International Congress: Decolonizing Museums and Resignifying Monuments

The International Conference, Decolonizing Museums and resignifying Monuments brings together experts in memory, colonialism and
decolonization from different contexts, continents and research centers. The Conference’s
primary objective is to promote a deeper understanding of decolonization processes,
considering democratic alternatives for different contexts. Currently, the decolonization of
museums and resignification of monuments are crucial concerns since they go beyond
attempts to erase collective ´heritage´ and instead involve the reconversion of these
spaces of representation into more inclusive settings with a wider range of perspectives.
The Conference also aims to bridge the gap between scholars, museum and memorial
workers, activists and artists, and to critically assess the contributions of current political
and academic debates in light of contemporary postcolonial struggles around the world.
We encourage discussions to be based on case studies but to go beyond by
incorporating concepts, frameworks, questions, and arguments from various sectorial
and disciplinary perspectives.

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