Collaborative conversations: The Mothertongue Project in profile
| dc.contributor.author | Matchett, Sara | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-10T08:30:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-10T08:30:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2017-12-12T09:40:15Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | In June 1999, over a cup of chai in a monsoon-filled Mumbai kitchen, writer, performer and director Rehane Abrahams asked me whether I would consider directing her in a piece that she was writing. According to Rehane, the piece was a seminal work that would mark a transition into a new way of being for her. On our return to Cape Town the following year, we began working on the production. While filling out funding application forms, we were suddenly confronted with the question of what to call ourselves. The production had to be attached to an organisation. Initially, we wanted to call the production Mothertongue, as Rehane felt that if she had had access to her mother's tongue in the form of stories when she was younger, her life might have panned out differently. In coming up with a name for our organisation, we decided that the name Mothertongue was better suited to an organisation and that What the Water Gave Me would work as a title for the production, because of its elemental nature. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Matchett, S. (2005). Collaborative conversations: The Mothertongue Project in profile. <i>Feminist Africa</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26792 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Matchett, Sara "Collaborative conversations: The Mothertongue Project in profile." <i>Feminist Africa</i> (2005) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26792 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Matchett, S. (2005). Collaborative Conversations: The Mothertongue Project in Profile. Feminist Africa, (4). | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Matchett, Sara AB - In June 1999, over a cup of chai in a monsoon-filled Mumbai kitchen, writer, performer and director Rehane Abrahams asked me whether I would consider directing her in a piece that she was writing. According to Rehane, the piece was a seminal work that would mark a transition into a new way of being for her. On our return to Cape Town the following year, we began working on the production. While filling out funding application forms, we were suddenly confronted with the question of what to call ourselves. The production had to be attached to an organisation. Initially, we wanted to call the production Mothertongue, as Rehane felt that if she had had access to her mother's tongue in the form of stories when she was younger, her life might have panned out differently. In coming up with a name for our organisation, we decided that the name Mothertongue was better suited to an organisation and that What the Water Gave Me would work as a title for the production, because of its elemental nature. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Feminist Africa LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 T1 - Collaborative conversations: The Mothertongue Project in profile TI - Collaborative conversations: The Mothertongue Project in profile UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26792 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26792 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Matchett S. Collaborative conversations: The Mothertongue Project in profile. Feminist Africa. 2005; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26792. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Drama | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | Feminist Africa | |
| dc.source.uri | http://agi.ac.za/journals | |
| dc.title | Collaborative conversations: The Mothertongue Project in profile | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
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