Future Museum/Museum Future: The Decolonized Museum: Discussion

Does decolonizing the museum mean a radical departure in modes of displaying collections, explaining collections, maintaining collections or in the defense of the very notion of the museum as it has developed historically?

Discussant: Joshua Goode (Cultural Studies, CGU).

For more information: https://research.cgu.edu/sah-events-and-conferences/about/bradshaw-conference/2021-futurity-and-future-publics/2021-conference-schedule/the-decolonized-museum/

Please join us over Zoom on April 15, 2021 from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
This event will be recorded and available for future viewing.

Speakers

Tukufu Zuberi The Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations at the University of Pennsylvania, the founder of the TZ Production Company, and the writer, producer, and director of African Independence
Pilar Tompkins Rivas Chief Curator and Deputy Director, Curatorial and Collections The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

Forthcoming October 2021

Kevin Young The Future of the Museum and the Audience: A Conversation with Kevin Young, Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Featured image: Thinh Nguyen, detail of “Blood and Tears,” 2011-17, acrylic, fabric, thread, stretcher bars, variable dimensions. Image courtesy of the artist. © Thinh Nguyen. CGU MFA.