In the halls of history: the making and unmaking of the life-casts at the ethnography galleries of the Iziko South African Museum

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dc.contributor.advisorShepherd, Nicken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCedras, Robyn-Leighen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-17T12:17:50Z
dc.date.available2017-01-17T12:17:50Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCedras, R. (2016). <i>In the halls of history: the making and unmaking of the life-casts at the ethnography galleries of the Iziko South African Museum</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,African Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22756en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCedras, Robyn-Leigh. <i>"In the halls of history: the making and unmaking of the life-casts at the ethnography galleries of the Iziko South African Museum."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,African Studies, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22756en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCedras, R. 2016. In the halls of history: the making and unmaking of the life-casts at the ethnography galleries of the Iziko South African Museum. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Cedras, Robyn-Leigh AB - 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. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - In the halls of history: the making and unmaking of the life-casts at the ethnography galleries of the Iziko South African Museum TI - In the halls of history: the making and unmaking of the life-casts at the ethnography galleries of the Iziko South African Museum UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22756 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/22756
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCedras R. In the halls of history: the making and unmaking of the life-casts at the ethnography galleries of the Iziko South African Museum. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,African Studies, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22756en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentAfrican Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherHeritage and Public Cultureen_ZA
dc.titleIn the halls of history: the making and unmaking of the life-casts at the ethnography galleries of the Iziko South African Museumen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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