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Journal articles on the topic "Voortrekker Monument (Pretoria, South Africa)"

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Squire, Michael. "Art and Archaeology." Greece and Rome 69, no. 1 (2022): 156–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0017383521000322.

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My first title in fact comprises two independent books. Within a section dedicated to Graeco-Roman art and archaeology, the subject may come as something of a surprise: the case study is not ‘Greek’ or ‘Roman’, nor does it derive from the extended Mediterranean. Rather, From Memory to Marble analyses the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, inaugurated in 1949. Elizabeth Rankin and Rolf Michael Schneider have delivered a pair of volumes almost as monumental as the installation they describe, the first examining the context, origin, and legacy of the building's frieze, the second cataloguing its twenty-seven scenes. One of the many remarkable aspects of these two books is that both have been made available as free downloads. But what really stands out in the analysis is the ‘unconditional collaboration’ (5) between an art historian and a classical archaeologist: on the one hand, the project showcases how a broader art-historical training can enrich the traditional sorts of questions posed by classical archaeology, especially when it comes to issues of pictorial narrative; on the other, it demonstrates what classical archaeological formalism can offer to contemporary art history, and indeed larger debates about cultural history and contemporary identity politics. The result will be essential reading for anyone concerned with the legacy of classical ideas and imagery in South Africa.

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Autry, Robyn Kimberley. "The Monumental Reconstruction of Memory in South Africa: The Voortrekker Monument." Theory, Culture & Society 29, no. 6 (2012): 146–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263276412438596.

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Prescott, Cynthia, Nathan Rees, and Rebecca Weaver-Hightower. "Enshrining Gender in Monuments to Settler Whiteness: South Africa’s Voortrekker Monument and the United States’ This Is the Place Monument." Humanities 10, no. 1 (2021): 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/h10010041.

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This essay examines two monuments: the Voortrekker Monument in South Africa and the American This is the Place Monument in Utah. Similar in terms of construction and historical purpose, both employ gender as an important tool to legitimize the settler society each commemorates. Each was part of a similar project of cultural recuperation in the 1930s−1940s that chose as their object of commemoration the overland migration in covered wagons of a group of white settlers that felt oppressed by other white settlers, and therefore sought a new homeland. In a precarious cultural moment, descendants of these two white settler societies—the Dutch Voortrekkers of South Africa and Euro-American Mormons (Latter-day Saints or LDS) of Utah—undertook massive commemoration projects to memorialize their ancestors’ 1830s−1840s migrations into the interior, holding Afrikaners and Mormons up as the most worthy settler groups among each nation’s white population. This essay will argue that a close reading of these monuments reveals how each white settler group employed gendered depictions that were inflected by class and race in their claims to be the true heart of their respective settler societies, despite perceiving themselves as oppressed minorities.

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Bogatova, O. A., and A. V. Mitrofanova. "Museification of the Traumatic Past in South Africa: Competing Narratives." Izvestiya of Altai State University, no. 6(116) (December 18, 2020): 12–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.14258/izvasu(2020)6-01.

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The article summarizes the results of a case study undertaken with the help of non-participant observation in January 2020 in South Africa. Three memorial sites have been observed: the Apartheid Museum, the Liliesleaf Farm Museum and the Voortrekker Monument. Data collection and analysis have allowed identifying the ideological and evaluative content of the expositions of museums that serve the purpose of commemorating the traumatic past of South Africa, and tracing their relationship with other commemorative narratives and the evolution of historical policy in the 20th -21st centuries. The authors draw parallels with some elements of Soviet domestic and, in particular, national policy, which, without declaring segregation goals directly, engendered similar consequences, and became evaluated as encouraging ethnic particularism in the post-Soviet period. The article concludes that in all cases in question, representations of collective trauma and armed struggle fulfill a legitimizing function, justifying the rights of ethnic and racial groups to the territory and nation building. In general, museum displays and memorials dedicated to apartheid and commemorating events related to state building represent South African society as deeply divided.

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Schmahmann, Brenda, Vineet Thakur, and Peter Vale. "Defining a sphere of influence: Karel Landman's centenary monument." Image & Text, no. 36 (December 2, 2022): 1–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2617-3255/2022/n36a14.

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Located on a cleared koppie called "Kolrand" in the Eastern Cape, the Karel Landman Monument (KLM) was designed by Gerhard Moerdijk. Its foundation was laid on 16 December 1938, and the monument itself was unveiled a year later. But rather than being a straightforward outgrowth of the celebrations that surrounded the Centenary of the Great Trek, it is revealed that the KLM was mired in controversy about Karel Landman's standing as a "Voortrekker" and the monument's legitimacy. It is argued also that, despite seeming unusual, it deploys visual tropes that can be discerned in other monuments that emanated from the Centenary Trek. Furthermore, it is proposed that its visual language is tied into Afrikaner imaginaries that held sway in the late 1930s. In its inclusion of a globe and its treatment of the trek motif within it, the KLM is underpinned by a conception of South Africa's place in the world that is at odds with a British imperialist vision of the Cape and Egypt as civilising points at either end of a dark hinterland. It would seem instead to be tied into conceptions of the heartland of Africa as an abode in which the white Afrikaner enjoys a God-given predominance and may perhaps even be linked to conceptions of Monomotapa which were an influence on Moerdijk.

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Grundlingh, A. "A Cultural Conundrum? Old Monuments and New Regimes: The Voortrekker Monument as Symbol of Afrikaner Power in a Postapartheid South Africa." Radical History Review 2001, no. 81 (2001): 94–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/01636545-2001-81-94.

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Britz, Dolf. "The religious statement of the Voortrekker Monument as a site of Afrikaner memory: Origin, composition and reception." HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies 74, no. 3 (2018). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hts.v74i3.5142.

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The religious statement made by the Voortrekker Monument is part and parcel of its meaning and symbolism. This aspect of its composition and intention has not yet been submitted to thorough theological-critical investigation and scrutiny. Stepping into the gap, this article traces the religious intention and intonation of the Monument. The first part of the article entails the history of the Moerdyk design, based on antique Egyptian religious architecture. Then a discussion of the way in which the architect blended his (Egyptian) design with the religious spirituality and nationalism of the Afrikaner is presented. The last section deals with the altar text in the heart of the building: ‘We for thee, South Africa’. This secular text constitutes the religious statement of the memorial. Care should therefore be taken to embed the symbolism and meaning of the building in the Christian faith or the so-called Calvinism of the Afrikaner. The engagement with the Monument’s religious statement revealed a sacrificed religion trapped in a still remarkable commemorative building.

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Penzhorn, B. L. "Onderstepoort 1908 - 2008, D.W. Verwoerd and R.D. Bigalke (Eds.) : book review." Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 80, no. 2 (2009). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v80i2.185.

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October 2008 saw the commemoration of the centenary of the inauguration of the first building on the Onderstepoort campus. This building was declared a national monument in 1983. The roots of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute actually go back further, to 1896, when the rinderpest pandemic sweeping down the African continent prompted the government of the then Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek to establish a 'disinfection station' at Daspoort, on the outskirts of Pretoria, under the supervision of Arnold Theiler. The activities of that rather basic laboratory were transferred in October 1908 to the state-of-the-art building that had been erected on the farm 'De Onderstepoort', north of Pretoria. The name Onderstepoort has since become synonymous with veterinary research and education, not only in South Africa, but also far beyond its borders.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Voortrekker Monument (Pretoria, South Africa)"

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Kruger, Cecilia. "Heritage resource management in South Africa : a case study of the Voortrekker Monument Heritage Site, Pretoria." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25590.

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The major focus of this essay is the case study of the Voortrekker Monument Heritage Site in Pretoria, the introduction of a new management team in 1994 and the suggested manner in which the management could be improved. To place this particular case study in perspective, it was necessary in the first place, to look at the meaning of cultural resource- or heritage management and other related terms. It soon became apparent that no single term for this new discipline has been determined and that countries around the world differ greatly on this issue. South Africa uses the term Heritage Resource Management. An overview of cultural resources management (CRM) in other countries such as the U.S.A., Great Britain and some members of the Commonwealth, was also presented. Cultural resource management is a relatively new discipline in South Africa, and an historical overview, in which most of the relevant legislation was referred to, was undertaken. In comparison to other countries in the world, much less publications have been produced in South Africa. Most of these had been completed as dissertations or as papers for conferences. A detailed summary of all the relevant (directly or indirectly) legislation was compiled. In the last chapter, a case study of the Voortrekker Monument was undertaken. An attempt was made to provide adequate answers to the questions why?, how?, and who? should manage a heritage site. Answers to the question as to why a site should be managed, include the establishing of a cultural identity, the site's educational value, for research purposes and finally for its important role in the tourism industry. In the section on how to manage a site, aspects such as the identification and cultural significance of a site were discussed. The importance of a mission and a vision and key strategies, as well as policies were stressed. Resource management on the site includes conservation techniques, sustainable use and visitor management as well as heritage impact assessment. The site's financial management and the site's marketing were addressed in the last section. A heritage site must be managed by 'someone' and in the last section the 'who' (human resources) behind the management of the site, is discussed. Finally the hope is expressed that this dissertation will serve as a basis for a conservation management plan for the VTMHS and serve as a manual for other, similar heritage sites.
Dissertation (MA (Heritage and Museum Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2006.
Historical and Heritage Studies
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Kruger, Cecilia. "Heritage resource management in South Africa : a case study of the Voortrekker Monument Heritage Site, Pretoria." Pretoria : [S.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06172005-162219.

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Books on the topic "Voortrekker Monument (Pretoria, South Africa)"

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Man en monument: Die lewe en werk van Gerard Moerdijk. J.L. van Schaik, 1999.

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Schneider, Rolf Michael, and Elizabeth Rankin. From Memory to Marble : The Historical Frieze of the Voortrekker Monument Part I: The Frieze. de Gruyter GmbH, Walter, 2020.

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From Memory to Marble : The Historical Frieze of the Voortrekker Monument Part I: The Frieze. de Gruyter GmbH, Walter, 2020.

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Book chapters on the topic "Voortrekker Monument (Pretoria, South Africa)"

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"8. Celebrating ‘Mothers Of The Nation’: The Monument To The Women Of South Africa In Pretoria." In Landscape of Memory. BRILL, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004178564.i-410.85.

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"A Cultural Conundrum? Old Monuments and New Regimes: The Voortrekker Monument as Symbol of Afrikaner Power in a Postapartheid South Africa." In Contested Histories in Public Space. Duke University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9780822391425-009.

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