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Workshop „Rock Art“

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Starts on
05.05.23
Ends on
05.05.23

Frankfurt am Main

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The members of the project WüstenWissen (desert knowledge) are organising a one-day workshop on rock art and rock paintings in the Sahara.

Programme:

12:00 Lunch 13:30 Guided tour of the rock art archive of the Frobenius Institute 14:30 History of the rock art collection, Dr. Richard Kuba 15:00 Coffee break 15:30 Documenting and Preserving Rock Art in Africa, Dr. Ndukuyakhe Ndlovu 16:00 Local knowledge with focus on Sahara and Sahel, Prof. Mamadou Diawara (tbc) 16:30 Discussion 17:00 Ideas workshop 19:00 Dinner

The workshop will focus on the question of how rock paintings in the Sahara document the dispersal of different animal species and thus climate changes in this region, and how this unusual data basis could be made scientifically useful.

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