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Work of the National Research Foundation (NRF) Relating to Arts & Culture Prepared for:

Work of the National Research Foundation (NRF) Relating to Arts & Culture Prepared for: The Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture. Dr Rocky Skeef Tuesday 08 March 2005. Business of the NRF.

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Work of the National Research Foundation (NRF) Relating to Arts & Culture Prepared for:

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  1. Work of the National Research Foundation (NRF) Relating to Arts & Culture Prepared for: The Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture Dr Rocky Skeef Tuesday 08 March 2005

  2. Business of the NRF To promote & support research through funding, human resource development and the provision of the necessary research facilities

  3. Specific Initiatives Involving NRF which Relate to Arts & Culture • Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) • Human Language Technologies (HLT)

  4. NRF Focus Areas for Research Funding from Parliamentary Core Grant (approx R240M for 2004/05) Unlocking the Future Distinct SA Research Opportunities Conservation & Management of Ecosystems & Biodiversity Economic Growth & International Competitiveness Education & the Challenges for Change Indigenous Knowledge Systems (R10M) ICT & the Information Society Socio-political Impact of Globalisation Sustainable Livelihoods

  5. Specific Objectives for IKS Focus Area Support postgraduate training in IKS Develop & expand the IKS research field IK science outreach Establish academic & intellectual support base for IKS in SA Develop an information management system for IKS Encourage & support research initiatives on language & IKS

  6. IKS Grant Categories for 2005/06

  7. Specific Arts, Crafts & Materials Projects IKS, Design & African Independent Churches Investigating the role of IKS on the design of African religious artifacts amongst the African Independent Churches in Jhb & surrounding areas. Rock Art Research Institute Developing a history for the development of IKS of pre-colonial Southern Africa using evidence provided by rock art.

  8. Developments Around the Human Language Technologies (HLT) Initiative

  9. Rationale • Recognition of the need for a HLT Centre with following functions: • Research, coordination & consultation • Acquisition, enhancement & management of digital text & speech data for all official languages as reusable resources for development of HLT applications • Development of specialised open-source software for Natural Language Processing • HR development through implementation of HLT training & reskilling programmes

  10. Developments

  11. Developments Contd.

  12. Existing Research Capacity in HLT • Within University of Stellenbosch: • Research Unit for Experimental Phonology (RUEPUS) in Dept of African Languages • Digital Speech Processing (DSP) group within Dept Electrical & Electronic Engineering Was short-listed in assessing proposals for establishment of DST CoEs

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