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Making transformation tangible
Dr Tinashe Mutsvangwa, from the Department of Human Biology at the University of Cape Town reflects on his role in the Sutherland reburial and restitution process. His team was responsible for managing the computerised temography (CT) scans process.
04 Nov 2019
Restoring dignity by facing the past
Professor Caroline Wilkinson and PhD student Kathryn Smith at Face Lab, from Liverpool John Moores University, reflect on their role in the Sutherland reburial and restitution process. They were responsible for producing the facial reconstructions of what the eight Abraham and Stuurman family members may have looked like.
04 Nov 2019
Using archaeology to do the right thing
Emeritus Associate Professor Simon Hall, Head of Department of Archaeology at the University of Cape Town, reflects on his role in the Sutherland reburial and restitution process. His team was responsible for analysing the Kruisrivier cemetery, and for identifying the individual graves the remains were taken from.
04 Nov 2019
Breathing life into history
Professor Nigel Penn, from the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Cape Town, reflects on his role in the Sutherland reburial and restitution process. His team was responsible for compiling providing historical background to the Roggeveld region and offer context to what might have been going on in the 19th century.
04 Nov 2019
Sutherland Reburial project
UCT is working with the community of Sutherland to return the skeletal remains of nine individuals to their descendants.
04 Nov 2019
Sustainability seminar series launch
On 13 November UCT will host the first of its lunchtime sustainability seminars, a series that looks set to shape the university’s responses to sustainability issues.
04 Nov 2019
Community justice through science
Dr Victoria Gibbon, curator of UCT’s skeletal collection, discusses one of the most extensive, significant and fulfilling projects of her career.
04 Nov 2019
Rewriting a piece of history
Professor Judith Sealy’s research revealed fascinating aspects of the life histories of nine people whose skeletons were obtained unethically by the university between 1925 and 1931.
04 Nov 2019
Encoding the values of transformation
Dr Tinashe Mutsvangwa from UCTʼs Division of Biomedical Engineering played an integral part in restoring the dignity and identity of the Sutherland skeletal remains.
04 Nov 2019
Restoring dignity through forensic art
Kathryn Smith, a South African pursuing a PhD in forensic art in the UK, added her facial reconstruction expertise to the multidisciplinary Sutherland project team.
04 Nov 2019
Using archaeology to correct injustice
UCT archaeologist Emeritus Associate Professor Simon Hall reflects on his contribution to the repatriation, reburial and restorative justice work done at Kruisrivier.
04 Nov 2019
‘We knew their names’
Ancient DNA analyses have identified nine sets of unethically sourced San and Khoe skeletal remains found in UCT’s archive, paving the way for their repatriation to Sutherland.
04 Nov 2019
Breathing life into history
Professor Nigel Pennʼs expertise in the blood-soaked history of the Northern Cape made him a critical roleplayer in a restitution project of historical relevance.
04 Nov 2019
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