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Book Buckingham Palace

Download or read book Buckingham Palace written by Richard Rive and published by London : Heinemann. This book was released on 1986 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book District Six Huis Kombuis

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  • Author : Tina Smith
  • Publisher : Quivertree Publications
  • Release : 2016-11-01
  • ISBN : 1928209955
  • Pages : 276 pages

Download or read book District Six Huis Kombuis written by Tina Smith and published by Quivertree Publications. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The District Six Huis Kombuis: Food & Memory Cookbook commemorates the rich fusion of food and cultural heritage in District Six through personal stories, recipes, historical images and craft work. The book is a culmination of memories and narrative. It weaves through the days of a typical week in District Six, focusing on traditional family recipes that were prepared with love and often limited resources. This is a visual celebration of the vibrancy and warmth of the community - who foraged, preserved, baked and cooked together. Portraits of 23 former District Six residents, accompany recollections of lives lived in a significant time. Artifacts, food and anecdotes bring the spirit of District Six alive again.

Book Language in Cape Town s District Six

Download or read book Language in Cape Town s District Six written by Kay McCormick and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a sociolinguistic case study of District Six, an inner-city neighbourhood in Cape Town characterized by language mixing and switching of English and Afrikaans. Its early inhabitants included indigenous people, freed slaves of African and Asian origin, and immigrants from Europe andelsewhere. The ravages of apartheid affected the residents' attitudes towards their languages in various ways, which are described. The book examines the norms and practices regarding language choice for various functions and domains in the only surviving sector of District Six. It also containsdetailed analyses of extended bilingual conversations showing a range of social, linguistic and discourse features. Of particular interest is the paradoxical polarization and blending of the two languages. They are strongly polarized symbolically and functionally, yet they are also habituallyblended in vernacular speech through lexical borrowing and intrasentential language switching. This paradox has interesting implications for the construction of individual, community and language identity.

Book Noor s Story

Download or read book Noor s Story written by Noor Ebrahim and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rosa s District 6

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  • Author : Rozena Maart
  • Publisher : New Africa Books
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9780864866905
  • Pages : 248 pages

Download or read book Rosa s District 6 written by Rozena Maart and published by New Africa Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these five connected stories, set in Cape Town's District 6 in the 70s, the central character is a precocious little girl called Rosa. Through her adventures in the neighbourhood we come to meet and know the District and its many colourful inhabitants.

Book District Six

Download or read book District Six written by Martin Greshoff and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Greshoff writes about the book he has created that contains photographs by Jan Greshoff of the iconic neighbourhood of District Six and the memoirs of some of those who lived there before it was destroyed by the apartheid regime.My uncle, Jan Greshoff, was an architect who worked in Cape Town, South Africa, from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was a private and modest man and didn't talk much about his photography. Jan had no children, and it was only after he died and his wife passed his archive of negatives on to us, his nephews and niece, that we discovered the full extent of his archive. His photographs cover many areas around Cape Town, including District Six.In common with many architects, Jan was a keen photographer and his profession certainly informed his work and his interest in his environment. He was a very close friend of Jansje Wissema, who was commissioned to photograph District Six for the South African Institute of Architects at roughly the same time that Jan was photographing the area. In his lifetime he did not publish or exhibit his photographs, and it was only in 1996 that he donated some 800 images to the newly founded District Six museum. They were exhibited by the museum in the same year and a booklet, 'The Last Days of District Six' was printed by the museum to accompany the exhibition. Jan died in 2007.In 2014 I started a Facebook page so his photographs could be seen by the communities which he photographed - It was through responses and comments made about the photos on this forum that it became clear that Jan's District Six images provoked memories and intense emotions. Many comments related to the way of living in a cohesive multi-ethnic society, the 'spirit' of District Six, memories of District Six characters, childhood games, physical places such as the shops, 'bioscopes' and streets. Feelings of anger were also expressed in relation to the Group Areas Act and subsequent forced removals from District Six. Feelings of frustration and anger were also expressed in relation to the painfully slow restitution process.It was through these comments made in response to the photographs, and through discussion with an ex-District Six resident, that the idea of recording these stories in more depth came about. The book contains memoirs and poetry submitted by 63 ex-District Six residents and by those who had a connection to the area. The stories which have been submitted are only a small fraction of the stories to be told. The editing process has been done in a collaborative way with each of the contributors. The stories are theirs and it was important that they were a part of this process. It felt important that these memories of an area no longer in existence were captured and preserved for the future and that what happened to District Six was not forgotten and the memory of District Six was kept alive.

Book From Here to District Six

Download or read book From Here to District Six written by Norman G. Kester and published by X Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book District Six Revisited

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  • Author : George Hallett
  • Publisher : Witwatersrand University Press
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 9781868144525
  • Pages : 111 pages

Download or read book District Six Revisited written by George Hallett and published by Witwatersrand University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "District Six Revisited" is set to become the definitive collection of photographs of this vibrant suburb in Cape Town, whose destruction in terms of the apartheid 'Group Areas Act' became a symbol of the inhumanity suffered by the people of South Africa. The book attempts to reconstruct the spirit of the place from important historic photographs, some of which are published here for the first time.In February 1966, the National Party government announced that District Six was to be razed to the ground in order to make space for a new 'white area'. George Hallett and Clarence Coulson produced an intimate portrait of the area before the bulldozers came in.In the 1960s Jackie Heyns ran a weekly column in the Golden City Post called 'Aunt Sammy's', which he illustrated with his own photographs.

Book Heritage

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  • Author : Rodney Harrison
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 0415591953
  • Pages : 290 pages

Download or read book Heritage written by Rodney Harrison and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historic sites, memorials, national parks, museumsewe live in an age in which heritage is ever-present. But what does it mean to live amongst the spectral traces of the past, the heterogeneous piling up of historic materials in the present? How did heritage grow from the concern of a handful of enthusiasts and specialists in one part of the world to something which is considered to be universally cherished? And what concepts and approaches are necessary to understanding this global obsession? Over the decades, since the adoption of the World Heritage Convention, various e~crisese(tm) of definition have significantly influenced the ways in which heritage is classified, perceived and managed in contemporary global societies. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the many tangible and intangible e~thingse(tm) now defined as heritage, this book attempts simultaneously to account for this global phenomenon and the industry which has grown up around it, as well as to develop a e~toolkit of conceptse(tm) with which it might be studied. In doing so, it provides a critical account of the emergence of heritage studies as an interdisciplinary field of academic study. This is presented as part of a broader examination of the function of heritage in late modern societies, with a particular focus on the changes which have resulted from the globalisation of heritage during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Developing new theoretical approaches and innovative models for more dialogically democratic heritage decision making processes, Heritage: Critical Approaches unravels the relationship between heritage and the experience of late modernity, whilst reorienting heritage so that it might be more productively connected with other pressing social, economic, political and environmental issues of our time.

Book Housing Provision and Bottom up Approaches

Download or read book Housing Provision and Bottom up Approaches written by Adenrele Awotona and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1999, this book consists of in-depth family case studies from Africa, Asia and South America. The purpose of the book is to give a clear understanding of the physical and non-physical structures in bottom-up housing approaches. Physical structures include design aspects, materials, infrastructure and construction methods and stages. Non-physical structures include finance sources, participation and decision processes. All these elements present a challenging task for academics, research, policy makers and non-governmental organizations when intervening in bottom-up housing approaches. The book consists of four sections. Section I is an overview of conceptual issues and cross-national studies. Section II through IV are composed of case studies and fieldwork experiences from Africa, Asia (including the Middle East) and South America.

Book Desire Lines

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  • Author : Noëleen Murray
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2007-08-07
  • ISBN : 113599269X
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Desire Lines written by Noëleen Murray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-08-07 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ground-breaking multi-disciplinary new study of heritage practice in South Africa from native practitioners and scholars following the implementation of the National Heritage Resources Act.

Book Beyond the Canon

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  • Author : M. Grever
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Release : 2007-10-11
  • ISBN : 0230599249
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book Beyond the Canon written by M. Grever and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-10-11 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Beyond the Canon' deals with recent politicized processes of canonization and its implications for historical culture in a globalizing and postcolonial world. The volume discusses the framing and transmission of historical knowledge and its consequences for the construction of narratives and the teaching of history in multicultural environments.

Book Transnational Memory

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  • Author : Chiara De Cesari
  • Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
  • Release : 2014-10-29
  • ISBN : 3110359103
  • Pages : 384 pages

Download or read book Transnational Memory written by Chiara De Cesari and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-10-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do memories circulate transnationally and to what effect? How to understand the enduring role of national memories and their simultaneous reconfiguration under globalization? Challenging the methodological nationalism that has until recently dominated the study of memory and heritage, this book charts the rich production of memory across and beyond national borders. Arguing for the fruitfulness of a transnational as distinct from a global approach, it places the issues of circulation, articulation and the scales of remembrance at the centre of its inquiry. In the process, it sheds new light on the ways in which mediation, post-coloniality, migration and regional integration affect both the way we remember and the role of memory in contemporary societies. In this interdisciplinary collection, humanities and social science scholars examine a rich sample of cases from the nineteenth century on, stretching across the globe from Vietnam to Europe and the Middle East, to the USA and the Pacific, and involving a wide range of cultural practices from quilting to films, from photography to heritage sites and monuments. In the process, the volume develops a new theoretical framework while proposing new methodological tools and resources for studying collective remembrance beyond the nation-state.

Book Heritage Interpretation

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  • Author : Alison Hems
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9780415237970
  • Pages : 230 pages

Download or read book Heritage Interpretation written by Alison Hems and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Heritage Interpretation is an essential guide to present practice and policy concerning issues in heritage management. The UK has an international reputation for the excellence of its heritage interpretation. During the 1980s and 1990s the UK developed innovative public presentation of heritage sites in the increasingly competitive cultural tourism market. UK heritage organisations developed ideas pioneered by the US National Park Service in the 1960s and applied these to cultural heritage sites." From the bookjacket.

Book Land  Memory  Reconstruction  and Justice

Download or read book Land Memory Reconstruction and Justice written by Cherryl Walker and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-17 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In South Africa land is one of the most significant and controversial topics. Land restitution has been a complex, multidimensional process that has failed to meet the expectations with which it was initially launched in 1994. Land, Memory, Reconstruction, and Justice brings together a wealth of topical material and case studies by leading experts in the field who present a rich mix of perspectives from politics, sociology, geography, social anthropology, law, history, and agricultural economics. The collection addresses both the material and the symbolic dimensions of land claims, in rural and urban contexts, and explores the complex intersection of issues confronting the restitution program, from the promotion of livelihoods to questions of rights, identity, and transitional justice.

Book Performance Research 9 4 Dec 2

Download or read book Performance Research 9 4 Dec 2 written by Various Authors and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2004. Civility might appear the last and least likely term to mobilise attention in the non- adjacent fields to performance. This issue recognises an expanded political vocabulary in concept of ‘sly civility’ located at the heart of the recent work drawing on a set of previously dis-colonising imagination.

Book From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures

Download or read book From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures written by Hiroyuki Hino and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an insightful yet readable study of the paths - and challenges - to social cohesion in Africa, by experienced historians, economists and political scientists.