{"id":1481,"date":"2018-05-11T12:37:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T10:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/?p=1481"},"modified":"2025-07-03T12:33:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T10:33:52","slug":"to-be-or-not-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/blog\/to-be-or-not-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"To be or not to be"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>A look at the place of Zimbabwean rock art in Southern Africa<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1482\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-AncilaNahmo-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-AncilaNahmo-web.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-AncilaNahmo-web-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-AncilaNahmo-web-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-AncilaNahmo-web-1024x512.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #d22630;\">Public lecture by\u00a0Ancila Nhamo Katsamudanga\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">as part of the Public Lecture Series\u00a0<em>Rock Art &amp; Symbolic Expression.\u00a0A Southern Africa\u00a0\u2013 France Dialogue<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Wednesday 16 May 2018<\/h4>\n<p><strong>18:00 for 18:30 | Sci-Bono <em>Speak2AScientist<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Sci-Bono Discovery Centre Auditorium, Miriam Makeba St &amp; Helen Joseph Street,\u00a0<\/em><em>Newtown,Johannesburg<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1573 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ancila-Nahmo-qualit\u00e9-moindre.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ancila-Nahmo-qualit\u00e9-moindre.png 1158w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ancila-Nahmo-qualit\u00e9-moindre-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ancila-Nahmo-qualit\u00e9-moindre-768x505.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ancila-Nahmo-qualit\u00e9-moindre-1024x674.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ancila Nhamo Katsamudanga<\/strong> is a Senior Lecturer of Archaeology and Heritage Management at the University of Zimbabwe. Her specialty field is rock art interpretation, management and conservation \u2013 especially concerning the relation between Zimbabwean rock art and cultural evolution. She is deeply involved in the promotion of archaeology among the general public, through various exhibitions, rock art awareness and world heritage programmes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She has also developed strong links with foreign researchers through collaborations such as the current project \u201c<em>Change and Continuity in Forager\u2019s rock art: social dynamics and climate in the Matobo, Zimbabwe (35 000-2 200 BP)\u201d<\/em>, with colleagues Camille Bourdier (University of Toulouse), Guillaume Porraz (CNRS &amp; Nanterre Paris University) and the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe. This project aims to provide a nuanced understanding of the history and changing processes of that period\u2019s forager populations from Southern Zimbabwe-Limpopo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&gt;&gt; Join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/229541160933503\/\">Facebook event<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A look at the place of Zimbabwean rock art in Southern Africa Public lecture by\u00a0Ancila Nhamo Katsamudanga\u00a0 as part of the Public Lecture Series\u00a0Rock Art &amp; Symbolic Expression.\u00a0A Southern Africa\u00a0\u2013 France Dialogue Wednesday 16 May 2018 18:00 for 18:30 | Sci-Bono Speak2AScientist Sci-Bono Discovery Centre Auditorium, Miriam Makeba St &amp; Helen Joseph Street,\u00a0Newtown,Johannesburg Ancila Nhamo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,17,21,29,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-events","category-news","category-rock-art-lecture-series","category-workshops-seminars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1481"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8228,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481\/revisions\/8228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}