Apr
18
For the second year running I’ve taught in the Literary Tourism in KZN course at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. My focus is on the digital resources the project has developed over the past ten years. These include a number of online, literary documentaries, audio interviews, a database of over 100 KwaZulu-Natal writers and a interactive, [...]
Dec
21
We’ve had another interesting year where we’ve cemented our work on digital heritage as well as explored the areas of e-citizenship and the possibility that digital media holds for the environmental movement. In no particular order, here are a few things we have done that we’re proud of … Projects We’ve worked on the Goethe [...]
Dec
19
Through funding assistance from the Goethe Institut, we have helped to rolll out the Ulwazi Programme to township and rural schools in a bid to create opportunities to enhance ICT skills among the youth and generate interest in their own history and culture. The School’s project will be run at four township and rural schools [...]
Sep
15
This semester I have been co-teaching two courses at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The first is through the programme of English Studies and looks at the development of heritage resources, using the example of the KZN Literary Tourism project. We deal with the development of writers trails, the research and writing of the author profiles, [...]
Mar
07
Last week we provided training, in conjunction with the Ulwazi Programme, for the Rural Women’s Movement. The training was divided into two parts; the use and practice of oral history and an introduction to ICT. The idea behind the training was that participants would be given valuable skills for their own work and could also [...]
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