{"id":2516,"date":"2018-10-25T14:59:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T12:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/?p=2516"},"modified":"2025-07-03T12:58:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T10:58:47","slug":"the-mobilisation-of-south-african-data-within-rock-arts-ritual-interpretations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/uncategorized\/the-mobilisation-of-south-african-data-within-rock-arts-ritual-interpretations\/","title":{"rendered":"The mobilisation of South African data within rock arts’ ritual interpretations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A public lecture by Romain Lahaye
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as part of the Public Lecture Series\u00a0Rock Art & Symbolic Expression.\u00a0A Southern Africa\u00a0\u2013 France Dialogue<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday 13 November<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

13:15 | Origins Building, Wits University<\/h4>\n

Origins North Building, Origins Lecture Theatre, Room 105, first floor,\u00a0<\/em>Wits University, West Campus, Corner of Yale Road & Enoch Sontonga Ave, Johannesburg<\/em><\/p>\n

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Apart from a few rare exceptions, the first theories tried to propose an interpretation of the rock and parietal figurations set in a religious register. Other recent approaches are based on the ontological particularities of the groups that produced these paintings and prints. Nevertheless, most of these researches have a common strain that emphasises the importance of ritual practices. The mobilisation of the latter through demonstrations can lead to different aspects of perception and may result in misunderstandings. The way in which the ethnographic and iconographic data are combined in rock arts’ study has a significant influence on the findings produced. It now appears necessary to examine our own categories of analysis and to look into the historiography of our modes of interpretation.<\/p>\n

Romain Lahaye (Universit\u00e9 Paris 1 Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne \/ IMAF)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Romain Lahaye initially studied Sociology and Anthropology at the Universit\u00e9 Lille 1. He then received his Master degree from the Universit\u00e9 Rennes 2 in 2015, focusing in Gravettian\u2019s Paleolithic rock arts. He is currently a PhD student at the Universit\u00e9 Paris 1 Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne. His main study fields are the articulation of field data (iconographic, archaeological, anthropological) and theoretical axioms for the processes of interpretations in rock arts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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