Monday 13 March, 09:00
IFAS-Research Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, 1st floor, Braamfontein, Johannesburg
Conveners : Thomas Vernet-Habasque and Adrien Delmas
09:00 | Welcome
09:30 | Opening remarks (Adrien Delmas and Thomas Vernet-Habasque)
PANEL 1 | Eastern and Southern African Connectedness
Chair : Thomas Vernet-Habasque (IFAS-Recherche)
Discussant : Paul J. Lane (Uppsala University)
09:45-11:20
– Stephanie Wynne-Jones (Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study/University of York)
How urban transformations affect social life, and vice versa
– Abigail Moffett (University of Cape Town)
Global commodities and local interactions : production, exchange and consumption patterns in the Southern African interior
– Alexander Antonites and Ceri Ashley (University of Pretoria)
Communities and connections in the Middle Limpopo Valley during the 13th century
11:20-11:35 | Coffee break
11:35-12:40
– Adrien Delmas (IMAF/ANR Globafrica)
Precolonial routes from the plateau to the coast
– Catherine Schenk (University of Cape Town)
Interaction, integration, and innovation at the 17th century feira of Dambarare, northern Zimbabwe
12:40-14:00 | Lunch
PANEL 2 | Historical Ecology in Perspective
Chair : Karim Sadr (University of Witwatersrand)
Discussant : Innocent Pikirayi (University of Pretoria)
14:00-15:00
– Paul J. Lane (Uppsala University)
‘And all our yesterdays …’ : Archaeological times for the future
– Per Ditlef Fredriksen (University of Oslo)
Historical ecology and state formation in the Shashi-Limpopo region : project status and future prospects
15:00-15:15 | Break
15:15-15:45
– Shadreck Chirikure (University of Cape Town)
Dangers of a one-sided story : rethinking climate change and pre-colonial Southern African states
15:45-16:15 | Closing remarks and perspectives