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 == 2010-2011: The birth of [[ESAT]] ==
-In May 2010 a meeting was held with Ms [[Ina Smith]] head of [[SUNScholar]] and Mr [[Hilton Gibson]] IT specialist for the [[J.S. Gericke Library]], to create a website for The [[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre and Performance]] (ESAT). This would form part of the University of Stellenbosch's [[Libopedia]] programme. The various templates were now developed, the staff were trained and transferal of the data to the [[ESAT]] file began in July 2010.
+In May 2010 a meeting was held with Ms [[Ina Smith]] head of [[SUNScholar]] and Mr [[Hilton Gibson]] IT specialist for the [[J.S. Gericke Library]], to create a website for The [[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre and Performance]] (ESAT).  The various templates were now developed, the staff were trained and transferal of the data to the [[ESAT]] file began in July 2010.
 The new online version of [[COMSAT]], now called [[ESAT]],  was conceived as a means of "publishing" all that material online, and thus making the results of all existing and emerging academic and other research more readily accessible to the general reader and the theatre enthusiast nationally and internationally. In this sense the basic aim is rather to condense and collate ''available'' information on all [[South African]] theatre and performance forms (as far as they have been documented) in one place and in a handy and accessible digital format, rather than to undertake any comprehensive new research. Happily a great deal of little known and/or forgotten information has in fact come to the fore in the process, and much is still being discovered as the project grows. However, that was never - nor is it - the fundamental aim of this first version of [[ESAT]].

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−	In 2012-2013 the scope of the ESAT Project was considerably enlarged by two factors. In 2012 a meeting was held with [[Marisa Keuris]] and members of her archival project on provisionally called [[SA Drama- en teaterbewaring]] ("SA Drama and Theatre Conservation"), which aims at creating a digital archive of materials on South African theatre, in association with similar international archives. This association means that the [[ESAT]] project and the [[SADET]] project become partners, sharing information and each supporting and supplementing the other. Discussions on this matters continued into 2013. In 2013 another expansion took place, when film specialist [[Freddy Ogterop]] approached the project team to suggest that we expand the scope of [[ESAT]] to include [[South African Film]]. This discussion led to the idea that perhaps [[Radio Drama]] and [[TV Drama]] may also be added to the scope of [[ESAT]]. Ogterop declared himself willing to join the research team and be the editor for the film section. This was immediately implemented, and the title of the project changed to the ''[[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]]'' (but retaining the acronym [[ESAT]])~~, even though the implications of these ideas were still being investigated~~. By 2014 the pattern had been set and the encyclopaedia was receiving over 1 million visits.	+	In 2012-2013 the scope of the ESAT Project was considerably enlarged by two factors. In 2012 a meeting was held with [[Marisa Keuris]] and members of her archival project on provisionally called [[SA Drama- en teaterbewaring]] ("SA Drama and Theatre Conservation"), which aims at creating a digital archive of materials on South African theatre, in association with similar international archives. This association means that the [[ESAT]] project and the [[SADET]] project become partners, sharing information and each supporting and supplementing the other. Discussions on this matters continued into 2013. In 2013 another expansion took place, when film specialist [[Freddy Ogterop]] approached the project team to suggest that we expand the scope of [[ESAT]] to include [[South African Film]]. This discussion led to the idea that perhaps [[Radio Drama]] and [[TV Drama]] may also be added to the scope of [[ESAT]]. Ogterop declared himself willing to join the research team and be the editor for the film section. This was immediately implemented, and the title of the project changed to the ''[[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]]'' (but retaining the acronym [[ESAT]]). By 2014 the pattern had been set and the encyclopaedia was receiving over 1 million visits to its various sections.

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−	In 2012-2013 the scope of the ESAT Project was considerably enlarged by two factors. In 2012 a meeting was held with [[Marisa Keuris]] and members of her archival project on provisionally called [[SA Drama- en teaterbewaring]] ("SA Drama and Theatre Conservation"), which aims at creating a digital archive of materials on South African theatre, in association with similar international archives. This association means that the [[ESAT]] project and the [[SADET]] project become partners, sharing information and each supporting and supplementing the other. Discussions on this matters continued into 2013. In 2013 another expansion took place, when film specialist [[Freddy Ogterop]] approached the project team to suggest that we expand the scope of [[ESAT]] to include [[South African Film]]. This discussion led to the idea that perhaps [[Radio Drama]] and [[TV Drama]] may also be added to the scope of [[ESAT]]. Ogterop declared himself willing to join the research team and be the editor for the film section. This was immediately implemented, and the title of the project changed to the [[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]] (but retaining the acronym [[ESAT]]), even though the implications of these ideas were still being investigated. By 2014 the pattern had been set and the encyclopaedia was receiving over 1 million visits.	+	In 2012-2013 the scope of the ESAT Project was considerably enlarged by two factors. In 2012 a meeting was held with [[Marisa Keuris]] and members of her archival project on provisionally called [[SA Drama- en teaterbewaring]] ("SA Drama and Theatre Conservation"), which aims at creating a digital archive of materials on South African theatre, in association with similar international archives. This association means that the [[ESAT]] project and the [[SADET]] project become partners, sharing information and each supporting and supplementing the other. Discussions on this matters continued into 2013. In 2013 another expansion took place, when film specialist [[Freddy Ogterop]] approached the project team to suggest that we expand the scope of [[ESAT]] to include [[South African Film]]. This discussion led to the idea that perhaps [[Radio Drama]] and [[TV Drama]] may also be added to the scope of [[ESAT]]. Ogterop declared himself willing to join the research team and be the editor for the film section. This was immediately implemented, and the title of the project changed to the ''[[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]]'' (but retaining the acronym [[ESAT]]), even though the implications of these ideas were still being investigated. By 2014 the pattern had been set and the encyclopaedia was receiving over 1 million visits.

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−	In 2012-2013 the scope of the ESAT Project was considerably enlarged by two factors. In 2012 a meeting was held with [[Marisa Keuris]] and members of her archival project on provisionally called [[SA Drama- en teaterbewaring]] ("SA Drama and Theatre Conservation"), which aims at creating a digital archive of materials on South African theatre, in association with similar international archives. This association means that the [[ESAT]] project and the [[SADET]] project become partners, sharing information and each supporting and supplementing the other. Discussions on this matters continued into 2013. In 2013 another expansion took place, when film specialist [[Freddy Ogterop]] approached the project team to suggest that we expand the scope of [[ESAT]] to include [[South African Film]]. This discussion led to the idea that perhaps [[Radio Drama]] and [[TV Drama]] may also be added to the scope of [[ESAT]]. Ogterop declared himself willing to join the research team and be the editor for the film section. This was immediately implemented, and the title of the project changed to [[~~The~~ Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]] (but retaining the acronym [[ESAT]]), even though the implications of these ideas were still being investigated. By 2014 the pattern had been set and the encyclopaedia was receiving over 1 million visits.	+	In 2012-2013 the scope of the ESAT Project was considerably enlarged by two factors. In 2012 a meeting was held with [[Marisa Keuris]] and members of her archival project on provisionally called [[SA Drama- en teaterbewaring]] ("SA Drama and Theatre Conservation"), which aims at creating a digital archive of materials on South African theatre, in association with similar international archives. This association means that the [[ESAT]] project and the [[SADET]] project become partners, sharing information and each supporting and supplementing the other. Discussions on this matters continued into 2013. In 2013 another expansion took place, when film specialist [[Freddy Ogterop]] approached the project team to suggest that we expand the scope of [[ESAT]] to include [[South African Film]]. This discussion led to the idea that perhaps [[Radio Drama]] and [[TV Drama]] may also be added to the scope of [[ESAT]]. Ogterop declared himself willing to join the research team and be the editor for the film section. This was immediately implemented, and the title of the project changed to the [[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]] (but retaining the acronym [[ESAT]]), even though the implications of these ideas were still being investigated. By 2014 the pattern had been set and the encyclopaedia was receiving over 1 million visits.

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−	In 2012-2013 the scope of the ESAT Project was considerably enlarged by two factors. In 2012 a meeting was held with [[Marisa Keuris]] and members of her archival project on provisionally called [[SA Drama- en teaterbewaring]] ("SA Drama and Theatre Conservation"), which aims at creating a digital archive of materials on South African theatre, in association with similar international archives. This association means that the [[ESAT]] project and the [[SADET]] project become partners, sharing information and each supporting and supplementing the other. Discussions on this matters continued into 2013. In 2013 another expansion took place, when film specialist [[Freddy Ogterop]] approached the project team to suggest that we expand the scope of [[ESAT]] to include [[South African Film]]. This discussion led to the idea that perhaps [[Radio Drama]] and [[TV Drama]] may also be added to the scope of [[ESAT]]. Ogterop declared himself willing to join the research team and be the editor for the film section. This was immediately implemented, and the title of the project changed, even though the implications of these ideas were still being investigated. By 2014 the pattern had been set and the encyclopaedia was receiving over 1 million visits.	+	In 2012-2013 the scope of the ESAT Project was considerably enlarged by two factors. In 2012 a meeting was held with [[Marisa Keuris]] and members of her archival project on provisionally called [[SA Drama- en teaterbewaring]] ("SA Drama and Theatre Conservation"), which aims at creating a digital archive of materials on South African theatre, in association with similar international archives. This association means that the [[ESAT]] project and the [[SADET]] project become partners, sharing information and each supporting and supplementing the other. Discussions on this matters continued into 2013. In 2013 another expansion took place, when film specialist [[Freddy Ogterop]] approached the project team to suggest that we expand the scope of [[ESAT]] to include [[South African Film]]. This discussion led to the idea that perhaps [[Radio Drama]] and [[TV Drama]] may also be added to the scope of [[ESAT]]. Ogterop declared himself willing to join the research team and be the editor for the film section. This was immediately implemented, and the title of the project changed to [[The Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance]] (but retaining the acronym [[ESAT]]), even though the implications of these ideas were still being investigated. By 2014 the pattern had been set and the encyclopaedia was receiving over 1 million visits.
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	In this period the bulk of the original material was transferred to the new [[ESAT]] website by a number of student-assistants and Ms [[Miriam Terblanche]], the project's research assistant and administrator. The entries were uploaded as they were, unedited as yet. The website was initially kept closed to outsiders, in order to facilitate the process of uploading material. However, at the end of 2011, the University opened up the website to readers and internet users, and a circular was sent out to alert potential users of its existence and inviting their help in expanding, correcting and improving the resource.		In this period the bulk of the original material was transferred to the new [[ESAT]] website by a number of student-assistants and Ms [[Miriam Terblanche]], the project's research assistant and administrator. The entries were uploaded as they were, unedited as yet. The website was initially kept closed to outsiders, in order to facilitate the process of uploading material. However, at the end of 2011, the University opened up the website to readers and internet users, and a circular was sent out to alert potential users of its existence and inviting their help in expanding, correcting and improving the resource.

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	In this period the bulk of the original material was transferred to the new [[ESAT]] website by a number of student-assistants and Ms [[Miriam Terblanche]], the project's research assistant and administrator. The entries were uploaded as they were, unedited as yet. The website was initially kept closed to outsiders, in order to facilitate the process of uploading material. However, at the end of 2011, the University opened up the website to readers and internet users, and a circular was sent out to alert potential users of its existence and inviting their help in expanding, correcting and improving the resource.		In this period the bulk of the original material was transferred to the new [[ESAT]] website by a number of student-assistants and Ms [[Miriam Terblanche]], the project's research assistant and administrator. The entries were uploaded as they were, unedited as yet. The website was initially kept closed to outsiders, in order to facilitate the process of uploading material. However, at the end of 2011, the University opened up the website to readers and internet users, and a circular was sent out to alert potential users of its existence and inviting their help in expanding, correcting and improving the resource.
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	In this period the bulk of the original material was transferred to the new [[ESAT]] website by a number of student-assistants and Ms [[Miriam Terblanche]], the project's research assistant and administrator. The entries were uploaded as they were, unedited as yet. The website was initially kept closed to outsiders, in order to facilitate the process of uploading material. However, at the end of 2011, the University opened up the website to readers and internet users, and a circular was sent out to alert potential users of its existence and inviting their help in expanding, correcting and improving the resource.		In this period the bulk of the original material was transferred to the new [[ESAT]] website by a number of student-assistants and Ms [[Miriam Terblanche]], the project's research assistant and administrator. The entries were uploaded as they were, unedited as yet. The website was initially kept closed to outsiders, in order to facilitate the process of uploading material. However, at the end of 2011, the University opened up the website to readers and internet users, and a circular was sent out to alert potential users of its existence and inviting their help in expanding, correcting and improving the resource.
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−	== 2010-2011: The birth of ESAT ==	+	== 2010-2011: The birth of [[ESAT]] ==

	In May 2010 a meeting was held with Ms [[Ina Smith]] head of [[SUNScholar]] and Mr [[Hilton Gibson]] IT specialist for the [[J.S. Gericke Library]], to create a website for The [[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre and Performance]] (ESAT). This would form part of the University of Stellenbosch's [[Libopedia]] programme. The various templates were now developed, the staff were trained and transferal of the data to the [[ESAT]] file began in July 2010.		In May 2010 a meeting was held with Ms [[Ina Smith]] head of [[SUNScholar]] and Mr [[Hilton Gibson]] IT specialist for the [[J.S. Gericke Library]], to create a website for The [[Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre and Performance]] (ESAT). This would form part of the University of Stellenbosch's [[Libopedia]] programme. The various templates were now developed, the staff were trained and transferal of the data to the [[ESAT]] file began in July 2010.