Decay Without Mourning: Future Thinking Heritage Practices
Conference Programme
Time
Auditorium
8:00–9:00
Registration and coffee
9:00–9:30
Welcoming remarks
by Vasti Roodt (Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences),
Stephanus Muller (Director of Africa Open Institute),
Lize-Marie van der Watt (PI: Decay without mourning)
09:30–10:30
Keynote Session
Relational care in reimaging meanings of African Heritage Objects at Manchester Museum
Njabulo Chipangura
Christina Fredengren
10:30–11:00
Coffee break
Auditorium
Room 1
Boardroom
11:00–12:30
Conservation after Permanence: Decay, Critical Ethics and the Future of Heritage
Hanna B. Hölling
Histories of Conservation and Decay as Pathways for Future Practices of Care
Sven Dupré
When All Return to the Earth: Decay and the Cyclical Life of Heritage in the Bolivian Amazon
Carla Jaimes Betancourt & Lesly García
Restaging, De-closing, Versioning: Unfolding Temporalities of “the Archive”
Andrea Sick & Sigrid Adorf
Decay Without Mourning: Future Thinking Heritage Practices
Ana Carolina Roman Rodrigues
Methodological and Epistemic Possibilities of Decay: Relational World-Making
Kaimé Guerrero Valencia
Umhlabathi / Umhlabuthi
Simphiwe Mlambo
12:30–13:30
Lunch
13:30–14:30
Gilceria; Irineu
Screening & Discussion
Reinaldo Silva; Eric Kamikiawa;
Erasing Memory: Recent State House Renovation and the Politics of Decay in Kenya's Heritage Discourse
Babere Kerata Chacha
Kati Lindstrom
Umhlabathi / Umhlabuthi
Simphiwe Mlambo
14:30–15:00
Walkabout: Tsholofelo Moche Home Truths
15:00–15:30
Antarctica – the continent of the future
15:30–16:00
Coffee break
16:00–17:00
Scores for Decay and Transformation
Maija Hirvanen
Molecular Fabulations: From Ashes to Algorithms
Neith Moore
“Who’s buried here?”: #Gravetok between Archives and Aesthetics
Linda Kopitz
Umhlabathi / Umhlabuthi
Simphiwe Mlambo
End of day 1
Venue: Oude Leeskamer Gallery
18:00–19:00
Opening of exhibition with wine reception
19:00–20:00
Hypha, concert and album launch
| Time | Auditorium | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00–9:00 | Registration and coffee | ||
| 9:00–9:30 | Welcoming remarks by Vasti Roodt (Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences), Stephanus Muller (Director of Africa Open Institute), Lize-Marie van der Watt (PI: Decay without mourning) |
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| 09:30–10:30 | Keynote Session Relational care in reimaging meanings of African Heritage Objects at Manchester Museum Njabulo Chipangura Christina Fredengren |
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| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break | ||
| Auditorium | Room 1 | Boardroom | |
| 11:00–12:30 |
Conservation after Permanence: Decay, Critical Ethics and the Future of Heritage Histories of Conservation and Decay as Pathways for Future Practices of Care When All Return to the Earth: Decay and the Cyclical Life of Heritage in the Bolivian Amazon |
Restaging, De-closing, Versioning: Unfolding Temporalities of “the Archive” Decay Without Mourning: Future Thinking Heritage Practices Methodological and Epistemic Possibilities of Decay: Relational World-Making |
Umhlabathi / Umhlabuthi Simphiwe Mlambo |
| 12:30–13:30 | Lunch | ||
| 13:30–14:30 | Gilceria; Irineu Screening & Discussion Reinaldo Silva; Eric Kamikiawa; |
Erasing Memory: Recent State House Renovation and the Politics of Decay in Kenya's Heritage Discourse Kati Lindstrom |
Umhlabathi / Umhlabuthi Simphiwe Mlambo |
| 14:30–15:00 | Walkabout: Tsholofelo Moche Home Truths | ||
| 15:00–15:30 | Antarctica – the continent of the future | ||
| 15:30–16:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:00–17:00 |
Scores for Decay and Transformation |
Molecular Fabulations: From Ashes to Algorithms “Who’s buried here?”: #Gravetok between Archives and Aesthetics |
Umhlabathi / Umhlabuthi Simphiwe Mlambo |
| End of day 1 Venue: Oude Leeskamer Gallery |
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| 18:00–19:00 | Opening of exhibition with wine reception | ||
| 19:00–20:00 | Hypha, concert and album launch | ||