[BCMA] Call for Papers - CAM Conference in Cape Town March 2020

Mon Apr 22 07:20:21 PDT 2019

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Living Forward, Looking Back: Museum Practice for Postcolonial Futures

Commonwealth Association of Museums (CAM) & Iziko Museums of South Africa

at the South African Museum

Cape Town, South Africa

March 9-14, 2020

The Commonwealth Association of Museums’ 2020 Triennial International
Conference will explore 
issues of difficult histories in post-colonial societies. Sessions will
explore the ways in which museums 
can enact social change through addressing decolonisation, reconciliation
and community 
engagement.

*	Pre-conference workshops

*	Collections Management and Preventive Conservation of Human Remains
and Sacred 
Belongings organised in collaboration with ICOM ICME 
*	Interpreting Difficult History: Curation and Education organised in
collaboration with the 
International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, ICTOP, ICMEMO and CECA

*	Conference presentations at the South African Museum 
https://www.iziko.org.za/museums/south-african-museum  
*	Visits to local museums and heritage sites 

*	Slave Lodge which explores the long history of slavery in South
Africa 
https://www.iziko.org.za/museums/slave-lodge
*	UNESCO World Heritage Site Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela spent
18 of his 27 
years in prison http://www.robben-island.org.za/
*	District Six Museum, which commemorates the forcible removal of
60,000 residents 
from a ‘whites-only’ region in 1965 http://www.districtsix.co.za/

*	Post-conference tour

*	Visit Solms Delta, a progressive wine estate that is empowering its
previously 
disadvantaged worker and resident communities through sharing of land and
business 
equity https://www.solms-delta.co.za/, and museums in the region

CAM has had very fruitful collaborations particularly with ICTOP and ICME in
recent years and is happy 
to continue those relationships as well as to be working with new
organisations. We invite proposals 
for papers, panels, PechaKucha presentations, roundtables, posters, and
alternative formats such as 
performances or short films. Interested participants, whether panel chairs
or presenters, should send 
a proposal/abstract in Word of 250 words and a 100-word biography by June
30th, 2019 to Rachel 
Erickson and Wendy Molnar: camtriennial at gmail.com.

Session themes include:

*	Decolonising the Museum: What does decolonising the museum look like
in practice? How can 
museums dismantle residual colonial power dynamics?
*	Legacies of Empire: What does the Commonwealth connection mean for
museums today? 
How can museums confront this shared history? 
*	Trauma and Memory: How can museums best collect and critically
engage with difficult 
histories? How should museums care for visitors (and staff) dealing with
trauma and difficult 
memories?
*	Human Remains and Sacred Artefacts: How can museums care for and/or
repatriate ancestral 
remains? How are museums and Indigenous peoples working with sacred
artifacts?
*	Community Engagement: How are museums working with Indigenous and
(im)migrant or 
newcomer communities? How is diversity reflected both in the galleries and
behind the 
scenes? What stories are being told, by whom? 
*	Reconciliation: What does reconciliation look like in practice? How
can museums contribute to 
reconciliation?

The Commonwealth Association of Museums (CAM)

CAM is an international non-governmental organization established in 1974 as
a network of 
postcolonial museums throughout the Commonwealth and beyond that reflects on
colonial legacies 
and develops new international relationships and working practices. CAM
administers a distance 
learning programme; develops international internships and exchanges;
organises international 
conferences and workshops; implements demonstration projects on shared
issues such as Indigenous 
rights, reconciliation, migration, climate change, and gender equality; and
empowers museum workers 
to use their resources – their collections, exhibitions, programmes, and
expertise – for the benefit of 
their communities. As an Accredited Commonwealth Organisation, CAM promotes
the value of 
museums in society and participates in Commonwealth Heads of Government
Meetings and the 
Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers. CAM is also an International
Council of Museums 
Affiliated Organisation.

Why Cape Town?

Cape Town is the oldest city in South Africa, the legislative capital and
epicentre of both the Apartheid 
and anti-Apartheid movements. It is one of the most culturally diverse
cities in the world, a destination 
for immigrants. Named the best place in the world to visit in 2014, in
addition to our hosts, the Iziko 
Museums of South Africa, Cape Town has many museums, historic sites and
galleries.

Little is known of the area’s first residents who date from 15,000-12,000
years ago. However, from the 
late 16th century, Portuguese, French, Danish, Dutch and English ships
regularly stopped in Table Bay 
en route to the Indies. Developed initially by the Dutch East India Company
in the 17th century as a 
supply station for Dutch ships sailing to East Africa, India, and the Far
East, the city has a long colonial 
history; it was the first permanent European settlement in South Africa.
Cape Town was ceded to 
Britain in 1814. 

CAM and our partners are currently working on two projects in Africa: Human
Remains Management in 
Southern Africa, a collaboration between CAM, the Iziko Museums of South
Africa, the Museums 
Association of Namibia and the University of Botswana, National Museum of
Botswana, and ICOM 
National Committees in the region; and Art Focus on Human and Women's Rights
in Nigeria with 
ICMEMO and partners. CAM is planning workshops and symposia in Rwanda
(2020), Kenya (2021) and 
Egypt (2022).

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Catherine C Cole, MA, FCMA

Principal Consultant, Catherine C. Cole & Associates

Secretary-General, Commonwealth Association of Museums

Vice-Chair, ICOM CAMOC (Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities)

10023 93 Street, Edmonton, AB, CANADA, T5H1W6

CatherineC.Cole at telus.net; 1-780-424-2229

https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-cole-72015a29/ 

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