TIME TRAVEL ACTIVITY WITH EDUCATORS AND CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS - 19 March 2010

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Tim and Ravi Pather from Dept. of Education as indentured labourers, 1905

By Ebbe - March 2010 Progress


• Three successful and quite different workshops in Port Shepstone and Umzumbe.

• A very engaged Time Travel Committee in Port Shepstone.

• Good cooperation with KZN Museum Service.

• A committe for HCM Primary Schools and Time Travels elected.

• A group for identifying stakeholders interested in recording of violence/struggle in Port Shepstone region elected.

• The workshop on the struggle/violence was quite emotional and it is obvious that many people want to tell their often traumatic stories. The healing process in the communities will take a long time. The school needs to find their own way to teach about the violence, record stories and develop a Time Travel.

• Big interest in Umzumbe for cooperation on the Time Travel method. Several sites and stories were mentioned.

• Days decided for the national conference in Port Shepstone, 20-21 October, and also a draft program. Theme: Social Cohesion through Time Travels.

• Interesting conference on the violence in KZN. Good discussions with Philippe Denis, Director of the Sinomlando Oral History Centre, Radikobo Ntsimane, Deputy Director, Mxholisi Mchunu and Bongani Ndlovu, Msunduzi/Voortrekker Museum. We asked about contributions at the BASA conference in October. Important to have connections to research and universities.

• Interesting visits to museums and theme parks in Zululand (Fort Nongqayi in Eshowe, Ondini reconstructed royal residence, Mgungundlovu reconstructed royal residence and Shakaland historical theme park). Good discussions with the Program Manager Drika and the number one guide Richard at Shakaland.

• Need for a Time Travel coordinator in KwaZulu-Natal. A lot of the work is now relying on individual, engaged persons.


Way forward

• Port Shepstone article for the booklet “This place has meaning.”

• Meeting with the Primary School Time Travel Committee.

• Meeting with the Struggle and Secondary School group.

• Howard have regular discussions with the engaged persons in Umzumbe.

• KZN Museum Service has two interns helping in the Time Travel work.

• A conference committee to prepare for the BASA conference.

• Training in Sweden the last week of May and first week of June for three persons from Port Shepstone.

• Three people from Sweden will be back in Port Shepstone/KZN in October.

• National BASA conference 20-21 October. 22 October for the BASA board.

• A big Time Travel to 1905 with many learners and adults at the Port Shepstone harbour in October. Maybe 150 people. Small changes in the scenario, some intendured labour arrive. This is a contribution to the 150 anniversary of the first Indians arriving in South Africa.

• Develop a Time Travel site for Primary Schools: 1820s Zulu/Shaka site (some worriors stayed)?, Hindu temple?, San site? Other? Time Travel in October?

• Develop a Time Travel for Secondary Schools about the struggle/violence.

• Possible Oral History and interview training for the TT group.

• Time Travel in Umzumbe in October? Maybe at the site for the Bambatha rebellion trial. The women campaign against the passlaws has also been mentioned.

• Take the Time Travel method further in KwaZulu-Natal.

• Mark and Gulshera emphasize the need for future support and mentorship from Kalmar läns museum, guidance, training etc.

• A Time Travel coordinator in KZN is needed. Office at KZN Museum Service?

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Ebbe Westergren, Helen Eklund, Meg Johnson, Kalmar läns museum

Historic Environment Education and Time Travel -Programme and Future Planning 4-7 February 2010

Visit to Port Shepstone, 4-7 February 2010.
Objective: Planning, meetings and a workshop

4 FebruaryMeeting with the Time Travel Committee, PS Twinning Association, 7 persons.    

Planning

5 FebruaryWorkshop 09.00-15.00 at Marburg Primary School on “The development of the Port Shepstone region 1860-1910” “The Time Travel method”. Lectures by Lwazi Lushaba, University of Fort Hare, Howard Msomi, Khwezi Le-Africa, Ebbe Westergren, Kalmar läns museum, Gulshera Khan and Judy Mkhize, PS Twinning Association, Stanley Perlimal, 1860 Heritage Committee. 25 persons from Marburg Primary School, Mlazi Primary School, Port Shepstone Primary School, Merlewood Secondary School, Nobamba High School, Gamalakhe Commercial School, Port Shepstone Museum, KZN Museum Service, 1860 Indentured Indian Heritage Committee, Ugu Education Department Office, Hibiscus Coast Municipality, Siphakamele, Khwezi Le-Africa, University of Fort Hare, Kalmar läns museum, Time Travel Committee, PS Twinning Association

6 FebruaryMeeting at Umzumbe Municipality with Umzumbe Art and Culture Forum. Discussions about cooperation of mutual benefit. 30 persons from the Umzumbe Art and Culture Forum, Umzumbe Municipality, PS Twinning Association and Kalmar läns museum

Planning with Gulshera Khan, PS Twinning Association

Meeting with Lwazi Lushaba, University of Fort Har

Draft Program for March

(Arrival of Helen Eklund, Meg Johnson and Ebbe Westergren, Kalmar läns museum)

- 18 March .Preparations for workshops and the Time Travel

- 19 March:  Workshop focusing on Primary School Education, Heritage and the Time Travel method. Time Travel at Port Shepstone Harbour 1905, 14-18 at Marburg Primary School

-20-22 March -Meetings and preparations. Plan the national conference in October

Meet the 1860 Heritage Committee

-23 March Workshop  on the Struggle in the Port Shepstone region, the Apartheid System and Resistance -1950-1994. Community research, Education and The Time Travel method. Target groups: Secondary School Teachers, FET Subject Advisors, District Education Office, TT Committe, PS Twinning, war veterans, PS museum, KZN Museum Service, municipality, district, Kalmar läns museum... Way forward.

-24 March Workshop in Umzumbe Municiaplity on Local Development and Heritage. Program: Local development using the heritage and local resources, community tourism, education in the local heritage, by Howard Msomi. The TT method, study groups, heritage sites, oral history, time travels with local people, tourists and learners by KLM and PS Twinning/Time Travel Committee. Visit heritage sites. Discusson on cooperation, using heritage sites and local artists in education and local development. Way forward.

-25 and 26 March. Meetings with participating schools, municipality, district.Meeting with the MEC of Education.Visit Ulundi, museums and Zulu cultural sites with KZN Museum Service.Time Travel workshop in Newcastle?

 Extract from Ebbe's and Helen's report.

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