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DESCRIPTION:This talk by Wayne Modest of the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam takes u
 p some of the more recent explorations of the concept of “worlding” to thi
 nk about possible futures of the so-called “ethnographic” or “world cultur
 es” museum. For more than three decades now\, ethnographic museums—at leas
 t those in Europe—have received sustained critique. In its most recent ite
 ration\, this critique has congregated around ideas of restitution\, repat
 riation\, and more broadly\, decolonization. Modest outlines both the main
  aspects of the critique of ethnographic museums over the last few decades
 \, and museums’ responses to this critique. Despite the challenges associa
 ted with ethnographic museums’ roots in colonial history and calls for the
 ir closure\, he suggests that these museums inhabit an important conjunctu
 re today—precisely because of their histories—and that they hold important
  material and political potential for imagining a new museum for the futur
 e.27th Annual Iris Foundation AwardsIn 1997 Susan Weber created the Iris F
 oundation Awards to recognize scholars\, patrons\, and professionals who h
 ave made outstanding contributions to the field of decorative arts\, desig
 n history\, and material culture. Wayne Modest will receive the Iris Award
  for Outstanding Mid-Career Scholar on April 3. Proceeds benefit the Bard 
 Graduate Center Scholarship Fund. To find out more about the Iris Foundati
 on Awards\, visit us online or call 212 501 3071.Wayne Modest is director 
 of content of the National Museum of World Cultures (a museum group compri
 sing the Tropenmuseum\, Museum Volkenkunde\, and the Africa Museum) and th
 e Wereldmuseum Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He is also professor (by spec
 ial appointment) of material culture and critical heritage studies at the 
 Vrije Universiteit\, Amsterdam.A cultural studies scholar by training\, Mo
 dest works at the intersection of material culture\, memory\, and heritage
  studies\, with a strong focus on colonialism and its afterlives in Europe
  and the Caribbean. His most recent publications include the coedited publ
 ications\, Matters of Belonging: Ethnographic Museums in a Changing Europe
  with Nick Thomas (Sidestone Press\, 2019) and Victorian Jamaica with Tim 
 Barringer (Duke University Press\, 2018). He is currently working on sever
 al publication projects including\, Museum Temporalities with Peter Pels (
 forthcoming Routledge\, 2023) and Curating the Colonial with Chiara de Ces
 ari (forthcoming Routledge\, 2023). Modest has cocurated several exhibitio
 ns\, most recently\, the Kingston Biennial entitled Pressure (2022) togeth
 er with David Scott and Nicole Smythe-Johnshon\, and What We Forget (2019)
  with artists Alana Jelinek\, Rajkamal Kahlon\, Servet Kocyigit\, and Rand
 a Maroufi\, an exhibition that challenged dominant\, forgetful representat
 ions of Europe that erase the role of Europe’s colonial past in shaping ou
 r contemporary world.
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Sovereignties of the Imagination
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