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DECLARATION I have undertaken the writing of this thesis alone. The work has not been submitted previously, in whole or in part, to qualify for any other academic award. The content of the thesis is the result of work which has been carried out since the official commencement date of the approved research program. All ethics procedures and guidelines have been followed. Signed Vicki Leibowitz ii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Dr Hélène Frichot, Primary Supervisor Senior Lecture in Architecture, RMIT Dr SueAnne Ware, Secondary Supervisor Ass. Professor of Landscape Architecture, RMIT Janina Masojada & Darren Chambers, Architects omm designworkshop Craig McClenaghan, Architect Mashabane Rose Architects Jo Noero, Architect Noero Wolff Architects Geraldine Paulsen, Communication Officer Voortrekker Monument and Nature Reserve Images of the Voortrekker Monument by Sally Archibald Images of the Apartheid Museum by Caroline Suzman & Amy Allais Images of the Constitutional Court by Angela Buckland & Amy Allais Images of the Red Location Museum from Architecture New Zealand, 2006, Vol. 5, pp 40-47. iii
Page 1: Making Memory Space: Recollection a
Page 5 and 6: ABSTRACT Post Apartheid South Afric
Page 7 and 8: PREFACE During my recent travels, I
Page 9 and 10: spaces that are intended to facilit
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Page 13 and 14: past and then resituate it in the m
Page 15 and 16: significance of site and built form
Page 17 and 18: 1. MEMORY AND SPACE Post Apartheid
Page 19 and 20: dominant narrative, and collective
Page 21 and 22: sometimes be radical change. Archit
Page 23 and 24: only able to visit museums at desig
Page 25 and 26: South Africa, and establishes a mod
Page 27 and 28: the intangible concept of cultural
Page 29 and 30: display, contributes to the product
Page 31 and 32: As discussed previously, ownership
Page 33 and 34: considered an exemplar of social at
Page 35 and 36: nationalism in an official way. The
Page 37 and 38: 2. TOPPLING TOTEMS: The Voortrekker
Page 39 and 40: epetition of monuments or ideas - a
Page 41 and 42: In a political climate clamouring f
Page 43 and 44: Afrikaners. The narrative of stoici
Page 45 and 46: As an expression of the civilising
Page 47 and 48: espect, the memory space and the la
Page 49 and 50: heightened by its separation. Secon
Page 51 and 52: gain meaning and visibility within
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they are not in a position to contr
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past long before the Nationalist Go
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The African voice has been silenced
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accurate account of the past due to
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content to portray a definitive ver
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moving past a replica of the cemete
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the experiential model as an instig
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aggrandising force can determine th
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Throughout the museum, the visitor
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whereby the current political major
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In contrast, Georgi Verbeek suggest
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Giles Deleuze counters this positio
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such as Robben Island Museum where
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Summary In summary, the Apartheid M
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4. PRESERVATION & RECONSTRUCTION: T
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aspirations for the future of South
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which occur at sites of trauma, off
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has the potential to reiterate alre
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individual vision of the present an
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Addressing the past - the democrati
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the new political regime. The resul
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and inclusivity as a counter to the
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through the integration of cutting
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einforcer of the language of war th
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5. COMMUNITY CONCEPTS: The Red Loca
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originally conceived as part of a t
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geographical focus, it acknowledges
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of South Africa’s population, as
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which the notion of ‘authenticity
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uilding does not become a static, o
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their own homes) and elegantly deta
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Memory in this context is also empl
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acknowledge and celebrate the histo
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disregard for African modes of prod
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CONCLUSION Whenever we are trying t
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attempting to place memory at the f
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All of these methodologies are base
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concrete, wire and steel to articul
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Anderson, Benedict. Im
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Deegan, Heather. The Politics of th
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Huyssen, Andreas. Present Pasts: Ur
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McEachern, Charmaine. Narratives of
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Simpson, Moira G. Making Representa
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