User:Taztoast

My name is Tazneem. I work at the Simon's Town Museum.

My passion and expertise is within the field of heritage, specifically doing memory work and creating alternative museum practices. This love stems from my earliest curatorial projects that took place in my mother’s cupboard with a box of family photographs. The entire process of storing, unpacking, examining, and arranging family photographs was a favourite past time of mine. This would develop into a full time passion and later profession. For me, heritage is a vehicle through which the ideals of social cohesion and reconciliation can be addressed. My concern and passion for heritage practice, particularly developing educational programmes, projects and workshops are ways of addressing the current issues and challenges that communities face. I have an academic background in international relations, social anthropology, and museum and heritage studies. My work within the heritage sector dates from 2012.

I am interested in WikiAfrica and the #SheSaid projects because it contributes to the visibility of women and Africa globally. We are learning about Wikimedia on #shesaid Wikiquote.