Following an undergraduate BA.FA design degree at Stellenbosch University, I pursued a ‘wholistic’ approach to design in the context of the South African craft industry, an industry focused on the empowerment, through work, of people who fall outside of the formal economy. This involved working in community development at the intersection of business and the arts, and as a designer, interpreting past traditions in a way that was relevant in contemporary society. An Honours year in Visual Studies in 2011 led to a Master’s degree in Visual Art with a focus on curatorship and memory. I am currently pursuing a doctorate in the post-conflict setting. It maintains a focus on the value and voices of fragments, and intersects in the fields of political science and the arts. I ask, ‘how do we (societies and individuals) ‘move on’ from the past, pasts marked by conflict? What role can curatorship play in this process, especially with regard to memory?’ My focus is on South Africa, post-apartheid, and Germany, post the Holocaust, linking personally my own history and ‘inheritance’, and on the role of recognition in justice and reconciliation.