Digital Heritage Consultants

As most of our work is done online it is important to keep abreast of developments on and about the Internet. Here is a recent documentary by Kate Ray exploring the potential and limits of what is known as ‘The Semantic Web’ or Web 3.0. Web 3.0 from Kate Ray on Vimeo. In a similar [...]

On Friday, I attended ‘Suspect Reconciliation’, a seminar held in Cape Town, at which critically acclaimed Chilean-American author and human rights activist, Ariel Dorfman, discussed the project of national reconciliation with four new-generation South African authors. Dorfman lauded the young writers’ bravery in writing freely and honestly. The discussion turned to the recent Protection of [...]

Our friends Rike and Doung from the public art NGO dala are curating (for/with VANSA) what seems to be a very cool project. Artists and other creative professionals are invited to submit a proposal by 20 August 2010 for the 2010 Reasons to Live in a Small Town project – an unusual residency and public [...]

Betsie Greyling interviews author, activist and politician Mewa Ramgobin at the Phoenix Settlement as part of the oral history component of the Ulwazi Programme. He provided insight into the ‘forgotten’ history of the 1960s and 1970s at the Settlement, where people like Steve Biko, Alan Paton and Rick Turner congregated at work parties to discuss [...]