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IZIKO 1: COLLOQUIUM ON ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Date: Saturday, 28 June 2008
Time: 10h00–14h30
Fee: R30 adults R10 students
Venue: TH Barry Theatre, Iziko South African Museum
Ministerial address by Minister Richard Dyantyi (MEC for Local
Government and Housing): “The Role of Local Government in Preserving
Architecture and Housing in the Western Cape”
Chaired by Heinrich Wolff (Winner of the Daimler Chrysler Award
for Architecture 2007)
Presenters:
- Prof Lucien Le Grange (Professor of Architecture based at UCT):
“City Planning, Urban Design and Architectural Practice in South
Africa: Challenges and Opportunities"
- Prof Iain Low (Professor of Architecture based at UCT):
“Architecture as a Tool for Social Transformation”
- “Urban Renewal: Re-imagining the city beyond 2010” by Andrew
Boraine (CEO of the Cape Town Partnership)
- Jane Visser (Owner of Visser Thomas Architects): “Innovative
Solutions to Architectural Challenges: Where to from here?”
IZIKO 2: FILM SCREENING
Love, Communism, Revolution & Rivonia: Bram
Fischer’s Story by Sharon Farr
Date: Thursday, 3 July 2008
Time: 13h00 –14h30
Fee: Free
Venue: TH Barry Theatre, Iziko South African Museum
Bram Fischer (1908–1975) was the grandson of a Prime Minister and
the son of a Judge President, yet he threw in his lot with those
struggling against Apartheid. He defended the accused in the
1956-1961 Treason Trial and the 1963 Rivonia Trial.
IZIKO 3: LECTURE
BRAM FISCHER REMEMBERED The great white father – by Denis
Goldberg (No 3. Accused, Rivonia Trial)
Date: Thursday, 3 July 2008
Time: 17h30 for 18h00
Fee: Free
Venue: TH Barry Theatre, Iziko South African Museum
In this lecture Denis Goldberg reminds us of a revolutionary,
freedom fighter and an Afrikaner aristocrat, who through his
intellectual capacity helped advance the course of freedom in South
Africa.
IZIKO 4: SLAVERY COLLOQUIUM/SYMPOSIUM
Date: Saturday, 5 July 2008
Time: 10h00–14h30
Fee: R30 Adults R10 students
Venue: TH Barry Theatre, Iziko South African Museum
Chaired by Rev Michael Weeder
Presenters:
- Dr Bheki Mngomezulu (Historian based at CPUT): “Africa in the
Late 19th Century: Slavery and the Colonial Aftermath”
- Dr Antonia Malan (Archaeologist and researcher based at UCT):
“The Importance of Unearthing Slavery”
- Prof Rob Shell (Historian and researcher based at UWC): "The
A-B-C book of Jan Smiesing: a 1723 textbook of the oldest school
in South Africa, from the Cape Archives"
- Dr Yvette Abrahams (Commissioner, Gender and Equality):
“Gender and Slavery: the effects of a history of slavery on
contemporary culture”
- Patric Tariq Mellet (Independent Consultant): “From slavery
studies to community praxis”
- Zenzile Khoisan (Editor of Rootz Africa Magazine): “Lessons
from the Past: Where to from here?”
IZIKO 5: WALKABOUT
Bo-Kaap Walkabout with Faried Basier & Najwa Jones
Date: Saturday, 12 July 2008
Time: 09h00–12h30
Fee: R120 (Includes Lunch)
[Max 50 Participants]
Venue: Iziko Bo-Kaap Museum
The walk focuses on the architecture of the area including the
oldest mosque, the first house, the farmhouse and Schotcheskloof
Flats. From here we take a steep walk to the oldest graveyard in
Cape Town, the Tana Baru, where some of the founders of Islam in the
Cape are buried, followed by a traditional Cape Malay lunch. Wear
comfortable walking shoes.
IZIKO 6: WORKSHOP
African Beading workshop by Phetheni Masilela
Date: Saturdays, 12 & 19 July 2008
Time: 10h00–15h00
Fee: R200
Venue: Red Room, Iziko SA Museum
Max 15 participants
This two-day workshop, facilitated by Phetheni Masilela, focuses
on various African beading techniques.
IZIKO 7: WALKABOUT
Bo-Kaap Walkabout with Faried Basier & Najwa Jones
Date: Saturday, 19 July 2008
Time: 09h00–12h30
Fee: R120 (Includes Lunch)
[Max 50 Participants]
Venue: Iziko Bo-Kaap Museum
IZIKO 8: WORKSHOP FOR SCHOOL LEARNERS
Interpreting Palaeo- environments from the Fossil Record by Dr
Deano Stynder (Curator/Scientist Cenozoic Fossil Collection)
Date: Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Time: 10h00–15h00
Fee: Free
Fee: Specifically for learners, Grades 11 & 12
Max 30 participants
Venue: Iziko Green & Yellow Rooms
This workshop will demonstrate how palaeontologists reconstruct
the palaeo-environment (ancient environment) from animal fossils.
Learners will be taken on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Cenozoic
Collections. In addition to a demonstration of modern animal
skeletons and original fossils from the Late Miocene/Early Pliocene
(5–4 million years ago), learners will have a lecture on various
palaeoenvironmental reconstruction methods. A practical session will
follow where learners will be given the opportunity to determine the
preferred environment of an animal based on its morphology. For this
exercise, modern skeletons will be used.
IZIKO 9: LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR
Addressing xenophobia: Is South Africa progressing, redressing or
transgressing?
Date: Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Time: 17h30 for 18h00
Fee: Free
Venue: TH Barry Theatre, Iziko South African Museum
Chaired by Terry Bell (Columnist)
Speakers:
- Regis Mtutu (Zimbabwean activist & an
International Campaign Coordinator for TAC)
- Pearlie Joubert (Journalist)
The lecture is aimed at engaging xenophobia in SouthAfrica.
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