Sven Ouzman

I am an archaeologist and heritage specialist who studies rock art, graffiti, heritage, Indigenous knowledge, intellectual property, cross-cultural contact, and understandings of time. I studied for my BA and Honours at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa (1988-1992). I was Head of the Rock Art Department at National Museum in Bloemfontein (1994-2002) before reading for an MA and PhD at UC Berkeley (2002-2006). I taught Ancient African History at San Quentin Prison (2004-2005). I returned to South Africa as Senior Lecturer at the University of Pretoria’s Department of Anthropology & Archaeology (2006-2011) before becoming Curator of Archaeology at Iziko South African Museum (2011-2013).In 2013 I joined UWA’s Centre for Rock Art Research + Management as a Kimberley Rock Art Research Fellow (2013-2015) where I have been Archaeology Discipline Chair (2016-2018), Major Co-ordinator (2015-2021), Honours Co-ordinator (2015-2019 & Mentor) and Seminar Co-ordinator (2017-2020). I was School of Social Sciences Director of Learning, Teaching + Student Matters (2020-2022) and am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.I have directed research in Australia, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa, documenting >4000 rock art sites, conducting >20 excavations and producing >200 site reports. I have written >60 academic >100 other publications; established 6 rock art site museums; and curated 10 exhibitions.