Reflection by medical historian Marissa Mika on the work towards and around 'Ebifananyi VII, Staying Alive - Documenting the Uganda Cancer Institute'.

A historical and collective research into one of the first photographs made in present day Uganda, adding to our understanding of the history of photography in Uganda and demonstrating how a collective investigation can inform a single picture.

The seventh book in the Ebifnanyi series is called Staying Alive. It considers photographs that were a tool in medical practices and research, and the documentation of the history of the Uganda Cancer Institute. In a place where death is often around the corner, photographs freeze time, but also could …

Voor dit onderzoek zijn de leerlingen van P2, kinderen varie rend van zeven tot tien jaar, en ik gedurende vier weken aan de slag gegaan met creativiteit stimulerende opdrachten. Deze opdrachten waren voornamelijk gebaseerd op het stimuleren van flexibel associe ren zodat uiteindelijk de creativiteit …

Reflection on the process towards and around the publication 'Ebifananyi VII, Staying Alive - documenting the Uganda Cancer Institute' by medical historian Marissa Mika

Twenty Ugandan artists made their interpretation of the first photograph made of a Buganda monarch. The picture, made in 1875 by Henry Morton Stanley has been (mis)interpreted by engravers. Even though the pictures that are known in Uganda of Kabaka (King) Muteesa are based on Stanley’s photograph, the …

This research project for linking passion fruit farmers to high price market gives an overview of the local passion fruit sub-sector performance, structure, relationship that describes how it operates in Mukono District, Uganda. The objective of the study was to analyse the passion fruit chain governance …

Half november was er in Academie Minerva een door mij gecureerde tentoonstelling We, people in transition, waar een selectie van de projecten die het lectoraat Image in Context uitvoerde getoond werden. In het project Ik zie ik zie portretteren kunststudenten mensen met dementie in een gesloten inrichting. …

The full title of this exhibition is Updates – Six Investigations into the Use of Photographs in Ugandan News Media. It is related to part of the content of Ebishushani #3, All the Tricks, Elly Rwakoma. The heart of this book shows photographs made by Rwakoma on the occasion of a political rally that …

Parallele portretten. Wat is een portret? En welke positie hebben ouderen in onze samenleving? Deze vragen vormden het vertrekpunt voor een interculturele dialoog tussen studenten en docenten van Academie Minerva en Uganda Christian University. Het idee van het portret is via verschillende media onderzocht, …