Archives at the Crossroads 2007 - Nelson Mandela Foundation

Tuesday, 24 April 200709h00 - 09h30 | Tea09h30 - 12h00 | Session 3| Chair| Panellists12h00 - 13h00 | Lunch13h00 - 15h00 | Session 4| Chair| Panellists15h00 - 15h30 | Tea15h30 - 14h30 | Carolyn Hamiltonand Xolela MangcuThe Archive and the Public InterestExploring colonial and apartheid archives inpost-colonial contexts| Carolyn Hamilton,University of the Witwatersrand| Jabulani Sithole,University of KwaZulu-Natal| Patricia Hayes,University of the Western Cape| Geoff Blundell,Origins Museum| Achmat Dangor,Nelson Mandela FoundationExploring the distinctions between “nationalinterest” and “public interest”, and understandingthe role of archive in relation to both| Achmat Dangor,Nelson Mandela Foundation| Xolela Mangcu,University of the Witwatersrand| Albie Sachs,Constitutional Court Judge| Ali Hlongwane,Hector Pieterson Museum| Yasmin Sooka,Foundation for Human RightsThe Way Forward: Draft proposal for a nationalArchival PlatformA presentation of the current thinking on the possibilitiesand potentialities of an Archival Platform,which is conceptualised as a five-year long, crossinstitutional/cross-projects,conversation about thepost-colonial South African archive20 |“National System, Public Interest” Open Report