Seminar: Moving objects, mobilising culture in the context of (de)colonization

Datum: Dinsdag 18 november
Tijd: 15:00-16:30
Locatie: KITLV, Herta Mohr gebouw, kamer 1.30 (Witte Singel 27A, Leiden) en online via Zoom
Organisatie: KITLV/Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Taal-, Land-, en Volkenkunde
Voertaal: Engels

Tijdens dit seminar presenteren de 2025-2026 Fellows van het NIAS-NIOD-KITLV Fellowship Moving Objects, Mobilising Culture hun onderzoek. Het programma omvat presentaties van Panggah Ardiyansyah, Leandro Mathews Cascon en Ganga Dissanayaka.

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The Moving Objects, Mobilising Culture Fellowship enables researchers and heritage practitioners from formerly colonized countries to access and conduct research on (collections of) objects – whether defined as cultural, historical, ancestral, art or otherwise – which are currently (lost) in the Netherlands, as well as on related archives and documentation. This fellowship is funded by the Colonial Collections Consortium.

The fellows are invited to actively use, reflect on and engage with these collections, but are also encouraged to explore and (re-)establish connections with related communities, collections and sites in the country of origin or other countries. Fellows are encouraged to follow queries regarding the social histories and valuation of objects, in relation to or beyond questions of restitution, and to seek for the signification of objects and their trajectories in space and time, beyond the framings of heritage institutions or national histories.