​The Stellenbosch University Museum invites you to a discussion on: “The politics of representation and display in museums"

Presenters

Dr Wandile Kasibe (Public Programmes Coordinator, Iziko Museums of South Africa)

Wandile Kasibe graduated with a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 2020 and his thesis is entitled, “Museums and the Construction of Race Ideologies in South Africa". Kasibe is a critical and decolonial thinker who operates in the interdisciplinary realm of heritage, museology, fine art, sociology, photography, general politics and curatorial practices. Kasibe is a Chevening scholar who holds a B-Tech Degree in Fine Art (Border Technikon, now Walter Sisulu University), Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Art (University of Cape Town), MFA (University of Cape Town), MA in World Heritage (International Training Centre/ILO, University of Turin, Italy), and graduated with a master's degree in museum studies from the School of Museum Studies at Leicester in the United Kingdom. He has published in various publications, served on numerous boards including the National Arts Council of South Africa (NAC), The University of Cape Town (UCT) and many others. He is currently the Public Programmes Coordinator at the Iziko Museums of South Africa. 

Ms Mary Mbewe (History Lecturer, Mulungushi University)

Mary Mbewe is a PhD candidate in the Department of History of the University of the Western Cape, where she also obtained her Master of Arts in History and Postgraduate Diploma in Museum and Heritage Studies under the African Programme in Museum and Heritage Studies (APHMS). She was Keeper of History at Moto Moto Museum from 2006 to 2016, and now teaches history at Mulungushi University in Zambia. Her PhD project interrogates the desacralisation of female initiation ceremonies through the processes of ethnographisation and museumisation. Her research interest extends to missionary ethnography and the histories of anthropology in Zambia. Mary has held fellowships with the National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS), The Remaking Persons Remaking Societies Forum (UWC cohort) and is a current fellow of Action Restitution Africa (ARA, UWC cohort).

Moderator:

Dr Geraldine Frieslaar (Curator of Research, Dialogue and Social Justice, Stellenbosch University Museum)

Date: Thursday, 21 July 2022

Time: 3 – 4:00pm SAST

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IMyuziyam yeYunivesithi yaseStellenbosch iyakumema kwingxoxo eya kube imalunga nomxholo othi

“Iipolitiki zomelo nemiboniso kwiimyuziyam"

Izithethi

UGqr Wandile Kasibe (umnxibelelanisi weenkqubo zikawonkewonke, kwi-Iziko Museums of South Africa)

UWandile Kasibe waphumelela i-PhD kwiZifundo ngeMiba Yoluntu kwiYunivesithi yaseKapa (UCT) ngo-2020. Izifundo zakhe zobugqirha bezijolise kwiimyuziyam nokwakhiwa kweengcamango zobuzwe eMzantsi Afrika. Lo kaKasibe yingqondi ehlab' amadlala nenxamnye nobukoloniyali nesebenza kumacandelo awahlukahlukeneyo ajongene namagugu, iimyuziyam, ubugcisa obusulungekileyo, imiba yoluntu, ukufota, iipolitiki jikelele nokuqokelela amagugu. Lo wayesakufunda kwinkqubo yeChevening unaso nesidanga se-BTech kuBugcisa Obusulungekileyo (awasifumana eBorder Technikon, ngoku eyiWalter Sisulu University), idiploma awayifumana emva kwesidanga kunye nesidanga seemastazi kuBugcisa Obusulungekileyo (zozibini wazifumana e-UCT), isidanga semastazi kuMagugu Ehlabathi (awasifumana kwi-International Training Centre/ye-ILO, kwi-University of Turin, eItali) kwakunye nesidanga seemastazi kwiZifundo ngeeMyuziyam (awasifumana kwi-University of Leicester, kwi-United Kingdom). Uye wapapasha ngokubanzi yaye ekwasebenze nakwiibhodi eziliqela, eziquka iSouth African National Arts Council, ibhunga le-UCT namanye amaninzi. Sithethanje, lo kaKasibe ngumnxibelelanisi weenkqubo zoluntu kwi-Iziko Museums of South Africa.

UNkszn Mary Mbewe (Umhlohli wezifundo zembali, eMulungushi University, eZambia)

UMary Mbewe ngumgqatswa we-PhD kwiSebe lezeMbali kwiYunivesithi yeNttshona Kapa (UWC). Sele eneMA kwezeMbali kwakunye neDiploma Yasemva kwesiDanga kwiZifundo zeMyuziyam Namagugu, azifumene ngaphantsi kwe-UWC's African Programme in Museum and Heritage Studies. Lo kaMbewe ebengumgcini wezembali eMoto Moto Museum eMbala, eZambia, ukususela ngo-2006 ukuya kutsho ngo-2016, ibe sithethanje ufundisa ezeMbali kwiMulungushi University yaseZambia. Izifundo zakhe zobugqirha ziphanda ukupheliswa kwemisitho yokoluswa kwamabhinqa 'ngenkqubo yokuchazwa kwezithethe zezizwe' 'nokwenziwa kweemyuziyam'. Izinto anomdla wokuziphanda zikwaquka ukuchazwa kwezithethe zabantu zantlandlolo kwakunye neembali zobudlelane babantu eZambia. Lo kaMbewe wayekhe wanobudlelane neNational Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) kwakunye neRemaking Persons Remaking Societies Forum (ihlakani le-UWC) ibe kungokunje udlelana neAction Restitution Africa (ihlakani le-UWC).

Umnxibelelanisi: UGqr Geraldine Frieslaar (UMgcini wezoPhando, iiNgxoxo noBulungisa kwezeNtlalo, kwiMyuziyam yeYunivesithi YaseStellenbosch)

Umhla: NgoLwesine 21 Julayi 2022

Ixesha: 15:00–16:00 SAST

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