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Thu, 15 Apr 2021 - 13:30
For the fifth session of the Spirals virtual seminar series, titled 'Metadata Politics', we are excited to host Dr Rebecca Kahn whose work explores how museums and archives are using the semantic web to build integrated collections, and the ethical and technological challenges presented by current data models.
Wed, 14 Apr 2021 - 06:30
On 6 April, the 'Under Cover of Darkness' curatorial team presented their project as part of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam's CLUE+ webinar series, Black Lives Past and Present.
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 - 11:15
The Spirals talk “Imperial Fevers, Invisible Lives” by Dr Edna Bonhomme, shone light on the intersections between colonialism and Black health, the importance of Black feminism, traditional healing and curatorial practices in the area of medicine. This reflection will unpack the cruciality of each of these, with a view on the type of curatorial practices that should be pursued for Black health to thrive in the South African context.
Wed, 17 Mar 2021 - 07:00
The Centre for Curating the Archive is pleased to announce the fourth session of the Spirals virtual seminar series, titled 'Black Feminism, the Scholarly and the Curatorial'. Circulating ideas about art, art practise and archival engagement between two lively, dynamic, yet different global north and global south settings, the series draws Berlin based art practitioners, curators and scholars into a conversation with scholars and students based in Cape Town.
Wed, 17 Mar 2021 - 06:30
On 26 February 2021, the third session of the CCA Spirals virtual seminar series hosted the Berlin based multi-disciplinary and conceptual media artist Nora Al-Badri. Her works are research-based as well as para disciplinary and as much post-colonial as post-digital.
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 - 12:30
As part of the extended Under Cover of Darkness project, we present 'Uncovering: Women’s Invisible Labour in the Cape', an online symposium which will take place on Monday, 22 March 2020.
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 - 16:45
The Centre for Curating the Archive is pleased to announce the third second session of the Spirals virtual seminar series, titled 'Data, Decoloniality and Digital Affordances'. Circulating ideas about art, art practise and archival engagement between two lively, dynamic yet different global north and global south settings, the series draws Berlin based art practitioners, curators and scholars into a conversation with scholars and students based in Cape Town.
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 - 12:45
The Centre for Curating the Archive's Nina Liebenberg and Jade Nair have joined the Under Cover of Darkness curatorial team. They are working alongside curator, Dr Carine Zaayman, and exhibition producer, Josie Grindrod, to extend the scope of the project.
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 - 15:45
Due to the pandemic, the class of 2020 have had to formulate a range of innovative curatorial solutions (many digital) to stage their end of year exhibitions.
Mon, 14 Dec 2020 - 11:30
The second Spirals virtual seminar was held on Friday 27 November 2020. Titled Nature(s), Archive and Anthropology, the invited speaker for the session was Professor Tahani Nadim from CARMAH (Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage) and the Museum of Natural History, Berlin. Our discussant was Associate Professor Fritha Langerman from the Michaelis School of Fine Art.
Tue, 17 Nov 2020 - 11:15
On the 30th of October, the CCA held the first of its new Spirals virtual seminar series talks between the Centre for Curating the Archive (CCA) and the Centre for Anthropological Research on Heritage and Museums (CARMAH) in Berlin.
Wed, 30 Sep 2020 - 16:15
The Centre for Curating the Archive is delighted to welcome its new Research Fellow, Dr Duane Jethro. A graduate of Utrecht University, Jethro has been repatriated from Berlin, Germany, where he has been a post-doctoral researcher in the project “Making Differences: Transforming Museums and Heritage in the 21st Century”, at the Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage, CARMAH, at the Humboldt University Berlin.