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New courses in Rock Art available at the UCL
2011 Jan 21
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Dr Didier Bouakaze-Khan has initiated two new Masters courses in Rock Art at the UCL Institute of Archaeology: 'Rock Art Studies: Theories, Methods and Management' and 'World Rock Art: from Palaeolithic to Present' will be available from 2011-12.
Rock Art Studies: Theories, Methods and Management
This course introduces some of the major issues in the study of rock art: the role of art historical and anthropological theories in the interpretation of rock art, questions of dating and chronology, and the use of informed ethnographic approaches amongst others. Students will be made familiar with the range of processes which shape the surviving heritage of rock art, and explore issues of the management of rock art sites, ranging from conservation and display to issues of the use of rock art sites by contemporary indigenous peoples.
World Rock Art: from Palaeolithic to Present
This course will consider rock art studies in several geographic regions of the world, in order to present to students the extent of rock art sites and heritage from a global point of view. The approach will be broadly comparative, exploring the character of regional traditions, the role of different ecologies (cave art vs open-air art) and social structures in shaping the character of rock art traditions. Regions from which case studies are to be drawn will include: Europe (Palaeolithic and Post-Palaeolithic), Africa (Saharan and Sub-Saharan), Australia/Oceania, the Middle East and Asia, North and South America.
Dr Didier Bouakaze-Khan
Senior Research Fellow, RARI, Wits University, Johannesburg
Honorary Research Associate, Institute of Archaeology, UCL
Research Associate, Centre National de Prehistoire-CNP, Perigueux, France
For more information about these new courses click here
Rock Art Studies: Theories, Methods and Management
This course introduces some of the major issues in the study of rock art: the role of art historical and anthropological theories in the interpretation of rock art, questions of dating and chronology, and the use of informed ethnographic approaches amongst others. Students will be made familiar with the range of processes which shape the surviving heritage of rock art, and explore issues of the management of rock art sites, ranging from conservation and display to issues of the use of rock art sites by contemporary indigenous peoples.
World Rock Art: from Palaeolithic to Present
This course will consider rock art studies in several geographic regions of the world, in order to present to students the extent of rock art sites and heritage from a global point of view. The approach will be broadly comparative, exploring the character of regional traditions, the role of different ecologies (cave art vs open-air art) and social structures in shaping the character of rock art traditions. Regions from which case studies are to be drawn will include: Europe (Palaeolithic and Post-Palaeolithic), Africa (Saharan and Sub-Saharan), Australia/Oceania, the Middle East and Asia, North and South America.
Dr Didier Bouakaze-Khan
Senior Research Fellow, RARI, Wits University, Johannesburg
Honorary Research Associate, Institute of Archaeology, UCL
Research Associate, Centre National de Prehistoire-CNP, Perigueux, France
For more information about these new courses click here
