McN2 is a digital heritage consultancy with a focus on community-oriented projects, Web 2.0 technologies and open-source software in an African context. It specialises in digital cultural projects (including community, heritage and archival initiatives) and the development and digitisation of content. The consultancy consists of two brothers, Niall and Grant McNulty, who work with a network of design and heritage professionals.
Niall McNulty is a digital media consultant with a MA from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (where he is currently Resource Office at the Centre for Critical Research on Race and Identity). Since 2005 he has developed and managed a number of academic and research projects for local government, academic institutions and other organisations. With a background in the humanities and an interest in technology, he is the perfect fit for the new(ish) research area of Digital Humanities and regularly presents at conferences around South Africa.
A bit of a geek, Niall codes in html, css, javascript and php; stores data in MySql; and hosts on a Linux server.
Grant McNulty has significant experience as an academic researcher and consultant. Through his current PhD work (with the Archive and Public Culture Research Initiative, University of Cape Town), he has developed a firm conceptual knowledge of the history and transformation of museums and heritage in South Africa. He has an MA in Zulu from the University of Natal, a postgraduate qualification in digital video production and experience in the digitisation and manipulation of video for use in various contexts (promotional purposes, online and digital storage).
Grant worked on developing the first digital video archive of human communication (CAVA) at University College London’s Department of Human Communication Sciences. He has also worked as a research associate at UCL, using digital video to improve cross-cultural pharmacy consultations and as a research assistant with the National Heritage Council of South Africa. Grant has an interest in new social media networks and keeps abreast of developments in this field. He has successfully implemented social media campaigns to guarantee our web projects a valuable online presence.
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