Programme

Wednesday, 27 October 2021 

Theme - Knowledge sharing

09h00     Systems check

09h30     Videos of Presidents playing

09h45     UP Choir/Orchestra insert as 15 min countdown

10h00     Opening Prof. Norman Duncan Vice-Principal: Academic at the University of Pretoria

10h15     Welcome Prof. Vasu Reddy Dean Humanities University of Pretoria

10h30     Keynote: What is cultural heritage preservation? Learning from unfamiliar places - Mariët Westermann previous executive vice-president Mellon, Vice Chancelor NYU – Abu Dhabi, Board of ALIPH

11h30     Comfort break

11h45     AcCESS - Academic Conservation Education Sharing Site – Maartje Stols-Witlox, University of Amsterdam

12h15     UP Jazz band and virtual meet and greet over breakfast/ lunch/dinner

13h00     CSEO– Conservation Science Education Online – Alison Murray, Queens University

13h30     NICAS – A Global Infrastructure for Heritage Science – Tamar Hestrin-Grader, Marie-Noelle Grison, Annelena de Groot, Maria Laura Petruzzellis, Gadis Fitriana Putri, Glennis Rayermann

14h00     Comfort break

14h15     Round table discussion: Facilitating knowledge sharing

 

Thursday, 28 October 2021

Theme - The impact of Covid-19 and current initiatives in Africa

09h00     Systems check

09h45     UP Choir/Orchestra insert 15 min countdown

10h00     Meet and Greet with Professor Johnson, head of the School of Arts, University of Pretoria

10h15     COVID 19: an opportunity to perform integrated conservation experiences with communities in isolated territories – Mariana Vidangossy (Conservatory of the Universidad Austral de Chile), Karin Weil, Universidad Austral de Chile 

10h45     The Impact of COVID-19 on socio-cultural practices in Botswana – Susan Keitumetse

11h15     Comfort break

11h30     Reclaiming African Heritage for the Post-COVID Era – Alison Gilcrest and Denise Lim, Yale IPCH

12h00     African Director's Forum - Charlotte Ashamu; Book Bunk - Wanjiru Koinange; Chao Maina - African Digital Heritage and The Museum of British Colonialism

12h40     Lunch

13h30     Constitutional Court Art Collection: Intangible heritage and indigenous knowledge conservation - Thina Miya and Kay-Leigh Fisher

14h00     Round Table discussion: Dinkho tsa Badimo – How African Sacred Spiritual objects suffer from dissociation in collections – Mabafokeng Hoeane, Motsane Seabela, Gogo Khanyakude, Gogo Thato Tshukudu, Siskonde Papu, Anniln Matabane

15h00     UP Jazz band and virtual coffee break

 

Friday, 29 October 2021

Theme - Repatriation, access and co-curation

09h00     Systems check

09h45     UP Choir/Orchestra insert 15 min countdown

10h00     A review of the state of the question regarding restitution of heritage objects and human remains in Chile - Lina Nagel and Marisol Richter

10h30     Comfort break

10h45     More Questions/Better Questions: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Object Research - Erica P Jones

11h15     The issue of restitution, the repatriation of African cultural objects in western museums: between scientific approaches and identity base-competition - Rachel Mariembe (Cameroon)

11h45     Comfort break

12h00     Roundtable discussion on Repatriation, access and co-curation

13h00     Lunch with the UP Ensemble

14h00     Closing Ceremony – handing over of steering committee chair to Youngjae Kim and Seungtae Nam

14h30     Video from South Korea as invitation to the Fifth Annual Meeting of the GCPCH