Resources
Publications
Rock Art:
A Cultural Treasure at Risk
Agnew, Neville, Janette Deacon, Nicholas Hall, Terry Little, Sharon Sullivan, and Paul S. C. Taçon. 2015. Rock Art: A Cultural Treasure at Risk. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.
Between 2005 and 2011 the Getty Conservation Institute organized a series of rock art management courses and workshops as part of the Southern African Rock Art Project (SARAP) in collaboration with various southern African organizations. From 2012—2014 the project was extended to include an exchange program between rock art specialists, managers, and custodian communities from southern Africa and Australia. In 2014, a Forum was held in Kakadu National Park between African and Australian rock art colleagues as a culmination of the learning from the SARAP and the African-Australian exchange.
This report is the result of the deliberations from this work, including significant input from traditional owners of rock art sites and the participation of the Trust for African Rock Art. While the document in its present form focuses on experience of examples from Africa and Australia, it sets out a vision for the future conservation of rock art, which will be relevant to rock art conservation in many regions of the world. The issues it identifies and the foundation principles and actions it proposes are based on internationally recognized and well-founded conservation management principles.
Art on the Rocks:
Engaging the Public and Professionals to Network for Rock Art Conservation
Agnew, Neville, Janette Deacon, Nicholas Hall, Tom McClintock, Sharon Sullivan, and Paul Taçon, eds. 2018. Art on the Rocks: Engaging the Public and Professionals to Network for Rock Art Conservation: Abstracts from the Colloquium, Namibia, 22–30 April 2017. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.
In April 2017, the Getty Conservation Institute organized the colloquium, Art on the Rocks in Namibia at the at the World Heritage Site of Twyfelfontein and at the Brandberg as part of its Southern African Rock Art Project.
The purpose was to explore how best to promote the values of rock art conservation and management to audiences beyond professionals and academics, to reach both the public and policy makers in order to build awareness of this endangered global heritage.
Twenty-four notable scholars, site managers, conservators, filmmakers and artists participated in this colloquium, from which two principle ideas emerged: first, that the establishment of an international network of professionals and site managers would improve the exchange of information and resources, and second, harnessing the power of modern media would facilitate dissemination of content of varying levels of complexity and appeal to a broader audience base.
This publication includes an introduction that places this colloquium in the context of the GCI’s former rock art projects, abstracts of participant presentations, and a section on outcomes and the future direction.
Networking for Rock Art:
Global Challenges, Local Solutions
Agnew, Neville, Janette Deacon, Nicholas Hall, Terry Little, Tom McClintock, Peter Robinson, Sharon Sullivan, and Paul Taçon, eds. 2022. Networking for Rock Art: Global Challenges, Local Solutions. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.
This volume by the Rock Art Network presents the successes and challenges faced by rock art managers, researchers, conservators, and caretaker communities from around the globe, and describes how they are addressed through local action. A principal tenet of the Rock Art Network is the potential for improved collaboration between professionals and communication with the public to positively affect the preservation of the world’s rock art. Over fifty entries detail how network members have engaged each other, the public, and the heritage to pursue this vision.
Drawing upon colloquia held in 2018 and 2019, this work is the third in a series of Getty Conservation Institute-organized rock art publications presenting the work of the Rock Art Network. In 2018, network members visited rock art sites in California and Texas and organized a series of presentations at the Institute. In 2019, the colloquium was held in France and Spain, and members visited subterranean sites and their replicas, which are world-renowned and draw significant numbers of tourists.
During these two meetings, the Rock Art Network cemented its vision for the future of rock art preservation and charted a course for the organization’s future sustainability and contributions to the field.
Resources
Publications
Rock Art:
A Cultural Treasure at Risk
Agnew, Neville, Janette Deacon, Nicholas Hall, Terry Little, Sharon Sullivan, and Paul S. C. Taçon. 2015. Rock Art: A Cultural Treasure at Risk. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.
Between 2005 and 2011 the Getty Conservation Institute organized a series of rock art management courses and workshops as part of the Southern African Rock Art Project (SARAP) in collaboration with various southern African organizations. From 2012—2014 the project was extended to include an exchange program between rock art specialists, managers, and custodian communities from southern Africa and Australia. In 2014, a Forum was held in Kakadu National Park between African and Australian rock art colleagues as a culmination of the learning from the SARAP and the African-Australian exchange.
This report is the result of the deliberations from this work, including significant input from traditional owners of rock art sites and the participation of the Trust for African Rock Art. While the document in its present form focuses on experience of examples from Africa and Australia, it sets out a vision for the future conservation of rock art, which will be relevant to rock art conservation in many regions of the world. The issues it identifies and the foundation principles and actions it proposes are based on internationally recognized and well-founded conservation management principles.
Art on the Rocks:
Engaging the Public and Professionals to Network for Rock Art Conservation
Agnew, Neville, Janette Deacon, Nicholas Hall, Tom McClintock, Sharon Sullivan, and Paul Taçon, eds. 2018. Art on the Rocks: Engaging the Public and Professionals to Network for Rock Art Conservation: Abstracts from the Colloquium, Namibia, 22–30 April 2017. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.
In April 2017, the Getty Conservation Institute organized the colloquium, Art on the Rocks in Namibia at the at the World Heritage Site of Twyfelfontein and at the Brandberg as part of its Southern African Rock Art Project.
The purpose was to explore how best to promote the values of rock art conservation and management to audiences beyond professionals and academics, to reach both the public and policy makers in order to build awareness of this endangered global heritage.
Twenty-four notable scholars, site managers, conservators, filmmakers and artists participated in this colloquium, from which two principle ideas emerged: first, that the establishment of an international network of professionals and site managers would improve the exchange of information and resources, and second, harnessing the power of modern media would facilitate dissemination of content of varying levels of complexity and appeal to a broader audience base.
This publication includes an introduction that places this colloquium in the context of the GCI’s former rock art projects, abstracts of participant presentations, and a section on outcomes and the future direction.
Networking for Rock Art:
Global Challenges, Local Solutions
Agnew, Neville, Janette Deacon, Nicholas Hall, Terry Little, Tom McClintock, Peter Robinson, Sharon Sullivan, and Paul Taçon, eds. 2022. Networking for Rock Art: Global Challenges, Local Solutions. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.
This volume by the Rock Art Network presents the successes and challenges faced by rock art managers, researchers, conservators, and caretaker communities from around the globe, and describes how they are addressed through local action. A principal tenet of the Rock Art Network is the potential for improved collaboration between professionals and communication with the public to positively affect the preservation of the world’s rock art. Over fifty entries detail how network members have engaged each other, the public, and the heritage to pursue this vision.
Drawing upon colloquia held in 2018 and 2019, this work is the third in a series of Getty Conservation Institute-organized rock art publications presenting the work of the Rock Art Network. In 2018, network members visited rock art sites in California and Texas and organized a series of presentations at the Institute. In 2019, the colloquium was held in France and Spain, and members visited subterranean sites and their replicas, which are world-renowned and draw significant numbers of tourists.
During these two meetings, the Rock Art Network cemented its vision for the future of rock art preservation and charted a course for the organization’s future sustainability and contributions to the field.
