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TARA-Newsletter-No.12 Issue DECEMBER 2010 In cooperation with NIO M O UN IM D R T IA A L • P • W L O A I R D L D N H O E M R I E T IN AG O E • PATRIM United Nations World Heritage Educational, Scientific and Centre Cultural Organization TRUSTTRUST FORFOR AFRICANAFRICAN ROCKROCK ARtARt Letter from the Chairman NEWSLET TER 010 has in many ways been a turning point for TARA. For several years after founding NEWSLET TER the organisation in the mid 1990s I worked only with a secretary/assistant and a part- DecemberDecember 20102010 time accountant. As TARA grew we moved out of the small studio o ce which had formerly 2been my home into a modest bungalow in the Nairobi suburb of Karen in 2001. The charming In this Issue: atmosphere of Nandi Road with its rambling garden made going to work much easier and In this Issue: most of our friends, colleagues and partners who visited the o ce appreciated the lush, EXECUTIVE BOARD 1 Letter from the Chairman quiet environment. We were also lucky to have good friends, Richard and Tara Bonham as George Abungu, Alec Campbell our landlords. The o ce witnessed a large expansion in 2004 when we begun to digitise the David Coulson (Chairman), Janette Deacon Thomas Hill (Treasurer), Audax Mabula 2 Information Resources collection of our rock art images and when, in more recent years, we expanded our eorts Victoria Waldock Digital Imaging Centre/Archive – D.I.C. towards community projects and outreach. SECRETARY The growth of TARA has been organic in many ways though we have always been Michael Legamaro 4 Awareness and Exhibitions guided by our dual mission of conservation and of raising awareness of Africa’s rock art. It has ADVISORY COMMITTEE 6 Survey and Conservation: Somaliland been encouraging to witness an enormous growth in the number of requests we receive from Neville Agnew, Megan Biesele Jean Clottes, Robert Hitchcock young people from Kenya and beyond to take up internships and employment with us. This Annette Lanjouw, John Parkington 8 Recent Publications also serves to validate our role as a leading institution in the eld and the positive impact of Heinz Rüther, Abdellah Salih TARA’s Move Roberta Simonis, Nigel Winser increased awareness concerning the importance of this unique heritage. ...We estimate FOUNDING PATRONS 9 Feature: UNESCO World Heritage Rock Art Our survey eorts were somewhat diminished this year due to my decision to have Dr. Mary Leakey, Sir Laurens van der Post Sites in Africa double-knee replacement surgery in June. After years of climbing boulders and mountains that over with heavy equipment my knees had nally given out. However, you can still read about KTARA Trustees Fredrick Anderson, David Coulson 17 Alec Campbell - TARA Founding Trustee our remarkable survey trip to Somaliland in March where, accompanied by the Director of Rupert Watson 1,000,000 18 Botswana, Tsodilo Survey Trip Antiquities, Sada Mire, I saw some of the most exceptional rock paintings on this side of the KENYA people have continent. And a month after this trip I revisited Botswana’s Tsodilo Hills (Kalahari) with Alec Karen, Warai South Road, K3 20 Conservation of African Rock Art: Campbell. Here we were able to record exciting new sites as well as sites I had visited long ago P.O. Box 24122, Nairobi 00502 Tel: +254-20-3884467/3883735 Theft and Vandalism but this time using up-to-date technology! Fax: +254-20-3883674 now visited Email: [email protected] 21 Survey and Conservation: Malawi I made a presentation at an Aluka workshop in Nairobi in January with Reuben www.africanrockart.org the many Chelimo, Manager of our Digital Image Centre about the positive and negative impacts of USA 22 Community Projects: recent changes in technology on TARA’s work. Drawing from my 30 years experience as a 77 West Wacker Drive, Suba, Kakapel, Lokori, Nyero and Kondoa exhibitions professional photographer I was able to compare analogue photography with modern digital Chicago, IL 60601-5094 photography giving examples of the latter’s many advantages. One example was when I Tel: +1-312-324-1752 Fax: +1-312-324-1001 24 TARA Partners: U.S. Ambassadors Fund for which successfully photographed a cheetah sitting in the captain seat of a British Airways Concorde, Cultural Preservation and Rock Art not with photoshop but the real thing. ABOUT TARA TARA has TARA, the Trust for African Rock Art, was founded in 1996 25 Funding Partners in 2010 / Supporters in We have now digitised about 20,000 rock art images from 18 countries. Beginning by photographer David Coulson under the patronage in August we have begun an eort to digitise our ‘environmental’ collections. These include of renowned archaeologist, Mary Leakey, and author/ 2010 undertaken. conservationist, Laurens van der Post. images of people, landscapes and other cultural aspects of the rock art sites and nearby areas. We feel these contextual pictures complement and add valuable information which help to Based in Nairobi, Kenya, TARA is committed to recording Front Cover Image answer questions about the history and the possible meanings of the rock art. the rich rock art heritage of the entire African continent, to making this information widely available and accessible Painted shelter at Laas Geel in Somaliland TARA continues to enjoy excellent partnerships with both technical and funding and, to the extent possible, safeguarding those sites most See story on page 6 threatened by both humans and nature, no matter how agencies which have led to the achievement of several projects which you will read about remote. in this newsletter. One which took place in October is a conservation workshop in Morocco dealing with the issues of rock art theft and vandalism. This is an activity I have been personally TARA achieves this through survey and conservation work, documentation, exhibitions, publications and community committed to organising for the last six years and thanks to the eorts of our advisory board projects. TARA has documented rock art in 18 African This page background picture member, Abdellah Salih, now Director of Culture in Morocco, as well as the support of the countries and digitised 20,000 images, Many of which Ministry of Culture, 50 rock art experts and heritage specialists from every continent gathered are available online. It is estimated that over one million Lake Victoria seen from Mfangano Island people have visited TARA’s exhibitions in 12 countries. The to review these critical problems and look for solutions. organisation also works closely with communities in areas where rock art is found, in order to raise awareness of rock In closing I would like to highlight another landmark achievement during 2010 – we art as a fragile heritage resource, and to improve the lives Published by: TARA estimate that over 1,000,000 people have now visited the many exhibitions which TARA has of people in those communities. ISSN 1996-8191 (print) / ISSN 1996-8205 (online) undertaken. And I am thrilled to inform you that the “Dawn of Imagination” exhibition which was hosted in Nairobi for two years has been moved to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania where it will MISSION Designed by: Richard Wachara Create greater global awareness of the importance and feature as a permanent exhibition in the newly renovated National Museum/House of Culture. endangered state of African rock art; survey sites; monitor Photos © TARA unless credited otherwise. status; be an information resource and archive; and TARA is registered in the United States as a 501(c)3 not-for-prot corporation. promote and support rock art conservation measures. TARA is a member of the International Federation of Rock Art Organizations. Sincerely, TARA Newsletter – December 2010 www.africanrockart.org www.africanrockart.org TARA Newsletter – December 2010 1 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES WORKSHOP AND KIMBERLEY ROCK ENGRAVINGS WORKSHOP Information Resource SYMPOSIUM rom 18th to 22nd October 2010, Evan Maina from TARA’s Digital By Reuben Chelimo By Evan Maina FImaging Centre attended a rock engravings recording training has found this a great pleasure, and more in knowing that we are workshop in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. The workshop DIGITAL IMAGING CENTRE/ARCHIVE - D.I.C. helping to conserve rock art in digital format for future generations. n January 2010, JSTOR in partnership with the National Museums was organised through GDRI-STAR a South African-French The physical form may be tampered by vandals and natural attrition, Iof Kenya and Prof. Heinz Ruther of the University of Cape Town collaboration network. The workshop comprised lectures, on site but when the digital form is refreshed from time to time, and when he past year has been one of growth and progress for the Digital organised a symposium at the Panafric Hotel, Nairobi. TARA demonstrations, field works,discussions and practical exercises. The preserved in a managed way, then they can last longer than the TImaging Centre. We have increased in terms of sta ng as well was well represented by David Coulson (Executive Chairman), course focused on practical examples illustrating real issues that as our output. Three new people joined us: Moses Otieno, Richard physical form. And that is what our team endeavours to do. Terry Little (Chief Operations O cer), Gloria Borona (Community archaeologists and heritage practitioners face and the methods Wachara for our design team and George Osewe as our Digital Digital archiving is quite complex as it requires systems that will Projects Manager), Reuben Chelimo (D.I.C. Manager) and Evan and techniques to tackle these problems. Image Editor. We welcomed Eliza Wilson-Powers on a professional ensure that no information is lost with time. From day to day, Maina (Database Operator).
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