{"id":126490,"date":"2024-03-18T11:53:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T10:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/programm\/termin\/other-en\/exhibiting-difficult-histories-benin-objects-and-their-potential-for-new-forms-of-representation-126490\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T12:16:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T10:16:40","slug":"exhibiting-difficult-histories-benin-objects-and-their-potential-for-new-forms-of-representation","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/termin\/conference-symposium\/exhibiting-difficult-histories-benin-objects-and-their-potential-for-new-forms-of-representation-126490\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibiting Difficult Histories: Benin Objects and their Potential for New Forms of Representation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The recent dynamics around restitution and the transfer of ownership have resulted, and continue to result in new ways of presenting Benin works. On the occasion of launching a newly curated part of the Benin exhibition<\/a> in the Humboldt Forum, this panel focuses on the display of Benin objects in current exhibitions and their potential for new forms of representation. We bring together case studies from different museums in Germany, Britain, the US and Nigeria, all of which deal with the objects they house from their very own situatedness.<\/p>\n

Together with our guests, we investigate museum strategies of exhibiting: Which forms of representation do they adopt to historicize the collections? How do they aim to incorporate a polyphony of voices in their exhibitions? Which role does modern and contemporary art play in newly curated Benin exhibitions?<\/p>\n

This event gives us the chance to deepen the connections between academia and museums on a national as well as international level. As a learning and process-oriented institution, we are interested to critically examine our own process of exhibiting and to do so together with our guests.<\/p>\n

Interested parties may follow our live streaming or attend in person.<\/p>\n

To attend the symposium in person, please register for the event by sending an email to G.Salami@smb.spk-berlin.de<\/a> and include the word \u201cSymposium\u201d in the subject field. Please note that seating is limited.<\/em><\/p>\n

To participate online, please use this link<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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11am\u201311.15am<\/em><\/p>\n

Welcoming Remarks
\n<\/strong>Prof. Dr. Lars-Christian Koch, Director of the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum f\u00fcr Asiatische Kunst of the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin
\nProf. Dr. Alexis von Poser, Deputy Director<\/p>\n

11:15am\u201311:30am<\/p>\n

Introduction
\n<\/strong>Dr. Verena Rodatus, Curator of the Collections West and Southern Africa
\nMaria Ellendorff M.A., Deputy Curator<\/p>\n

11:30am\u201312:30pm<\/em><\/p>\n

Annie Coombes: <\/strong>Engaging Histories, Envisaging Futures<\/strong><\/p>\n

12:30pm\u20131:30pm: Lunch Break<\/em><\/p>\n

1.30pm\u20132:30pm<\/em><\/p>\n

Staffan Lund\u00e9n: On the \u2018Benin Bronzes\u2019, Hamilton\u2019s pajamas, Powis\u2019s mother and the Potentials for New Forms of Representation <\/strong><\/p>\n

2:30pm\u20133.30pm<\/em><\/p>\n

Kokunre Agbontaen-Eghafona: Indigenous Exhibition of Benin Cultural Objects in Reviewing the Display of \u2018Benin Bronzes\u2019 in Nigeria, Europe, and America\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

3.30pm\u20134pm: Break and Refreshments<\/em><\/p>\n

4pm\u20135pm<\/em><\/p>\n

Tukufu Zuberi: Colonial, Neocolonial, & Decolonial Projects: African Material Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n

5pm\u20136pm<\/em><\/p>\n

Wrap-up by the Discussant
\n<\/strong>Jamie Dau M.A., Provenance Researcher at the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen<\/p>\n

Moderators:<\/strong> Dr. Verena Rodatus, Maria Ellendorff, Dr. Gitti Salami
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