Browsing Historical and Heritage Studies by Author "Shepherd, Nicholas"

Browsing Historical and Heritage Studies by Author "Shepherd, Nicholas"

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  • Archaeology in the shadow of apartheid : race, science and prehistory 
    Shepherd, Nicholas (South African Archaeological Society, 2019-04)
    What was the relationship between archaeology and apartheid in South Africa? How did South African archaeologists navigate the relationship between science and state under apartheid? This paper makes two arguments: the ...
  • Decolonizing climate change–heritage research 
    Simpson, Nicholas P.; Clarke, Joanne; Orr, Scott Allan; Cundill, Georgina; Orlove, Ben; Fatoric, Sandra; Sabour, Salma; Khalaf, Nadia; Rockman, Marcy; Pinho, Patricia; Maharaj, Shobha S.; Mascarenhas, Poonam V.; Shepherd, Nicholas; Sithole, Pindai M.; Ngaruiya, Grace Wambui; Roberts, Debra C.; Trisos, Christopher H. (Nature Research, 2022-03)
    Climate change poses a threat to heritage globally. Decolonial approaches to climate change–heritage research and practice can begin to address systemic inequities, recognize the breadth of heritage and strengthen adaptation ...
  • Making sense of "Day Zero" : slow catastrophes, anthropocene futures, and the story of Cape Town's water crisis 
    Shepherd, Nicholas (MDPI, 2019)
    What form do the current and future catastrophes of the Anthropocene take? Adapting a concept from Rod Nixon, this communication makes a case for the notion of slow catastrophes, whose unfolding in space and time is ...
  • Specters of Cape Town : heritage, memory, and restitution in contemporary South African art, architecture, and museum practice 
    Joffe, Daniela Francis; Shepherd, Nicholas (Routledge, 2020)
    Cape Town is home to a series of extreme disjunctive arrangements of wealth and poverty. Key to understanding the city is the deep inscription of historical injustice and its expression in contemporary forms of social ...