18 FADA ANNUAL REPORT 2023 RESEARCH CENTRES these conferences, the publication of scholarly journals and book chapters as well as additional outputs such as book reviews, curatorial initiatives, catalogue essays or creative work, for example. The intention is also to enable PhD theses and Master’s submissions and for the former to yield scholarly articles book chapters or other kinds of scholarly/creative output. The intention is also to enable participation in conferences, local and international. The SARChI chair undertook work in these various areas and is on track to meet its objectives with the NRF. In November, the SARChI Chair organized the international conference ‘Monumental Developments: Contemporary Approaches to Commemorative Public Art’ at the chair’s facilities. The event, held from 8 to 11 November, welcomed scholars from South Africa and around the world, including Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Sweden, and Latvia. Another collaborative initiative, ‘Indigeneity and Visual Sovereignty: Rendition, Heritage, Vision,’ was hosted in partnership with Karlstad University and Linnaeus University in Sweden, along with the University of Pretoria. This event unfolded at the Khwa ttu San Cultural Heritage Centre in Cape Town. Throughout the year, SARChI organized research events, including two guest lectures by Staffan Löfving Associate Professor, Social Anthropology and Senior Lecturer, Intercultural Studies at Karlstad University, Sweden. On 3 May, 2023, he presented ‘The Moving Stills of Sarajevo: A Visual Anthropology,’ and on 17 November, 2023, he discussed ‘Gifts in Art and Anthropology.’ The centre’s notable exhibitions included ‘Mandela’s Roots: An exhibition of photographs by Bonile Bam.’ This exhibition showcased previously unreleased photographs by South African photographer Bonile Bam and coincided with the symposium ‘Lens in the Landscape: Responses to Bonile Bam.’ Additionally, we collaborated with the Fashion Departments at FADA and the Durban University of Technology for an exhibition curated by FADA Fashion Design Senior Lecturer Khaya Mchunu, featuring student engagements with Drum magazine archives. NRF SARChI Chair in South African Art & Visual Culture Under the directorship of Prof Brenda Schmahmann, the SARChI Chair in South African Art and Visual Culture operates in terms of output targets established every five years rather than annually. These include the editing of books, the hosting of conferences that are shaped around rubrics relevant to the chair, the development of special issues or edited volumes from FADA hosts two important research centres: The NRF SARChI Chair in South African Art and Visual Culture, headed by Prof Brenda Schmahmann, and Visual Identities in Art and Design (VIAD), Headed by Prof Leora Farber. Together, they contribute a significant portion of the Faculty’s research output.
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