Museums, Decolonisation and Restitution: a global conversation
Shanghai University
Day 1, Monday, 20th March 2023
All times in China Standard Time GMT+8Museums and Decolonisation
9:00 am-9:30 am

Opening Ceremony
Host: Yong Duan-Vice Chancellor of Shanghai University and Vice-Chair of the ICOM-IMREC Governing Board• Welcome to Shanghai/Shanghai University: Changsheng Liu - President of Shanghai University• Welcome to China: Shuguang Liu-Chair ICOM China• Greetings from ICOM: Emma Nardi- President ICOM and Chair of the ICOM-IMREC Governing Board• Significance of the partnership: Terry Nyambe, Vice President ICOM• Introduction to the Programme- Carol Scott- Chair of the Academic and Programming Board ICOM-IMREC

9:30 am CST

Keynote 1: Bruno Brulon Soares- Professor of Heritage Studies, University of St Andrews, Scotland
Title: Decolonising the museum paradigm: unpacking museum theory for anticolonial practices
Moderator: Conal McCarthy, Professor of Museum and Heritage Studies, Victoria University NZ

10:45 am CST

Session 1- Reimagining the museum
Speaker 1: Arapata Hakiwai- Kaihautū Maori Co-leader, Te Papa Tongerewa, New Zealand
Title: Owning the past to create a better future – Our ongoing journey of decolonization, hope and aspiration
Speaker 2: Stephen Borys- Director and CEO, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada
Title: Qaumajuq, a new model for the museum in the south
Speaker 3: Sean Young- Collections Manager Saahlinda Naay, Haida Gwaii, Canada
Title: Decolonizing Museum Practices at Saahlinda Naay “Saving Things House”
Moderator: Katharine Turvey, Head Museums and Society, ICOM Secretariat

CST11: 30 am CST

Panel 1- Reimagining the museum
Panel: Arapata Hakiwai, Stephen Borys, Sean Young
Moderator: Katharine Turvey
Further questions

1:30 pm CST

Keynote 2: Wayne Modest- Director of Content, National Museum of World Cultures, Wereldmuseum Rotterdam
Title: Decolonisation as Infra-structure: Can the Museum be Decolonised?
Moderator: Conal McCarthy, Professor of Museum and Heritage Studies, Victoria University NZ

2:15 pm CST

Session 2- Decolonising museum practice: language, collections, workforce
Speaker 1: Carissa Chew- University of Hawai‛i at Mānoa
Title: Inclusive Terminology for the Heritage Sector
Speakers 2: Jo Anderson, Adam Goldwater, Kylea Little- Tyne and Wear Archive and Museums, Newcastle UK
Title: Decolonising a Regional Museums Service: From Strategy to Community
Speaker 3: Roshi Nadoo- Decolonising Programme Officer, Museums Association UK
Title: Let’s go round again – the museum carousel and its ‘others.’
Moderator: Ludovica Antonucci, ICOM Capacity Building Programmes Coordinator

3:00 pm CST

Panel 2- Decolonising museum practice: language, collections, workforce
Panel: Carissa Chew, Roshi Nadoo, Jo Anderson, Adam Goldwater, Kylea Little Moderator: Ludovica Antonucci
Further questions

4:00 pm CST

Final session
Speaker: Hyun Kyung Lee, Assistant Professor, Critical Global Studies Institute, Sogang University South Korea.
Title: Asia’s difficult heritage-making between nationalism and transnationalism: colonial prisons in South Korea, China andTaiwan,China
Moderator: Inkyung Chang, Vice President ICOM

4:40 pm CST

Summary of the day
Carol Scott- Chair of the Academic and Programming Board ICOM-IMREC

Day 2 Tuesday, 21st March 2023
All times in China Standard Time GMT+8

Museums and Restitution
9:00 am CST Welcome
Overview of the day’s programme
9:10 am CST Keynote 3: Samba Yonga, Founder of Ku-Atenga Media and co-founder The Women's History Museum of Zambia
Title: Source Communities and Social JusticeModerator: Terry Nyambe, Vice President ICOM
10:00 amCST

Session 3-Restitution, law and policy
Speaker 1: Yunxia Wang- UNESCO Chair on Cultural Heritage Law, Remin University
Title: The Role of International Soft Law in Restitution of Cultural Properties Illegally Removed During Colonial Domination
Speaker 2: Americo Castilla- Academic Director, TyPA Lab on Museum Management, Argentina
Title: On coloniality and restitution from a Latin American perspective
Speaker 3: Yong Duan-Vice Chancellor and Director, Research Center for Chinese Relics Overseas, Shanghai University
Title: Examining the 'Semi-colonial' within the Context of Museum Decolonisation
Moderator: Prof. Shouyong Pan, Cultural Heritage Studies and Library Director Shanghai University

10:45 am
CST

Panel 4- Restitution, law and policy
Panel: Yunxia Wang, Americo Castillo, Yong Duan
Moderator: Laishun An- Director ICOM-IMREC Further questions

11: 45 am
CSTSession 4 -Restitution and innovation
Speaker 1: Haidy Geismar- Professor of Anthropology, co-director Digital Anthropology Programme, UCL
Title: Digitally distributing authority and care: the case of Hinemihi and her return
Speaker 2: Laura Evans- Distinguished Teaching Professor, Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas
Title: How Artist-Made Reproductions Can Strengthen Museums and Their Communities: A Case Study
Speaker 3: Anne Luther- Founder Institute for Digital Heritage, Principal Investigator Digital Benin
Title: Digital Benin, Reconnecting Royal Art Treasures.
Moderator: Prof. Jian Xu, Vice Dean of the School of Cultural Heritage and Information Management , Shanghai University

12:30 pm
CST

Panel 4- Restitution and innovation
Panel: Haidy Geismar, Laura Evans, Anne Luther
Moderators: Prof. Jian Xu, Vice Dean of the School of Cultural Heritage and Information Management , Shanghai University
Further questions

2:30 pm CST Session 5 Restitution case studies
Speaker 1: Jiazhen Shi, President of Longmen Grottoes Research Institute, China
Title: The Loss, Return and Convergence of Longmen Grottoes Artefacts
Speaker 2: Duncan Dornan- Head of Museums and Collections, Glasgow Life, Scotland
Title: Glasgow Museums’ repatriation of objects to India.
Speaker 3: Chaàbane Abdeljaouad- Director General of the Repatriation Antiquities Department, Egypt
Title: Egyptian efforts to preserve cultural heritage, combat illegal trafficking in cultural property, and recover what was stolen.
Speaker 4: Honoré Kouadio Kouassi- Deputy Director-General of the National Higher Institute of Arts, Republic of Cote d’Ivoire
Title: The Repatriation of the Ivorian talking drum “Djidji Ayokwe” : Challenges and Perspectives
Speaker 5: Michael Pickering- Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Heritage and Museum Studies, Australian National
University and Independent Researcher.
Title: Repatriation of Ancestral Remains in Australia: Resources for the world.
Moderator: Arapata Hakiwai, Kaihautū Maori Co-leader, Te Papa Tongerewa, New Zealand
4:00 pm CST What have we leaned? Where to from here?
Facilitator- Carol Scott- Chair of the Academic and Programming Board ICOM-IMREC