DOCSLIB.ORG

Thesis Hum 2020 Johannes Shan L.Pdf

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

Resilient Apartheid Survivors and Their Navigation of Historical Trauma at the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town Town Cape of Shanél Johannes MastersUniversity Student at the University of Cape Town Supervisor: Dr. Helen Scanlon Co-Supervisor: Dr. June Bam-Hutchison Justice and Transformation Masters Research Project 2019 The copyright of this thesis vests Townin the author. No quotation from it or information derived from it is to be published without full acknowledgement of the source. The thesis is to be used for private study or non- commercial research purposes Capeonly. of Published by the University of Cape Town (UCT) in terms of the non-exclusive license granted to UCT by the author. University Acknowledgements This research journey was not the easiest. I experienced the loss of dear loved ones, saw the end of a long-term relationship, experienced unemployment, and suffered from immense depression. However, I would like to say, Gangans Abotse – Thank You God – for giving me strength during this trying time of my life, to complete this research paper. My late grandmother’s favourite scriptures that she used to share with me: “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength; if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can tell the mountain to move; I have the mind of Christ; and No weapon formed against me shall prosper”, became my daily affirmations to conquer these trying times and journey on with my studies. This paper is dedicated to my late grandparents, Amos Johannes, Winifred Henry, and Vivian Henry. Your resilience through the apartheid era to provide better lives for my parents and your love and support that you showcased throughout my life, will forevermore be appreciated. Thank you to all my research participants who accepted my request for interviews. I truly value everything that you shared with me. I learned so much from each one of you, and together we contributed a valuable piece of research. Many thanks to my supervisors, Dr. Helen Scanlon and Dr. June Bam-Hutchison for your wisdom, knowledge, and support throughout this journey. Both of you are remarkable women who I truly honour and respect. The journey of your lives and the attainments of your accomplishments are true examples of you two being strong and inspiring women. Thank you to the National Research Fund and the University of Cape Town for awarding scholarships that assisted me to pursue my Masters Studies. To my dearest loved ones, you all have stood by my side and your love for me has never failed. Thank you for all your prayers, motivations, and acts of kindness during this journey. Furthermore, I am so privileged to being a descendant of the colonised, enslaved, and oppressed people – a strong lineage of people who are resilient and rose above the adversities of repressive regimes. I am privileged as a woman from the Cape Flats, Kannemeyer Primary and Grassy Park High schools’ ex-learner, who became politically conscious from a young age about the diverse social ills in my community, and who found home in various grassroots activist groups. Thanks for contributing to who I am and my determination for social justice. 2 List of Abbreviations AAC: All African Convention Anti-CAD: Anti-Coloured Affairs Department CATA: Cape African Teachers Association CCB: Castle Control Board CEO: Chief Executive Officer I.D: Identity Document MK: Umkhonto we Sizwe NEUM: Non-European Unity Movement NHRA: National Heritage Resources Act NKC: National Khoisan Council NP: National Party OAU: Organisation of African Unity SACP: South African Communist Party SADF: South African Defence Force SAHRA: South African Heritage Resources Agency SANDF: South African National Defence Force SANS: South African National Society TLSA: Teachers League of South Africa TRC: Truth and Reconciliation Commission UN: United Nations VOC: Dutch East India Company 3 Table of Contents Acknowledgements 2 List of Abbreviations 3 Abstract 6 Summary of Chapters 7 Chapter One: Introduction 11 1.1. A Brief Overview: Transitions at the Castle of Good Hope 18 1.2. The Jan van Riebeeck Tercentenary 24 1.3. Castle of Good Hope 350th Commemorations 26 Chapter Two: Literature Review 28 2.1. The Politics of Transforming South Africa’s Heritage Landscape 28 2.2. Site, Trauma, and the Castle of Good Hope 32 Chapter Three: Research Process and Methodology 39 3.1. Research Question 40 3.2. Research Method 40 3.3. Research Ethics 42 3.4. Challenges in the Research Field 43 Chapter Four: Memory and Landscape of the Castle of Good Hope 44 4.1. Introduction 44 4.2. Memories of Visitations to the Castle during apartheid 44 4.2.1. The Militarised Castle and Trauma of Military Conscription 45 4.2.2. Experiences of School Excursions to the Castle 48 4.3. Memories of Visitations to the Castle during post-apartheid 51 4.3.1. Creating Counter-memory and Providing Post-apartheid Tours 52 4.3.2. The First Civilian appointed CEO’s aims to Transform the Castle of Good Hope 53 4.3.3. Collaborative WorK with staKeholders – Khoisan Revivalist Movement 54 4 4.4. Concluding Remarks 57 Chapter Five: Complex History Production and Heritage Representation 58 5.1. Introduction 58 5.2. Production of History at the Castle of Good Hope 58 5.2.1. Reinserting Counter-narratives 59 5.2.2. Countering Eurocentricity with Afrocentric Knowledge Production 61 5.3. Creating Inclusive Heritage 62 5.3.1. Intangible and Tangible Heritage Values at the Castle of Good Hope 64 5.3.2. Critiquing Memorialised Spaces and the “Add-on Effect” at the Castle of Good Hope 70 5.4. Concluding Remarks 75 Chapter Six: Symbol and Site of Multiple Traumatic Memories 76 6.1. Introduction 76 6.2. A Traumatic Site and part of a Traumatic Chain 77 6.2.1. Slave Trading and the usage of Castles 77 6.2.2. Colonial Trials, Executions, and Contemporary Memorialised Sites of Torture 79 6.3. The Castle of Good Hope: Apartheid contexts of Structural Violence 83 6.3.1. The Castle of Good Hope’s Commands for the Trojan Horse 83 6.3.2. Untold Narratives of Anti-apartheid Students’ Detainment 85 6.4. Decolonial Efforts to Redress the Castle of Good Hope’s Historical Trauma 87 6.5. Concluding Remarks 90 Chapter Seven: Conclusion 91 7.1. Summary of the navigations of the Castle of Good Hope as a site of Historical Trauma 92 7.2. Further Research Questions and Ways Forward 93 References 98 Appendix One: No Easy Path (1974) 115 Appendix Two: Biographies 120 Appendix Three: The Castle of Good Hope’s 350 Commemoration Program 135 Appendix Four: Interview Questions 137 5 Abstract The history of South Africa entails colonial and apartheid era violence and trauma (visible and invisible) which ingrained various socio-economic-political-agrarian orders of brutalisation, mass killings, and the displacement of local people from their culture, language, land, agency, and spirituality. Attached to such history, are the intact remnants of the colonial and apartheid eras – national heritage monuments. The Castle of Good Hope, as a national heritage site, is not limited as being the oldest architectural structure in Cape Town, nor is it only a transitioning site that tries to incorporate democratic principles of multiple heritage. This site wields memories of both individual and collective historical colonial and apartheid trauma. Critically, this research project seeks to empirically analyse whether historical traumas are embedded in the displaced landscape and individual and collective experiences as the descendants of the colonised, enslaved, and oppressed. Historical trauma in this context, is often associated with the scholarship on the trans-Atlantic slave trade (from Africa to the Americas). However, little work is done in relation to the descendant’s navigation of trauma – the resultant of the Indian Ocean trade and slave trade. The trauma related to the violent occupation of the European nations, transcended itself and was continued through various apartheid policies which has prevailing legacies of intergenerational historical trauma in Cape Town. Thus, this qualitative empirical research project seeks to explore the memories, experiences, and recommendations of resilient apartheid survivors – the descendants of the colonised, enslaved, and oppressed generations – and the ways in which they navigate the Castle of Good Hope as a site of historical trauma. 6 Summary of Chapters Chapter One This chapter begins with a brief historical context of the multifaceted pre-colonial indigenous inhabitants in relation to their experiences of the drastic transitions in their livelihoods and the landscape on which they collectively lived, worshipped, and traded. Furthermore, this chapter then provides a brief introduction of the Castle of Good Hope and its historical transitions. This brief introduction of the Castle of Good Hope will also be critically explored in relation to memorialisation practices during the apartheid era (emphasising on the Non- European Unity Movement’s (NEUM) 1952 boycott to the exclusionist heritage production of the Tercentenary Commemoration of Jan van Riebeeck who was glorified as the “founding father” of Afrikaner nationalism); as well as the post-apartheid changes in memorialisation practices (emphasising on the Castle of Good Hope’s 350th Commemoration in 2016). Thus, this introductory chapter locates the history of the Castle of Good Hope in its transitioning contexts – from colonial-apartheid centralisation to the post-apartheid-democratic state’s visions for nation building – and in the context of memorialisation practices in the urban landscape – a transcending site of memory. Chapter Two In South Africa, history and heritage are contested terrains that often evoke collective and individual traumatic memories of colonial and apartheid historical traumas as a result of the intersectional nature of place and socio-economic-political-agrarian inequities. However, in the contemporary democratic era, heritage sites often fail to explicitly show the legacies of such intergenerational historical traumas.
Recommended publications
  • The Restoration of Tulbagh As Cultural Signifier

    The Restoration of Tulbagh As Cultural Signifier

    BETWEEN MEMORY AND HISTORY: THE RESTORATION OF TULBAGH AS CULTURAL SIGNIFIER Town Cape of A 60-creditUniversity dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the Degree of Master of Philosophy in the Conservation of the Built Environment. Jayson Augustyn-Clark (CLRJAS001) University of Cape Town / June 2017 Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment: School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics The copyright of this thesis vests in the author. No quotation from it or information derived from it is to be published without full acknowledgement of the source. The thesis is to be used for private study or non- commercial research purposes only. Published by the University of Cape Town (UCT) in terms of the non-exclusive license granted to UCT by the author. University of Cape Town ‘A measure of civilization’ Let us always remember that our historical buildings are not only big tourist attractions… more than just tradition…these buildings are a visible, tangible history. These buildings are an important indication of our level of civilisation and a convincing proof for a judgmental critical world - that for more than 300 years a structured and proper Western civilisation has flourished and exist here at the southern point of Africa. The visible tracks of our cultural heritage are our historic buildings…they are undoubtedly the deeds to the land we love and which God in his mercy gave to us. 1 2 Fig.1. Front cover – The reconstructed splendour of Church Street boasts seven gabled houses in a row along its western side. The author’s house (House 24, Tulbagh Country Guest House) is behind the tree (photo by Norman Collins).
  • Jakarta Heritage, Kampung Tugu Drs Dirk Teeuwen Msc

    Jakarta Heritage, Kampung Tugu Drs Dirk Teeuwen Msc

    Jakarta heritage, Kampung Tugu drs Dirk Teeuwen MSc 1. Front of Tugu Church, 2006 Kampung Tugu is located south from Tanjung Priok Port in the Dustrict of Cilincing Jakarta, formerly Batavia. The Dutch founded modern Jakarta in 1619, named it Batavia on March 13th , 1619. Tugu Village is a community of Portuguese descendents. Because they were, or became, of mixed blood, the Dutch called them “Black-Portuguese”. These Portuguese were taken prisoner of war in India, Malaysia and Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, during the seventeenth and eighteenth century. At first they were kept as slaves by the Dutch. But - after accepting the Christian protestant faith and after expressing their loyalty to the Dutch government - they could become free citizens. Dirk Teeuwen, Holland 1 Like I said, after doing so they got their merdeka, which means freedom. Because of that those Black Portuguese were also called “Mardijkers”, free people. A corruption of this Bahasa Indonesia word “merdeka”. The Mardijkers were not the only prisoners of war category in those days in and around Batavia. The Dutch took prisoner “black Spaniards” from the Philipines, from districts north from Manilla. They served mostly as soldiers, so-called Papangers, in the army of the Dutch East-Indian Company and specially as soldiers, encamped in the Company’s Batavia Castle (demolished about 1800, the castle I mean). After 1800, until 1907, Papangers served as ceremonial military guards in front of the Amsterdam Gate. This gate was only castle gate left from the olden days. Papangers merged more with the Batavian population than Mardijkers did. 2.
  • Approved Belcom Decisions 27 August 2019 1

    Approved Belcom Decisions 27 August 2019 1

    APPROVED DECISIONS OF THE MEETING OF HERITAGE WESTERN CAPE, BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND LANDSCAPE PERMIT COMMITTEE (BELCom) Held on Tuesday, 27 August 2019 in the 1st Floor Boardroom at the Offices of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Protea Assurance Building, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town scheduled for 09:00 MATTERS DISCUSSED 11 PROVINCIAL HERITAGE SITES: SECTION 27 PERMIT APPLICATIONS 11.1 Proposed Additions and Alterations at Erf 65106, 5 Ascot Road, Kenilworth: MA HM/ CAPE TOWN METROPOLITAN/KENILWORTH/ERF 65106 Case No: 19040407HB0507E DISCUSSION: Amongst other things, the following was discussed: • The Committee and the Applicant discussed the previous meeting’s decision of BELCom on 26 June 2019 and site report, in order to clarify the issues raised. The site report is to be forwarded to the Applicant immediately to assist with clarifying the Committee’s previous minuted response. WD 11.2 Proposed Rezoning from Residential 1 to General Residential in order to Develop a Guest House on Erf 4784, Paarl: MA HM / PAARL / ERF 4784 Case No: 18080107SB0831E RECORD OF DECISION: The Committee resolved to approve the application as a substantial improvement on previous proposals on condition that: 1. A veranda roof is to be added above the proposed first floor walkway. 2. The upstand gable in Section 2 is to be amended to depict a full gable. With the above conditions, heritage resources will no longer be negatively impacted. Revised drawings, including all the elevations are to be submitted to HOMs for approval. SB Approved BELCom Decisions_27 August 2019 1 11.3 Proposed Additions and Alterations, Erf 28173, 2 Dixon Road, Observatory: NM HM/ OBSERVATORY/ ERF 28173 Case No: 19043001HB0522E RECORD OF DECISION: 1.
  • Coloured’ Schools in Cape Town, South Africa

    Coloured’ Schools in Cape Town, South Africa

    Constructing Ambiguous Identities: Negotiating Race, Respect, and Social Change in ‘Coloured’ Schools in Cape Town, South Africa Daniel Patrick Hammett Ph.D. The University of Edinburgh 2007 1 Declaration This thesis has been composed by myself from the results of my own work, except where otherwise acknowledged. It has not been submitted in any previous application for a degree. i Abstract South African social relations in the second decade of democracy remain framed by race. Spatial and social lived realities, the continued importance of belonging – to feel part of a community, mean that identifying as ‘coloured’ in South Africa continues to be contested, fluid and often ambiguous. This thesis considers the changing social location of ‘coloured’ teachers through the narratives of former and current teachers and students. Education is used as a site through which to explore the wider social impacts of social and spatial engineering during and subsequent to apartheid. Two key themes are examined in the space of education, those of racial identity and of respect. These are brought together in an interwoven narrative to consider whether or not ‘coloured’ teachers in the post-apartheid period are respected and the historical trajectories leading to the contemporary situation. Two main concerns are addressed. The first considers the question of racial identification to constructions of self-identity. Working with post-colonial theory and notions of mimicry and ambivalence, the relationship between teachers and the identifier ‘coloured’ is shown to be problematic and contested. Second, and connected to teachers’ engagement with racialised identities, is the notion of respect. As with claims to identity and racial categorisation, the concept of respect is considered as mutable and dynamic and rendered with contextually subjective meanings that are often contested and ambivalent.
  • An Exhibition of South African Ceramics at Iziko Museums Article by Esther Esymol

    An Exhibition of South African Ceramics at Iziko Museums Article by Esther Esymol

    Reflections on Fired – An Exhibition of South African Ceramics at Iziko Museums Article by Esther Esymol Abstract An exhibition dedicated to the history and development of South African ceramics, Fired, was on show at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town, South Africa, from 25th February 2012 until its temporary closure on 28th January 2015. Fired is due to reopen early 2016. The exhibition was created from the rich array of ceramics held in the permanent collections of Iziko Museums of South Africa. Iziko was formed in 1998 when various Cape Town based museums, having formerly functioned separately, were amalgamated into one organizational structure. Fired was created to celebrate the artistry of South African ceramists, showcasing works in clay created for domestic, ceremonial or decorative purposes, dating from the archaeological past to the present. This article reflects on the curatorial and design approaches to Fired, and the various themes which informed the exhibition. Reference is also made to the formation of the Iziko ceramics collections, and the ways in which Fired as an exhibition departed from ceramics displays previously presented in the museums that made up the Iziko group. Key words ceramics, studio pottery, production pottery, Community Economic Development (CED) potteries, museums Introduction Fired – an Exhibition of South African Ceramics celebrated South Africa’s rich and diverse legacy of ceramic making. The exhibition showcased a selection of about two hundred ceramic works, including some of the earliest indigenous pottery made in South Africa, going back some two thousand years, through to work produced by contemporary South African ceramists. The works were drawn mainly from the Social History Collections department of Iziko Museums of South Africa.1 Design and curatorial approaches Fired was exhibited within an evocative space in the Castle, with arched ceilings and columns and presented in two large elongated chambers (Fig.1).
  • (Un) Restricted Access: the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town

    (Un) Restricted Access: the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town

    Town · . Cape . of · l• · .. • " • ••.:,. · .'~ .,. :"::'f: · ·.. · · ' University REACHING the (un)restricted access: The Castle of Good , Robert Gubb GBBROB004 The copyright of this thesis vests in the author. No quotation from it or information derived from it is to be published without full acknowledgementTown of the source. The thesis is to be used for private study or non- commercial research purposes only. Cape Published by the University ofof Cape Town (UCT) in terms of the non-exclusive license granted to UCT by the author. University Town Cape of BREACHING the Walls (un)restricted access: The Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town Design Research Project APGSOS8S Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree • University Master of Architecture (Professional) By Robert Matthew Gubb October 2012 At most we gaze at in wonder, a kind of wonder which in iteself is a form of advancing horror, for somehow we know by instinct that outsize buildings cast the shadow of their own destruction before them, and are designed from the first with an eye to their later existence as ruins. W.G. Seabald, Austerlitz, p23, 2002 Town Cape of University Table of Contents INTRODUGIONINTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 2. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CASTLECASTlE OF GOOD HOPE ............................................................................... 3 FUTURE MEMORYMEMORY:: YESTERDAY, I REMEMBER TODAY AND TOMORROW ........................................
  • Faculty of Humanities Institute for History

    Faculty of Humanities Institute for History

    Faculty of Humanities Institute for History Master’s Thesis A Distant Mirror: Violent Public Punishment in the VOC Batavia, 1729-1739 Submitted by Muhammad Asyrafi S2248891 Program: Colonial and Global History Supervisor: Prof. dr. J.L.L. Gommans Second reader: Dr. Alicia Schrikker October 2020 Leiden Abstract This thesis examines the violent colonial penal practice in VOC’s Batavia by comparing it with the penal practice in Amsterdam. This thesis argues that colonial penal practice is different compared to the penal practice in the metropole in various aspects. Using various primary sources, this thesis identifies these differences in five fields: the legal codex, the persons directly involved in the event, the location of execution, the procedure of execution, and the spectators at the event. The thesis seeks to find the extent of the use of violent measures in colonial penal practice resembles that in the metropole and to what extent does it differ. Keywords: Penal History, Capital Punishment, Colonial Punishment, Torture, Colonial, VOC, Batavia Contents Abstract.....................................................................................................................................2 Contents ....................................................................................................................................3 List of Images, Tables, Figures, and Maps ............................................................................4 Introduction..............................................................................................................................5
  • Approved HOM Minutes 30 November 2020

    Approved HOM Minutes 30 November 2020

    APPROVED MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF HERITAGE WESTERN CAPE, HERITAGE OFFICERS MEETING Held on Monday, 30 November 2020, HOMS MEETING VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS, scheduled for 09:00 1. OPENING AND WELCOME The Chairperson, Ms Waseefa Dhansay officially opened the meeting at 09:00 and welcomed everyone present. 2. ATTENDANCE Members Members of Staff Ms Laura Milandri(LM) Ms Nosiphiwo Tafeni (NT) (secretary) Mr Peter Buttgens(PB) Ms Waseefa Dhansay (WD)(Assitant Director) Ms Stephanie Barnardt (SB)(Case Officer) Ms Khanyisile Bonile (KB)( Case Officer) Ms Sandisiwe Matole (SM)(Case Officer) Mr Thando Zingange (TZ)(Case Officer) Ms Nokubonga Dlamini (ND)(Case Officer) Ms Anita Shologu (AS)(Intern Admin support) Ms Xola Mlwandle (XM)(Intern Admin support) Legal Advisor Ms Penelope Meyer (PM) Visitors Observers None 3 APOLOGIES Ms Colette Scheermeyer Absent None 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 4.1 Dated 9 November 2020. The items relevant to the meeting were noted as those assigned in the case allocation for the meeting of 30th November 2020. TZ moved to adopt the agenda and SM supported. 5. Approval of Minutes of the Previous Meetings 5.1 Minutes from 2nd, 23, and 26 November 2020 will be approved in the next HOMs meeting. 6. Disclosure of conflict of interest 6.1 None HOMS Minutes 30 November 2020 Page 1 of 24 7. Confidential matters 8. Standing Items 8.1 Site inspections undertaken 8.2 Proposed Site Inspection 8.3 Site Inspection Reports 8.4 Preparation for the upcoming coming committee meetings 8.4.1 APM Committee meeting 2 December 2020 8.4.2 Appeals committee 4 December 2020 8.5 Interim and Close Out Reports 8.5.1 None 8.6 Incomplete Applications 8.6.1 Proposed Alterations and Additions, Erf 6948, 1 Mikes Street, Gordons Bay, CT S38(4)-NID HM/ CAPE TOWN METROPOLITAN/ GORDONS BAY/ ERF 6948 Case No:20092108ND0930E 8.6.2 Proposed Alterations and Additions, Erf 725, 10 and 12 Prince Edward Mansions, 317 Beach Road, Bantry Bay.
  • Cape Town Townships Cultural Experience

    Cape Town Townships Cultural Experience

    FULL DAY TOURS The below tours are not part of the conference package. Bookings should be made directly to Scatterlings Conference & Events and not via the FSB/OECD office. Cape Town Townships Cultural Experience Enjoy the multi - cultural life of the Cape by meeting and speaking to the local communities on our full day Cape Town Township Tour. Interact with locals in their own living environments and experience the multi- diversity of our sought after city. Highlights: Bo-Kaap and exciting Malay Quarter; District Six Museum; Cape Flats; Visit a traditional shop (spaza) or tavern (shebeen) in a township; Take a ferry trip to Robben Island and walk through the former political prison (weather permitting). Click here to send your enquiry: [email protected] Aquila Game Reserve Travel through Huguenot Tunnel past beautiful De Doorns in the Hex River valley to Aquila. Welcoming refreshments, game drive, bushman paintings and lunch in an outdoor lapa. Stroll through curio and wine shop, or relax at pool before returning to Cape Town. Click here to send your enquiry: [email protected] Cape Peninsula Travel along the beautiful coastline of the Peninsula on our Cape Peninsula day tour, through historic and picturesque villages to the mythical meeting place of the two great oceans. Highlights: Travel through Sea Point, Clifton and Camps Bay; Hout Bay Harbour (optional Seal Island boat trip, not included in cost); On to Cape Point and Nature Reserve. Unforgettable plant, bird and animal life; Lunch at Cape Point; Penguin Colony; Historic Simonstown; Groot Constantia wine estate or Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Click here to send your enquiry: [email protected] Cape Winelands On our Cape Winelands day tour we take you on a trip into the heart of the Cape Winelands, through breathtaking mountain ranges and fertile valleys.
  • AR 2006 2007.Pdf

    AR 2006 2007.Pdf

    ��������������� ������������ ��������������������� ����� ����� �������������������� �������������������� ���������������������� Iziko Museums of Cape Town ANNUAL REPORT for the period 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 Published by Iziko Museums of Cape Town 2007 ISBN 978-1-919944-33-3 The report is also available on the Iziko Museums of Cape Town website at http://www.iziko.org.za/iziko/annreps.html ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The managers and staff of all the departments of Iziko are thanked for their contributions. Editor: Nazeem Lowe Design & Layout: Welma Odendaal Printed by Creda Communications COVER PHOTOGRAPHS FRONT A. Unknown artist, Liberia. Mask, Dan Ngere, wood. Sasol Art Museum. ‘Picasso and Africa’ exhibition. B. Pablo Picasso. Composition 22 April 1920. Gouache and Indian ink. Musée Picasso, Paris. Photo RMN. © Succession Picasso 2006 – DALRO. ‘Picasso and B C Africa’ exhibition. A C. Head detail of female wasp, Crossogaster inusitata. Natural History D E Collections Department, Entomology collections. D. John Thomas Baines, 1859. Baines returning to Cape Town on the gunboat Lynx in December 1859. Iziko William Fehr Collection. E. Flai Shipipa, (n.d.) 1995. Two houses and three buck. Oil on canvas. ‘Memory and Magic’ exhibition. BACK F G F. ‘Separate is not Equal’ exhibition, Iziko Slave Lodge. G. Visitors queuing at the Iziko SA National Gallery, ‘Picasso and Africa’ exhibition. H I H. Drumming workshop, education programme, Iziko Slave Lodge. I. Taxidermist George Esau, showing learners a mounted penguin skeleton, education outreach programme. J J. Jobaria skeleton, nearing completion. For the ‘African Dinosaurs’ exhibition, Iziko SA Museum. CONTENTS 1. GENERAL INFORMATION 4 1.1. Submission of the annual report to the executive authority 4 1.2.
  • VASSA Workshop Proceedings 2004

    VASSA Workshop Proceedings 2004

    VERNACULAR ACHITECTURE SOCIETY OF SA: WORKSHOP II STUDIES AND DEBATES IN VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE IN THE WESTERN CAPE Durbanville, 20 November 2004 Convenor & Editor: Antonia Malan Transcriber: Pat Kramer Editorial Assistance: Sally Titlestad Contents Page Preface 1 Session 1: Views of Vernacular Architecture & Landscapes 1. The Cape house rules! Palladian principles in Cape architecture: Andrew Berman 2 2. Authenticity, imitation and the popularization of heritage: its impact on vernacular architecture: Melanie Attwell 9 3. Cape Town / Bo-Kaap: the architecture of identity: Tariq Toffa (with Quahnita Samie) 16 4. The harmonius vernacular: Hans Fransen 36 5. Vernacular settlement formation, predominantly in the Western and Southern Cape, 1813-1912: Fabio Todeschini 41 Session 2: Approaches & Applications - Resources & Recording 6. Forgotten histories revealed by spatial study of subdivision of two estates in Claremont: Felhausen and Sans Souci: Sally Titlestad 57 7. The Hugenote-Gedenkskool, Kleinbosch, Dal Josaphat: Marthinus van Bart 67 8. Recording and comparing buildings: the material evidence: Len Raymond 73 9. The material world of Hendrik Cloete’s Groot Constantia: Yvonne Brink 80 10. Slave accommodation at the Cape: questions of time, place and attitude: Antonia Malan 88 Session 3: Approaches & Applications - Heritage Conservation 11. Towards a sustainable rural vernacular: André van Graan 99 12. Restoration of mills: Joanna Marx 102 13. Project ‘Restoration Genadendal’: a Best Practice Model and Work in Progress: Wendy Arendse 104 14. On the horns of a dilemma: Housing versus heritage: Sarah Winter, Nicolas Baumann & Henry Aikman 117 15. Protecting special buildings, sites and environs: the role of NGOs: Stephen Townsend 131 Presenters 141 PREFACE The Vernacular Architecture Society of SA is 40 years old.
  • Cmc Heritage Resources Sensitivity Study

    Cmc Heritage Resources Sensitivity Study

    IDENTIFICATION AND MAPPING OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT AREAS IN THE CAPE METROPOLITAN AREA (CMA) HERITAGE COMPONENT Prepared for Cape Metropolitan Council Project No: J90136a June 1999 Prepared by Tim Hart & Belinda Mutti Archaeology Contracts Office Department of Archaeology University of Cape Town Private Bag Rondebosch 7701 Phone (021) 650 2357 Fax (021) 650 2352 Email [email protected] CMC HERITAGE RESOURCES SENSITIVITY STUDY ACCOMPANYING STATEMENT This statement accompanies the set of maps and spreadsheets produced by the Archaeology Contracts Office for Gibb Africa and The Cape Metropolitan Council. It is designed to place the work in context so users of the final product will understand how the information was collected and the implications thereof. 1. Team members We are a team of professional archaeologists who have extensive local knowledge of heritage issues and sites. We have collected the information contained in the spreadsheets and maps. Thus the areas, sites and priorities that have been identified in the study reflect our background and values. Perceptions of what is an important heritage object or site range from places valued by members of a small community, to broadly recognised places of historical or community distinction. This study cannot cover the entire range of possibilities, however we have attempted to identify areas that are known and significant to a range of people who work regularly in the heritage field. This includes historic landscapes, buildings, graveyards (disused), shipwrecks, colonial and pre-colonial archaeological sites. 2. Parameters The new heritage legislation (the South African Heritage Resources Act of 1999) has been the guidline to which we have referred with respect to identification of areas and definition of sensitivity.