๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐น๐-๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ.
๐ค: ๐ง๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ.
A: My name is Chiara Singh and Iโm currently working as a Project Assistant in the Department of Human Sciences. The department works towards the promotion and conservation of a large anthropology and archaeology collection by documenting and researching as much as we can about every object and artefact we have.
๐ค: ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐น๐-๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ?
A: I have worked on a few projects since I joined the Museum but two projects stand out for me, which I am currently working on in conjunction with Dr Justine Wintjes under the African Digital Humanities programme: the Five Hundred Year Archive and Metsemegologolo. The Five Hundred Year Archive convenes digital resources online for the study of pre-colonial history in the KZN region. Metsemegologolo (meaning โancient townsโ in Setswana) is a linked project that seeks to promote understanding of precolonial African urbanisms. Both projects are experimental and their websites are in development, so watch this space!
Itโs very exciting for us because we get to see some of the earliest objects in our collection displayed online where they can be engaged with by a wider audience. Dr Wintjes and myself have worked towards building these online curations for academics and the general public to explore and interact with. These two projects have been the biggest highlight for me in terms of personal, departmental, and museum achievements. I have gained a lot of experience and we are learning so much as a department about digitization and online databases and how that will help the KwaZulu-Natal Museum in the near future.
๐ค: ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ?
A: The best advice that I can give to any young woman who would like to become an archaeologist or anthropologist is to follow your passion and believe in yourself and your capabilities because that will always show in the work that you do. There will always be people who believe in you in this line of work and the opportunities might take a while to arrive but once they do, there will be nothing to stop you from persevering.
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