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Objects from Indigenous and World Cultures Working Group Triennial Programme 2023-2026

Themes for investigation

Collaboration with communities, community access to collections and inclusiveness in conservation decision-making.
Transgenerational inclusivity, multiplicity of stories from one community; engage in objects preservation with diaspora, displaced and migrant population
Education, especially with respect to empowering communities to preserve their own objects and places.
Training and education for inclusivity and sustainability in conservation practices
Local systems of knowledge and their roles in conservation.

Proposed Projects

round tables/workshops with one or two short presentations (5 minutes) and moderated open discussion via Zoom, each on one of the above themes. We are aiming at 2 workshops/year.
updating resources such as: biocide bibliography, previous newsletters and uploading them to the ICOM-CC website on our Working Group page.
creating new resources: consultations/collaboration with communities protocols, ethical texts, consolidants reviews.
creation of a platform for indigenous conservators, within our Group and across groups. This could be a project to be submitted for a Solidarity project funding.
continue running the Group’s Facebook page which is very popular.
-potential creation of a LinkedIn page in the coming years, pending discussions with Directory Board.
prepare the Group’s session for the next ICOM-CC Triennial Conference: review contributions to this group, work with authors to strengthen texts and provide grading to the Selection Committee, at both abstract stage and full paper/poster stage.

Proposed Activties

Online Workshop ‘Community access to collections and inclusiveness in conservation decision-making’. Time zone to be defined (probably Asia/USA West coast). Date around June 2024
Online Workshop ‘Collaboration with communities in conservation of Indigenous objects’. Time zone South America. Language: Spanish. Date around October 2024.
Online Workshop ‘Transgenerational inclusivity, multiplicity of stories from one community; engage in objects preservation with diaspora, displaced and migrant population’. Time zone Asia/USA. Date around March 2025
Online Workshop ‘Local systems of knowledge and their roles in conservation’. Time zone Europe/USA/ South America. Date around June 2025
Online Workshop ‘Training and education for inclusivity and sustainability in conservation practices’. Time zone Europe/USA/ South America. Date around October 2025

Objects from Indigenous and World Cultures Working Group

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