Konferanse: The Sea is History – Discourses on the Poetics of Relation

Velkommen til internasjonal konferanse i skjæringspunktet mellom samtidskunst, kulturhistorie, museer og poesi i regi av Kulturhistorisk museum, UiO torsdag-fredag 23. og 24. mai. 2019

Program (preliminary)

May 23

• 9:00-9:30 Registration and Coffee
• 9:30-9:45 Welcome by Håkon Glørstad, Director, the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo
• 9:45-10:00 Hannah Wozene Kvam, moderator. Introduction of session and speakers.

Session one

• 10:00-10:30 Selene Wendt, Independent curator and founder of the Global Art Project. “Reflections on The Sea is History: From Poetic Politics to Visual Poetry”
• 10:30-11:00 Christopher Cozier, Artist, writer, curator, co-director of Alice Yard. “Suspended Forms and Horizon Lines”
• 11:00-11:30  Annie Paul, Writer and critic. “On Stuart Hall”
• 11: 30-12:45 Lunch

Session two

• 12:45-13:00 Hannah Wozene Kvam, Moderator. Introduction of session and speakers.
• 13:00-13:30 Ishion Hutchinson, Author and poet. Poetry Reading
• 13:30-14:00 Louisa Olufsen Layne, Post.doc. ILOS, UiO. “Linton Kwesi Johnson: From Tropic to Underground”
• 14:00-14:30 Grace Aneiza Ali, Assistant Professor and Provost Faculty Fellow in the Department of Art & Public Policy at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University,  Curator, Writer and Editor. “Artistic Responses to Crossing the kala pani (Hindi for ‘dark waters’)”
• 14:30-14:45 Coffee
• 14:45-15:45 Panel discussion
• 15:45-16:45 Exhibition viewing

May 24

Session three

• 9:30-9:45 Coffee
• 9:45-10:00 Hannah Wozene Kvam, Moderator. Introduction of session and speakers.
• 10:00-10:30 Cancelled, other speaker to be decided
• 10:30-11:00 Michelle Tisdel, PhD, Social anthropologist/Research Librarian, National Library of Norway. “The Sea is Heritage: On Narratives, Discourse, and Cuban Museums”
• 11:30-12:00 Michael Barrett, Curator Africa, Museums of World Cultures. “Finding the Black Atlantic: The Atlantic World and the African Diaspora in Swedish Museums and Archives”
• 12:00-13:15 Lunch

Session four

• 13:15-13:30 Hannah Wozene Kvam, Moderator. Introduction of session and speakers.

• 13:30 – 14:00 Nanette Snoep, director of The Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum/Cultures of the World, Cologne: “In Practice: Rethinking Museums, Borders and Fluidity
• 14:00 – 14:30 Lill Ann Körber, Professor of Nordic literature, media and culture, Aarhus University: “The White Atlantic? Representing Scandinavian Colonialism”
• 14:30-14:45 Coffee
• 14:45-15:45 Panel discussion and summary
• Conference fee includes lunch, coffee, tea 10 Euro/Students  5 Euro.

Mer informasjon om program og påmelding finner du her.

Konferansen vil foregå på engelsk.