ROCKART

"Indigenous Heritage, Rock Art, and Cultural Identity in Post-colonial Nations"

Coordinatore	UNIVERSITY OF YORK    more  Organization address address: HESLINGTON city: YORK NORTH YORKSHIRE postcode: YO10 5DD contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Gemma Cognome: Maldar Email: send email Telefono: 44190434402 Fax: +44 1904324119
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	392˙423 €
EC contributo	392˙423 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF
Funding Scheme	MC-IOF
Anno di inizio	2014
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2014-04-25   -   2017-04-24

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITY OF YORK  Organization address address: HESLINGTON city: YORK NORTH YORKSHIRE postcode: YO10 5DD contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Gemma Cognome: Maldar Email: send email Telefono: 44190434402 Fax: +44 1904324119	UK (YORK NORTH YORKSHIRE)	coordinator	392˙423.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Archaeological, historical, art historical and ethnographic work has confirmed the importance of rock paintings and engravings as windows onto hunter-gatherer lifeways, some of which have vanished or on the point of extinction. Much of this work however overlooks the fact that rock art – an integral part of visual heritage and indigenous knowledge systems – remains powerfully relevant to what it means to be human. Rock art is implicated in cultural identity today in many different contexts (social, political, commercial), both on and off the rocks; South Africa’s new coat-of-arms, for instance, features re-contextualised rock art motifs. The proposed project will analyse exactly how rock art is used, and how it influences identity-formation processes, in three post-colonial nations today: the USA, Australia and South Africa. The project will also test the hypothesis that appropriate management of fragile rock art heritage sites in 7 carefully selected national parks can and does make a difference, challenging people's preconceptions of rock art and of the indigenous people who made it. In collaboration with conservation scientists and social scientists (archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, art historians, heritage managers), and combined with contemporary indigenous and tourist perspectives, an analysis of ethnographic and archaeological data will yield meaningful results and practical suggestions regarding identity-formation and the presentation of indigenous rock art. These results will be applicable to public rock art sites in countries worldwide, including Europe.'