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Human Origins in Namibia (2015-2023)
An archaeological fieldwork project With the Human Origins in Namibia project, Laurent Bruxelles and his team are looking for new fragments of the “Cradle of Humankind” by extending their research beyond South Africa. In short The Human Origins in Namibia project was initiated in 2015 with the financial support of...
Exploring Regional Variation in Southern African Rock Art
A public lecture by Ndukuyakhe Ndlovu as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue Thursday 20 September 2018 18.00 for 18.30 | Origins Centre Museum Wits University, West Campus, Corner of Yale Road &, Enoch Sontonga Ave, Johannesburg Southern African rock art...
Listening to the Rivonia Trial
Courts, Archives and Liberation Movements A one-day international colloquium as part of the opening and study of the apartheid archives in South Africa Since 2012, the Department of Arts and Culture, the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa (NARSSA) and Institut national de l’audiovisuel (INA — French National Audiovisual...
Making medicines in Mozambique
Questioning the Brazilian South-South Cooperation for the local production of generics A joint-seminar IFAS-Research | Wits University Building on her research, Alila Brossard Antonielli will talk about the production of medicine in Mozambique in the light of the Brazilian involvement in the local market of generics, and more generally the...
The ‘disruptive potential’ of ICTs in the transport sector in Cape Town
A joint seminar IFAS-Research | Stellenbosch University IFAS-Research / FMSH 2018 post-doctoral grant laureate Solène Baffi will mobilize her research experience to discuss how Information and Communication Technologies can impact the future of Cape Town’s transport sector. Monday 20 August 2018 10.30 to 12.00 | Stellenbosch University Chamber of Commerce...
San religion and rock art
A public lecture by David Pearce as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue Thursday 2 August 2018 18.00 for 18.30 | Origins Centre Museum Wits University, West Campus, Corner of Yale Road &, Enoch Sontonga Ave, Johannesburg David Pearce is...
Rock Art of Uganda
A public lecture by Catherine Namono as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue Thursday 26 July 2018 18.00 for 18.30 | Origins Centre Museum Wits University, West Campus, Corner of Yale Road &, Enoch Sontonga Ave, Johannesburg Catherine Namono is...
Social groups, technical traditions and pottery handicraft
Ethnographic examples from Ethiopia A public lecture by Jessie Cauliez as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue Thursday 26 July 2018 13:15 | Origins Building, Wits University Origins Bldg, Origins lecture theatre, room 105 | Wits University Jessie Cauliez is a...
Hunter-gatherers and herders in South Africa
From final to ceramic LSA in the Limpopo basin A public lecture by Iris Guillemard & Karim Sadr as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue 13.15 | Origins Building, Wits University Origins North Building, Origins Lecture Theatre, Room 105, first floor, Wits University,...
Mobilizing place-related knowledge to assert autochthony
The case of sacred sites in Hwange District (Zimbabwe) Building on her research experience, Zénaïde Dervieux will discuss the way that Hwange District ethno-linguistic groups use toponymic knowledge to assert their claims on specific territories, and she will focus on what this knowledge tells of the underlying dynamics at play between these...