“From the Ruins of Preservation” A symposium on rethinking heritage through counter-archives
11 July — 12 July 2019 German Historical Institute London
The AHRC Heritage Priority Area and the German Historical Institute London are organising a two-day event “From the Ruins of Preservation, A symposium on rethinking heritage through counter-arvhives” to be held at GHIL on 11-12th July 2019.
Keynote Speakers
Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann, Assistant Professor of African Studies, Hampshire College
Trinidad Rico, Director of Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies, Rutgers University
Karen Salt, Director of the Centre for Research in Race and Rights (C3R), University of Nottingham
Presentation Speakers
Nancy A. Rushohora, Our Ancestors their Heroes: Contestation and Appropriation of the Majimaji War Heritage in Tanzania
Patricia Sellick & Elly Harrowell, Contested Preservation in Susya (Palestine): Power, Asymmetry and Possibility
Mehiyar Kathem in collaboration with Nasser A. Jassem & Caroline Sandes, The Role of state-access Infrastructures in Conceptualising Heritage post-2003 Iraq. An Examination of Mosul University Library Archives
Wendy Shaw, From Preservation to Sustenance: Reengaging the Socratic Present Tense
Rishika Mukhopadhyay, Heritage through making Practices: Engaging with the Living Craft Tradition of Chitpur Road, Kolkata
Jonathan Gardner, A Forgotten Archive of the Spectacular: London Mega Events and their Rubble
Jonas Van Mulder, The Missionary Gaze Reversed. Deconstructing the Matadi-Leopoldville Railway (1891-1899)
Heba Abd el Gawad, “We are the children of Tut-Ankh-Amon!”: Public Discourse as Counter-archive of Heritage Practices in Egypt
Colin Sterling, Ruins of the World: Rethinking Heritage and Photography
Kate Hill, ‘Realer than History’: Bodies, Emotions and Living with Objects at the Highland Folk Museum, c. 1935-1950
Mustafa Kemal Baran, Labour and Local Communities in the History of Archaeology in Turkey: Archival Politics, Hybrid Methodologies, and Public Engagement
Rachel King, Marginal time: Scientific Cultures and Knowledge Production at the Edges of southern African History
You can find the abstracts and biographies of each presenter in the event programme here.
Participation will take place on a first come, first serve basis.
Please note that this event is free, but to avoid disappointment please register in advance by emailing your name and affiliation to Carole Sterckx: (Sterckx(ghi)ghil.ac.uk)
If you have any questions about attending please do get in touch at: fromtheruinsofpreservation(at)gmail.com
Image: Palmyra (Tadmor). Street of village in Temple of the Sun
Digital ID: (digital file from original photo) matpc 01426 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/matpc.01426
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-matpc-01426 (digital file from original photo)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
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