FRC Online Talk: The Value of Open Spaces

We warmly invite you to join us on Tuesday 01 November where Glynn Alard will be our guest speaker.

WHERE & WHEN: Rondebosch United Church, Belmont road at 6:30pm for 7pm.

Glynn Alard, heritage worker and the educator at the Iziko South African Museum, will be discussing the Commemoration of Indigenous Heritage through Open Green Spaces, with a particular focus on the Two Rivers Corridor. The corridor is framed by the Liesbeek and Black River, of which the Rondebosch Common is the largest Open Green Space. While many historical cultures in South America, Europe, Asia, and north-eastern Africa have tangibly commemorated their heritage in the built environment, sculpture, and portraiture, this is not the dominant practice for most southern African indigenous cultures, with the notable exceptions of the stonewalled citadels such as Mapungubwe. Undeveloped, natural landscapes allow for communities to maintain a sense of place with opportunities for contemplative, religious, spiritual, and ancestral connection. Protected landscapes in which indigenous ecosystems are healthy and intact are particularly valuable in evoking a sense of place for indigenous communities.