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Item Afrykańska sztuka naskalna w polskich doświadczeniach badawczych: miedzy praktyką a teorią(2014) Rozwadowski, Andrzej; Kuciewicz, Ewa; Polkowski, PawełItem Historic and proto-historic shamanic rock art in Siberia: a view from the Altai(2015) Rozwadowski, AndrzejThis paper deals with historic and proto-historic manifestations of shamanic rock art in Siberia, mainly in the Sayan-Altai region. This art comes from last few centuries and is characterized by imagery which reveal clear correspondences to ethnographically documented shamanic material culture. It concerns in particular images of shamans in their ritual attire and their most important attribute - the drum. Main attention is focused on rock art of the Karakol Valley in Altai, where besides historic or proto-historic shamanic rock art, also much older art is present. The latter art is dated to second millennium BC, and is characterized by features which also correspond to Siberian tradition of shamanism. Finally the paper discusses the social context related to colonization of Siberia which possibly influenced making shamanic images on rocks.Item In Search of Shamanic Themes in Eastern Siberian Rock Art (Sakha/Yakutia Republic)(2014) Rozwadowski, AndrzejThis article is based on new research which was undertaken by a Polish– Yakut team in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic between 2001 and 2003. Accepting that shamanism is an archaic cultural practice of the Sakha people, and that it is also present in the wider territory of Siberia, it is assumed that some common topics of Siberian shamanism can provide a semantic context for elucidating the social or semantic meanings of rock art in the territory of the Sakha Republic. After a general characterization of rock art in Yakutia, the paper analyzes the possible shamanic overtones of some rock images from southern parts of the country, mainly along the middle Lena River basin, and in the northern territory, on the cliffs of the Olenëk River. Attention is also paid to the contemporary veneration of sites with rock art, where ritual offerings are still practiced.Item O pewnym „kazachskim” petroglifie i jego „podróży” w czasie i przestrzeni. Refleksja o społecznej adaptacji przeszłości(2014) Rozwadowski, AndrzejAuthor of the paper discusses social implications of the choice of a prehistoric rock art image as a graphic symbol of the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology of the Adam Mickiewicz University. The essay is divided into two parts. The first one deals with implications which result from using a petroglyph as a rock art image. In this matter the paper stresses interpretative context of reading this petroglyph in terms of otherness, both on formal and epistemological levels. In the second part the author considers implications which result from choosing this particular petroglyph, which comes from Kazakhstan. Author demonstrates different social involvements of such a choice, which however well define a nature of cultural anthropology as an academic discipline, which, by definition, faces numerous epistemological and ethical dilemmas in its practice.Item Rock art as a source of contemporary cultural identity: a Siberian-Canadian Comparative Study(Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 2021-12) Rozwadowski, Andrzej; Piątkowska, Grażyna; Martini, Sarah; Rand, AstaThis brief article is an introduction to a research project that examines the contemporary re- ception and re-interpretation/re-vitalization of prehistoric rock art and, more specifically, the re/ use of rock art motifs by present-day artists in Siberia and Canada. During the second half of the 20 th century, new artistic trends emerged in both regions, wherein artists significantly drew upon the heritage of indigenous peoples. In Canada, this phenomenon is mainly connected to works created by First Nations artists, while in Siberia it concerns a broader spectrum of image makers from indigenous and non-indigenous backgrounds. As a result, how the past is drawn upon in these two geographical regions involves differing perspectives, though some common trends can be observed. How do the artists link the past with the present through rock art, and to what extent do the images provide them with a source of identity? These are the questions examined by the project.Item Shamanism, rock art and history: implications from a Central Asian case study(Johannesburg: Wits University Pres, 2012) Rozwadowski, Andrzej