BEGIN:VCALENDAR BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Virtual Symposium: African Re-storations in and beyond the Museum DTSTART:20240927T130000Z DTEND:20240927T170000Z UID:https://cdh.princeton.edu/events/2024/09/virtual-symposium-african-re- storations-in-and-beyond-the-museum/ DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n \n \n Zoom Registration is required for partic ipation.\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n Register\n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n Event details\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Within muse ums\, restoration sometimes refers to the processes of conserving\, repair ing\, and reconstructing artworks and artifacts to preserve their original state. This virtual symposium goes beyond the physical and aesthetic enga gement of material culture. It proposes a community-centered approach to r e-storation that embraces participation\, revitalization\, and healing. S peakers engaged with the re-storation of African heritage and culture will convene in two sessions\, one conducted in English and the second in Fren ch\, to discuss the establishment of inclusive\, equitable\, and critical museum practices today. This program is the inaugural event of the second edition of the Arts and (re)Creation from Africas to the World seminar ser ies. Arts and (re)Creation from Africas to the World is a monthly interdis ciplinary seminar series that runs from September 2024 to May 2025. This e vent is cosponsored by the Princeton University Art Museum\, the Center fo r Digital Humanities at Princeton\, and the Africa World Initiative. Pane l 1: Re-storation and the Digital Humanities Our first panel explores app roaches and projects from the digital humanities that enhance community-ce ntered knowledge production systems within European cultural institutions and seek to reconstruct\, restore\, rectify\, and promote African identity \, memory\, and worldviews. Introduced by Perrin Lathrop\, assistant cura tor of African art\, Princeton University Art Museum Moderated in English by Anisa Tavangar\, PhD student\, Princeton University Chao Tayianna\, c o-founder\, Open Restitution\, and founder\, African Digital Heritage Fe licity Bodenstein\, project lead\, Digital Benin  Anthony Kalume-Dip\, associate curator\, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft Panel 2: Re-storation and Community The second panel considers the impact of community contrib utions and collaboration on the development of inclusive and ethical museu m practices and as a cornerstone to artistic production.  Introduced by Tiako Djomatchoua Murielle Sandra\, PhD candidate\, Department of French &\; Italian\, Princeton University Moderated in French by Rodrigue Nze lokuli\, University of Kinshasa Hugues Tchana Heumen\, director\, Nationa l Museum of Cameroon Keita Daouda\, director\, National Museum of Mali  Herve Youmbi\, international artist\n\n\n\n \n \n Background detail s\n \n\n \n\n\n\n The Arts and (Re)Creation from Africas to the World seminar series\, launched by Tiako Djomatchoua Murielle Sandra during th e academic year  2023-2024\, aims to foster open and inclusive and inter disciplinary dialogues on African arts and traditions. The inaugural edit ion delved into a range of topics\, including: the atlas of African arts\; the patrimonialization of francophone African arts\; reframing African Ar t and Global Museum Culture\; zoomorphism and anthropomorphism in African arts\; an African focus on the repatriation debate\, material cultures an d immaterial memories\, African arts and the creative industries. Buildin g on the success of the first edition\, the second seminar series aims to continue these important conversations and expand our understanding of Af rican arts and traditions and their global and innovative potentials and impact.\n\n\n\n This event is cosponsored by the Princeton University Ar t Museum\, the Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton\, and the Africa World Initiative. \n\n\nhttps://cdh.princeton.edu/events/2024/09/virtual -symposium-african-re-storations-in-and-beyond-the-museum/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR