Assessing Climate Change awareness in Namibia. On 26 July at 18:00 the Gobabeb Training and Research Centre and the Scientific Society Swakopmund invite the public to the presentation in the Museum Lecture Hall. The presentation is focused on Climate Change awareness in Namibia. The entrance is free, donations are welcome. Climate change is a complex, […]
Public lecture by the Ocean Conservation Namibia (OCN)
Please note a NEW DATE for the Ocean Conservation Namibia lecture: 6 July 18:00. The entrance is free, donations welcome. You can visit the OCN exhibition and watch short films of seal rescues in the Swakopmund Museum until 12 July. If you would like to know more about OCN – https://linktr.ee/OCNamibia Ocean Conservation Namibia Naude […]
June – Ocean Month in the Swakopmund Museum
June – Ocean Month in the Swakopmund Museum The French research schooner Tara stops in Walvis Bay from 1st – 6th June for an outreach stopover about the Ocean. The Tara Ocean Foundation is a French scientific foundation that works for the preservation of the ocean. The laboratory ship left South Africa to carry out […]
“The Language Policy for Namibian Schools: is it working?” Lecture by Professor Dr Andree-Jeanne Tötemeyer
Topic “The Language Policy for Namibian Schools: is it working?” Presented by Professor Dr Andree-Jeanne Tötemeyer Language English. Brief summaries in German will be made andquestions in German are welcome. Date 17 March 2022 Time At 6pm Place Swakopmund Museum Lecture hall On Thursday the 17th of March at 6pm the Scientific Society Swakopmund presents […]
“WHEN TEARS DON’T MATTER: Bushman Servility”
Topic “WHEN TEARS DON’T MATTER: Bushman Servility” Presented by A lecture by Professor Robert Gordon accompanied by a photographic presentation by Margaret Courtney-Clarke Language English Date 7 March 2022 Time At 6pm Place Swakopmund Museum Lecture Hall On Monday the 7th of March at 6pm the Scientific Society Swakopmund presents a lecture by Professor Robert […]
Presentation “What fish ears have to say”
On 23 November at 18 o’clock the Scientific Society Swakopmund invites you to the presentation about fisheries science “What fish ears have to say”. In this talk Dr Margit Wilhelm will explain what a fish “otolith” (ear stone) is and how it can be used to tell us different things in fisheries science. These range […]
Cape Cross? African seaside histories and colonial resistance in the 19th century.
9 November at 18 o’clock the Scientific Society Swakopmund invites you to the presentation “Cape Cross? African seaside histories and colonial resistance in the 19th century” by the historian Dag Henrichsen (Centre for African Studies, University of Basel). When we reflect about “Cape Cross” we should ask whether we only speak about an object, or, […]