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In the halls of history: the making and unmaking of the life-casts at the ethnography galleries of the Iziko South African Museum
This mini-dissertation is a study of the phenomenon of life-casting and the display of these in the museum space. It looks specifically at the practice as it came into use at the turn of the twentieth century at the South African Museum in the Western Cape. The research aims to place the practice in...
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| author | Cedras, Robyn-Leigh |
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| description | This mini-dissertation is a study of the phenomenon of life-casting and the display of these in the museum space. It looks specifically at the practice as it came into use at the turn of the twentieth century at the South African Museum in the Western Cape. The research aims to place the practice in context with the historical triggers and larger perspectives of the subject of indigenous races. A focus on particular life-casts and its display in designed productions allows the reader insight into knowledge production. I point to this to unpack a loaded history informing deeply seated identity constructs and prejudices. A trajectory of the use of the life-casts is supported by visual records included in this text. The museum's archive also affords a plethora of correspondence and research giving context and insight. A close analysis of the archive exposes the museum's processes and the exchange in consumption and production by museum visitors and related institutions both private and state supported. The making and unmaking of the life-casts acts as proxy for peoples brutally subjugated. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/22756 In the halls of history: the making and unmaking of the life-casts at the ethnography galleries of the Iziko South African Museum Cedras, Robyn-Leigh Shepherd, Nick Heritage and Public Culture This mini-dissertation is a study of the phenomenon of life-casting and the display of these in the museum space. It looks specifically at the practice as it came into use at the turn of the twentieth century at the South African Museum in the Western Cape. The research aims to place the practice in context with the historical triggers and larger perspectives of the subject of indigenous races. A focus on particular life-casts and its display in designed productions allows the reader insight into knowledge production. I point to this to unpack a loaded history informing deeply seated identity constructs and prejudices. A trajectory of the use of the life-casts is supported by visual records included in this text. The museum's archive also affords a plethora of correspondence and research giving context and insight. A close analysis of the archive exposes the museum's processes and the exchange in consumption and production by museum visitors and related institutions both private and state supported. The making and unmaking of the life-casts acts as proxy for peoples brutally subjugated. 2017-01-17T12:17:50Z 2017-01-17T12:17:50Z 2016 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22756 eng application/pdf African Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Heritage and Public Culture Cedras, Robyn-Leigh In the halls of history: the making and unmaking of the life-casts at the ethnography galleries of the Iziko South African Museum |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | In the halls of history: the making and unmaking of the life-casts at the ethnography galleries of the Iziko South African Museum |
| title_full | In the halls of history: the making and unmaking of the life-casts at the ethnography galleries of the Iziko South African Museum |
| title_fullStr | In the halls of history: the making and unmaking of the life-casts at the ethnography galleries of the Iziko South African Museum |
| title_full_unstemmed | In the halls of history: the making and unmaking of the life-casts at the ethnography galleries of the Iziko South African Museum |
| title_short | In the halls of history: the making and unmaking of the life-casts at the ethnography galleries of the Iziko South African Museum |
| title_sort | in the halls of history the making and unmaking of the life casts at the ethnography galleries of the iziko south african museum |
| topic | Heritage and Public Culture |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22756 |
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