Colonial Collections Consortium

Webinar Colonial Collections Datahub: introduction and conversation

The Colonial Collections Datahub is a digital platform that brings together, enriches and provides insights into collections from colonial contexts. It includes heritage from Suriname, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and many other countries and areas scattered across various institutions. In this webinar you will learn more about how the datahub works, how you can contribute and how it relates to your work. You will hear about local digital heritage initiatives and together we will exchange experiences and ideas around the role these platforms can play in restitution work.

These webinars are organised in collaboration between the Heritage Academy and Consortium Colonial Collections. The webinar will be given three times to facilitate participation across different time zones and regions:

  • South Asian and Southeast Asian Context
  • African Context
  • Caribbean Context

Practical information

Dates:

  • Tuesday 30 September, 2025 | 10:00 – 12:00 CEST / 15.00 – 17:00 WIB
  • Thursday 2 October, 2025 | 14:00 – 16:00 CEST / 13.00 – 15:00 WAT
  • Wednesday 8 October, 2025 | 15:00 – 17:00 CEST / 09:00 – 11:00 AST

For whom:

  • Heritage professionals with an interest in digital collections
  • Provenance and heritage researchers
  • Heritage communities

Registration:

The webinars will be held in English. Participation is free. You can register for one webinar or the entire series. Interested in participating? Please visit the Heritage Academy website to sign up.

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About this webinar

As well as seeking to address problems around accessibility of collections coming from a colonial context in the Netherlands, the datahub also aims to grow knowledge around these collections through features that allow users to add information, perspectives, and context to objects and/or collections. This webinar will introduce you to the datahub, how you can search collections and find objects, how to add your knowledge, and how to collaborate with others researchers and communities. There will also be opportunity to hear more about and to share your experience and knowledge of other similar local digital initiatives.

The datahub is still in development. Small adjustments are still being made so it works better for users. The Consortium is also interested to know more about what else would help users access and make use of the platform.

Is this webinar for you?

This webinar is for (digital) heritage professionals and researcher as well as other interested heritage community members in the regions mentioned above. We recommend you sign up to the webinar in the region where you are based and which is most relevant to your work. If you cannot make the date and time of the webinar for your region, you are welcome to join another one. If you are Europe based, you are welcome to join the webinar most relevant to your work or interest.

Speakers

The moderator will be joined by:

  • Cindy Zalm, Wereldmuseum and Consortium Colonial Collections, Project leader
  • Camiel de Kom, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands and Consortium Colonial Collections, Digital heritage coach

And each session new guests and experts join:

  • On 30 September: to be announced
  • On 2 October: to be announced
  • On 8 October: to be announced