From: "Robert G. Bednarik"
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To: ROCK-ART@...

The President of the Rock Art Society of India, Dr
Giriraj Kumar, has
set
the next Congress of IFRAO for 28 November to 2
December 2004. It is to
be
held in Agra, in a 5-star hotel not far from the Taj
Mahal. The event
is by
far the largest in the rock art field, usually
attracting around 500
scholars from around the world, but this one is being
planned for 600
or
700, because its outstanding field trips program will
attract a higher
number of participants. Here is a list of the
preliminary symposium
themes:

ROCK ART: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
1. Inter- and intra-continental perspectives of rock
art
2. Global patterns in rock art
3. Earliest rock art: global perspectives
4. Early Indian Petroglyphs (Project)
5. Changing trends in rock art research
6. Rock art: new discoveries
ROCK ART AND HUMAN EVOLUTION
7. Rock art and ecological knowledge
8. Rock art and technological development
9. Rock art and animal domestication
10. Rock art and cognitive evolution
11. Rock art and cultural adaptations
12. Techniques and processes of rock art creation
13. Rock art and its relationship with tribal and folk
art
ROCK ART STUDY AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY
14. Dating of rock art
15. Recording, storing and communicating rock art
16. Rock art management and education programs for
site visitors
17. Rock art preservation and conservation
18. Artistic appreciation of rock art
19. Can we interpret rock art?
20. Challenge to prevent rock art vandalism
ROCK ART AND MODERN SOCIETY
21. Rock art as a source of knowledge
22. Rock art, enterprise and creativity
23. Rock art and tourism
24. Open session
ROCK ART: VISION (WORKSHOPS)
25. Rock art discipline: vision 2025
26. Atlas of global rock art
27. Rock art textbooks
28. Bhimbetka: a model rock art complex in India

For details about the next IFRAO Congress, please see
http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/ifrao/web/agra.html
Robert G. Bednarik



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