Scenes from the South - an international travelling exhibition on the archives of J. M. Coetzee
- Submitting institution
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School of Oriental and African Studies
- Unit of assessment
- 34 - Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management
- Output identifier
- 33057
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- T - Other
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- Brief description of type
- Amazwi South African Museum of Literature and Harry Ransom Centre University of Texas at Austin
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month
- February
- Year
- 2020
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- Supplementary information
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- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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1
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- The idea and title of this exhibition came from Easton, as co-curator. She led on the exhibition proposal, the cartographical concept, the text and design, as well as contributed original images and short films (from South Africa, South Australia, and the South of France). The project has involved extensive research into the Coetzee collections at the Ransom Center and Amazwi, and was supported by two research fellowships from the Harry Ransom Center (2014; 2018).
Designed around a series of itineraries, the exhibition looks to his roots – as well as his routes – in the South. It is inspired by Coetzee’s own fictionalised autobiographical trilogy, Scenes from Provincial Life (2011) and the ‘Literatures of the South’ project he directed in Argentina (2015-18). Bringing together Easton’s creative-critical work on archival biographies and translocal mobilities, this multi-component portfolio comprises: the physical exhibition at Amazwi, a 3-D virtual tour of the exhibition at South Africa’s first ever virtual National Arts Festival, an exhibition catalogue, two books (Coetzee; Wicomb), a writers’ programme, and a conference.
The key aims of Scenes from the South are biographical, cartographical and curatorial. The project seeks to diversify readings of South Africa’s most distinguished writer – a leading figure on the world stage – and to facilitate curatorial connections, collections and knowledge exchange with partners who share a decolonising agenda in museum practice, the heritage sector, and literary and historical archives.
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- Non-English
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