Student research & publications

Class of 2019

Mabafokeng Hoeane

The Spiritual Significance and Conservation of Dinkho tsa Badimo at the Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History

Supervisor: Isabelle McGinn

Salomé Le Roux

A technical survey of Lucky Madlo Sibiya's (1942-1999) materials and techniques employed in his carved and painted wood panel artworks

Supervisor: Maggi Loubser; Co-Supervisor: Gerard de Kamper (Curator UP Museum Collections, University of Pretoria) 

Emilia Zambri

Heritage and reconciliation within a post-colonial society, Cockatoo Island as a case study

Supervisor: Maggi Loubser; Co-Supervisor: Johan Swart (Lecturer, Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria)

 Class of 2020

Laura Esser

The (im)permanence of fading smoke: a conservation case study of Diane Victor's soot drawings

Supervisor: Isabelle McGinn; Co-Supervisor: Soyeon Choi (Head of Paper Conservation, Yale Center for British Art, Yale University)

Daniéle Knoetze

The art of 'looking': a technical analysis of Alexis Preller's Man in the Sun 

Supervisor: Maggi Loubser; Co-Supervisor: Karel Nel (Artist, curator and academic)

Mabokang Mokotjo

Investigation of artisanal tanning in Lesotho communities using a Setlokoa cowhide dress as a case study

Supervisor: Isabelle McGinn; Co-Supervisor: Nancy Child (Freelance Archaeological conservator)

Henry Nakale 

Oranjemund Shipwreck: a composition analysis of the Pewter Kitchen Ware and their conservation aspects

Supervisor: Maggi Loubser; Co-Supervisor: Jaco Boshoff (Maritime Archaeologist, Iziko Museums of South Africa)

Mampopi Namane

Assessment of preservation of paper records at Lesotho National Archives

Supervisor: Isabelle McGinn; Co-Supervisor: Mary Minicka (Head of Preservation, Western Cape Archives)

- Author Isabelle McGinn

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