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            The Herds We are proud to announce that Ukwanda Puppets and Design Arts Collective will be joining ‘The Herds' as they travel with life-sized animal puppets from Kinshasa to Norway.... READ MORE ACIP: Call for workshop proposals and for Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Award Applications. The CHR is pleased to announce that applications for the 2026 African Critical Inquiry Programme (ACIP) workshop and Doctoral Research awards for 2025 are now open.... READ MORE Waterlogged hauntings of the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and beyond The Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape and the Centre of Excellence for Black Planetary Studies, Institute for Social and Health Sciences, UNISA, invite you.... READ MORE
            October 28, 2020

            Sets & Devices

            Dr Kim Gurney, Next Generation scholar at the CHR, has created a limited edition photobook about life in the artisanal workshop of Sets & Devices in Salt River, Cape Town.
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