Investigation of an Archaeological Myth Jean-Loïc Le Quellec Oxford, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2016, 320p. This meticulous investigation, based around a famous rock image, the ‘White Lady’, makes it possible to take stock of the mythical presuppositions that infuse a great deal of scientific research, especially in the case of rock art studies. It also highlights […]
Memory, Humour & Resilience Armelle Gaulier, Denis-Constant Martin Cape Town, African Minds, 2017, 368p. “Cape Town’s public cultures can only be fully appreciated through recognition of its deep and diverse soundscape. We have to listen to what has made and makes a city. The ear is an integral part of the ‘research tools’ one needs […]
Elands Bay Cave and the Stone Age of the Verlorenvlei, South Africa John Parkington, Guillaume Porraz (ed.) Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal Museum, 2016, 306p. Elands Bay Cave is a small coastal rock shelter formed in quartzite that contained up to ca. 3 m of anthropogenic and geogenic deposits with archaeological materials dating to the Middle Stone Age […]
Geoffroy Heimlich Cambridge, Archaeopress, collection Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 95, 2017, vol.1, 196 p. et vol.2, 512 p. À la différence des arts rupestres du Sahara ou d’Afrique australe, ceux d’Afrique centrale restent encore aujourd’hui largement méconnus. Bien que signalé dès le XVIe par Diego del Santissimo Sacramento, l’art rupestre du Kongo Central n’a […]
Sylvy Jaglin, Alain Dubresson Cape Town, UCT Press, 2016, 196 p. Africa’s leading producer of electricity, Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, is also a vertically integrated monopoly owned by the South African state. Eskom was shaken in 2008, when it was obliged to introduce ‘load shedding’, or rolling blackouts, and again in late 2014 . Since […]
Raphaël Porteilla, Judith Hayem, Marianne Séverin, Pierre-Paul Dika (dir.) Paris, L’Harmattan, 2016, 355p. Les récents revers électoraux du Congrès national africain (ANC) signent comme la clôture d’un cycle, ouvert il y a un peu plus de vingt ans avec la fin de l’apartheid. Tirées d’un colloque pluridisciplinaire tenu à Dijon en 2014, les contributions permettent […]
A broadcast series by the French radio show La Fabrique de l’Histoire (France Culture), dedicated to South Africa, and produced in collaboration with IFAS-Recherche and the Institut Français – In French. En partenariat avec le pôle Idées et savoirs de l’Institut Français et l’IFAS-Recherche, l’équipe de l’émission La Fabrique de l’Histoire a rendu visite à l’IFAS-Recherche en septembre […]
These photos are part of Karen Lévy’s PhD research (LAVUE/Université Paris Nanterre/IFAS-Recherche): Une ville moyenne pour des classes moyennes ? Discours et acteurs de la fabrique urbaine. Une étude du cas de Johannesburg, un détour comparatif par New Delhi. The circulation of the urban model referred to as ‘gated communities’ challenges the understanding of contemporary […]
Colloquium on the persistence of the past in the architecture and infrastructure of colonialism and apartheid Organised by the Wits History Workshop & the School of Architecture & Planning (University of the Witwatersrand) Supported by IFAS-Recherche In traversing the stubborn landscapes of colonialism and apartheid, we are confronted with the ambivalent ruins and seemingly innocuous […]
The mutation of a model from the upper class to the middle class Organised by Karen Lévy (Université Paris Nanterre) & Federica Duca (PARI) The circulation of the urban model referred to as gated communities contributes to the challenge of understanding contemporary urban spaces all over the world. The multiplication at big scale of low-cost […]
