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During the apartheid years in South Africa, hostels and compounds
were built to house migrant labourers. One such hostel compound was
Lwandle, some 40 kilometres outside Cape Town. Literally translated
from isiXhosa as `the sea', Lwandle was built in sight of the
Atlantic Ocean. Conceptualised as a temporary labour camp, it was
laid out by town planners and engineers in the form of diagonal,
parallel blocks of barracks around a central open space. The lives
of the labourers who lived there were regulated and policed through
apartheid legislation around population influx control, the pass
system and the policy of Coloured Labour Preference. In the 1990s,
as part of the post-apartheid `Hostels to Homes' scheme, such
hostels were reconfigured and refurbished into homes for family
accommodation. A steering committee in Lwandle decided to preserve
one dormitory, block 6, hostel 33, as a museum. Officially opened
in May 2000, the primary purpose of the Lwandle Migrant Labour
Museum was to serve as a reminder of the system of migrant labour,
single-sex hostels and the control of workers through that infamous
identity document - the pass book. This book explores the museum's
makings, the creation of histories through the oral and the visual
and the rehabilitation of structures for the museum, ending with
the celebration - and discomfort - of the museum's tenth birthday
in 2010. Richly illustrated throughout, the book includes two full
colour visual essays by photographers Paul Grendon and Thulani
Nxumalo, taken while working with the museum on projects of
restoration and collection.
This ground-breaking new work draws together a cross-section of
South African scholars to provide a lively and comprehensive review
of the under-researched area of heritage practice following the
introduction of the National Heritage Resources Act.
Looking at the daily heritage debates, from naming streets to
projects such as the Gateway to Robben Island, "Desire Lines"
addresses the innovative strategies that have emerged in the
practice of defining, identifying and developing heritage
sites.
In a unique multi-disciplinary approach, contributions are featured
from a broad spectrum of fields, including the Built Environment,
Public Culture and Education, showcasing work from tour operators
and museum curators alongside that of university-based scholars,
making this book comprehensively and singularly authoritative in
charting the development of new and emergent public cultures in
post apartheid South Africa through the making and unmaking of its
urban spaces.
This pioneering collection of essays and case studies is sure to
become an indispensable guide for those working within or studying
heritage practice globally, setting the benchmark in this contested
field.
This ground-breaking new work draws together a cross-section of
South African scholars to provide a lively and comprehensive review
of the under-researched area of heritage practice following the
introduction of the National Heritage Resources Act.
Looking at the daily heritage debates, from naming streets to
projects such as the Gateway to Robben Island, "Desire Lines"
addresses the innovative strategies that have emerged in the
practice of defining, identifying and developing heritage
sites.
In a unique multi-disciplinary approach, contributions are featured
from a broad spectrum of fields, including the Built Environment,
Public Culture and Education, showcasing work from tour operators
and museum curators alongside that of university-based scholars,
making this book comprehensively and singularly authoritative in
charting the development of new and emergent public cultures in
post apartheid South Africa through the making and unmaking of its
urban spaces.
This pioneering collection of essays and case studies is sure to
become an indispensable guide for those working within or studying
heritage practice globally, setting the benchmark in this contested
field.
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