Centre for Curating the Archive

The Centre for Curating the Archive works actively with many different kinds of collections, developing curatorship as a creative site of knowledge. Projects, publications and courses aim, through practice, to open up novel combinations of the historically separated domains of the creative arts and the truth-claiming discourses of history and the social and natural sciences.

News

Monday, 22 April 2019

Honours in Curatorship class of 2018 graduate!

The CCA would like to congratulate the Honours in Curatorship class of 2018 who graduated today!

Publication Date:

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 - 14:00

Spring Queen: How do we archive an experience?

Sana Ginwalla, an Honours in Curatorship student, writes on the Spring Queen documentary and its surrounding archive. As part of the Honours in Curatorship programme she takes the core course Critical Thinking in Curatorship in which the students look at, and critique, different archives and displays each week.

Publication Date:

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 - 16:30

‘Conversations’: the distance between by Geena Wilkinson

Honours in Curatorship student Geena Wilkinson explores the staff exhibition Conversations on at the Michaelis Gallery.

Publication Date:

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 - 16:00

Call for Applications NRF Postgraduate Scholarships for Full-time Studies in 2020

Call for Applications NRF Postgraduate Scholarships for Full-time Studies in 2020. If you are interested in doing the Honours in Curatorship course next year here is a funding opportunity!

Publication Date:

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 - 11:30

Honours in Curatorship course

The Honours programme in Curatorship is offered in close collaboration with Iziko Museums.

The programme offers courses in the theory and practice of curatorship, developing in students a sophisticated awareness of the practicalities, politics and poetics of working with collections of many kinds.

Students registered for the full programme will be able to apply for internships, a conservation workshop and travel bursaries. The course will prepare students for both further postgraduate study and for work as art curators, museum educators, collection managers, critics, dealers and for positions that require the use, display and manipulation of collections.

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