IT’S BEEN just over a month since the SACO’s first national conference, Counting Culture 2016, and the initial round of papers and presentations are now available on the SACO Counting Culture 2016 conference website.
While not all papers and presentations are featured due to outstanding permissions, attendees making changes and edits to their content, and other sensitivities, the SACO is happy to report that many of those on the programme have submitted their content.
“A report on the conference success and a summary of findings and proceedings is under development and will be released soon,” said Richard Haines, SACO chief executive.
“However we are very happy that so many of our conference attendees and presenters have made the time to make their insights and presentations public – this is one of the major outcomes for the SACO and the more research that is open source, the better decisions the industry will be able to make.”
An update of the SACO Research Agenda will also be made publically available after all inputs have been considered and applied to the national guiding document for research in the arts, heritage and culture sector and the creative and cultural industries.
The current iteration of the SACO Research Agenda is available here.
All #CountingCulture2016 ?#SACO2016 presentations are free-for-download here.
Sporting events are more than moments of competition, national pride, and entertainment. They are economic activities that can stimulate tourism, create employment, support local businesses, and generate revenue across multiple sectors of the economy.
Umntwana womgquba a term traditionally used in the Nguni language that means “born out of wedlock,” but nowadays it is used to emphasise that one is born kwisintu. As lontwana, I look back on my own adventures: sometimes I pat myself on the back, and sometimes I wish I could redo them.
Each September, South Africa turns its attention to the rich cultural tapestry that defines our nation. Heritage Month is a time to honour the traditions, languages, histories, knowledge systems, customs and creative expressions that have been passed from generation to generation, while recognising that our heritage is not confined to the past.
My first encounter with heritage at the Mandela Bay Development Agency was, appropriately, somewhat uncomfortable. It began with cleaning. The Gale Monument, the Horse Memorial and the Queen Victoria statue became my first practical introduction to the business of preserving history.
