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Redressing past cultural biases and imbalances in South Africa: a contribution by the Library of the South African National Gallery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Josephine Andersen
Josephine Andersen*
Affiliation:
South African National Gallery, P.O. Box 2420, Cape Town, South Africa
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Abstract

Legislation in South Africa now provides for the inclusion of arts and culture and adult literacy in the education system and art libraries can help promote this Government initiative by distributing their resources widely. The Library of the South African National Gallery is playing an unusual and non-traditional role in helping redress past inequities. It uses visual art, with its concern with expression and communication, to encourage adult learning and stimulate articulacy by encouraging learners to ‘read’ texts from the mass media and visual artworks in order to develop skills in all kinds of literacy. SANG’s project shows how language and artworks can be linked together productively, contributing to the basic education and training of adults.

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Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , 1998 , pp. 4 - 7
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1998

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