{"id":9841,"date":"2026-09-28T13:56:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T11:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/?p=9841"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T11:56:52","slug":"rock-art-heritage-and-visitor-experiences-rahmsa-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/blog\/rock-art-heritage-and-visitor-experiences-rahmsa-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Art, Heritage and Visitor Experiences: RAHMSA Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Du 14 au 18 septembre 2026, le r\u00e9seau international de recherche RAHMSA \u2013 <\/span><\/span>Rock Art Heritage Management in Southern <\/span>Africa<\/span><\/span> a organis\u00e9 son quatri\u00e8me workshop dans la r\u00e9gion de Masunga, au Botswana. Intitul\u00e9e <\/span><\/span>Guiding<\/span> Visitors<\/span> at Rock Art Sites<\/span><\/span>, cette semaine de formation a r\u00e9uni 34 participants et formateurs venus de 11 pays, ainsi que des membres des communaut\u00e9s locales de <\/span>Kalamakati<\/span> et <\/span>Nlakhwane<\/span>. Chercheurs, \u00e9tudiants, professionnels du patrimoine, guides et acteurs locaux ont travaill\u00e9 ensemble autour des enjeux de conservation, de m\u00e9diation et de d\u00e9veloppement d\u2019exp\u00e9riences de visite durables sur les sites d\u2019art rupestre.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Au-del\u00e0 de la seule transmission de connaissances scientifiques, le workshop reposait sur une approche pluridisciplinaire et pluriacteurs, faisant dialoguer recherche, savoirs locaux et exp\u00e9riences professionnelles. Les participants ont \u00e9t\u00e9 invit\u00e9s \u00e0 penser les sites d\u2019art rupestre \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle du paysage, en int\u00e9grant aux parcours les villages, les ressources naturelles et culturelles et les pratiques des communaut\u00e9s locales. R\u00e9partis en deux groupes, ils ont ainsi con\u00e7u puis test\u00e9 sur le terrain des exp\u00e9riences de visite autour de deux ensembles de sites d\u2019art rupestre : les sites \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 imm\u00e9diate<\/span> du village de <\/span>Kalamakati<\/span> et<\/span> l\u2019ensemble <\/span>rupestre<\/span> de<\/span> Matenge<\/span>, en r\u00e9fl\u00e9chissant \u00e0 la fois aux r\u00e9cits <\/span>\u00e0 proposer<\/span> aux visiteurs, \u00e0 la conservation des sites et aux retomb\u00e9es locales.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ce quatri\u00e8me workshop illustre l\u2019approche d\u00e9velopp\u00e9e par RAHMSA, qui associe formation, transfert de connaissances et exp\u00e9rimentation de terrain au sein d\u2019un r\u00e9seau international r\u00e9unissant des partenaires de France, du Botswana, de Namibie, d\u2019Afrique du Sud et du Zimbabwe. Le prochain et dernier workshop du r\u00e9seau se tiendra au Zimbabwe en <\/span>avril <\/span>2027.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From 14 to 18 September 2026, the international research network RAHMSA \u2013 Rock Art Heritage Management in Southern Africa<\/span> \u2013<\/span> held<\/span>\u00a0<\/span> its fourth workshop in the Masunga area of Botswana. Entitled <\/span>Guiding Visitors at Rock Art Sites<\/span><\/i>, the five-day training brought together 34 participants and trainers from 11 countries, alongside members of the local communities of Kalamakati and Nlakhwane. Researchers, students, heritage professionals, guides and local actors worked together on the challenges of conservation, interpretation and the development of sustainable visitor experiences at rock art sites.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Beyond the transmission of scientific knowledge, the workshop adopted a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder approach, bringing research, local knowledge and professional experience into conversation. Participants were encouraged to think about rock art sites at the scale of the landscape, integrating villages, natural and cultural resources, as well as local practices<\/span>,<\/span> into visitor itineraries. Working in groups, they developed and tested visitor experiences around Kalamakati and Matenge, considering at once the stories shared with visitors, the conservation of the sites and potential local benefits.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This fourth workshop reflects RAHMSA\u2019s broader approach, combining training, knowledge transfer and field-based experimentation within an international network bringing together partners from France, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The network\u2019s fifth and final workshop will take place in Zimbabwe in April 2027.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Du 14 au 18 septembre 2026, le r\u00e9seau international de recherche RAHMSA \u2013 Rock Art Heritage Management in Southern Africa a organis\u00e9 son quatri\u00e8me workshop dans la r\u00e9gion de Masunga, au Botswana. Intitul\u00e9e Guiding Visitors at Rock Art Sites, cette semaine de formation a r\u00e9uni 34 participants et formateurs venus de 11 pays, ainsi que […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":9843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9841","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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9845,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9841\/revisions\/9845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}