The politics of public rock art: a comparative critique of rock art sites open to the public in South Africa and the United states of America
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2016-08-15
Authors
Blundell, Geoffrey
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Abstract
South African and American public rock art sites are in a predicament. In
both countries, there is a lack of an adequate, theoretically informed but
practically implementable, conceptual approach to presenting these sites.
This lack leads to the reproduction of stereotypes of rock art and the
indigenous people who made it. This thesis suggests a way of rectifying the
present situation. It is argued that any suggested reconstruction of public
rock art sites must recognise that they are implicated in identity-formation.
Following this premise, a strategy, entitled metaphoric pilgrimage, is
suggested, developed and applied to four rock art sites - two in South
Africa and two in America.
Description
A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the
degree of Master of Arts.
Johannesburg, 1996