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Implementation Strategies

As we rolled out the project we have become convinced that the project is too gigantic and thus requires a thorough break down of deliverables in dealing with it. The project is therefore conceptualized in three phases. Each step will have the major focus area where most of the resources including funding will be concentrated.

Phase One (2004-2005 )

This is a phase where there has been mass participation by the communities around Limpopo. This has made it possible for researchers to gather data from a truly wide and representative sample. The numbers of people involved also give currency to the project's attempt to promote IKS amongst as many people as possible.

• Conceptualisation
• Feasibility study
• Scoping of the project
• Data collection (mass participation of communities)
• Promotion

Phase Two (2006 – 2007)

This is a phase where the main activity will be the processing of data that was collected in phases one. In some instances revisits to the field of research may be necessary. It is also in this phase where Magoši/mahosi and traditional palaces will be visited to ascertain the final testing of the context and historical foundations of IKS.

Main Activities:

Phase Three (2007 – 2008)

This phase concentrates on the international dimension of our research. There are several libraries in colonial institutions and museums littered across the world that house South African archives (e.g.  Colonial Office in London, BBC Archives, missionary Research Library in New York, and others).  Also in this categories are national institutions such as the International Library of African Music at Rhodes University and the Kirby collection at the University of Cape Town.

Main Activities

• Documentation
• Data collection (visits to royal residencies)
• Preservation
• Collection of Instruments
• Instrument Making and Amplification
• Promotion
• Publishing
  • Identification of research locations of South African IKS
  • Symposia on South African IKS
  • Data collection
  • Research Reports
  • Recommendations