The TRACES project ‘DEAD IMAGES’ is part of the exhibition ‘The Dead, as
far as [ ] can remember’. It will run from 9 November 2018 until 19 January 2019 at the Tieranatomisches Theater.
Katarzyna Puzon at the AAA's Annual Meeting
On November 16th, Katarzyna Puzon will give two talks as part of the ‘Moving Subjects/Making Cities’ session at the 117th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, this year in San José, California.
New article by Jennie Morgan and Sharon Macdonald is now openly accessible
The article ‘De-growing museum collections for heritage futures’, written by Jennie Morgan and Sharon Macdonald, was published in the International Journal of Heritage Studies and is openly accessible.
Larissa Förster chairs 'Curating Colonial Legacies' at Dahlem Museums Berlin on 23 November
Larissa Förster chairs a panel with German and Namibian academics and heritage practitioners at the symposium “Deferred Heritage: Colonialism’s Past and Present” organised by Goethe-Institut and Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz. It will take place on 23 November, beginning at 10 a.m.
The German federal parliament grants 660 million euro to Naturkundemuseum
Congratulations to our partner, the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, on receiving 660 million Euro from the German federal parliament for the next 10 years! With this allowance, it will be possible to develop a forum for research and communication for the natural and life sciences and expand the displays for visitors. Find out more here (in German).
Otherwise. Rethinking Museums and Heritage - CARMAH Paper #1
CARMAH proudly presents the first collection of essays with an introduction by Sharon Macdonald. Named after the symposium ‘OTHERWISE. Rethinking Museums and Heritage‘ held on 27-28 July 2017, it is an open-access publication and can be downloaded here. Enjoy!
New CARMAH Newsletter out now
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Suggested further readings: CARMAH's Reflections
Feel invited to have a look at our Reflections page where you’ll find out about Decolonising Berlin’s Streets (Duane Jethro), how Callum Fischer experienced the Dead Images conference and exhibition, and how Berlin and Paris compare when it comes to the handling of museum collections and colonial legacies (Felicity Bodenstein, Margareta von Oswald, Callum Fisher).
