Rock Art of hunter-gatherers in the Southern African Later Stone Age: emergence, filiations and shifts in the Matobo Hills (Zimbabwe) In short The MATOBART research project investigates rock art production by hunter-gatherers during the Later Stone Age (10.000-2.000 years) in the Matobo Hills, in Zimbabwe, a region listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The […]
The Quest for Naturbanity Frédéric Landy (ed.) Singapore, Springer Singapore, 2018, XXI, 329p. This important volume focuses on the sensitive issue of interrelationships between national parks situated near or within urban areas and their urban environment. It engages with both urban and conservation issues and compares four national parks located in four large cities in […]
Vies urbaines en Afrique du Sud et au Nigeria Laurent Fourchard Paris, Presses de Sciences Po, 2018, 368 p. Les métropoles d’Afrique du Sud et du Nigeria sont réputées dangereuses, bidonvillisées et dominées par l’économie informelle. Peu est su en revanche de la manière dont les populations y sont triées, catégorisées et policées, en droite […]
Lesedi.Field notes #20 Special issue on urban studies Lesedi is the online journal of IFAS-Recherche, published as a field notes publication. The latest issue, #20, is mainly dedicated to urban studies, following the series of workshops and events Experimenting / Experiencing the City, organised in 2017 with our partners from South Africa, France and Mozambique. […]
Democracy and Leadership in South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers Johannesburg, Wits University Press, 2017, 344 p. On the occasion of the launch of Raphaël Botiveau’s Organise or Die? Democracy and Leadership in South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers, the author will take part in a series of public discussions. This publication and the series are brought to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Urban change and narratives of difference along a ‘Chinese’ street in suburban Johannesburg A joint seminar IFAS-Recherche / University of the Witwatersrand by Romain Dittgen & Gerald Chungu 1 Tuesday 6 November 2018 12:30 | African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS) – University of the Witwatersrand ACMS Seminar Room 2163, South East Wing, Second […]
A public lecture by Alma Nankela as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue Thursday 25 October 2018 18.00 for 18.30 | Origins Centre Museum Wits University, West Campus, Corner of Yale Road & Enoch Sontonga Ave, Johannesburg Namibia has one of the most outstanding, diverse and extensive […]
An archaeological fieldwork project In short The Human Origins in Namibia (HoN) project was initiated in 2015 with the financial support of the French Ministry Foreign of Affairs Commission on Archaeological Excavations (Commission des fouilles), Inrap, UMR 5608 TRACES (CNRS / Université Toulouse Jean-Jaurès) and IFAS-Research. The HoN project, led by Laurent Bruxelles (UMR 5608-TRACES, IFAS-Research), […]
