Human Remains Management: Extending the Conversation Throughout Southern Africa
March 11th-13th 2019 At the University of Botswana
Workshop participants will discuss the history of `collecting' in southern Africa, compare existing guidelines and regulatory frameworks on human remains, and consider the uses of human remains in the disciplines of archaeology, historical and scientific research. The importance of respecting cultural practices surrounding death and burial and community perspectives on repatriation and human remains management will also be discussed. The workshop will build upon previous workshops held in Cape Town (2017) and Windhoek (2018).
It will feature the travelling exhibition Who are they ? Human remains collection in southern Africa. The book Museums and Communities: Dialogue and Diversity in an Age of Migration (ICOM ICME/Cambridge Scholars) will also be launched. The book features a chapter titled `Who Were They ? Repatriation and the Rehumanisation of Human Remains in Museums in Southern Africa'.
For Further Information please contact [email protected]
March 11th-13th 2019 At the University of Botswana
Workshop participants will discuss the history of `collecting' in southern Africa, compare existing guidelines and regulatory frameworks on human remains, and consider the uses of human remains in the disciplines of archaeology, historical and scientific research. The importance of respecting cultural practices surrounding death and burial and community perspectives on repatriation and human remains management will also be discussed. The workshop will build upon previous workshops held in Cape Town (2017) and Windhoek (2018).
It will feature the travelling exhibition Who are they ? Human remains collection in southern Africa. The book Museums and Communities: Dialogue and Diversity in an Age of Migration (ICOM ICME/Cambridge Scholars) will also be launched. The book features a chapter titled `Who Were They ? Repatriation and the Rehumanisation of Human Remains in Museums in Southern Africa'.
For Further Information please contact [email protected]
Commonwealth Association of Museums 2020 Triennial General Assembly
March 9th-14th 2020 at The Iziko Museums of South Africa
Events include a pre-conference workshop, symposium, and post-conference tour.
The pre-conference workshop will focus on collections management and conservation of Indigenous heritage, particularly sacred artifacts and ancestral remains.
Conference sessions will explore ways in which museums throughout the Commonwealth and beyond are enacting social change through reconciliation, decolonizing museum practices, engaging with communities, and contesting difficult histories.
While in Cape Town we will visit the Slave Lodge which explores the long history of slavery in South Africa https://www.iziko.org.za/museums/slave-lodge Robben Island, the prison that held Nelson Mandela for 18 years of his incarceration http://www.robben-island.org.za/, the District Six Museum which focus on forced migration http://www.districtsix.co.za/, and more.
The post-conference tour will include visits to Solms Delta, a progressive wine estate that is empowering its previously disadvantaged worker and resident communities through sharing of land and business equity https://www.solms-delta.co.za/ and museums in the region.
March 9th-14th 2020 at The Iziko Museums of South Africa
Events include a pre-conference workshop, symposium, and post-conference tour.
The pre-conference workshop will focus on collections management and conservation of Indigenous heritage, particularly sacred artifacts and ancestral remains.
Conference sessions will explore ways in which museums throughout the Commonwealth and beyond are enacting social change through reconciliation, decolonizing museum practices, engaging with communities, and contesting difficult histories.
While in Cape Town we will visit the Slave Lodge which explores the long history of slavery in South Africa https://www.iziko.org.za/museums/slave-lodge Robben Island, the prison that held Nelson Mandela for 18 years of his incarceration http://www.robben-island.org.za/, the District Six Museum which focus on forced migration http://www.districtsix.co.za/, and more.
The post-conference tour will include visits to Solms Delta, a progressive wine estate that is empowering its previously disadvantaged worker and resident communities through sharing of land and business equity https://www.solms-delta.co.za/ and museums in the region.