Status Quo
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| Free online event |
| c. 90 min |
| English, German |
| Online event |
| Part of: 99 Questions |
The so-called ethnological collections are intertwined with European colonialism and show a close relationship to the colonisation of the world. Through the museums in Europe, an understanding of the “other” was formed – a worldview that still has an impact today.
The opening event in the series 99 Questions asks about the status quo of ethnological museums and collections. Where do museums currently stand? What are the current approaches to dealing with the burden of history? What effect do the guidelines have in dealing with the coloniality of museums? And how is a new definition of museum achieved?
Welcome Address
Hartmut Dorgerloh, Director of the Humboldt Forum
Moderation
Prasanna Oommen
Podium
Wiebke Ahrndt has been director of the Übersee-Museum Bremen since March 2002. Since October 2006, she has also held an honorary professorship in the Department of Cultural Studies at the University of Bremen. After studying Ethnology and Ancient American studies in Göttingen, Bonn, Los Angeles and Mexico, she was head of the Americas department at the Museum der Kulturen Basel from 1999 to 2002. At the Deutscher Museumsbund (DMB), of which Ahrndt was Vice President from 2011 to 2018, she currently heads two working groups that have issued the following guidelines: Guidelines for German Museums. Care of Collections from Colonial Contexts and Recommendations for the Care of Human Remains.
Emmanuel Kasarhérou is the president of the Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac in Paris. He has been working with collections from Kanak culture in various approaches since 1985. Among other positions, he was director of the Kanak Cultural Development Agency – Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, New Caledonia. As co-curator, he conceived the exhibition Kanak, art is a Statement, which was shown at the Musée du quai Branly in 2013 and at the Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre in Nouméa in 2014, as well as the exhibition 20 Years of Collection Enrichment. Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac in 2019.
Lars-Christian Koch is director of the Ethnological Museum and the Asian Art Museum Berlin, as well as director of Collections at the Humboldt Forum Berlin. He is Professor for Ethnomusicology at the University of Cologne and Honorary Professor for Ethnomusicology at the University of the Arts in Berlin. He has conducted field work in India, as well as in South Korea. His research focuses on the theory and practise of North-Indian Raga-Music, organology with special focus on instrument manufacturing, Buddhist music, popular music and urban culture and historical recordings.
Hadji Malick Ndiaye has a doctorate in Art History from the University of Rennes II. He is currently a researcher at IFAN Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, and Curator of the Théodore Monod Museum of African Art. In addition, he is Secretary General of ICOM Senegal, member of the IFAN Board of Directors, member of the board of the Art Council of African Studies Association (ACASA) and Artistic Director of the Biennale of Contemporary African Art. A theorist and curator, his publications focus on modern/contemporary art and global history, cultural policies and African museum institutions.
Prasanna Oommen has been working for 20 years as a public relations officer, moderator, and author in the fields of Politics, Civil Society, Culture, Education, Digitization and Media. She was the press spokeswoman for various institutions and companies in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hessen and is a former board member and active member of Neue Deutsche Medienmacher e. V. Between 2019 and 2020 she has been a member of the Expert Committee appointed by the NRW state government as part of the Ruhr Conference. Prasanna Oommen is a trained classical dancer (Cologne/Bangalore) and has worked for many years in arts education for children and adults in Cologne and Bonn.
