Date & Time: Sep 27, 2024 09:00 AM Eastern TimeDescription: Within museums, restoration sometimes refers to the processes of conserving, repairing, and reconstructing artworks and artifacts to preserve their original state. This virtual symposium goes beyond the physical and aesthetic engagement of material culture. It proposes a community-centered approach to re-storation that embraces participation, revitalization, and healing. Speakers engaged with the re-storation of African heritage and culture will convene in two sessions, one conducted in English and the second in French, 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 series. Arts and (re)Creation from Africas to the World is a monthly interdisciplinary seminar series that runs from September 2024 to May 2025. This event is cosponsored by the Princeton University Art Museum, the Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton, and the Africa World Initiative. Panel 1: Re-storation and the Digital Humanities (9:00 – 10:30 a.m.) Our first panel explores approaches and projects from the digital humanities that enhance community-centered knowledge production systems within European cultural institutions and seek to reconstruct, restore, rectify, and promote African identity, memory, and worldviews. Panel 2: Re-storation and Community (11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.) The second panel considers the impact of community contributions and collaboration on the development of inclusive and ethical museum practices and as a cornerstone to artistic production.
