The workshop was held on Saturday, 23 February 2019 at the Ulwazi Training Room in UCT library. The workshop was designed for Historical Studies scholars to give our scholars a valuable training in wiki-editing/-writing.
19 March 2019
Reading session one was about 'Engaging History through technology and in public media spaces'. We used the time amongst other discussions to highlight how our research can be enhanced by the use of multimedia; as well as addressed how we can draw attention to the history access programme e.g. our community events etc. on social media. The blog team was at forefront of this discussion and gave suggestions about how we can do this more effectively going forward.
Housed at the Homecoming Centre in Cape Town, the Exhibition has been open to the public on weekends, although one of the curators of the exhibition - Ms. Tina Smith, made an arrangement for the History Access programme to see it outside of these hours on Tuesday the 12th of March.
Housed at the Homecoming Centre in Cape Town, the Exhibition has been open to the public on weekends, although one of the curators of the exhibition - Ms. Tina Smith, made an arrangement for the History Access programme to see it outside of these hours on Tuesday the 12th of March.
On Friday the 10 May the History Access team was fortunate to visit the GLO House Children's Home. The team led a series of activities to teach the children about Oral History, specifically storytelling.
To get everybody involved, the team started off with an ice-breaker that tested everyone's memory. Once everyone was comfortable, the team provided a brief explanation of what storytelling entails.
The team wanted to show the importance of storytelling as it helps to preserve histories that were never written about The team then introduced the main adtivities that the children were going to partake in. These activities induded a fun broken telephone session, a drawing exercise and two skits.
By getting involved in these exercises the children were able to gain a better understanding of storytelling and how it plays a significant role in oral history. The children were also able to see how oral history could be practised in various forms such as drawing. acting and communicating with each other.
We as the History Access team really enjoyed this community engagement and want to thank
GLO House for welcoming us. Through your positive responses and requests for us to retum, we as a team recognise the great need and want in communities to learn more about oral history.
21 May 2019
History Access went on a guided tour to learn more about the activism
showcased in the Mayibuye Centre,
UWC
The History Access second Community Event took place in conjunction with the Child Resource Centre on 17 April 2019 from 2-4pm at the Child Resource Centre in Athlone, Cape Town. The event was thoroughly inspiring and led primarily by the youth/members of the CRC with the assistance of History Access fellows as facilitators.
Screening and discussion
The workshop was held on Saturday, 23 February 2019 at the Ulwazi Training Room in UCT library. The workshop was designed for Historical Studies scholars to give our scholars a valuable training in wiki-editing/-writing.
19 March 2019
Reading session one was about 'Engaging History through technology and in public media spaces'. We used the time amongst other discussions to highlight how our research can be enhanced by the use of multimedia; as well as addressed how we can draw attention to the history access programme e.g. our community events etc. on social media. The blog team was at forefront of this discussion and gave suggestions about how we can do this more effectively going forward.
Housed at the Homecoming Centre in Cape Town, the Exhibition has been open to the public on weekends, although one of the curators of the exhibition - Ms. Tina Smith, made an arrangement for the History Access programme to see it outside of these hours on Tuesday the 12th of March.
Housed at the Homecoming Centre in Cape Town, the Exhibition has been open to the public on weekends, although one of the curators of the exhibition - Ms. Tina Smith, made an arrangement for the History Access programme to see it outside of these hours on Tuesday the 12th of March.
On Friday the 10 May the History Access team was fortunate to visit the GLO House Children's Home. The team led a series of activities to teach the children about Oral History, specifically storytelling.
To get everybody involved, the team started off with an ice-breaker that tested everyone's memory. Once everyone was comfortable, the team provided a brief explanation of what storytelling entails.
The team wanted to show the importance of storytelling as it helps to preserve histories that were never written about The team then introduced the main adtivities that the children were going to partake in. These activities induded a fun broken telephone session, a drawing exercise and two skits.
By getting involved in these exercises the children were able to gain a better understanding of storytelling and how it plays a significant role in oral history. The children were also able to see how oral history could be practised in various forms such as drawing. acting and communicating with each other.
We as the History Access team really enjoyed this community engagement and want to thank
GLO House for welcoming us. Through your positive responses and requests for us to retum, we as a team recognise the great need and want in communities to learn more about oral history.
21 May 2019
History Access went on a guided tour to learn more about the activism
showcased in the Mayibuye Centre,
UWC
The History Access second Community Event took place in conjunction with the Child Resource Centre on 17 April 2019 from 2-4pm at the Child Resource Centre in Athlone, Cape Town. The event was thoroughly inspiring and led primarily by the youth/members of the CRC with the assistance of History Access fellows as facilitators.
Screening and discussion