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Heritage Month 2022
September is a month during which South Africa celebrates its diversity of cultures, traditions and heritage.
24 Sep 2022
UCT’s art curators aim for Africa-centred, representative collection
At the centre of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) cultural heritage is a disparate 1 400-piece art collection by over 700 artists, accumulated over decades. Some works have been donated, some acquired, and others bequeathed. But there are glaring gaps in the collection that must be addressed, said the Works of Art Collection (WOAC) committee chairperson, Associate Professor Nomusa Makhubu.
23 Sep 2022
Heritage Day: reflecting on the knowledge systems of the Khoi and San
Associate Professor June Bam-Hutchison found out her mother could speak Khoekhoegowab when the matriarch was in her 70s. Until then, ausi May’s ability to speak in clicks and the reason she bore two striped knowledge marks on her left upper arm were hidden, never spoken of.
23 Sep 2022
Heritage Month: ‘I want to call out their names one by one’
To mark Heritage Day, two UCT-affiliated co-curators talk about a unique exhibition of South African black women artists, many of whom never exhibited.
23 Sep 2022
Join the NQT’s Spring School
Spring School, an initiative of the Newly Qualified Teachers Project’s will kick off on Monday, 3 October.
23 Sep 2022
Heritage Month: UCT’s art curators aim for representative, researchable collection
UCT’s rich heritage of artworks now includes filmed live art performances, part of a drive to create a more representative and contemporary collection.
22 Sep 2022
UCT’s law library celebrates six decades of service excellence
The Brand van Zyl Law Library celebrates its 60th anniversary in September.
22 Sep 2022
A fire in our (he)art
UCT’s WOAC presented ‘The Fire This Time’, a series of live art interventions attending to the complex (hi)stories that texture the Sarah Baartman precinct.
22 Sep 2022
Connectivity on campus and other updates
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has put in place a number of measures to facilitate the academic programme in response to the national loadshedding situation, in particular due to the escalation to stage 6.
21 Sep 2022
Connectivity on campus and other updates
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has put in place a number of measures to facilitate the academic programme in response to the national loadshedding situation, in particular due to the escalation to stage 6.
21 Sep 2022
UCT researcher awarded first African Google PhD fellowship for his 5G in healthcare research
University of Cape Town (UCT) electrical engineering student Humphrey Owuor Otieno has been awarded the first African Google PhD Fellowship under the Systems and Networking subcategory.
21 Sep 2022
Heritage Month: Restore the ‘critical knowledge’ of the ausis
June Bam-Hutchison speaks about the role of the ausi, the Khoi and San matriarchal knowledge bearer, and the importance of the Cape’s ‘herstoriographies’.
21 Sep 2022
Raising awareness on childhood cancers save lives
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Associate Professor Marc Hendricks is leading an important nationwide call for action: to increase much-needed awareness on childhood cancers to catapult early diagnosis and treatment and improve outcomes for children living with cancer in the country, on the continent and around the world.
20 Sep 2022
5G in healthcare: UCT researcher awarded African Google PhD fellowship
UCT Electrical Engineering student Humphrey Owuor Otieno has been awarded the first African Google PhD Fellowship under the Systems and Networking subcategory.
20 Sep 2022
UCT student takes youth development programme to East London
On the back of the Enyobeni tavern tragedy in June 2022, Zukile Ntentema will adapt his youth development programme to fit the needs of youth in the Eastern Cape town.
20 Sep 2022
Iziko Museums’ unique collections help UCT students with their postgrad research
Iziko Museums’ archaeological and paleontological collections are helping UCT students with their postgrad research
20 Sep 2022
Iziko Museums and UCT’s HERI reflect on their partnership
The co-directors of the Human Evolution Research Institute (HERI) and the curator for Archaeology at Iziko Museums elaborate on their partnership
20 Sep 2022
A reflection on the curatorship programme available to students
The director of the Centre for Curating the Archive (CCA) and the director of Digitisation and Collections at Iziko Museums reflect on their partnership.
20 Sep 2022
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