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(Maney, 2009-11)This article investigates the construction, display and consumption of archaeological authenticity at two museums and two heritage-themed entertainment locales in South Africa. I consider authenticity not simply ...
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(Natal Museum, 2009-12)Rock tanks on the hills of the Shashe-Limpopo Confluence Area (SLCA) were incorporated into rain-control rituals. Not only was their occurrence an important component in the selection of rain hills, they also acted as ...
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(Routledge, 2010)The First World rationale for nature conservation is usually the aesthetic and recreational experiences and opportunities that nature provides and its scientific importance, but rural populations in Africa tend to focus ...
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(South African Archaeological Society, 2010-06)No abstract available.
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(Routledge, 2011)We are humbled by Huffman’s acknowledgement of our contribution to the archaeology of Great Zimbabwe (Chirikure and Pikirayi 2008) and his spirit of constructive debate (Huffman 2010). Any reasonable scholar cannot deny ...
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(Taylor & Francis, 2011)In this paper the author presents a historically-informed ethnography of a Johannesburg underground lottery. The meaning of this lottery is tied up with the local-level sociological organisation of lottery banks and the ...
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(Edinburgh University Press, 2011)This essay presents a history of the mikiliste, the high-living bon vivant who travels to Europe and is a central figure in Kinois urban mythology. It looks in particular at the highly theatrical exchanges engaged in by ...
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(Routledge, 2011-10)Apartheid's lingering ghost ensures that repatriation processes in South Africa are complex. Apartheid ideology not only separated black and white, but also made ethnicity the prime identity for Africans, many of whom ...
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(Africa Magna Verlag, 2012)This paper is an attempt to give a credible interpretation of the many gold foil fragments found in a single grave on the summit of Mapungubwe Hill in January 1933. While carefully studying the many fragments of gold ...
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(Elsevier, 2012)To aid conservation management of metal artefacts improved knowledge of the internal structure and degree of corrosion therein is highly desired. In this study, neutron- and X-ray tomography were chosen as two complementary ...
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(CSSALL Publishers, 2012)In contemporary public debates regarding the significance of social mobility, new cultures of consumption and the black middle class, the point is often made that Africans living in urban areas before the onset of ...
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(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2012)Since it was first adopted in the 1980s, the Community-based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) approach has played a significant role in environmental management. This paper argues that for the CBNRM approach to be ...
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(Edinburgh University Press, 2012)A remarkable aspect of post-apartheid South African society is the hopes of a better life, continued optimism and, at times, unrealistic aspirations that citizens express in the context of marketing and value surveys. ...
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(Edinburgh University Press, 2012-02)This paper presents an ethnographic analysis of the popular economy of informal musical production in the Venda region of South Africa. It focuses on the activities surrounding the Burnin‟ Shak Studio; a recording house ...
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(Routledge, 2012-02)No Abstract
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(Elsevier, 2012-03)Several cupreous conical tubes with unclear function are among some of the finds in the collections held at the University of Pretoria which were unearthed by archaeologists on Mapungubwe Hill. Most of these are poorly ...
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(Historical Association of South Africa, 2012-05)This article indicates the importance of a thorough study of local sources on protest action by township residents in Makweteng (earlier known as Potchefstroom’s native location) against oppressive laws and policies in ...
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(Maney Publishing, 2013)A study of the composition and phase distribution of the corrosion layers on three ferrous objects, excavated at K2 (Bambandyanalo), an archaeological site in South Africa, was conducted. The objective of the study was ...
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(Routledge, 2013)The University of Pretoria’s Human Economy project began at the end of 2010. To date it has involved eighteen post-doctoral fellows, drawn from around the world, and eight doctoral candidates, all from Africa. This paper ...
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(Routledge, 2013)This article discusses a case of popular social response to imposed austerity and recession in Greece. It focuses on the antimiddleman movement in an Athens suburb. It also addresses the broader picture of the current ...
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