The Centre for Curating the Archive (CCA) is a research centre at the University of Cape Town.

Background

The CCA began as the Lucy Lloyd Archive, Resource and Exhibition Centre (LLAREC) in 1996 at the Michaelis School of Fine Art.[2] Its establishment followed two Pippa Skotnes exhibitions related to xam folklore—"Sound from the Thinking Strings" (1991)[3] at the South African Museum, and "Miscast: Negotiating Khoisan Identity and Material Culture" (1996) at the South African National Gallery.[4] The exhibitions led to books, both of which were edited by Skotnes—Sound from the Thinking Strings: Visual, Literary and Archaeological and Historical Interpretation of the Final Years of /Xam Li (1991, Axeage Private Press) and Miscast: Negotiating the Presence of the Bushmen (1996, UCT Press).[5] Various academics contributed chapters on issues related to "Khoesan studies".[6]

LLAREC was named for Lucy Lloyd and her contributions to the Bleek and Lloyd collection of xam and !kun folklore and linguistic data. LLAREC was later renamed the Centre for Curating the Archive.

In 2008, the centre established a photographic unit.[7]

Projects

Partnerships

The CCA works with several institutions in the realisation of its projects and curates exhibitions both in South Africa and abroad. The CCA collaborates with Iziko Museums of South Africa in the delivery of the BA Honours in Curatorship programme.[8]

The Digital Bleek and Lloyd

The CCA began digitising Bleek and Lloyd collection materials on a large scale in 2003.[9]A digital library system was developed for the collection by members of UCT's Digital Libraries Laboratory.[10] The digital Bleek and Lloyd contains a 280 000-word searchable index, and consolidates materials held by the University of Cape Town, University of South Africa, Iziko South African Museum, and the National Library of South Africa.[11] As of 2024, the Digital Bleek and Lloyd is in the process of being reconfigured and relaunched.[12]

References

  1. ^ [1] Review: Beyond the Cult of 'Salvation' and 'Remarkable Equality': A New Paradigm for the Bleek-Lloyd Collection by Ciraj Rassool
  2. ^ "Humanities / Research / Groupings". Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  3. ^ [2] Exhibition Histories – Sound from the Thinking Strings
  4. ^ [3] Review: Beyond the Cult of 'Salvation' and 'Remarkable Equality': A New Paradigm for the Bleek-Lloyd Collection by Ciraj Rassool
  5. ^ [4] Review: Beyond the Cult of 'Salvation' and 'Remarkable Equality': A New Paradigm for the Bleek-Lloyd Collection by Ciraj Rassool
  6. ^ [5] Review: Beyond the Cult of 'Salvation' and 'Remarkable Equality': A New Paradigm for the Bleek-Lloyd Collection by Ciraj Rassool
  7. ^ [6]Centre for Curating the Archive – Reading
  8. ^ [7] Iziko Museums Partnerships | Centre for Curating the Archive
  9. ^ [8] Phiri, L. & Suleman, H. (2012). 'In search of simplicity: Redesigning the digital Bleek and Lloyd', DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology, 32(4):306–312.
  10. ^ [9] Digital Libraries Laboratory Projects – Bleek and Lloyd Collection
  11. ^ [10]The Digital Bleek and Lloyd – Home
  12. ^ [11]Du Toit, M. (2024). Convening context: Reading the Bleek and Lloyd !xun collection digitally, Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa, 5(1):1–10. https://doi.org/10.55492/dhasa.v5i1.5015
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_Curating_the_Archive
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