Centre for Curating the Archive
{{Infobox institute
| name = Centre for Curating the Archive
| image = File:A2 1 7 00257.jpg
| caption = The lion and giraffe story relayed by kabbo and recorded in one of Lucy Lloyd's xam notebooks.
| parent = University of Cape Town
the Bleek-Lloyd Collection by Ciraj Rassool
| established = 1996
| mission = Research and education
| focus = Curatorship, archives
| president = Fritha Langerman
| former_name = Lucy Lloyd Archive, Resource and Exhibition Centre (LLAREC)
| address = Old Medical School Building, Hiddingh Campus, University of Cape Town
| city = Cape Town
| country = South Africa
| coordinates =
| website = https://humanities.uct.ac.za/cca
}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.humanities.uct.ac.za/research/groupings/llarec/ |title=Humanities / Research / Groupings |accessdate=2013-04-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203081738/http://www.humanities.uct.ac.za/research/groupings/llarec/ |archivedate=2013-02-03 }}
Its establishment followed two Pippa Skotnes exhibitions related to xam folklore—"Sound from the Thinking Strings" (1991)[https://afridig.omeka.net/s/exhibition-histories/page/sound-from-the-thinking-strings] Exhibition Histories – Sound from the Thinking Strings at the South African Museum, and "Miscast: Negotiating Khoisan Identity and Material Culture" (1996) at the South African National Gallery.[https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/41056566.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A98e280787cdda839818fe95043aab611&ab_segments=&initiator=&acceptTC=1] Review: Beyond the Cult of 'Salvation' and 'Remarkable Equality': A New Paradigm for
the Bleek-Lloyd Collection by Ciraj Rassool 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).[https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/41056566.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A98e280787cdda839818fe95043aab611&ab_segments=&initiator=&acceptTC=1] Review: Beyond the Cult of 'Salvation' and 'Remarkable Equality': A New Paradigm for
the Bleek-Lloyd Collection by Ciraj Rassool Various academics contributed chapters on issues related to "Khoesan studies".[https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/41056566.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A98e280787cdda839818fe95043aab611&ab_segments=&initiator=&acceptTC=1] Review: Beyond the Cult of 'Salvation' and 'Remarkable Equality': A New Paradigm for
the Bleek-Lloyd Collection by Ciraj Rassool
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.[https://humanities.uct.ac.za/cca/reading/centre-curating-archive]Centre for Curating the Archive – Reading
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.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE6Zbvs7SsU] Iziko Museums Partnerships | Centre for Curating the Archive
=The Digital Bleek and Lloyd=
The CCA began digitising Bleek and Lloyd collection materials on a large scale in 2003.[https://doi/org/10.14429/djlit.32.4.2524]
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.A digital library system was developed for the collection by members of UCT's Digital Libraries Laboratory.[http://dl.cs.uct.ac.za/projects/bleeklloyd/index.html] Digital Libraries Laboratory Projects – Bleek and Lloyd Collection 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.[http://lloydbleekcollection.cs.uct.ac.za]The Digital Bleek and Lloyd – Home As of 2024, the Digital Bleek and Lloyd is in the process of being reconfigured and relaunched.[https://doi.org/10.55492/dhasa.v5i1.5015]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
References
External links
- [http://www.cca.uct.ac.za/ CCA Homepage]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130203081738/http://www.humanities.uct.ac.za/research/groupings/llarec/
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