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Genevieve von Petzinger
von Petzinger TEDGlobal Fellow
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University of Victoria PhD candidate Genevieve von Petzinger is the only Canadian on the distinguished list of 20 new international fellows at the TEDGlobal Conference 2011 next month in Edinburgh, Scotland. Von Petzinger earned international media attention last year with her discovery of ancient geometric signs from the Ice Age. As a master’s student in UVic’s Department of Anthropology, von Petzinger cracked a startling symbolic code carved on prehistoric cave walls. She has compiled a database of 5,000 geometric shapes, lines and squiggles from 146 Ice Age caves in France and her work has garnered global attention.
Research impact caught on video
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Two UVic graduate students have been rewarded for their creative use of video to tell the story of how their academic research is impacting the world. Genevieve von Petzinger and Bernadette Perry are among 25 winners of the national Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) video contest Research for a Better Life: The Storytellers Challenge, involving universities across Canada. The challenge required students to distill their research into a compelling three minutes of narrated video, describing how their SSHRC-funded research is making a difference in the lives of Canadians.
UVic Researcher Named TED Senior Fellow
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Celebrated cave-art expert Genevieve von Petzinger heads a strong University of Victoria contingent at the TEDx Victoria 2012 conference Saturday, Nov. 17.
Cave signs suggest unknown language
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A recent study by UVic anthropology graduate student Genevieve von Petzinger reveals that dots, lines and other geometric signs found in prehistoric European caves may be the precursor to an ancient system of written communication dating back nearly 30,000 years.
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