowledge in reducing poverty of rural agrarian households Focus on local natural resources in particular
African vegetables Provide a means of managing natural resources
to ensure food security Identify indigenous innovations that can promote
sustainable food security Integration of the identified indigenous
innovations and scientific knowledge Collaborators
HSRC, ARC, DST, residents in Nkuna Tribal Area, Limpopo province
Funding DST Parliamentary grant
DisabilityDisability
ZIP ZIP MY BRAIN HARTS Photography, disability and
hidden lives
ZIP ZIP MY BRAIN HARTS Photography, disability and
hidden lives Angela Buckland’s three-part photographic
exhibition portrays several families’ experience of disability
Her project will be extended to include: An international touring exhibition A photographic book based on her work Educational workshops for health professionals
CYFD will evaluate the extent to which these change attitudes towards parenting and disability
Collaborative project between the social sciences, arts and disability rights/activist groups
Partial funding from Royal Netherlands Embassy for the photographic book
‘NOTHING WITHOUT US’
Disability inclusion and
SABC Education
CYFD recently completed a
report for SABC education giving
guidelines on presentation of disability in the
media
‘NOTHING WITHOUT US’
Disability inclusion and
SABC Education
CYFD recently completed a
report for SABC education giving
guidelines on presentation of disability in the
media
GenderGender
Fatherhood projectFatherhood project Aims to recognise, encourage and
support men’s care and protection of children
Travelling photographic exhibition, book, media and activities by participating organisations
Images of fatherhood by professional photographers, students and children
Accompanied by words of children talking about fathers and men talking about how they see themselves
Women’s history project
Women’s history project
Follow-up on the book Women marching into the 21st century published in1998
Two-part project initiated in 2002 Book on gendered history of S. African by
women scholars Will be released in 2006 to coincide with 50th
anniversary of women marching to Pretoria
Interactive CD Rom Will contain database of biographies of SA
women Target audience learners, researchers, HEIs,
NGOs
Social Cohesion and Identity
Social Cohesion and Identity
Heritage projectsHeritage projects The Subtle Power of Intangible
Heritage: a review of legal instruments for managing intangible heritage, conducted for the International Network for Cultural Policy, 2003
Protecting our Cultural Capital: a review of legislation, policy and research on the Heritage sector, 1994-2003 commissioned by DAC
South African Cultural Observatory which focuses on the music, print media and publishing, film and video, craft and heritage sectors. HSRC/DAC collaboration
SA-Flemish Community Arts Centre Project
SA-Flemish Community Arts Centre Project
Three-year project under DAC bi-national agreement
Aim is to develop a policy-driven network of
sustainable community arts centres in South Africa
Objectives Develop policy framework for arts centres Enhance service delivery in six arts centres Build capacity in government and arts centres
Project areas KwaZulu-Natal, Free State and Limpopo
Funding Flemish allocation R7,2 million DAC allocation R3,3 million
South African identity & its meanings
South African identity & its meanings
What does it mean to be S. African : Race, culture and identity
The role of intellectuals, artists and media in the making of a national identity
19th century African intellectual and literary history in the making of African identity
Indigenous African philosphical systems and their contemporary relevance
Memory consciousness and social values The relationship between culture and the
constitution of public life on nation building
Strengthening heritage research capacity at the local level
Identity, Africa & the world lecture series
Identity, Africa & the world lecture series
Conversations on African Identity by distinguished scholars: Ayi Kwei Armah, Wole Soyinka, Henry Louis Gates Jr, Cornel West and Ntongela Masilela
Networking with African scholars and institutions
Reviving intellectual culture and research capacity with a particular focus on youth artists and writers
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