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On behalf of all our partners, The Africa Institute of Global Studies University, and SciCommX, we are pleased to invite you to our inaugural event, “Reimagining Water Museums: Towards Resilient Hydro Trajectories.”
The symposium is scheduled for Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at The Africa Institute, Auditorium (location map).
As the first public event of the AQUAMUSE project, this inception meeting will include roundtable discussions with researchers and museum experts on climate risks in river basins, decolonizing museum collections, community memory, and the role of the arts in visualizing just and sustainable water futures. Funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Water and Development Partnership Programme, the AQUAMUSE project examines museum-making in three river basins – the Blue Nile, the Volta in Burkina Faso, and the Sunderbans/Ganga in India.
AQUAMUSE envisions a future where water museums, both physical and digital, are not only unique repositories of our liquid heritage but also play a role in reconnecting communities on the margins to water in all its dimensions. Join us in creating space for those with an interest in water and museum-making to share and discuss methods that will play an active role in shaping our collective future.
Registration opens at 9:30 am. Free admission. Pre-register to attend.
On behalf of all our partners, The Africa Institute of Global Studies University, and SciCommX, we are pleased to invite you to our inaugural event, “Reimagining Water Museums: Towards Resilient Hydro Trajectories.”
On behalf of all our partners, The Africa Institute of Global Studies University, and SciCommX, we are pleased to invite you to our inaugural event, “Reimagining Water Museums: Towards Resilient Hydro Trajectories.”
The symposium is scheduled for Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at The Africa Institute, Auditorium (location map).
As the first public event of the AQUAMUSE project, this inception meeting will include roundtable discussions with researchers and museum experts on climate risks in river basins, decolonizing museum collections, community memory, and the role of the arts in visualizing just and sustainable water futures. Funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Water and Development Partnership Programme, the AQUAMUSE project examines museum-making in three river basins – the Blue Nile, the Volta in Burkina Faso, and the Sunderbans/Ganga in India.
AQUAMUSE envisions a future where water museums, both physical and digital, are not only unique repositories of our liquid heritage but also play a role in reconnecting communities on the margins to water in all its dimensions. Join us in creating space for those with an interest in water and museum-making to share and discuss methods that will play an active role in shaping our collective future.
Registration opens at 9:30 am. Free admission. Pre-register to attend.
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