The Coachmans Cottage Museum as custodian of local
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The Coachman’s Cottage Museum as custodian of local history and culture of schools and communities in the Helderberg region.
History of the Helderberg region • Firgrove, Macassar, Somerset West, Strand, Gordon’s Bay and Sir Lowry’s pass • Peggy Heap’s book: The Story of the Hottentots Holland (1977) • Lack of written local history especially of mission stations and people of colour
Harold Herman’s work in this area since the 1980’s • The Methodist Mission Stations of: Raithby, Somerset West and Sir Lowry’s pass • The two museums in the Helderberg region: the Coachman’s Cottage Museum and the Lwandle Migrant History Museum • The establishment of the Coachman’s cottage Museum in 2007
• The Coachman’s Cottage museum collection and it’s role in documenting the history of slave descendants, churches and schools in the region • Ex of slaves and missionary history: - Raithby, Somerset West and Sir Lowry’s pass established by first Methodist church missionary, rev. Barnabas Shaw – copies of Harold Herman’s papers available - The newly published book on the history of the Katts family of Somerset West written by Mercia and Lionel Smith – copies available for sale
CAPS Guidelines for Heritage Assignment for Grade 10 Local, regional or national focus Three-stage process Include oral history Include ideologies and debates around heritage • Include research • Include a Key Question • •
Key Question • ‘How is colonial heritage memorialised and conserved in the historic core of Somerset West? ’
NG Kerk
Eufees memorial
Methodist Church
Coachman’s Cottage
Learners’ Comments • I did not know the Church was there until I did this project • The gravel road that leads to the (NG) Church must be the only piece of untarred road in S. W. • Die Kerkplein kom in ‘n arm gebied voor. . . dus is die terrein nie aantreklik vir toeriste nie • I wondered why the birthplace or heart of S. W. was so abandoned and uncared for
More Learner Comments • Aangesien Suid-Afrika eers onlangs apartheid afgeskaf het. . . , sukkel mense om die koloniale erfenis in ‘n positiewe lig te sien • I think that this cottage (Cottage Museum) is the best looked after Heritage Site I have seen in Somerset West. Nobody visits – why?
Ideology and Debate: The issue of Dissonant Heritage • How is colonial (minority) heritage in conflict with the values of post-colonial majority rule, within the historical core? • Who are the Custodians? Who should pay for conservation of colonial minority heritage sites? • How is S. A. Missions Heritage in conflict with the assumptions of urban development within the historic core?
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- A "think local, act local" multidomestic type of strategy
- Two drawbacks of a think local act local
- Local vertical local horizontal frame
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- White cottage cheese discharge
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- Flat house cottage sofa
- Cottage chamonix
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- Industry definition
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