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Zoom/Long Beach, CA: Forms of Reparations: Museums and Restorative Justice

  • 1212 N Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90815 (map)

Forms of Reparations: The Museum & Restorative Justice is a virtual symposium presented by the Museum & Curatorial Studies students of CSULB

About:

Pressure is mounting for museums to become self-critical about the ways in which they perpetuate institutional trauma on historically excluded communities. Activist groups and artist collectives, as well as intellectuals, scholars, and community members are demanding more tangible acts of restitution. But, how are the institutions themselves responding?

Forms of Reparations: The Museum and Restorative Justice, is a speaker series focusing on the present state of decolonization within museums, identifying and articulating the many subtle ways by which cultural institutions sustain white supremacy, imperialism, and exploitation.

This series invites leading scholars, activists, and artists to present lectures, workshops, and participate in panel discussions, addressing questions such as: What exactly does it mean to decolonize the museum? Has the recent currency awarded to the term decolonization taken away its original revolutionary intent? Can institutions and activists work together, or are they doomed to occupy opposing sides? Is it possible to genuinely decolonize museums?

Registration:

All talks and presentations will take place via Zoom & offered via a youtube livestream. Zoom meeting capacity is limited & requires registration, Youtube livestream will be avaiable for all overflow and asynchronous viewing. 

To receive Zoom meeting and youtube livestream links, please, register via eventbrite ticketing.

Schedule

Dates and times for presentation by Decolonize This Place and panel discussion with Kimberli Meyer & lauren woods TBA.

  • Wednesday, September 23rd, 1:00 - 2:30 PM PST: Chaédria LaBouvier, Intellectual Labor and Institutional Violence 

  • Monday, September 28th, 1:00 - 2:30 PM PST: Dr. Atreyee Gupta, Non-alignment and Decolonization

  • Wednesday, September 30th 1:00 - 2:30 PM PST: Alma Ruiz, The Potential of Los Angeles Art Museums

  • Monday, October 5th 5:00 - 6:30 PM PST: Edgar Heap of Birds, Visiting Artist Talk

  • Wednesday, October 7th 1:00 - 2:30 PM PST: La Tanya S Autry, Aruna D’Souza, Helen Molesworth, & Laura Raicovich in Conversation, Dismantling the Master’s House and Collective Perseverance. Moderated by Dr. Nizan Shaked

For More Information:

Visit www.wedemandreparations.com

Email: csulb.soa.mcsgrad@gmail.com