Lessons Lived and Learned in Developing and Managing a Bi-National Cultural Heritage Sector Project in South Africa

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C. Kurt Dewhurst
Narissa Ramdhani
Marsha MacDowell

Abstract

The installation of a new democratic government in South Africa in 1994 opened the door to redress the long-neglected, and often suppressed, needs of the cultural heritage sector of South Africa. Extensive efforts were quickly mobilized to transform practices and policies that erased those of the previously white-dominated, apartheid nation. One multi-faceted bi-national collaboration designed to address transformation needs in the cultural heritage sector resulted in a variety of expected and unexpected positive impacts, identified and implemented a set of principles of partnerships that guided the bi-national work, and set the stage for additional collaborative projects.

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C. Kurt Dewhurst, Michigan State University Museum

Director, Michigan State University Museum

Narissa Ramdhani, Ifa Lethu Foundation

CEO, Ifa Lethu Foundation

Marsha MacDowell, Michigan State University Museum

Curator of Folk Arts, Michigan State University Museum