Benutzer:Yotwen/Shadrek Chirikure

Shadreck Chirikure (* 1978 im Distrikt Gutu in Simbabwe) ist Professor für Geschichte an der Universität Kapstadt und hält eine British Academy Global Professorship für Geschichte an der University of Oxford. Er gilt als einer der führenden Archäologen für das südliche Afrika.

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Nach einem Studium an der University of Zimbabwe (B.A.) schloss Chirikure sein Studium 2002 am Institute of Archaeology des University College London mit einem Master of Arts ab. 2005 wurde er an gleicher Stelle mit einer Arbeit von Thilo Rehren und Andrew Reid beaufsichtigten Arbeit über Technologien und sozio-kulturelle Metaphern im Zusammenhang mit der präkolonialen Eisenproduktion im südlichen Afrika promoviert (Iron production in Iron Age Zimbabwe: Stagnation or innovation?).

Chirikure lehrt an der Universität Kapstadt und leitet die Abteilung für Archäologie. Er befasst sich überwiegend mit pyrotechnischen Anwendungen der sesshaften Bewohner Afrikas südlich der Sahara in den letzten 2000 Jahren, also seit Beginn der Eisenzeit. Er erforscht die Rolle von Bergbau und Verhüttungstechnologien in der frühen Staatenbildung, die Innovationen in den Methoden und die Bevölkerungsentwicklung. Feldforschung betreibt Chirikure an Plätzen wie Khami, Groß-Simbabwe, dem Mapungubwe-Hügel und weiteren historischen Stätten in Malawi, Nigeria und Kamerun.

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== Career == He held a Mandela-Harvard Fellowship in 2012 at [[Harvard University]]'s Hutchins Centre for African and African American Studies.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chirikure, Shadreck|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/905348809|title=Metals in past societies : a global perspective on indigenous African metallurgy|date=18 March 2015|publisher=|isbn=978-3-319-11641-9|location=Cham|pages=viii|oclc=905348809}}</ref> He received the [[National Research Foundation (South Africa)|National Research Foundation of South Africa]]’s Presidential Award in 2012 for outstanding research by persons under the age of 40.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elsevier Announces Winners of 2012 Young Scientist Awards in South Africa|url=https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/corporate-social-responsibility/elsevier-announces-winners-of-2012-young-scientist-awards-in-south-africa|access-date=2020-06-06|website=www.elsevier.com}}</ref> Chirikure received the Association of Commonwealth Universities Fellowship in 2017, which he held at [[Linacre College, Oxford|Linacre College]], [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prestigious fellowship for Chirikure|url=http://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2016-07-08-prestigious-fellowship-for-chirikure|access-date=2020-06-06|website=www.news.uct.ac.za|language=en}}</ref> He currently holds a [[British Academy]] Global Professorship within the [[School of Archaeology, University of Oxford|School of Archaeology]] at the [[University of Oxford]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Professor Shadreck Chirikure|url=https://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-shadreck-chirikure|access-date=2020-06-06|website=www.arch.ox.ac.uk|language=en}}</ref> and a Visiting Fellow at [[St Cross College, Oxford|St Cross College]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Professor Shadreck Chirikure|url=https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/people/shadreck-chirikure|access-date=2020-06-06|website=www.stx.ox.ac.uk|language=en}}</ref> Chirikure is also an honorary research associate at the [[McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research]]. In 2019 he delivered the Thirty-first McDonald Annual Lecture at the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Jarman|first=Emma|date=2019-10-11|title=The Thirty-first McDonald Annual Lecture|url=https://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/events/mcdonald-annual-lectures/thirty-first-mcdonald-annual-lecture|access-date=2020-06-06|website=www.arch.cam.ac.uk|language=en}}</ref> He has published several monographs, including ''Indigenous Mining and Metallurgy in Africa'' (2010), and ''Metals in Past Societies. A Global Perspective on Indigenous African Metallurgy'' (2015), and numerous journal articles. He is the editor in chief of the ''Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of African Archaeology''<ref name=":1" /> and one of the co-editors of Cambridge University Press’ ''History of Technology'' book series.<ref name=":0" /> Chirikure is a founding member of the South African Young Academy of Science,<ref>{{Cite web|title=ABOUT US|url=https://www.sayas.org.za/about-us/|access-date=2020-06-06|website=SAYAS|language=en-US}}</ref> a member of the Board of Governors for the Arts Council of African Studies Association,<ref name=":2" /> and a member of the Advisory Council of the New York based [[Wenner Gren Foundation]] for Anthropological Research.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leadership {{!}} The Wenner-Gren Foundation|url=http://www.wennergren.org/about/leadership|access-date=2020-06-06|website=www.wennergren.org}}</ref> He won the ''[[Antiquity (journal)|Antiquity]]'' prize in both 2019, and in 2008 with [[Innocent Pikirayi]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prize Winners {{!}} Antiquity Journal|url=https://www.antiquity.ac.uk/open/prizes|access-date=2020-06-06|website=www.antiquity.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Double publication prize for archaeologist Chirikure|url=http://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2019-05-22-double-publication-prize-for-archaeologist-chirikure|access-date=2020-06-06|website=www.news.uct.ac.za|language=en}}</ref> == Research focus == Much of Chirikure's work is focused on integrating hard sciences with traditional archaeological and anthropological studies, to explore both ancient African technologies and how they contribute to political economies in both non-state and precolonial state systems. Chirikure’s work seeks to disrupt the hegemonic approach to african technologies, and their roles in society, using African philosophies to revise historically accepted concepts and reflect on the significance of African technology in the long durée. In his work, Chirikure reflects on how this affects Africa's place in the world now, and the place of the world in Africa, as exemplified in a lecture given as part of AfOx insaka 2019, entitled 'Why is contemporary Africa poor: insights from archaeology and deep history'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Why is contemporary Africa poor: insights from archaeology and deep history {{!}} University of Oxford Podcasts - Audio and Video Lectures|url=https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/why-contemporary-africa-poor-insights-archaeology-and-deep-history|access-date=2020-06-10|website=podcasts.ox.ac.uk}}</ref> As of 2020, his current project is focused on the precolonial urban landscapes in southern Africa, and how these deep history of challenges contribute to contemporary society. His work is focused at two [[World Heritage Site]]s, [[Great Zimbabwe]] and [[Kingdom of Mapungubwe|Mapungubwe]]. Understanding of the economies and social/trade networks of these significant sites is sorely lacking, without even a solid chronological framework. Through an extensive science-based analysis of material and biological remains, Chirikure's work seeks to place these sites in their African and international trade networks. The outcomes will enhance understanding of national heritage and roots through education in Africa and beyond.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Professor Shadreck Chirikure|url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/global-professorships-shadreck-chirikure/|access-date=2020-06-10|website=The British Academy|language=en}}</ref> == Selected publications == Chirikure, S. 2007. Metals in society: iron production and its position in Iron Age communities of southern Africa. ''[[Journal of Social Archaeology]]'' 7(1), 72-100. Chirikure, S., Pwiti, G., Damm, C., Folorunso, C.A., Hughes, D.M., Phillips, C., Taruvinga, P., Chirikure, S. and Pwiti, G., 2008. Community involvement in archaeology and cultural heritage management: An assessment from case studies in Southern Africa and elsewhere. ''[[Current Anthropology]]'' 49(3), pp. 467–485. Chirikure, S., & Pikirayi, I. 2008. Inside and outside the dry stone walls: revisiting the material culture of Great Zimbabwe. ''[[Antiquity (journal)|Antiquity]]'' 82(318), 976-993. Chirikure, S. 2010. ''Indigenous mining and metallurgy in Africa''. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Chirikure, S., Manyanga, M., Ndoro, W., & Pwiti, G. 2010. Unfulfilled promises? Heritage management and community participation at some of Africa's cultural heritage sites. ''International Journal of Heritage Studies 1''6(1-2), 30-44. Chirikure, S., Manyanga, M., Pikirayi, I., & Pollard, M. (2013). New pathways of sociopolitical complexity in Southern Africa. ''African Archaeological Review'' ''30''(4), 339-366. Chirikure, S., Manyanga, M., Pollard, A. M., Bandama, F., Mahachi, G., & Pikirayi, I. 2014. Zimbabwe culture before Mapungubwe: new evidence from Mapela Hill, south-western Zimbabwe. ''PLOS ONE'' ''9''(10), e111224. Chirikure, Shadreck. 2015. ''Metals in Past Societies. A Global Perspective on Indigenous African Metallurgy.'' Springer. Munyaradzi Manyanga and Shadreck Chirikure. 2017. ''[https://muse.jhu.edu/book/52180 Archives, Objects, Places and Landscapes: Multidisciplinary approaches to Decolonised Zimbabwean pasts]. African Books Collective.'' [[Webber Ndoro]], Shadreck Chirikure, Janette Deacon (eds). 2018''. Managing Africa’s Heritage: Who Cares.'' Routledge. == References == {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chirikure, Shadreck}} [[Category:South African archaeologists]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Alumni of the UCL Institute of Archaeology]] [[Category:University of Zimbabwe alumni]] [[Category:1978 births]]

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