Amagugu Ethu / Our Treasures

25 objects


Created by Hannahtrnr, University of Leicester Museum Studies

Tags

cape town, decolonisation, isizulu, iziko museum, Museum in a Box, portraits, south africa, workshop, zulu
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License(s)

CC-BY-NC-ND, ©

Decolonisation remains a major challenge for museums worldwide. Centuries of European colonialism means many historically marginalised communities are still disconnected, both physically and culturally, from material culture appropriated from them and then dispersed to museums far away in the metropolitan centres.” Laura Gibson

This was the premise for our three day workshop in Cape Town in April. Gathering together Zulu community experts with Iziko Museum staff, storytellers and researchers, with the aim to facilitate lasting, animated connections between descendant Zulu communities and Zulu collections held by museums in both Canada and Cape Town, South Africa.

This collection represents that event, gathering together the objects selected by the Zulu community experts, their descriptions/stories about them, documentation about the event itself, and a portrait of each of the participants.

Credits

This collection is on 14 boxes!

152
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3 collections
8 boops, last one 4 years ago
191 (HQ)
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28 collections
436 boops, last one 1 year ago
HQ4
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23 collections
143 boops, last one 3 years ago
100
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4 collections
65 boops, last one 3 years ago
HQ4 v1.3
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18 collections
154 boops, last one 4 years ago
074
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1 collection
377 boops, last one 6 months ago
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4 collections
160 boops, last one 4 years ago
076
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1 collection
33 boops, last one 4 years ago
073
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14 collections
205 boops, last one 4 years ago
069
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2 collections
165 boops, last one 4 years ago
048
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7 collections
96 boops, last one 4 years ago
LPL1

5 collections
2,513 boops, last one 6 days ago
HQ3
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18 collections
374 boops, last one 4 years ago
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20 collections
822 boops, last one 4 years ago