Cultural Rejuvenation, Reciprocal Engagement & Unconditional Repatriation
| Dates: | 10 March 2021 |
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| Times: | 17:15 - 18:15 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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| Speaker: | Stephen Welsh |
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Stephen Welsh (Independent Curator & Consultant) - Cultural Rejuvenation, Reciprocal Engagement & Unconditional Repatriation
Please pre-register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-seminar-with-stephen-welch-tickets-136600613111
Video to be pre-recorded and available on The University of Manchester Portal. Q&A 10 March 2021, 5.15 pm on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93729966756
Museums in the UK and globally are engaging with the question of repatriation more than ever before but what does it take for institutions to commit to the unconditional return of cultural heritage items and ancestral human remains to originating communities and traditional owners? Stephen Welsh will draw on his professional experience of participating in several repatriation cases, including the recent unconditional return of 43 secret sacred and ceremonial objects to Australia's First Nations peoples from Manchester Museum, and consider what fundamental changes need to happen to embed this crucial work.
About the speaker:
Stephen Welsh is an independent curator and consultant with over 15 years of working in museums. He was the Curator of Living Cultures, The University of Manchester, from 2007. He was responsible for ensuring access to a collection of over 18,000 ethnographic objects from Africa, America, Asia and Oceania. Until recently he was also Deputy Head of Collections and leading the development of Manchester Museum’s forthcoming South Asia Gallery in partnership with Manchester’s South Asian communities and the British Museum. Previously he was Project Curator at the International Slavery Museum, National Museum Liverpool, from 2005 to 2007.
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Speaker
Stephen Welsh
Role: Independent curator and consultant
Biography: Stephen Welsh is an independent curator and consultant with over 15 years of working in museums. He was the Curator of Living Cultures, The University of Manchester, from 2007. He was responsible for ensuring access to a collection of over 18,000 ethnographic objects from Africa, America, Asia and Oceania. Until recently he was also Deputy Head of Collections and leading the development of Manchester Museum’s forthcoming South Asia Gallery in partnership with Manchester’s South Asian communities and the British Museum. Previously he was Project Curator at the International Slavery Museum, National Museum Liverpool, from 2005 to 2007.
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