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Auditing and Managing Cultural Resources
with Displaced Indigenous People

Welcome to the South African San Institute’s website on Cultural Resources Management.

Here you will find information about the ‡Khomani San of South Africa and a case study of SASI’s cultural resource work with this San community. The ‡Khomani San are an indigenous people of the southern Kalahari Desert, located in Siyanda District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

Site content includes:
A summary overview of San people in South Africa and the region
A report on cultural resources auditing and management (CRAM)
Examples of CRAM projects, including place name maps, tracker training, language revitalisation, genealogy and oral history.

UNESCO

This Site is sponsored by
UNESCO'S Division for Cultural Policies in the Sector for Culture