Footprints of Ghosts and Bandits

ARANZ 2015 Conference Keynote

Authors

  • Verne Harris Nelson Mandela Foundation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/arch.11088

Keywords:

Recordkeeping, Digitising Archival Materials, Government Archival Policies

Abstract

This keynote address reflects on digital recordmaking in South Africa, noting the influence of the political landscape as the country transitioned from apartheid to democracy. It contends the South African experience is relevant to other countries in the contrast between the recordmaking footprints of the underprivileged and elite sections of society. It also addresses the implication of record gathering for the environment and for social justice.

Metadata reused from the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa under a CC BY 4.0 license.

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Author Biography

Verne Harris, Nelson Mandela Foundation

Verne Harris is Director of Research and Archive at the Nelson Mandela Foundation and was Mandela’s archivist from 2004 to 2013. He is an honorary research fellow with the University of Cape Town, participated in a range of structures which transformed South Africa’s apartheid archival landscape, including the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and is a former Deputy Director of the National Archives. Widely published, he is probably best-known for leading the editorial team on the best-seller
Nelson Mandela: Conversations with Myself. He is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Cordoba in Argentina (2014), archival publication awards from Australia, Canada and South Africa, and both his novels were short-listed for South Africa’s M-Net Book Prize. He has served on the Boards of Archival Science, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, the Freedom of Expression Institute, and the South African History Archive.

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Published

2015-12-01

Issue

2015: December

Section

Articles