Stellenbosch University
Client Name
Stellenbosch University
Date
2021/2022
Category
Marketing video & Documentary on rural gentrification
Dorette Potgieter Productions was commissioned to produce a marketing video for the Department of Geography and Environmental studies showcasing various amenities and a documentary on gentrification in and around the hamlets of Stellenbosch.
The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies is the oldest university department that has taught and conducted research in the field of geography in British colonised Africa. South African Geography teaching and research was championed by Professor Samuel Shand in 1913. The actual teaching of geography commenced in 1914 at Victoria College, the institution from which Stellenbosch University was established in 1918. In 2020 the Department celebrated its centenary. During the mid1960s growing demand for physical space resulted in the rehousing of the department of the Natural Sciences Building. Since the early 2000s the Department has been housed in the Chamber of Mines Building, centrally located along Ryneveld Street.
A documentary on gentrification with project leader Prof. Ronnie Donaldson
LEFT: Strijdom van der Merwe instillation.
Artwashing juxtaposed, die tema van die landskunsuitstalling van Strijdom van der Merwe in samewerking met stedelike geograaf Ronnie Donaldson, verbonde aan die Departement Geografie en Omgewingstudie, Stellenbosch Universiteit, raak die sensitiewe kwessie van gentrifikasie aan. Op Dinsdag 5 Oktober is twintig klein wit huis strukture opgerig op die grasperk tussen die R44 en die inkopiesentrum in Jamestown, net buite Stellenbosch. Oor die daaropvolgende dae word 10 groter rooi geverfde houtstrukture opgerig om die proses van gentrifikasie uit te beeld.
Kunstenaar Marié Stander is ook deel van die dokumentêr oor gentrifikasie as deel van die Jamestown of ook bekend as die Webersvallei gemeenskap.
https://www.mariestander.co.za/
