In this paper, I argue that museums in general are utopias, “no-places†in which categorisations of objects can be opened up for destabilisation. Following a discussion of the ways in which the categories “material culture†and “art†are reflected in museums, I argue that once the museum is transposed to Africa, its function as a space in which heritage...

In this paper, I argue that museums in general are utopias, “no-places†in which categorisations of objects can be opened up for destabilisation. Following a discussion of the ways in which the categories “material culture†and “art†are reflected in museums, I argue that once the museum is transposed to Africa, its function as a space in which heritage...

Migrant labour practices in southern Africa pulled large numbers of men into the cities and onto the mines, leaving women at home to tend the fields, bring up the children, care for the elderly and, most importantly, to keep cultural identity alive. At the same time, migrant labour provided cash for those left behind, facilitated the passage of trade goods from cit...