Witnessing the Ruins of Apartheid

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" Witnessing the Ruins of Apartheid "
Marie Kruger

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1076771
Doc. No	:	LA120400
Call No	:	‭10.1163/18757421-05001008‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Marie Kruger
Title & Author	:	Witnessing the Ruins of Apartheid [Article]\ Marie Kruger
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Matatu
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	50/1
Page No	:	60–80
Abstract	:	Constitution Hill, a unique and hybrid memorial site in the centre of Johannesburg, commemorates the violence of apartheid in the city’s infamous prison complex. Based on a series of workshops with former inmates and prison staff, the permanent exhibitions emphasize the importance of personal objects and testimonials for understanding the human rights violations of the past and their significance for the present and the future. In response to Yvonne Owuor’s appeal to remember the vulnerability of those human bodies who no one “[has] bothered to mention, to mourn”, my article attempts to map a new path towards responsible forms of spectatorship as we walk through the former Women’s Jail and listen to the witness accounts of Deborah Matshoba and Nolundi Ntamo. Constitution Hill, a unique and hybrid memorial site in the centre of Johannesburg, commemorates the violence of apartheid in the city’s infamous prison complex. Based on a series of workshops with former inmates and prison staff, the permanent exhibitions emphasize the importance of personal objects and testimonials for understanding the human rights violations of the past and their significance for the present and the future. In response to Yvonne Owuor’s appeal to remember the vulnerability of those human bodies who no one “[has] bothered to mention, to mourn”, my article attempts to map a new path towards responsible forms of spectatorship as we walk through the former Women’s Jail and listen to the witness accounts of Deborah Matshoba and Nolundi Ntamo.
Descriptor	:	Constitution Hill
Descriptor	:	Deborah Matshoba
Descriptor	:	memorial museum
Descriptor	:	Nolundi Ntamo
Descriptor	:	video testimonial
Descriptor	:	witnessing
Descriptor	:	Women’s Jail
Descriptor	:	Yvonne Owuor
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/18757421-05001008‬