Gilbert Pwiti
Biographic Data
| ID | 215272 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gilbert Pwiti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gilbert |
| FAMILY NAME | Pwiti |
| SIGNATURE | PWITI G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zimbabwe |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 205 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The significance of myths associated with natural heritage tourism destinations in Zimbabwe
This article examines the role of myths in influencing the cultural and environmental significance of Nyanga Mountain, a natural heritage site in Zimbabwe’s Manicaland province. Recognizing that natural tourism destinations often develop unique cultural identities through myth, this study uses qualitative methods, including in-depth interviews with community members, tour guides, tourists and experts, to explore the role of myths in destination m…
Disseminating archaeological heritage knowledge for development in Africa with special reference to Zimbabwe
In recent years, culture has gained recognition as a vital element in sustainable development efforts, both globally through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in Africa through the African Union's Vision 2063. However, there remains a significant gap between the scientific community and local communities in terms of understanding and benefiting from archaeological heritage resources. This article draws on a research project conducted i…
David Phillipson
Unfulfilled promises? Heritage management and community participation at some of Africa's cultural heritage sites
The application of participatory management has had varied success in the field of heritage management depending on the context in which it has been applied, and the evidence from some heritage sites in sub‐Saharan Africa reveals mixed results; some far from satisfactory. Most of the goals – particularly those aimed at involving local communities in decision making in heritage resources – still remain unfulfilled and at best experimental. This co…
Community Involvement in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management
Community archaeology has conferred an alternative dimension on conventional archaeology and heritage management, empowering previously powerless peoples, particularly the indigenous and local communities that have lost rights to their heritage through colonialism. So important has its impact been that there has been only limited reference in the literature to its problems. Examination of case studies from various parts of the world reveals that …
Economic change, ideology and the development of cultural complexity in northern Zimbabwe
This paper examines the nature and causes of socio-cultural changes that took place among prehistoric farming communities in northern Zimbabwe. Farming was established in northern Zimbabwe by the 5th century AD. For the greater part of the first millennium AD, the early farmers were organised as non-stratified village communities. Early in the second millennium AD, complex forms of sociopolitical organisation developed in northern Zimbabwe. It is…
Prehistory, archaeology and education in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is one of those countries in southern Africa which has enjoyed a long and active tradition of archaeological research into virtually all periods of prehistory. Although great emphasis has been placed on the Iron Age, the basic culture history of the country is now fairly clear. Much more research needs to be done, however, to fill in gaps in our knowledge and to take account of changes in archaeological theories and methods. Equally impo…
Southern Africa and the Swahili World. Studies in the African Past 2
People, Contact and the Environment in the African Past
People, Contacts, and the Environment in the African Past
Heritage management in southern Africa
Heritage management in southern Africa has been the by-product of colonialism. During the colonial period therefore, much of the practice reflected the interests of the colonial masters and hardly considered the aspirations of the local communities. Heritage was largely considered as of scientific interest and protection was also viewed in this light. As far as its protection is concerned, the general thinking was that proper scientific procedure…
Heritage management in southern Africa
Heritage management in southern Africa has been the by-product of colonialism. During the colonial period therefore, much of the practice reflected the interests of the colonial masters and hardly considered the aspirations of the local communities. Heritage was largely considered as of scientific interest and protection was also viewed in this light. As far as its protection is concerned, the general thinking was that proper scientific procedure…
States, traders, and colonists
The Legacy of Colonialism
Marketing the past
Great Zimbabwe, constructed by ancestors of the Shona people, is well known for its extensive drystone walls and remains of earthen house structures dating to the period between 1100 and 1450 AD. It is, on its own, a major tourist attraction. In 1986, however, a model of a nineteenth century 'Shona village' was constructed as a 'live' museum to create an additional attraction for visitors to Great Zimbabwe. We argue that, while live museums are a…
Dynamics of populations, movements and responses to climatic changes in eastern, central and southern Africa
Taking African cultural heritage management into the twenty-first century
Snakes and Crocodiles
David Beach, M. F. C. Bourdillon, James Denbow, Martin Hall, Paul Lane, Innocent Pikirayi, Gilbert Pwiti, Thomas N. Huffman, Thomas N. Huffman, The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 52, No. 166 (Dec., 1997), pp. 125-143
THOMAS N. HUFFMAN. Snakes and crocodiles
THOMAS N. HUFFMAN. Snakes and crocodiles: power and symbolism in ancient Zimbabwe. x+228 pages, 16 colour plates, 260 illustrations. 1996. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand Univesity Press; 1-86814-254-X paperback. - Volume 71 Issue 273
Let the ancestors rest in peace? New challenges for cultural heritage management in Zimbabwe
Cultural heritage management and archaeological research in Zimbabwe have been the byproducts of colonialism. This dates back to the beginning of the present century and, for the greater part of the time, management of the cultural heritage and archaeological research were done without the involvement of the indigenous populations. When the country became independent from British rule in 1980, however, the new political environment placed new res…
Settlement and Subsistence of Prehistoric Farming Communities in the Mid-Zambezi Valley, Northern Zimbabwe
Gilbert Pwiti, Settlement and Subsistence of Prehistoric Farming Communities in the Mid-Zambezi Valley, Northern Zimbabwe, The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 51, No. 163 (Jun., 1996), pp. 3-6
Early Farming Communities of the Middle Zambezi Valley
Cet article resume les resultats de recherches archeologiques menees dans la partie zimbabweenne de la moyenne vallee du Zambeze, en particulier sur le complexe culturel de l'Age du Fer ancien. Cette etude constitue une partie d'un projet a long terme destine a fournir une image coherente de l'histoire des habitats et des comportements humains dans cette region. A part quelques observations ponctuelles, aucun travaux archeologique n'avait encore …
Community Involvement in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management
Community archaeology has conferred an alternative dimension on conventional archaeology and heritage management, empowering previously powerless peoples, particularly the indigenous and local communities that have lost rights to their heritage through colonialism. So important has its impact been that there has been only limited reference in the literature to its problems. Examination of case studies from various parts of the world reveals that …
Unfulfilled promises? Heritage management and community participation at some of Africa's cultural heritage sites
The application of participatory management has had varied success in the field of heritage management depending on the context in which it has been applied, and the evidence from some heritage sites in sub‐Saharan Africa reveals mixed results; some far from satisfactory. Most of the goals – particularly those aimed at involving local communities in decision making in heritage resources – still remain unfulfilled and at best experimental. This co…
People, Contacts, and the Environment in the African Past
The Legacy of Colonialism
Snakes and Crocodiles
David Beach, M. F. C. Bourdillon, James Denbow, Martin Hall, Paul Lane, Innocent Pikirayi, Gilbert Pwiti, Thomas N. Huffman, Thomas N. Huffman, The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 52, No. 166 (Dec., 1997), pp. 125-143
States, traders, and colonists
Settlement and Subsistence of Prehistoric Farming Communities in the Mid-Zambezi Valley, Northern Zimbabwe
Gilbert Pwiti, Settlement and Subsistence of Prehistoric Farming Communities in the Mid-Zambezi Valley, Northern Zimbabwe, The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 51, No. 163 (Jun., 1996), pp. 3-6
Heritage management in southern Africa
Heritage management in southern Africa has been the by-product of colonialism. During the colonial period therefore, much of the practice reflected the interests of the colonial masters and hardly considered the aspirations of the local communities. Heritage was largely considered as of scientific interest and protection was also viewed in this light. As far as its protection is concerned, the general thinking was that proper scientific procedure…
Taking African cultural heritage management into the twenty-first century
Economic change, ideology and the development of cultural complexity in northern Zimbabwe
This paper examines the nature and causes of socio-cultural changes that took place among prehistoric farming communities in northern Zimbabwe. Farming was established in northern Zimbabwe by the 5th century AD. For the greater part of the first millennium AD, the early farmers were organised as non-stratified village communities. Early in the second millennium AD, complex forms of sociopolitical organisation developed in northern Zimbabwe. It is…
Southern Africa and the Swahili World. Studies in the African Past 2
THOMAS N. HUFFMAN. Snakes and crocodiles
THOMAS N. HUFFMAN. Snakes and crocodiles: power and symbolism in ancient Zimbabwe. x+228 pages, 16 colour plates, 260 illustrations. 1996. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand Univesity Press; 1-86814-254-X paperback. - Volume 71 Issue 273
Early Farming Communities of the Middle Zambezi Valley
Cet article resume les resultats de recherches archeologiques menees dans la partie zimbabweenne de la moyenne vallee du Zambeze, en particulier sur le complexe culturel de l'Age du Fer ancien. Cette etude constitue une partie d'un projet a long terme destine a fournir une image coherente de l'histoire des habitats et des comportements humains dans cette region. A part quelques observations ponctuelles, aucun travaux archeologique n'avait encore …
Let the ancestors rest in peace? New challenges for cultural heritage management in Zimbabwe
Cultural heritage management and archaeological research in Zimbabwe have been the byproducts of colonialism. This dates back to the beginning of the present century and, for the greater part of the time, management of the cultural heritage and archaeological research were done without the involvement of the indigenous populations. When the country became independent from British rule in 1980, however, the new political environment placed new res…
Settlement and Subsistence of Prehistoric Farming Communities in the Mid-Zambezi Valley, Northern Zimbabwe
Gilbert Pwiti, Settlement and Subsistence of Prehistoric Farming Communities in the Mid-Zambezi Valley, Northern Zimbabwe, The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 51, No. 163 (Jun., 1996), pp. 3-6
Marketing the past
Great Zimbabwe, constructed by ancestors of the Shona people, is well known for its extensive drystone walls and remains of earthen house structures dating to the period between 1100 and 1450 AD. It is, on its own, a major tourist attraction. In 1986, however, a model of a nineteenth century 'Shona village' was constructed as a 'live' museum to create an additional attraction for visitors to Great Zimbabwe. We argue that, while live museums are a…
Dynamics of populations, movements and responses to climatic changes in eastern, central and southern Africa
Taking African cultural heritage management into the twenty-first century
Snakes and Crocodiles
David Beach, M. F. C. Bourdillon, James Denbow, Martin Hall, Paul Lane, Innocent Pikirayi, Gilbert Pwiti, Thomas N. Huffman, Thomas N. Huffman, The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 52, No. 166 (Dec., 1997), pp. 125-143
THOMAS N. HUFFMAN. Snakes and crocodiles
THOMAS N. HUFFMAN. Snakes and crocodiles: power and symbolism in ancient Zimbabwe. x+228 pages, 16 colour plates, 260 illustrations. 1996. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand Univesity Press; 1-86814-254-X paperback. - Volume 71 Issue 273
States, traders, and colonists
The Legacy of Colonialism
Heritage management in southern Africa
Heritage management in southern Africa has been the by-product of colonialism. During the colonial period therefore, much of the practice reflected the interests of the colonial masters and hardly considered the aspirations of the local communities. Heritage was largely considered as of scientific interest and protection was also viewed in this light. As far as its protection is concerned, the general thinking was that proper scientific procedure…
Heritage management in southern Africa
Heritage management in southern Africa has been the by-product of colonialism. During the colonial period therefore, much of the practice reflected the interests of the colonial masters and hardly considered the aspirations of the local communities. Heritage was largely considered as of scientific interest and protection was also viewed in this light. As far as its protection is concerned, the general thinking was that proper scientific procedure…
People, Contact and the Environment in the African Past
People, Contacts, and the Environment in the African Past
Prehistory, archaeology and education in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is one of those countries in southern Africa which has enjoyed a long and active tradition of archaeological research into virtually all periods of prehistory. Although great emphasis has been placed on the Iron Age, the basic culture history of the country is now fairly clear. Much more research needs to be done, however, to fill in gaps in our knowledge and to take account of changes in archaeological theories and methods. Equally impo…
Southern Africa and the Swahili World. Studies in the African Past 2
Economic change, ideology and the development of cultural complexity in northern Zimbabwe
This paper examines the nature and causes of socio-cultural changes that took place among prehistoric farming communities in northern Zimbabwe. Farming was established in northern Zimbabwe by the 5th century AD. For the greater part of the first millennium AD, the early farmers were organised as non-stratified village communities. Early in the second millennium AD, complex forms of sociopolitical organisation developed in northern Zimbabwe. It is…
Community Involvement in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management
Community archaeology has conferred an alternative dimension on conventional archaeology and heritage management, empowering previously powerless peoples, particularly the indigenous and local communities that have lost rights to their heritage through colonialism. So important has its impact been that there has been only limited reference in the literature to its problems. Examination of case studies from various parts of the world reveals that …
Unfulfilled promises? Heritage management and community participation at some of Africa's cultural heritage sites
The application of participatory management has had varied success in the field of heritage management depending on the context in which it has been applied, and the evidence from some heritage sites in sub‐Saharan Africa reveals mixed results; some far from satisfactory. Most of the goals – particularly those aimed at involving local communities in decision making in heritage resources – still remain unfulfilled and at best experimental. This co…
David Phillipson
Disseminating archaeological heritage knowledge for development in Africa with special reference to Zimbabwe
In recent years, culture has gained recognition as a vital element in sustainable development efforts, both globally through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in Africa through the African Union's Vision 2063. However, there remains a significant gap between the scientific community and local communities in terms of understanding and benefiting from archaeological heritage resources. This article draws on a research project conducted i…
The significance of myths associated with natural heritage tourism destinations in Zimbabwe
This article examines the role of myths in influencing the cultural and environmental significance of Nyanga Mountain, a natural heritage site in Zimbabwe’s Manicaland province. Recognizing that natural tourism destinations often develop unique cultural identities through myth, this study uses qualitative methods, including in-depth interviews with community members, tour guides, tourists and experts, to explore the role of myths in destination m…
Geography (17 works) · History (16 works) · Archaeology (15 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (15 works) · Sociology (13 works) · History (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (8 works) · Ethnology (8 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (8 works)