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The Caribbean and Collections: Histories and Just Futures?

Event Dates:
Lecture Theatre A, Student Services Centre. University of Cambridge (Off Ben'et Street)
12 December 2023 , 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker(s):
Dr Marsha Pearce (University of the West Indies)
Ms Alissandra Cummins (Barbados Museum)
Prof Christelle Lozère (l’Université Antilles)
Ms Susana Guimarães (Musee d’archéologie amérindienne Edgar Clerc, Guadeloupe)
Institution(s):
University of Cambridge, University of the West Indies, l’Université Antilles, Musee d’archéologie amérindienne Edgar Clerc, Barbados Museum
The Caribbean and Collections: Histories and Just Futures?
Collections-Connections-Communities and the Global Humanities Network invite you to join us for a roundtable discussion with a multidisciplinary group of researchers from the Caribbean. The current Black Atlantic: People, Power, Resistance exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum explores the role of visual culture in supporting histories of exploitation and extraction, which in turn enabled the accumulation of collections – from art and anthropology to natural history – such as those in the University of Cambridge. The exhibition follows on from the University’s Report on the Inquiry into the Legacies of Enslavement, which recommended the foundation of a Legacies of Enslavement Research Centre that would support a suite of research projects, scholarly mobility and events, alongside artistic initiatives.Our panellists will be:

  • Marsha Pearce: Lecturer in Visual Arts at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago.
  • Alissandra Cummins: Director at the Barbados Museum.
  • Christelle Lozère: Professor of Art History at l’Université Antilles.
  • Susana Guimarães: Curator of Archaeology at the Musee d’archéologie amérindienne Edgar Clerc, Guadeloupe.

During this event, the panel will be asked to consider:

  • What forms of reparation are sought by institutions, researchers and communities in the Caribbean?
  • How might collections and visual culture play a role in such work?
  • How could collaborative, interdisciplinary and transnational partnerships around collections make a difference to communities in the Caribbean?
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