Valmont Layne
Biographic Data
| ID | 3433806 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Valmont Layne |
| GIVEN NAMES | Valmont |
| FAMILY NAME | Layne |
| SIGNATURE | LAYNE V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Western Cape |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7920-1742 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Oral/Aural
In archival footage uploaded online of a concert at the University of the Western Cape in 1988 musician Robbie Jansen declared that the next composition to be performed was named 'Freedom Where Have You Been'.1 Before counting the band in, Jansen offered a short discourse on the meaning of the phrase hoya chibongo. Hearing the Afrikaans hoorie (meaning listen here) in the expression hoya, Jansen proceeded to split up the word chibongo to accentua…
Thoughts on a Changing Landscape for Research Archiving in the Cloud Era
This article reflects on humanities research and archival futures in Southern Africa in the Cloud era—those collections that support research on an institutionalised basis, including sound and related collections. Since the 1990s, for comparably smaller, lesser resourced institutions in South Africa, a scramble for digital Africa amid a technological divide piled upon other inequities. This condition has manifested in today’s big technology stack…
The District Six Museum
This article describes the founding and work of the District Six Museum. Under the apartheid system, District Six was declared a white-only area. Many residents were forcibly removed, and almost all of the buildings were bulldozed. The District Six Museum was launched in 1994 to keep alive the memories of District Six and displaced people everywhere. It is a space where the forgotten understandings of the past are resuscitated, and where differen…
The District Six Museum
This article describes the founding and work of the District Six Museum. Under the apartheid system, District Six was declared a white-only area. Many residents were forcibly removed, and almost all of the buildings were bulldozed. The District Six Museum was launched in 1994 to keep alive the memories of District Six and displaced people everywhere. It is a space where the forgotten understandings of the past are resuscitated, and where differen…
The District Six Museum
This article describes the founding and work of the District Six Museum. Under the apartheid system, District Six was declared a white-only area. Many residents were forcibly removed, and almost all of the buildings were bulldozed. The District Six Museum was launched in 1994 to keep alive the memories of District Six and displaced people everywhere. It is a space where the forgotten understandings of the past are resuscitated, and where differen…
Thoughts on a Changing Landscape for Research Archiving in the Cloud Era
This article reflects on humanities research and archival futures in Southern Africa in the Cloud era—those collections that support research on an institutionalised basis, including sound and related collections. Since the 1990s, for comparably smaller, lesser resourced institutions in South Africa, a scramble for digital Africa amid a technological divide piled upon other inequities. This condition has manifested in today’s big technology stack…
Oral/Aural
In archival footage uploaded online of a concert at the University of the Western Cape in 1988 musician Robbie Jansen declared that the next composition to be performed was named 'Freedom Where Have You Been'.1 Before counting the band in, Jansen offered a short discourse on the meaning of the phrase hoya chibongo. Hearing the Afrikaans hoorie (meaning listen here) in the expression hoya, Jansen proceeded to split up the word chibongo to accentua…
Art (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Archaeology (1 work) · Cape (1 work) · Cloud computing (1 work) · Diverse Musicological Studies (1 work) · Engineering (1 work) · Environmental ethics (1 work)