Connections, Environment and the Transformations of Settlements and Networks in South-East Africa and East Africa (1000-1700)

09:00-16.15 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein
Conveners: Thomas Vernet-Habasque and Adrien Delmas

09:00 | Welcome
09:30 | Opening remarks (Adrien Delmas and Thomas Vernet-Habasque)

Chair: Thomas Vernet-Habasque (IFAS-Recherche)
Discussant: Paul J. Lane (Uppsala University)

09:45-11:20

Stephanie Wynne-Jones (Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study/University of York)
How urban transformations affect social life, and vice versa
Abigail Moffett (University of Cape Town)
Global commodities and local interactions: production, exchange and consumption patterns in the Southern African interior
Alexander Antonites and Ceri Ashley (University of Pretoria)
Communities and connections in the Middle Limpopo Valley during the 13th century

11:20-11:35 | Coffee break

11:35-12:40

Adrien Delmas (IMAF/ANR Globafrica)
Precolonial routes from the plateau to the coast
Catherine Schenk (University of Cape Town)
Interaction, integration, and innovation at the 17th century feira of Dambarare, northern Zimbabwe

12:40-14:00 | Lunch

Chair: Karim Sadr (University of Witwatersrand)
Discussant: Innocent Pikirayi (University of Pretoria)

14:00-15:00

Paul J. Lane (Uppsala University)
‘And all our yesterdays …’: Archaeological times for the future
Per Ditlef Fredriksen (University of Oslo)
Historical ecology and state formation in the Shashi-Limpopo region: project status and future prospects

15:00-15:15 | Break

15:15-15:45

Shadreck Chirikure (University of Cape Town)
Dangers of a one-sided story: rethinking climate change and pre-colonial Southern African states

15:45-16:15 | Closing remarks and perspectives