A Fundamental Transformation: The Management of South Africa's Heritage for Nation Building in the Post-Apartheid Era

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dc.contributor.authorLytle, Melanie D.
dc.contributor.programMA in Historic Preservationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-11T18:39:56Z
dc.date.available2016-04-11T18:39:56Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractDrawing on compelling examples of South Africa’s heritage sector transformation after the end of apartheid, this thesis considers the use of heritage resources in nation building and its potential for supporting the transition to democracy in places with difficult and painful pasts. Three South African heritage sites are analyzed: Constitution Hill in Johannesburg, a notorious twentieth century former prison incorporated into the new Constitutional Court complex; Prestwich Place in Cape Town, a pre-1830s informal burial ground, the management of which has spurred contentious debates; and the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, an ostentatious symbol of the former regime built in 1949 that is struggling to maintain its relevance. The analysis of these three sites is prefaced by an overview of the place of heritage in nation building and in places of atrocity and pain, and by a summary of South Africa’s century-long history of heritage management. The thesis concludes with recommendations for other sites in South Africa that have yet to transform and for other nations transitioning to democracy and/or dealing with difficult heritage. South Africa’s commitment to democratic heritage transformation has permitted a rewriting of the nation’s history, has exposed the challenges and rewards from the involvement of everyone in the identification and management of heritage, and has resulted in an atypical decision to leave some of the more difficult pasts in place to permit debate to persist, all lessons that are important for managing difficult heritage in nation building in South Africa and elsewhere in the world.en_US
dc.format.extent202 p.en_US
dc.genrethesesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M26164
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/2772
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtGoucher College, Baltimore, MD
dc.rightsTo view a complete copy of this thesis please contact Goucher College Special Collections & Archives at archives@goucher.edu or (410) 337-6075.
dc.subjectPost-apartheid era -- South Africaen_US
dc.subjectNation-building -- South Africaen_US
dc.subjectConstitution Hill (Heritage complex : Johannesburg, South Africa) -- Conservation and restorationen_US
dc.subjectVoortrekker Monument Museum (Pretoria, South Africa) -- Conservation and restorationen_US
dc.subjectPrestwich Place (Cape Town, South Africa) -- Conservation and restorationen_US
dc.subject.lcshHistoric preservation -- Theses
dc.titleA Fundamental Transformation: The Management of South Africa's Heritage for Nation Building in the Post-Apartheid Eraen_US
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