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Disputed Archival Heritage: Repatriation Claims and Shared Heritage

Conference: ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2022
08/25/2022: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
303 
Traditional Session 

Session Abstract

The problematic concept of "shared" or "joint" heritage has been presented as a solution to long-standing cases of archival displacement. In contrast to notions of sharedness, this session seeks to re-center dispute in archival discourse, presenting the claims from formerly invaded, colonized, and centralized countries and regions. What is at stake in disputed archival heritage is not merely cultural property or access to information, but justice, reparation, rights, sovereignty, and healing.

Topic/Title of Individual Presentation

James Lowry: Disputed Archival Heritage
Forget Chaterera-Zambuko: From Zimbabwe to Britain
Laureano S. Ascensão de Macedo: From Madeira to Lisbon
Rebecca Abby Whiting: From Iraq to the USA
Maria Montenegro: Indigenous Records
 

Session Chair

James Lowry, Queens College, The City University of New York

Co-Presenter(s)

Forget Chaterera-Zambuko, SORBONNE UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI
L. S. Ascensão de Macedo, Regional Government of Madeira
Rebecca Whiting, University of Glasgow
Maria Montenegro, university of California, Irvine

Presentation Format

In-Person Only
ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2022