06/06/2024
CALL FOR PAPERS: A BI-CENTENARY OF IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM!
In 2025, South Africa’s oldest conventional museum, the Iziko South African Museum (ISAM), will celebrate its 200th anniversary! For almost two centuries, ISAM has been a pioneer in natural history, art, and social/cultural history. However, it also participated in unethical research and exhibition programs in ethnography and racial science.
This bicentenary offers a unique opportunity for professionals, practitioners, and academics to reflect on ISAM’s rich and complex heritage. Iziko Museums of South Africa and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) are producing a joint publication, and we invite scholars, practitioners, and professionals to submit chapter proposals.
We seek contributions that critically examine ISAM's impact on South Africa’s heritage landscape and its influence on international museum practices. Topics can include natural history, social/cultural history, art, astronomy/planetaria, built environment, architecture, education, outreach, and public programs. Proposals may address research, exhibition, collections, digitization, conservation, and education.
Submit your proposals and be part of this significant scholarly work to Ms Buhle Dyakopu at [email protected] by 31 July 2024.
For more information visit https://bit.ly/Iziko_ISAM200
