by Marion Ellis | Jan 6, 2023 | South African History Specialists, Specialists
She finds stories that reflect the multiple layering of human history on our South African landscape. Her PhD explored the role that the process of curation and engagement with the archive and historical representation can play in heritage and transformation work. On...
by Marion Ellis | Jan 6, 2023 | South African History Specialists, Specialists
She has co-authored a two-volume history: Cape Town. The Making of a City, and Cape Town in the Twentieth Century and is an Honorary Research Associate in the History Department, University of Stellenbosch. This social history of Cape Town under Dutch and British...
by Marion Ellis | Nov 20, 2020 | Art & Design Matters, Heritage & History Matters, Insightful Matters
In the course of putting together our forthcoming webinar sesssion on HISTORY which flights on Thursday December 03 at 8pm (SA), I’ve been reflecting on how heedless we are if we disregard pointers by philosophers like Santayana, who caution: ”Those...
by Marion Ellis | May 14, 2016 | Testimonials
Stan & Pam Hart, Woods Hole & Arizona, USA You just know that there’s no such thing as one size fits all. So you paid attention to our needs and wishes and set about to create – and deliver – a very special experience with infectious enthusiasm. It’s not all...
by Marion Ellis | Sep 7, 2015 | Testimonials
Anne Redford, London Time in Johannesburg with your specialist guide was amazing, because of his breadth and depth of knowledge. It was a joy to be guided around significant locations like the Constitutional Court by him and to hear much more about Thabo Mbeki than...