This book describes a research project begun by the author in 2015 and co-authored by the chiefs of the KhoiSan peoples living in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, South Africa, aided by staff and students at Nelson Mandela University. The scope of the project was to investigate methods and procedures that could help re-establish the link between the Indigenous communities and their ‘forgotten’ heritage sites due to the colonial segregations. Making use of a participatory and interdisciplinary method we explored the tangible and intangible heritage of the Eastern Cape province, with particular attention to the remains of precolonial fish traps located along the shoreline. Included also are important testimonies from the KhoiSan chiefs who, alongside the author, led the project.
Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
Book Title
The Spirit Of Water
Book Subtitle
Practices of cultural reappropriation. Indigenous heritage sites along the coast of the Eastern Cape-South Africa
Authors
Magda Minguzzi
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
104
Publication Year
2021
Copyright Information
© 2021 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-316-1
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-315-4
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-316-1
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-317-8
Series Title
Ricerche. Architettura, Pianificazione, Paesaggio, Design
Series ISSN
2975-0342
Series E-ISSN
2975-0350