BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.7//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news89@zasb.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20180313T154823 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20180426T000000 SUMMARY:Workshop: Public History and Memory (with Chrischené Julius) DESCRIPTION:Registration: All participants are invited to register no late r than 12th April 2018 via this form [https://k11331.evasys.de/evasys/onl ine.php?p=JG2JP]. PhD students of the University of Basel who would like t o get 1 credit point must register additionally via MOnA no later than 2 6th March 2018. Participants who would like to present and discuss their w ork during the workshop are invited to send a brief abstract no later than 31st March 2018 (max. 2000 characters). \\r\\nContact: melanie.boehi@unib as.ch [mailto:melanie.boehi@unibas.ch] \\r\\nAbstract: Public history rel ies on the interplay of the past with the present - relaying historical na rratives in ways that show how our contemporary contexts have been shaped and continue to be shaped by past events and processes. It does this as a means of advocacy\, to bring about social justice or simply to illuminate the link between the past and the present. Professionals who find themselv es in this field often have close relationships with the "public" or the " community" - often accompanied by the impetus to collect oral testimonies. They imagine innovative ways to encourage public debate and awareness. Ce ntral to this is the understanding of how and why people remember. The wor kshop provides a general introduction to research about public history and memory and as a case study will focus on examples from the District Six M useum in Cape Town\, South Africa. The District Six Museum is internationa lly renowned for its innovative work with public history and memory. The D istrict Six Museum commemorates the experiences of life and forced removal s in District Six\, an area in central Cape Town from which 60\,000 black residents were forcibly removed after it was declared a white group area i n 1966. Established as the first community museum in the South Africa in 1 994\, the museum has actively engaged in debates about how the experience of apartheid has been narrated and represented. It does so by working with the testimonies of those who experienced forced removals and engaging wit h contemporary debates about apartheid spatial engineering and its lasting impact on the city and people's identities. The Museum's work is vested i n developing complex public narratives of place and memory - often coming up against the dominant and romanticised depictions of District Six that a re shared by former residents and researchers alike\, and which are eagerl y consumed by tourists and expected by museum visitors. PhD students from all areas of specialisation are welcome. Texts for preparation will be cir culated before the workshop.\\r\\nChrischené Julius is visiting the Basel Graduate School of History in April 2018 as a BGSH fellow. She is a South African historian and the Head of the Collections\, Research and Document ation Department of the District Six Museum in Cape Town. The District Six Museum has since its foundation in 1994 conducted extensive oral history research for its exhibitions and archive about experiences of District Six and forced removals in Cape Town. It has developed an interdisciplinary a nd multi-genre approach to historical research and collaborates regularly with academic historians\, artists\, community organisations and youth gro ups. Chrischené Julius has managed and conducted interviews for various o ral history projects of the District Six Museum. Her current research focu ses on how oral history intersects with the functioning of the Museum as a public space which not only reproduces historical narratives but also act ively produces them. \\r\\nDate and Time: Thursday 26.04.2018: 2.30 - 6.0 0 pm and Friday 27.04.2018: 9.30 am - 1.00 pm. A lunch will follow.   X-ALT-DESC:Registration: \;All participants are invited to regis ter no later than 12th April 2018 via this \;form. PhD students of the Uni versity of Basel who would like to get 1 credit point must register additi onally via \;MOnA \;no later than 26th March 2018. Participants wh o would like to present and discuss their work during the workshop are inv ited to send a brief abstract no later than 31st March 2018 (max. 2000 cha racters). \nContact: melan ie.boehi@unibas.ch \;\nAbstract: Public history relies on t he interplay of the past with the present - relaying historical narratives in ways that show how our contemporary contexts have been shaped and cont inue to be shaped by past events and processes. It does this as a means of advocacy\, to bring about social justice or simply to illuminate the link between the past and the present. Professionals who find themselves in th is field often have close relationships with the "\;public"\; or t he "\;community"\; - often accompanied by the impetus to collect o ral testimonies. They imagine innovative ways to encourage public debate a nd awareness. Central to this is the understanding of how and why people r emember. The workshop provides a general introduction to research about pu blic history and memory and as a case study will focus on examples from th e District Six Museum in Cape Town\, South Africa. The District Six Museum is internationally renowned for its innovative work with public history a nd memory. The District Six Museum commemorates the experiences of life an d forced removals in District Six\, an area in central Cape Town from whic h 60\,000 black residents were forcibly removed after it was declared a wh ite group area in 1966. Established as the first community museum in the S outh Africa in 1994\, the museum has actively engaged in debates about how the experience of apartheid has been narrated and represented. It does so by working with the testimonies of those who experienced forced removals and engaging with contemporary debates about apartheid spatial engineering and its lasting impact on the city and people's identities. The Museum's work is vested in developing complex public narratives of place and memory - often coming up against the dominant and romanticised depictions of Dis trict Six that are shared by former residents and researchers alike\, and which are eagerly consumed by tourists and expected by museum visitors. Ph D students from all areas of specialisation are welcome. Texts for prepara tion will be circulated before the workshop.\nChrischené Julius is visiting the Basel Graduate School of History in April 2018 as a BGSH fel low. She is a South African historian and the Head of the Collections\, Re search and Documentation Department of the District Six Museum in Cape Tow n. The District Six Museum has since its foundation in 1994 conducted exte nsive oral history research for its exhibitions and archive about experien ces of District Six and forced removals in Cape Town. It has developed an interdisciplinary and multi-genre approach to historical research and coll aborates regularly with academic historians\, artists\, community organisa tions and youth groups. Chrischené Julius has managed and conducted inter views for various oral history projects of the District Six Museum. Her cu rrent research focuses on how oral history intersects with the functioning of the Museum as a public space which not only reproduces historical narr atives but also actively produces them. \;\nDate and Time: Thur sday 26.04.2018: 2.30 - 6.00 pm and Friday 27.04.2018: 9.30 am - 1.00 pm. A lunch will follow. \; \; DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20180427T000000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR