The Museums Association of Namibia (MAN) and the Bernisches Historischen Museum (BHM) have the pleasure of inviting all interested, to participate in a consultative workshop on Thursday the 19th of October 2023, which will be hosted by the “Usakos – Making of Common History” project. This hybrid workshop we hope will catalyse more in-depth research and conversation, is the second of two workshops that will...
Living Museum Workshop 2023 The Living Culture Foundation Namibia is organizing a traditional workshop and music festival for all Living Museums from Monday, October 30, 2023, to Friday, November 3, 2023. The workshop will take place at the Mbunza Living Museum, approximately 15 km west of Rundu.Activities of the workshop include woodworking, blacksmithing, pottery, tool making, ostrich egg processing, making fire...
Please join us for an online workshop discussing Namibian heritage in German and South African museums. 2 October 2023, 2pm – 4:30pm, SAST/CAT LINK: https://uwc.zoom.us/j/94615067568 There will be presentations by Larissa Förster (Humboldt University Berlin), Tuuda Haitula (Museums Association of Namibia) and Goodman Gwasira (University of Namibia). The event will be hosted by Prof Ciraj Rassool, Suzana Sousa and Sophie Schasiepen...
The Latvian National Commission for UNESCO is happy to announce the online conference Localising the Sustainable Development Goals through Museums and Libraries II that will take place on 27 September and will be streamed on Facebook pages of the Latvian Museum Association and the Latvian Librarians’ Association: www.facebook.com/muzejilv www.facebook.com/latvijas.bibliotekaru.biedriba The conference is being organized in collaboration between the Baltic states, Georgia and Moldova, with the...
Please download the documents. Call for Entries | Application Forms
Namibian Heritage Week 2023 will be from the 18th – the 24th of September 2023. The theme for Namibian Heritage Week this year is “Heritage and Culture: A Rock-Solid Foundation" in Namibian Sign Language. Read more about Namibian Heritage Week 2023 here. Download this PDF which has all of the NHW Team Posters for 2023. Please follow the Namibian Heritage Week...
Conference organized by ICOMOS Germany and TU Munich (Munich, 3–4 November 2023) Monuments and Sites de-colonial! will be dealing with the German colonial era's architectural relics and investigating post-colonial appropriation strategies and critical communication regarding these buildings. In addition to possible references to pre-colonial legacies, the focus will be primarily on the period of the German colonial era from around 1880...
The theme for Namibian Heritage Week this year is “Heritage and Culture: A Rock-Solid Foundation" in Namibian Sign Language. With funding provided by the National Arts Council of Namibia, we are pleased to announce that MAN can offer Namibian Heritage Week grants for 2023. The Heritage Week Fund is available for MAN’s institutional and associate members who are interested in creating...
Basler Afrika Bibliographien invites you to the book launch of “God’s Feet or the Mission’s Pack Donkey. Evangelists of Namibia” by Hans-Martin Milk. ON THE BOOK African evangelists played a crucial but mostly overlooked role in shaping the spiritual and social networks that transformed indigenous communities in Namibia from the early nineteenth century. Drawing on a wide range of German, Namibian...
The 9th Ibero American Film Festival is taking place from today until 6 July, with screenings every Tuesday and Thursday at Ster-Kinekor Maerua Mall, Windhoek. There are films from Brazil, Cuba, Spain, Portugal, Venezuela and Mexico screening, as well as a chance to watch BAXU AND THE GIANTS on the big screen again, on 6 July. All screenings take place at...
