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Title The intricacy of intangible cultural heritage: some perspectives on Ndebele earthen architecture
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/2263/10234
Date 2008
Author(s) Van Vuuren, C.J.
Abstract Intangible heritage has become a discourse both in the institutionalised heritage domain and in the academic world. This article dismantles the concept, deconstructs existing mythologies, and illuminates some of the core issues which have given rise to the current intricacies and dissonance. By using examples from Ndebele earthen architecture, such as the role of memory in the history of house form, spatial orientation in settlement, the role of gender in space and the intangibility of mural art, it is possible to gain insight into the web that weaves tangible and intangible heritage into a cohesive concept. - Die ingewikkeldheid van ontasbare erfenis: perspektiewe aangaande Ndebele grondargitektuur. Ontasbare erfenis het ontwikkel in diskoerse in beide die instellingsgerigte en die akademiese wêreld. Die artikel ontbloot die konsep, dekonstrueer mitologieë en werp lig op sekere van die kerngedagtes wat aanleiding gee to die huidige kompleksiteite en onenighede. Met verwysing na Ndebele grondargitektuur soos die aanwending van geheue by die geskiedenis van woningvorm, ruimtelike orientasie by woning, die rol van geslag in ruimte en die ontasbaarheidsdimensie in muurverfkuns; word dit moontlik om insig te verkry in die net wat tasbare en ontasbare erfenis saamweef tot 'n eenheid.
Subject(s) Earthen architecture; Intangible heritage; Ndebele (African people) -- Architecture; Intangible property; Oral tradition; Ndebele (African people) -- Social life and customs; Cultural property
Language en
Publisher Art Historical Work Group of South Africa
Type of publication Article
Rights Art Historical Work Group of South Africa
Identifier Van Vuuren, CJ 2008, 'The intricacy of intangible cultural heritage: some perspectives on Ndebele earthen architecture', South African Journal of Art History, vol. 23, no.2, pp. 14-24. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sajah.html]; 0258-3542
Repository Pretoria - University of Pretoria, UPSpace
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