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The 2025 Audain Symposium’s the me is “Rethinking Patrimony\, Restitution\, & Repatriation: New Pathways & Puzzles in Native Cultural Heritage.” Our panels of academics\, graduate st udents\, museum professionals\, and Indigenous experts will present papers and scholarship that examine particularly novel or creative approaches to t he repatriation of Indigenous belongings\, as well as the unique challenges or obstacles that arise in repatriation efforts across North America. Eman ating from diverse disciplinary and cultural backgrounds\, presenters discu ss case studies and speculative research\, as well as legal loopholes and c urrent debates. In addition to scholarship that explores the return of phys ical belongings\, possessions\, and remains\, our panelists propose notions of repatriation that include the reunification of music\, literature/langu age\, land\, and intellectual property or intangible knowledge.
Keyno te speakers:
Join our gathering to shar e your own expertise and make cross-cultural connections\, generate lively dialogue\, and incubate solutions\, while considering questions such as:
How does federal legislation (or lack thereof) help or hinder repatriat ion? ● How do we approach objects with contested histories or descendants? ● Who determines the validity of repatriation claims? ● How do definitions of property\, ownership\, and stewardship differ across communities? ● What alternative modes of repatriation exist? ● How effective are long-term loa ns\, 3-D printing\, and commissioned replicas? ● What does the afterlife of repatriated objects look like? ● How are humour and celebration\, as well as solemnity and sadness\, intertwined with repatriation?
Please see audainsymposium.com for information related to registration\, keynote speakers and presentations\, and a schedule of events\, including meals and entertainment that are open to the public on May 15 and 16\, 2025 at the University of British Columbia Vancouver campus. Registration required\, closes on May 1 .
The inaugural Audain Symposium is organized by Dr. Alexandra M. Pec k\, Assistant Professor and Audain Chair in Historical Indigenous Art\, wit h assistance from Audrey Chan\, M.A. Art History student\, and is hosted on the traditional\, ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam with the support of the Audain Chair in Historical Indigenous Art endowment at the Department of Art History\, Visual Art\, and Theory at the University of Br itish Columbia.
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