{"id":1469,"date":"2018-03-15T12:37:19","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T10:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2019-07-25T17:03:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T15:03:52","slug":"rock-art-symbolic-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/blog\/rock-art-symbolic-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Art & Symbolic Expression"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Southern Africa\u00a0\u2013 France Dialogue<\/span><\/h4>\n

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At this state of research, Southern Africa can be considered as the cradle of art and symbolism, as the earliest evidence of graphic expression have been found in South African archaeological sites, dated about 80 000 – 100\u00a0000 years ago. On the one hand, thousands of rock art sites have been mapped in Southern Africa, on the other hand, rock art in France is among the oldest and the richest in the world (Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, 36 0000 BP; Lascaux, 17 000 BP). This series of public lectures aims to offer a dialogue between Southern African and French rock art heritage and to discuss the origins of symbolic expression at the dawn of modern mankind.<\/em><\/p>\n

This Public Lecture Series is organised by IFAS-Recherche, in partnership with Origins Centre, the Rock Art Research Institute (Wits University) and Sci-Bono Discovery Centre.<\/em><\/p>\n

All lectures: 18:00 for 18:30<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Visionary Animal<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nRenaud Ego
\n5 April | Origins Centre<\/p>\n

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Cold animals, vibrant images. Lascaux and stone age rock art in Europe<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nCamille Bourdier (Universit\u00e9 Jean-Jaur\u00e8s \/ UMR Traces)
\n15 May | Origins Centre<\/p>\n

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To be or not to be: A look at the place of Zimbabwean rock art in Southern Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nAncila Nhamo (University of Zimbabwe)
\n16 May| Sci-Bono Speak2AScientist<\/p>\n

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Lascaux: Why a cave became a sanctuary<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nDavid Lewis-Williams (RARI \/ Wits University)
\n23 May | Sci-Bono Speak2AScientist<\/p>\n

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100 years of rock art research in Mozambique: Challenges for the interpretation of Southern African prehistory<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nD\u00e9cio Muianga (Universidade Eduardo Mondlane)
\n14 June | Sci-Bono Speak2AScientist<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Mind in the Cave\u201d: The book behind explaining Lascaux<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nSam Challis (RARI \/ Wits University)
\n28 June | Sci-Bono Speak2AScientist<\/p>\n

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Hunter-gatherers and herders in South Africa: From final to ceramic LSA in the Limpopo basin<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nIris Guillemard (Universit\u00e9 Paris Nanterre \/ AnTET)
\nKarim Sadr (Wits University)
\n3 July | \u26a0\ufe0f\u00a013:15 | Origins Building, Wits University<\/p>\n

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On the origins of modern cognition and symbolic thinking \u2013 roots in the Middle Stone Age<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nLyn Wadley (ESI \/ Wits University)
\n19 July | Origins Centre<\/p>\n

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Social groups, technical traditions and pottery handicraft. Ethnographic examples from Ethiopia\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nJessie Cauliez (CNRS \/ UMR Traces)
\n26 July |\u00a0\u26a0\ufe0f\u00a013:15 | Origins Building, Wits University<\/p>\n

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Rock art in Uganda<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nCatherine Namomo (RARI \/ Wits University)
\n26 July | Origins Centre<\/p>\n

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San religion and rock art<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nDavid Pearce (RARI \/ Wits University)
\n2 August | Origins Centre<\/p>\n

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Exploring regional variation in Southern African rock art<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nNdukuyakhe Ndlovu (University of Pretoria)
\n20 September | Origins Centre<\/p>\n

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Rock art in Namibia<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nAlma Mekondjo Nankela (National Heritage Council of Namibia)
\n25 October | Origins Centre<\/p>\n

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The mobilisation of South African data within rock arts’ ritual interpretations<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nRomain Lahaye (Universit\u00e9 Paris 1 Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne \/ IMAF)
\n13 November |\u26a0\ufe0f\u00a013:15 | Origins Building, Wits University<\/p>\n

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“Through the veil”: Science unveils mysteries of San rock paintings in the Drakensberg and in Botswana<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nAdelphine Bonneau (University of Oxford)
\n6 December | Origins Centre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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