• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3

Time	Auditorium
8:00–9:00	Registration and coffee
9:00–9:30	Welcoming remarks 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 Deep Time Metabolism and Creative Decay 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 Lesly García	Restaging, De-closing, Versioning: Unfolding Temporalities of “the Archive” Andrea Sick & Sigrid Adorf Mangrove Museum: Decay, Relation, and Archipelagic Heritage Ana Carolina Roman Rodrigues Methodological and Epistemic Possibilities of Decay: Relational World-Making Kaimé Guerrero Valencia	Umhlabathi / Umhlabuthi: The registers of sonic temporalities of Deferred Decay Simphiwe Mlambo
12:30–13:30	Lunch
13:30–14:30	Art, Music, and Dance in the Karib Alliance Reinaldo da Silva Oliveira Kurâ-Bakairi Roça de Toco: Territory, Cosmology, and Transformation Eric Kamikiawa Tupinambá Clubs and Living Heritage: Diplomacy, Circulation, and the Reactivation of Objects Beyond the Display Case Glicéria Tupinambá Awakening Terena Ceramics: Memory, Territory, and Spiritual Reconstruction in Aldeia Kopenoti Irineu Terena	Erasing Memory: Recent State House Renovation and the Politics of Decay in Kenya's Heritage Discourse Babere Kerata Chacha Decay as code in Japanese heritage and art practices Kati Lindstrom	Umhlabathi / Umhlabuthi: The registers of sonic temporalities of Deferred Decay Simphiwe Mlambo
14:30–15:00			Walkabout: Home Truths Tsholofelo Moche Umhlabathi / Umhlabuthi: The registers of sonic temporalities of Deferred Decay Simphiwe Mlambo
15:00–15:30			Antarctica – the continent of the future Kati Lindstrom Nestled Neith Moore
15:30–16:00	Coffee break
16:00–17:00	Scores for Decay and Transformation Maija Hirvanen with Peter McCoy	Molecular Fabulations: From Ashes to Algorithms Neith Moore “Who’s buried here?”: #Gravetok between Archives and Aesthetics Linda Kopitz	Umhlabathi / Umhlabuthi: The registers of sonic temporalities of Deferred Decay 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
09:00–10:30	Keynote Session Natural Disaster, Cultural Heritage, and Transformation:The 2023 Al-Haouz Earthquake in MoroccoTaku Iida Taku Ida Sensing Impermanence: Multisensory Authenticity, Aesthetics, and Material Decay in Japanese Intangible Heritage Natsuko Akagawa Ruination, Decomposition and Regeneration in the Artwork: Leftovers at the table (or, what we are left with) Leora Farber
10:30–11:00	Coffee break
	Auditorium	Room 1	Boardroom	Library
11:00–12:30	Flags of Other Winds: Decay, Resistance, and Infrastructural Entanglements Orlando Francisco Solar Cartographies: A Speculative Dialogue through Artistic Practices on Heritage, Transformation and Time Sally Santiago Missing People, Present Decay Eve Wong	Tercer atómico espectral Florencia Levy Afterimages of Decay: Rebuilding the Democratic Process of Designing through Digital Ruins Hyunggyu Kim Aura, Decay and the Simulation of Ghosts: A practice research examination of changing media spectrality and AI Michael Schofield
12:30–13:30	Lunch
	Auditorium
13:30-14:30	Viewing and Discussion: Hypha Aryan Kaganof, Alexandra Dodd & Cara Stacey
	Auditorium	Room 1	Boardroom	Library
14:30-15:00		Walkabout: Echoes of Time Marisa Maré Umhlabathi / Umhlabuthi: The registers of sonic temporalities of Deferred Decay Simphiwe Mlambo Endling Nicola Deane	Imagine Ronsack Michael Schofield
15:00-15:30	Coffee break
15:30–17:00		Where’s Wanda? Cara Stacey Beyond Solutionism: Decay as Relational Practice in Bioplastic Art Marisa Maré Endling Wakes: Decay, Care, and the Sonic Archive as Eco-Ritual Nicola Deane	Imagine Ronsack Michael Schofield	When the Digital Image Fails: Metadata, Material Encounters, and Indigenous Knowledge Practices Bruno Moreschi Biocultural Territories are Living Museums Ruth Albernaz When Objects Return Through Words Francy Baniwa
	End of day 2 Venue: Adam Small Theatre
18:30–19:00	Opening reception
19:00–20:00	Performance of vRot with Nelisiwe Xaba

Time	Auditorium
09:00–10:10	Film and Discussion: Son of the Spoil Leif Petersen
10:15–10:45	Coffee break
10:45-11:15	vRot Discussion with Nelisiwe Xaba & Brenton Maart
11:15–12:15	Panel Discussion Carla Jaime Betancourt Mariana Françozo Fernanda Pitta
12:15-12:30	Conclusion of Conference
13:00-15:00	Conference Picnic
19:00–20:00	Performance of vRot with Nelisiwe Xaba