{"id":32400,"date":"2021-03-17T12:39:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T10:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/?page_id=32400"},"modified":"2021-03-17T12:41:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T10:41:36","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list alignleft wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/2023\/06\/indoda-ebisithanda-the-man-who-loved-us-the-reverend-james-laing-among-the-amaxhosa\/\">Indoda Ebisithanda (\u201cThe Man who Loved Us\u201d): The Reverend James Laing among the amaXhosa<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">by Dr Sandy Shell Dr Sandy Shell is a Senior Research Associate at the Rhodes University Cory Library. She was the head of the African Studies Library at UCT Libraries between 2004 and 2011. She also serves as a Council Member of Historical Publications South Africa. The early missionaries, generally\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/2023\/06\/indoda-ebisithanda-the-man-who-loved-us-the-reverend-james-laing-among-the-amaxhosa\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Indoda Ebisithanda (\u201cThe Man who Loved Us\u201d): The Reverend James Laing among the amaXhosa<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/2023\/06\/a-104-year-old-publisher-and-the-khoesan-of-south-africa\/\">A 104 year old publisher and the Khoesan of South Africa<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">by Alan G Morris&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Alan G. Morris is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Human Biology at the University of Cape Town. He also serves as a Council Member of Historical Publications South Africa. One book a year doesn\u2019t sound like much for a publisher, but when you have been\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/2023\/06\/a-104-year-old-publisher-and-the-khoesan-of-south-africa\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: A 104 year old publisher and the Khoesan of South Africa<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/2023\/05\/crate-by-crate-making-progress-visible-in-av-recovery\/\">Crate by Crate: Making Progress Visible in AV Recovery<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Andrea Walker is an archivist in Special Collections, working with the AV Archive. The AV Archive (AVA) used to live in the basement of the Jagger Library. It was one of the first areas to be salvaged following the fire. As the water used to douse the flames accumulated in\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/2023\/05\/crate-by-crate-making-progress-visible-in-av-recovery\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Crate by Crate: Making Progress Visible in AV Recovery<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/2023\/04\/whose-copyright-is-that-perpetual-copyright-and-indigenous-languages-in-archives\/\">Whose copyright is that? Perpetual copyright and indigenous languages in archives<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Andrea Walker is an archivist in Special Collections, working with the AV Archive. Copyright is a form of intellectual property. It is intended to incentivise the publication of works* by providing the creator with a monopoly over the economic rewards generated by the work, for a limited time. 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