The Mpumalanga Oral History Conference is currently ongoing in eMalahleni
And everyone is invited.
The Department of Culture, Sport and Recreation are hosting the eighth annual Mpumalanga Oral History Conference, which started on Wednesday, September 14, and runs through Friday, September 16 at the Banquet Hall.
This year’s conference is hosted under the theme: The year of unity and renewal: International solidarity and cultural diplomacy, redefining 21st-century global alliances, according to MEC Thandi Shongwe, who will be delivering the keynote address at the event.
“The conference aims to assist communities in retrieving neglected indigenous and community knowledge as a way of promoting social, economic and cultural development. Furthermore, it facilitates interdepartmental synergies and partnerships with other stakeholders to ensure that oral history is integrated into all public initiatives as well as to close gaps that exist in the current history of the province,” continued Ms Shongwe.
The conference is a three-day event comprising various pillars:
1. Presentations of conference papers based on the theme and sub-themes by researchers. These will range from learners, and novices, to highly academic papers.
2. A networking session hosted by MEC Shongwe.
3. The ‘Time Travel Experience’, which is an educational method using local heritage in a learning process, creates a reflection on contemporary issues and provides tools for community building. This year’s Time Travel event will focus on the story of the Delmas treason trial.
4. Exhibitions by museums, library services, crafters and publishers.
5. A guided excursion to Lynnville Park.
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