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What is the Centre for Popular Memory? |
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The Centre for Popular Memory (CPM) at the University of Cape Town is a research unit committed to: - training learners in multilingual recording skills;
- multi-format archiving and the multi-media dissemination of peoples’ stories.
The CPM is linked to the Department of Historical Studies and is a priority project of the Humanities Faculty. The CPM is also an innovative public service organisation, which disseminates stories through books, film documentaries, travelling exhibitions, radio programmes and the world-wide web. The CPM audio-visual archive consists of both classic and digital archiving approaches, and our on-line database one of the first of its kind in Africa, provides public and scholarly access to our archival collections. As our mission statement states:
‘People in South Africa have a dynamic, but largely unrecorded heritage. The Centre creates spaces for these stories to be heard, seen and remembered.’ |
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