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Réf.
41846
Type
conference item
Titre
Inventer une nouvelle illusion: le cas renommé des Southern Ndebele
Langues
French
Auteurs
Fontana Antonelli, Giovanni
Date
2003
Pagination de section
1-7
Titre de conférence
14th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Place, memory, meaning: preserving intangible values in monuments and sites’
Lieu de conférence
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Date de conférence
27 – 31 oct 2003
Mots-clés
intangible heritage / indigenous peoples / oral tradition / globalization / modernization / cultural identity / social changes / adaptation
Pays mentionnés
South Africa
Résumé en anglais
This paper deals with the process of change,transformation and modernisation of the Southern Ndebele culture, from the first struggle against the apartheid state to the affirmation as a landmark in
modern art. This contribution seeks to investigate the roots of the transition from a local tradition to a contemporary language and understand the reasons for its world-wide success: the creation and consolidation of
the Southern Ndebele cultural identity is the key conceptto reaffirm the intangible values of the community and disseminate a fresh new idea of “African Renaissance”.The paper follows the historical and typological path of the Southern Ndebele art and architecture, from the origin to the present, through comparative analysis with neighbouring groups (i.e. Basotho or Tswana) and investigates on the impact of irreversible change on their
social structure through the ways of assimilation and reuse of external languages. The question is how the colonisation and globalisation process had influenced the material and immaterial culture of a community and how a diverse perception has been determined to enhance the incessant dialogue between human beings and nature that we call history.
modern art. This contribution seeks to investigate the roots of the transition from a local tradition to a contemporary language and understand the reasons for its world-wide success: the creation and consolidation of
the Southern Ndebele cultural identity is the key conceptto reaffirm the intangible values of the community and disseminate a fresh new idea of “African Renaissance”.The paper follows the historical and typological path of the Southern Ndebele art and architecture, from the origin to the present, through comparative analysis with neighbouring groups (i.e. Basotho or Tswana) and investigates on the impact of irreversible change on their
social structure through the ways of assimilation and reuse of external languages. The question is how the colonisation and globalisation process had influenced the material and immaterial culture of a community and how a diverse perception has been determined to enhance the incessant dialogue between human beings and nature that we call history.
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