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2024 ICOM Solidarity Project: Community-Led Training: Establishing a Foundation for Heritage Conservation in Africa

PROJECT DURATION: July 2024 - December 2024

OBJECTIVE: This initiative aims to enhance the management of collections in Africa by focusing on three key topics: Conservation, Risk Assessment, and Documentation. The programme brings together a large consortium of ICOM Committees and members to provide an African perspective on these crucial areas through interviews and round table discussions. Our goal is to strengthen the network between African and global museum professionals. Sessions are interactive and participants are asked to complete assignments relating to the discussion topic. The completed assignments are discussed at subsequent meetings and outcomes is used to create toolkit guides and videos on each of the three topics (availble below).

FORMAT

Interviews: Invited experts outline current practices and approaches on all three topics. These are conducted in English and released before each live session for asynchronous viewing before each session.
Round Table Discussions: For each topic, our invited speakers lead two round table discussions.
- First Round Table: Topic Discussion. Participants receive assignments to complete and video their outputs.
- Second Round Table: Network enhancement. Presentation and discussion of the video outputs.
- Produced Materials: All content, including interviews and discussions, are compiled into toolkits and how-to videos for broad dissemination.
ICOM CONSERVATION Community Led Training_Vol1 - CONSERVATION_English
ICOM CONSERVATION Community Led Training_Vol2 - AGENTS OF DETERIORATION_English
ICOM CONSERVATION Community Led Training_Vol3 - DOCUMENTATION_English

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

Programming is in English with simultaneous interpretation by Smartidom (PT) into French and Portuguese.

Introductory Session | Kick-off meeting to outline the programme.
Dedicated Topic Sessions:
- Conservation (2 sessions)
- Agents of Deterioration and Risk Assessment (2 sessions)
- Documentation (2 sessions)
- Wrap-up Meeting: The concluding session will summarise findings and outcomes.

SCHEDULE

1 July 2024 : 13:00-15:00 | Kick-off introduction meeting | Live Zoom

Maggi Loubser, University of Pretoria, South Africa - Project Leader
Kate Seymour, Chair ICOM-CC (Committee for Conservation)
Melissa Rinne, Chair ICDAD (Committee for Museums and Collections of Decorative Arts and Design)
Timna Seligman, Chair DEMHIST (Committee for Historic House Museums)
Trilce Navarrete Hernandez, Chair CIDOC (Committee for Documentation)
Zahida Quadri, Chiar ICR (Committee for Regional Museums)
Corinne Thepaut Cabasset, Chair COSTUME (Committee form Museums and Collections of Costume, Fashion and Textiles)
Diana Pardue, Chair DRMC (Committee on Disaster Resilient Museums)

Topic 1 | What is conservation, and why is it important?

Material Release on Padlet: 1 July 2024

Invited speakers

Lynn Lee, M+ Museum of Visual Culture, Hong Kong, China
Stephanie de Roemer, The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Satish Pandey, Indian Institute of Heritage, New Delhi, India
Ogechukwu (Elizabeth) Okpalanozie, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Lagos, Nigeria
Terry Little, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Muthoni Thang'wa, Consultant - Culture, Museums, Heritage & the Arts, Nairobi, Kenya
Abdullahi Abdulkadir, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Lagos, Nigeria
Ayesha Fuentes, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
David Kojo Derban, Ethnik International Ltd, Accra, Ghana

11 July 2024 : 13:00-15:00 | Session 1 - Part A | Live Zoom Session

Invited speakers lead a round table discussion.

Assignments are discussed.

25 July 2024 : 13:00-15:00 | Session 1 - Part B | Live Zoom Session

Reflections on assignments.

Future perspectives.

Network enhancement and mentoring

Topic 2 | Agents of Deterioration and Risk Assessment

Material Release on Padlet : 2 September 2024

Invited speakers

Lilian Amwanda, National Museums of Kenya, Kabarnet Museum, Kabarnet, Kenya
Rodah Lange, National Museums of Kenya, Karen Blixen Museum, Nairobi, Kenya
Johanna Ndahekelekwa Ndjamba, National Museum of Namibia, Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia
Joseph Ssebunya, Uganda National Museum, Kampala, Uganda
Kaji Appolinaire, Musée La Blackitude, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Nagnambzanga Théophile Nacoulma, Conseiller en Gestion de Patrimoine, Burkina Faso
Mohamadou Moustapha Dieye, Gestionnaire du patrimoine Musée Théodore Monod d'art africain, Dakar, Senegal
Khalid Loukid, Musée National du Tissage et du Tapis Dar Si Said, Marrakech, Morocco
Medhat Abdallah Abdelhamid, Saqqara Storerooms, Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt
Jean-Paul Koudougou, Chair ICOM-Africa
Betty Karanja, Nairobi National Museum, Nairobi, Kenya

12 September 2024 : 13:00-15:00 | Session 2 - Part A | Live Zoom Session

Invited speakers lead a round table discussion.

Assignments are discussed.

26 September 2024 : 13:00-15:00 | Session 2 - Part B | Live Zoom Session

Reflections on assignments.

Future perspectives.

Network enhancement and mentoring.

Topic 3 | Documentation

Material Release on Padlet : 3 October 2024

Invited speakers

Trilce Navarrete Herna, Chair ICOM-CIDOC
Aditi Nagar, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi, India
Nathael Cano, Mexico City, Mexico
Jonathan Ward, J.Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, USA
Alexio Motsi, Pretoria, South Africa
Davison Chiwara, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe

17 October 2024 : 13:00-15:00 | Session 3 - Part A | Live Zoom Session

Invited speakers lead a round table discussion.

Assignments are discussed.

31 October 2024 : 13:00-15:00 | Session 3 - Part B | Live Zoom Session

Reflections on assignments.

Future perspectives.

Network enhancement and mentoring.

28 November 2024 : 13:00-15:00 | Wrap-up meeting | Live Zoom

Zoom link distributed to registered participants

INFORMATION:

All Zoom sessions aree recorded.

A Zoom link is provided to registered participants only. The registration form collects the participant's consent to be recorded complying with EU-GDPR regulations.

Participant Assignments:

Participants are encouraged to complete assignments for each Topic, which are delivered to the programme organisers. Assignments are not compulsory!

Assignments for each topic will be explained and distributed to registered participants during the first session.

Participants are encouraged to record their progress and deliver written and/or video footage on completion of their assignment.

The produced material is used to create short illustrative videos and three how-to toolkits, one for each topic.

Participants who submit material (in written or video format) consent to transfer material copyright to ICOM. Participants must secure permission to use images of venues, objects, and persons in any produced material.

LANGUAGE SUPPORT

Interviews: Summaries provided in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Live Sessions: Broadcast on Zoom with simultaneous English, French, and Portuguese translation. Sessions are recorded. Access to the Zoom link is given to registered participants only.

Consortium members

ICOM-Africa, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, France, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Spain, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, CIDOC, COSTUME, DEMHIST, DRMC, ICR, ICDAD; and partners, including representatives from: ApoyOnline, ErfgoedAcademy (Netherlands), Moto-Moto Museum (Zambia), National Commission for Museums and Monuments (Nigeria), Stichting ICOM-CC Fund, and University of Pretoria (South Africa).

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2024 ICOM Solidarity Project: Community-Led Training: Establishing a Foundation for Heritage Conservation in Africa

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

SCHEDULE

1 July 2024 : 13:00-15:00 | Kick-off introduction meeting | Live Zoom

Topic 1 | What is conservation, and why is it important?

Invited speakers

11 July 2024 : 13:00-15:00 | Session 1 - Part A | Live Zoom Session

25 July 2024 : 13:00-15:00 | Session 1 - Part B | Live Zoom Session

Topic 2 | Agents of Deterioration and Risk Assessment

12 September 2024 : 13:00-15:00 | Session 2 - Part A | Live Zoom Session

26 September 2024 : 13:00-15:00 | Session 2 - Part B | Live Zoom Session

Topic 3 | Documentation

17 October 2024 : 13:00-15:00 | Session 3 - Part A | Live Zoom Session

31 October 2024 : 13:00-15:00 | Session 3 - Part B | Live Zoom Session

28 November 2024 : 13:00-15:00 | Wrap-up meeting | Live Zoom

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