Returns: Rethinking Objects, Knowledge, and Relationships at the Fowler
Schedule
Mon Nov 04 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
308 Charles E Young Drive North,Los Angeles,90024,US | Beverly Hills, CA
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Fowler Director Silvia Forni and Senior Curator Erica P. Jones reflect on two returns of objects from the Fowler to Ghana and Australia.On February 5, 2024, the Fowler returned a group of objects to His Majesty, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the 16th Asante King (Asantehene). On July 23, 2024, 20 historical treasures were returned to the Warumungu community in Tennant Creek, in the northern Territory of Australia. Join Silvia Forni , the Shirley & Ralph Shapiro Director of the Fowler Museum, and Erica P. Jones , senior curator of African arts and manager of curatorial affairs, for a conversation about the processes that enabled these returns and what museums gain when they let go of certain objects. Photo by AP Photo/Misper Apawu This program is part of the Ground Breaking Lecture Series and organized by the Waystation Initiative, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA.
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308 Charles E Young Drive North,Los Angeles,90024,US, 308 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States,Los Angeles, California, Beverly HillsEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
