Rasolondrainy OBT Lab Curriculum Vitae
Tanambelo Vassili Reinaldo Rasolondrainy August 13, 2020 Department of Anthropology The Pennsylvania State University 303 Carpenter Building, University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (203) 675-0971 E-mail: [email protected] Date and place of birth: August 29, 1978, in Bekily, Madagascar Marital status: Married (Father of two) Nationality: Malagasy (Non-Immigrant Alien in the USA) ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Jun 2019 – Present: Postdoctoral Scholar in African Environmental Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Sep 2018 – Mar 2019: Assistant Faculty Leader, The Lauder Institute of The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Aug 2017 – May 2019: Peabody Museum Fellow, Anthropology Division, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, CT 2006 – Present: Part-Time Affiliate Curator, Musée d’Art et d’Archéologie, University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar 2005 – Present: Part-Time Affiliate Curator, Musée CeDRATOM, University of Toliara, Toliara, Madagascar EDUCATIONS Ph.D. in Anthropology, 2019, Yale University, New Haven, CT Decision-Making in the Face of Unpredictable Climate and Intergroup Conflicts in Southwest Madagascar, Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries CE. Dissertation Committee: Roderick J. McIntosh (Chair), Alison F. Richard, and Anne P. Underhill. M.Phil. in Anthropology, 2016, Yale University, New Haven, CT M.A. in Archaeology, 2011, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Archaeological Study of the Prehistoric Rock Paintings of Ampasimaiky Rock Shelter, in the Upper Onilahy, Isalo Region, Southwestern Madagascar Dissertation Supervisor: Felix A. Chami, Fidelis Masao Maîtrise es lettres in History, 2008, University of Toliara, Toliara, Madagascar Exploitation traditionnelle du sel gemme dans la commune rurale de Tameantsoa Thesis Supervisor: Barthelemy Manjakahery Licence es lettres in History, 2001, University of Toliara, Toliara, Madagascar
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RESEARCH INTERESTS Social ecological systems, African archaeology, traditional ecological knowledge, cultural heritage management, museum studies, settlement patterns, geomatics and GIS, photogrammetry, and data science. PUBLICATIONS Rasolondrainy, T. (in review). Applying Niche Construction Theory to Study Settlement Choices in Southwest Madagascar, 16th – 19th Centuries CE. Malagasy Nature Douglass, K. and Rasolondrainy, T. (in review). Social Memory and Niche Construction in Hypervariable Environment. American Journal of Human Biology Rasolondrainy, T., Douglass, K., Samba, R., Hubertine, Harson, L. (in prep.). Tantara’i Velondriake. Oral History from the Velondriake Area of Southwest Madagascar. Rasolondrainy, T. & McIntosh, R. J. (book in preparation). Histoire de la Première Ville Africaine Subsaharienne : Jenné-Jeno. Burney, D., Hume, J., Randalana, R., Andrianaivoarivelo, R., Griffiths, O., Middleton, T., Rasolondrainy, T., Hoerman, R., Ramilisonina, and C. Radimilahy (2020). Rock Art from Andriamamelo Cave in the Beanka Protected Area of Western Madagascar. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 15. 1-24. Douglass, K, Hixon, S., Wright, H., Godfrey, L., Crowley, B., Manjakahery, B., Rasolondrainy, T., Crossland, Z., and Radimilahy, C. (2019). A Critical Review of Radiocarbon Dates Clarifies the Human Settlement of Madagascar. Quaternary Science Reviews 221 (2019) : 105878. Rasolondrainy, T. (2015). Travail sur la découverte de peintures rupestres préhistoriques et d'inscription libyco-berbère (500 BC – AD 800) dans la région sud-ouest de Madagascar. Taloha 21 Rasolondrainy, T. (2012). Discovery of Rock Paintings and Libyco-Berber Inscription from the Upper Onilahy, Isalo Region, Southwestern Madagascar. Studies in the African Past 10: 173- 195. Dar es Salaam: E&D Vision Publishing FUNDING AND GRANTS Nov 2010: SIDA/SAREC African Archaeology Network Fund $ 4,000.00 May 2013 – Jul 2013: Augusta Hazard Fund $ 4,000.00 Aug 2013 – Jun 2014: Alice S. Bloomfield Scholarship Fund $ 28,000.00 Jun 2014 – Aug 2014: Augusta Hazard Fund $ 7,450.00 Josef Albers Travelling Fellowship Fund $ 4,255.00 Jun 2015 – Aug 2015: Augusta Hazard Fund $ 14,480.00 Sep 2015 – Jun 2016: Allan H. Smith Fellowship Fund $ 30,000.00 Jun 2016 – Sep 2016: Augusta Hazard Fund $ 9,070.00 MacMillan International Dissertation Research Fellowship Fund $ 5,050.00 Alan P. Smith Fund $ 3,000.00
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Sep 2016 – Jun 2017: Frank M Patterson Memorial Fund $ 30,000.00 Total Awarded : $139,305.00 SELECTED INVITED TALKS Jun 8, 2008 : Exploitation traditionnelle du sel gemme du sud-ouest de Madagascar, Journée nationale de l’Archéologie, Académie Malagasy, Antananarivo, Madagascar. Oct 21, 2010: Rock Paintings from Southwestern Madagascar, UDSM Archaeology Unit Postgraduate Lecture Series, Archaeology Unit of the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Oct 11, 2011 : Rock Paintings of Ampasimaiky Rockshelter, Journée nationale de l’archéologie, Musée d’Art et d’Archéologie, Antananarivo, Madagascar. July 17, 2014: Rock Paintings and Possible Libyco-Berber from the Upper Onilahy, Southwestern Madagascar, 14th Congress of the Pan African Archaeological Association for Prehistory and Related Studies and the 22nd Biennial Meeting of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists, Johannesburg, South Africa. Jan 26, 2016: Rock Paintings and Possible Libyco-Berber from Southern Isalo, Southwestern Madagascar, Yale MacMillan Center PIER Educator Workshop, New Haven, CT, USA. Apr 14, 2016: Rock Paintings and Possible Libyco-Berber from Southern Isalo in Southwestern Madagascar, Norwalk Community College Archaeology Club Talk Series, Norwalk, CT, USA. Sep 30, 2020: Decision-Making in the Face of Climate Variability and Intergroup Conflicts, Southwest Madagascar, Sixteenth-Nineteenth Centuries CE, Penn State African Studies Program Brown Bag Series, State College, PA, USA. RESEARCH AND FIELDWORK 2016: Surveyor, Avaradrano Archaeological Survey, Antananarivo, Madagascar PI: Dr Henry Wright, University of Michigan 2014-2019: Principal Investigator, Isalo Historical Ecology Project, Benenitse, Madagascar 2014: Field Assistant, Pampa Gramalote Archaeological Project, Huanchaco, Peru PI: Dr Gabriel Prieto, Yale University 2014: Field Assistant, Atalla Archaeological Project, Yauli, Peru PI: Michelle Young, Yale University 2012-2013: Field Assistant, Morombe Archaeological Project, Andavadoake, Madagascar PI: Dr Kristina Douglass, Yale University, now at the Pennsylvania State University 2012: Field Assistant, Andavakoera Archaeological Project, Antsiranana, Madagascar PIs: Drs. Robert Dewar (Yale University), Henry Wright (University of Michigan), Chantal Radimilahy (University of Antananarivo) 2012: Mapping Technician, Kigamboni Archaeological Project, Kigamboni, Tanzania PI: Dr Titus Ombori, University of Dar es Salaam 2012: Field Instructor, Ambodisiny Archaeological Field School, Toamasina, Madagascar
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PI: Dr Chantal Radimilahy, University of Toamasina 2011: Field Instructor, Bagamoyo Archaeological Field School, Bagamoyo, Tanzania PI: Dr Emanuel Kessy, University of Dar es Salaam 2011: Field Instructor, Sudi Archaeological Field school, Sudi, Tanzania PI: Dr Elgidius Ichumbaki, University of Dar es Salaam 2011: Co-PI, African Archaeology Network – Turkana Rock Art Project, Lokori, Kenya PI: Drs. Felix Chami (University of Dar es Salaam) and Ibrahim Namunaba (National Museum of Kenya) 2010: Co-PI, African Archaeology Network – Ngazidja Project, Ivoini, Comoro Islands PI: Drs. Felix Chami (University of Dar es Salaam) and Ibouroi Ali Tabibou (University of Comoros) 2010: Co-PI, African Archaeology Network – Rhapta Project, Rufiji Delta, Tanzania PI: Drs. Felix Chami and Valence Valerian, University of Dar es Salaam 2009-2011: Principal Investigator, Isalo Rock Art Project, Benenitse, Madagascar Co-PI: Dr Felix Chami, University of Dar es Salaam 2009: Field Instructor: African Archaeology Network – Misimbo Field School, Rufiji Delta, Tanzania PI: Dr. Felix Chami, University of Dar es Salaam 2009: Field Assistant, African Archaeology Network – Moheli Project, Moheli, Comoro Islands PI: Drs. Felix Chami (University of Dar es Salaam), Chantal Radimilahy (University of Antananarivo), and Ibouroi Ali Tabibou (University of Comoros) 2008: Field Instructor, African Archaeology Network – Ngazidja Project, Fumbuni, Comoro Islands PI: Drs. Felix Chami (University of Dar es Salaam) and Ibouroi Ali Tabibou (University of Comoros) 2008: Co-PI, Lavenombato Archaeological Project, Saint-Augustin, Madagascar PI: Drs. Chantal Radimilahy (University of Antananarivo) and Barthelemy Manjakahery (University of Toliara) 2007: Survey Leader, African Archaeology Network – Madagascar Project, Onilahy River, Madagascar PI: Drs. Chantal Radimilahy (University of Antananarivo) and Barthelemy Manjakahery (University of Toliara) 2007: Camp Leader, Lavenombato Archaeological Project, Onilahy River, Madagascar PI: Drs. Chantal Radimilahy (University of Antananarivo) and Barthelemy Manjakahery (University of Toliara) 2006-2008: Principal Investigator, Tameantsoa Salt-Making Ethnohistorical Project, Tameantsoa, Madagascar.
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Co-PI: Dr Manjakahery Barthelemy, University of Toliara 2006: Survey Leader, African Archaeology Network – Madagascar Project, Taheza River, Madagascar PI: Drs. Chantal Radimilahy (University of Antananarivo) and Barthelemy Manjakahery (University of Toliara) 2006: Field Assistant, Kilwa Archaeological Field School, Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania PI: Dr Felix Chami, University of Dar es Salaam 2005: Excavator, African Archaeology Network – Madagascar Project, Saint Augustin, Madagascar PI: Drs. Chantal Radimilahy (University of Antananarivo) and Barthelemy Manjakahery (University of Toliara), and Lucien Rakotozafy (University of Antananarivo) 2005: Surveyor, African Archaeology Network – Madagascar Project, Tongobory – Fanato, Madagascar PI: Drs. Chantal Radimilahy (University of Antananarivo) and Barthelemy Manjakahery (University of Toliara) 2005: Surveyor, African Archaeology Network – Madagascar Project, Saint-Augustin – Tongobory, Madagascar PI: Drs. Chantal Radimilahy (University of Antananarivo) and Barthelemy Manjakahery (University of Toliara) TEACHING AND MENTORING Spring 2020: Guest Lecture, ANTH 497 African Archaeology, Penn State University Principal Instructor (PI): Dr Kristina Douglass 2018 – Present: Tutor, OneClass Easyke Online Tutoring, Toronto, Canada 2018-2019: Assistant Faculty Leader, Madagascar Lauder Intercultural Venture, University of Pennsylvania. PI: Dr Erol Akcay, University of Pennsylvania 2017 – 2019: Student Mentor, Yale Young African Scholars Program, New Haven, CT 2017: Teaching Fellow, ANTH 271 Introduction to Human Ecology, Yale University PI: Dr Brian M. Wood, Yale University 2016: Teaching Fellow, ANTH 171 Great Civilizations of the Ancient World, Yale University PI: Dr Thomas Fenn, Yale University 2015: Teaching Fellow, ANTH 172 Great Hoaxes and Fantasies in Archaeology, Yale University PI: Dr William Honeychurch, Yale University 2014 – 2017: Language Partner, Yale Center for Language Studies, New Haven, CT Supervisor: Dr Angela Gleason, Yale University
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2014-2016: Field Instructor, Isalo Historical Ecology Project, Benenitse, Madagascar PI: Tanambelo Rasolondrainy, Yale University 2012: Field Instructor, Ambodisiny Archaeological Field School, Toamasina, Madagascar PI: Dr Chantal Radimilahy, University of Toamasina 2011: Field Instructor, Bagamoyo Archaeological Field School, Bagamoyo, Tanzania PI: Dr Emanuel Kessy, University of Dar es Salaam 2011: Field Instructor, Sudi Archaeological Field school, Sudi, Tanzania PI: Dr Elgidius Ichumbaki 2009-2011: Field Instructor, Isalo Rock Art Project, Benenitse, Madagascar PI: Tanambelo Rasolondrainy; Co-PI: Dr Felix Chami, University of Dar es Salaam 2009: Field Instructor: African Archaeology Network – Misimbo Field School, Rufiji Delta, Tanzania PI: Dr. Felix Chami, University of Dar es Salaam 2008: Field Instructor, African Archaeology Network – Ngazidja Project, Fumbuni, Comoro Islands PI: Drs. Felix Chami (University of Dar es Salaam) and Ibouroi Ali Tabibou (University of Comoros) ACADEMIC SERVICES 2016 - present: Reviewer, International Journal of Student Research in Archaeology, Oxford, UK, http://www.ijsra.org/ 2015 – 2016: Research Assistant, Yale Madagascar Archaeology Project, New Haven, CT 2014 - 2015: Coordinator, Yale Archaeological Brown Bag Guest Lecture Series, New Haven, CT
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS Apr 2019: Python Programming Track, DataCamp E-Learning., New York, NY Apr 2019: Python Fundamentals Track, DataCamp E-Learning., New York, NY Apr 2018: Data Science, R Basics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Mar 2018: Geospatial and Environmental Analysis, University of California, Davis, CA Feb 2018: GIS Data Formats, Design and Quality, University of California, Davis, CA
EMPLOYEMENT
2008 – 2009: Consultant, Ambatovy Ltd., Toliara, Madagascar 2003 – 2005: Consultant, WWF-Alamaiky, Toliara, Madagascar 2003: Consultant, Institut National de Statistiques, Toliara, Madagascar PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS African Archaeology Network Society for Africanist Archaeologists Pan-African Archaeological Association
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Society for American Anthropologists New York Academy of Science New York State GIS Association LANGUAGES Malagasy (Native speaker) French (Full professional proficiency) English (Full professional proficiency) Swahili (Limited working proficiency)
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