Living Forward, Looking Back: Museum Practice for Postcolonial Futures
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA: MARCH 9TH TO 15TH 2020
https://camtriennial2020.org/cape-town-2020
Our upcoming triennial symposium will take place in Cape Town, South Africa from March 9th to 14th 2020. Click here to download the Call for Papers; submissions are now closed. The full conference programme will be released soon!
Hosted in partnership with Iziko Museums of South Africa and the University of Cape Town at the South Africa Museum, the conference will address issues of difficult histories in postcolonial societies. Sessions will explore the ways in which museums can enact social change through addressing decolonisation, reconciliation and community engagement.
We received a tremendous response to the Call for Papers with just over 70 submissions representing 28 different countries, including a strong representation from our African membership. The submissions reflect all the main themes of the conference: Decolonising the Museum, Legacies of Empire, Trauma and Memory, Human Remains and Spiritual Objects, Community Engagement, and Reconciliation. The Programme Committee will now review each submission and place the selected presentations into the Conference Programme schedule. Thank you to all those who have submitted their abstracts and shown such support for the conference.
Registration is now open! Please click here to register.
