Book: Visual Redress in Africa from Indigenous and New Material Perspectives
Costandius, E. & de Villiers, G. (Eds.) (June 2023) Visual Redress in Africa from Indigenous and New Materialist Perspectives. Routledge.
Book Summary
Through an indigenous and new materialist thinking approach, this book discusses various examples in Africa where colonial public art, statues, signs and buildings were removed or changed after countries’ independence.
An African perspective on these processes will bring new understandings and assist in finding ways to address issues in other countries and continents. These often-unresolved issues attract much attention, but finding ways of working through them requires a deeper and broader approach. Contributors propose an African indigenous knowledge perspective in relation to new materialism as alternative approaches to engage with visual redress and decolonisation of spaces in an African context. Authors such as Frantz Fanon, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and George Dei will be referred to regarding indigenous knowledge, decolonialisation, and Africanisation and Karen Barad, Donna Haraway, and Rosi Braidotti regarding new materialism.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual culture, heritage studies, African studies and architecture.
Book: Evoking Transformation: Visual Redress at Stellenbosch University
Aslam Fataar, Elmarie Costandius This book presents a reflective account of a pertinent aspect of institutional transformation at one South African university. It contains chapters written by institutional actors from across Stellenbosch University (SU) who have been doing generative work in the area of visual redress.
Book Summary
“This book is especially timely and will be very influential in the acknowledgment of the importance of institutional transformation in the context of heritage in postcolonial universities in South Africa, Africa, and globally.” Dr Mathias Alubafi Fubah Human Sciences Research Council “This book is a significant contribution to Higher Education globally in doing Transformation and doing change in Institutional Culture. It is a powerful reference point and resource for transformation offices/social justice units in South Africa and globally as we continue to engage with the Hard Science of Change. Visual Redress provides insight into the specific choices made by Stellenbosch University in relation to its location and healing institutionally harmed communities. We must learn from this as we continuously engage with our praxis.” Dr Bernadette Judith Johnson Director: Transformation and Employment Equity Office University of the Witwatersrand
