Brainstorms
on the Bay’ is a public lecture series hosted by the Simon’s Town Museum, in
collaboration with The Commons in Muizenberg, and is designed to stimulate
informed discussion and debate amongst community members living across the
South Peninsula.
The
series seeks to build a deeper understanding of our complex history and the
deep divides we continue to struggle with. We want to make sense of our current
political impasse, and learn to think about key global challenges such as
climate change and ecological collapse. The creative arts (painting,
writing, theatre) music, and history are also themes covered in this series.
Many
people remain unaware of the Simon’s Town Museum and its programmes, including
its events, projects and installations on forced removals. The Museum and the
Phoenix Committee work together in keeping alive the memories and experiences
of those who had to leave Simon’s Town for Ocean View and elsewhere in the late
1960s and early 1970s. The Simon’s Town Museum is an active space of living
heritage, discussion, and engagement.
Lectures
will take place at the Museum on the first Wednesday of every month, at 7:00pm,
and at the Commons on the last Wednesday of every month. Some will take place
2:00pm on Saturdays to enable local community members to attend. Any programme
changes will be announced closer to the time.
To sign up for the
mailing list contact:
brainstormsonthebay@gmail.com
or education@simonstownmuseum.co.za / 021 786 3046
education@simonstownmuseum.co.za / 021
786 3046
The below schedule is subject to
changes, Any changes will be communicated via the mailing list, WhatsApp and
our social media.
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Wed 7th Feb (Museum)
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Well-known author and
journalist Max du Preez talks about South Africa’s Lost Thirty
Years, in conversation with Lester Kiewit of Cape Talk
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Wed 21st Feb (Commons)
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Renowned UCT scientist Prof
Timm Hoffman presents A Window to What Was, discussing how photographic evidence reveals long-term
processes of environmental change. His discussant is Dr Rick Rohde
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Sat 9th March (Museum)
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Caryn Dolley, a prolific author and expert on organized crime,
discusses Gangsterism’s Vast Grip on Our
Lives, in conversation with Prof
Irvin Kinnes of UCT
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Wed 20th March (Commons)
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Internationally recognised scientist Prof Justin O’Rian of UCT
talks about Baboon Management on the Cape Peninsula, with
remarks and questions by Prof Ben Cousins of UWC
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Wed 10rd April (Museum)
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Prof Harald Winkler, an expert
on renewable energy from UCT, discusses The Climate Crisis and a Just
Transition in SA
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Wed 17th April (Commons)
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Nomfundo Xaluva-Dyantjes of UCT
talks about the unique sound of South African Jazz.
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Sat 4th May (Ocean View)
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Buhle Booi, an activist from
Ndifuna Ukhwazi, presents an analysis of Apartheid Geography and Cape
Town’s Housing Crisis, and will be responded to Dr John Spyropoulos, an academic and
practitioner
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Wed 15th May (Commons)
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Leading oceanographer Prof
Pedro Monteiro of U. Stellenbosch lectures on Southern African Oceans and
Climate Change, with his colleague Dr
Precious Nongwe as discussant
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Sat 25th May (Museum)
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Joline Young, an experienced
researcher and heritage practitioner, presents research findings on Cape Slavery and Simon’s Town’s
History, with Prof Gabeba Baderoon
of the U. of Pennsylvania as her discussant
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Fri and Sat 7th and
8th June
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World Ocean Day: Winter Lecture
Series (with films and theatre): details to be announced
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Wed 12th June (Museum)
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Poetry reading with
award-winning poets Gabeba Baderoon and Khosi Xaba
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Sat 15th June (Museum)
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Theatre performance and
fundraiser: My Fellow South Africans, by Mike van Graan
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Wed 19th June (Museum)
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Acclaimed playwright Mike van
Graan presents a talk on Theatre and Social Transformation: Let the Box Office Decide
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Wed 4th September
(Museum)
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Professor Leslie Witz presents
a talk on the History of False Bay
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Wed 18th
September (Museum)
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A Lecture about Landmarks
of South African Fiction presented by David Atwell
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Sat 12th October
(Ocean View)
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A workshop on 'Food and
Hunger in Cape Town'
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