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Archives and Public Culture Research Initiative responds to the fire at UCT

Archives and Public Culture Research Initiative responds to the fire at UCT The APC has received countless enquiries from concerned and shocked researchers. This has prompted us to set up a dedicated space on our website, where we can collate the latest updates on the destruction, and hopefully survival, of the African Studies collection and other sections of the UCT’s Special Collections Library. We have set-up a dedicated email address apcfiremail@uct.ac.za where you are welcome to send suggestions, indicate support and send details of the research materials you may hold from the collections. We will keep lists of volunteers and any other pertinent information but please note that we do not have capacity to respond to emails; they will be processed and general queries addressed on the site. We are doing this initially as an interim measure, but please keep in mind that we are not able to speak for the Library or respond on Library issues. We simply wish to keep the archive and history community abreast of whatever we can. Our focus and efforts may in due course be superseded by whatever the Library sets up. Archive and Public Culture Research Initiative University of Cape Town Tel: +27 21 650 401

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World Economic Forum: Stolen colonial-era objects will be ‘unconditionally’ returned, says the Netherlands

World Economic Forum: Stolen colonial-era objects will be ‘unconditionally’ returned, says the Netherlands The Netherlands is going to return stolen artefacts | World Economic Forum Dutch state collections should have no place for items acquired by theft, the government says. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/all-stolen-colonial-era-artefacts-will-be-returned-says-netherlands/

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The Daily Maverick: 20 April 2021: Mother City Fire: UCT’s intellectual heart ripped out

The Daily Maverick: 20 April 2021: Mother City Fire: UCT’s intellectual heart ripped out Mother City fire: UCT’s intellectual heart ripped out… The Jagger Reading Room has been devastated and some of its most precious and irreplaceable intellectual content has been lost. The heart of any university is the library – it is the centre for knowledge production, one of the key purposes of any university. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/op…

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Museum Alive: AR iPhone app with narration by Sir David Attenborough

Museum Alive: AR iPhone app with narration by Sir David Attenborough Museum Alive is an iPhone app with AR dioramas – The Verge The Museum Alive iPhone app brings extinct creatures to life on your living room table thanks to augmented reality. Oh, and narration by Sir David Attenborough doesn’t hurt, either. https://www.theverge.com/22299611/museum-alive-iphone-app-david-attenborough-augmented-reality ‎Museum Alive …

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New SAMA Constitution Approved: 10 February 2021

New SAMA Constitution Approved: 10 February 2021 The amendments to the SAMA Constitution were unanimously approved at a Special General Meeting held on 10 February 2021. SAMA Council will now proceed to complete the application for NPO status with our new Constitution. See https://samuseums.co.za/about/key-documents to download a copy of the updated Constitution.

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