Homecoming

A Quick Catch-up 3 months, 12 drawers, over 5000 photographic cards – this was the UCT Collection that I assessed between June and August 2019. Only a short month later I was on a plane to Manchester, to begin my PhD at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM). Here I …

Intermission

Access Granted This is a celebratory pause from the assessment process. I had planned on doing so much in terms of practically engaging the collection, but sometimes certain plans fall away to make space or other necessary activities. In this case: admin. I had hoped that after being granted admission to the PLC (on paper) …