Dynamic Heritage Professional

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Headline: Dynamic Heritage Professional
Name: Utando Baduza
Email Address: ubadu@mailbox.co.za
Current Location: Pretoria, Gauteng. South Africa

Preferred Job Category: Curator

Personal Statement:
My work experience to date has been focused on the realms of arts and culture, publishing and heritage. I am looking for an opportunity to apply my knowledge and experience to a broader spectrum of within the heritage industry, particularly Planning and Management. I am confident that my knowledge base, skills set and positive attitude enable me to successfully work in these fields. I want to work for an organization whose challenging and stimulating environment gives me opportunities to learn and develop, and that recognizes both the value I contribute and my potential.

Education:
2009 (current) PhD in Heritage Management & Planning (WITS)
2007 – MA in Public and Visual History (cum laude)
Public Culture in Africa, History of Anthropology & mini-thesis (UWC)
2005 – Post-Graduate Diploma in Heritage and Museum Studies
Issues in Heritage and Museum Studies, Public History and Tourism, Visual History (UCT/UWC/Robben Island Museum)
2004 – Bachelor of Arts in Politics and History
Latin, Philosophy, Anthropology/Sociology (UWC)

Professional Experience:
2008 (Aug) – present: Assistant Director (Research Fellow) – Higher Education: Policy Support and Development
 Drafting speeches, briefing notes on Higher Education Issues for the Minister
 Working on the development of Higher Education Policy (Focusing on policy for the recogntion of Creative Arts, Performing Arts, Patents and Artefacts as research outputs)


2008 (April –June): Consulting Editor – “African Cities Reader”
 Drafting Publishing Plan for Issue # 1 of the Reader
 Managing the Commissioning of Contributions for the Reader

2005 – 2008: Commissioning Editor – HSRC Press
 Managing the frontlist schedule & peer review process
 Managing Press website and electronic publishing
 Author Liaison
 Prepare Manuscripts for Editorial and Marketing teams
 Plan and Conceptualise publishing projects

2003 – 2005: Research and Project Co-ordinator – HSRC (Social Cohesion and Identity Research Programme)
My main project was the Cultural Observatory Project commissioned by the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC). Key responsibilities included:
 Coordinating and managing content for a website (www.culturalobservatory.org.za)
 Liaising with DAC and sector representatives
 Researching statistical information on the status of Arts and Culture in South Africa
 Organizing workshops and seminars around ‘Economic Indicators for Arts and Culture Sector’
 Managing the commissioning of research reports from sector researchers and experts

Other projects I have worked on as a project coordinator are:
 A paper on Intangible Heritage for the International Network on Cultural Policies. Organized two experts’ workshops.
 Scientific Visual Literacy School Curriculum Programme (programme co-ordinator for a week long workshop for educators)

2001 – 2003: Researcher and Assistant Exhibitions Curator: District Six Museum Foundation
 Conducted primary research at the Surveyor-General, City Council, State Archives and the Deeds office for the ‘Patterns of Property Ownership Exhibit’ (Protea Village Exhibition)
 Conducted primary research a St Saviours Church (Claremont) for Church exhibit (Protea Village Exhibition)
 Co-ordinated oral interviews and their transcription
 Part of team that conducted archeological and photographic surveys of the site
 Acted as the Administrator and Assistant for the Exhibitions Curator and liaison between research team and exhibition design team

Applicable Skills:
 Dream weaver MX web design
 St John Ambulance First Aid Course (level 3)
 Basic Copyediting and Proofreading
 Commissioning and List-building
 Intellectual Property Rights & Intellectual Rights in the Digital Age
 Search Engine & Internet Marketing Strategies
 Gender Mainstreaming
 Project Management
 Selling and Buying Translation Rights: how to promote African fiction and non-fiction abroad
 Buying and Selling Rights: A Workshop for South African Publishers

Other:
 School prefect
 School colors for Drama.
 Best Actor, Best Director – Interhouse One Act Play Competition
 National Finalist for the History Olympiad
 Regional finalist for Guild of Speech and Drama Teachers Public Speaking Competition
 News Editor. Co-Editor, Student Voice (UWC Student Newspaper)
 Youth Facilitator for Peace Jam, Quaker Peace Centre, UN World Conference Against Racism, Landless Peoples Movement at the UN World Summit (all work conducted under the auspices of Gender Equity Unit - UWC)
 Best Essay in UWC History Department’s support for the campaign to return the remains of Saartjie Baartman sent to the Museum Of Man in France
 Member of the Council of the Friends of the South African National Gallery
 Member of the Cultural Transformation Reference Group for the rewriting Arts and Culture Policy for the Provincial Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (Western Cape)
 Recipient of the Full Scholarship for the African Programme on Heritage and Museum Studies funded by the Rockefeller Foundation (Post-Graduate Diploma)
 Recipient of Project on Public Pasts MA Full Scholarship funded by the National Research Foundation (MA in Public and Visual History)