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    9712 ER Groningen

    Netherlands

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Research interests

My work broadly explores heritage-making and its links to nationalism, myth-making, representation, identity, memory-work, communal histories, and inclusion and exclusion. In the next three to five years my work will focus on the heritage landscape as a place of ideological tensions, culture wars, and memory making. Of particular interest to me is the handling of traumatic and difficult heritage (where contending narratives about the past exist), in a postcolonial milieu. I aim for my work to postulate possibilities for multivocal heritage narratives and different ways in which to think about, represent, and in some cases ‘perform’ heritage. In addition, I am interested in the ways in which heritage plays a role in shaping society as well as the ways in which societal change impacts conceptions of heritage. As such, some questions that I ask are: i) Can divergent heritage artefacts from contending constituencies be reconciled into unifying discourse? and ii) Can such discourses hold the tension between peace-making and the critique of difficult histories? Part of my goal is to bring marginalized, historically oppressed voices into the academic record.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Education/Academic qualification

Cultural Studies, PhD, The Dynamics of Heritage at the Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Tourism Centre, Kimberley, Northern Cape: A Critical Analysis, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Award Date: 15-Apr-2015

External positions

Visiting associate professor

1-Jan-202431-Dec-2026

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