Day 1: Thursday, May 30
8:30 AM-5:00 PM: All meals, including going out to dinner. All participants.
Location: Knafel Center, Room 105 – 10 Garden St, Cambridge, MA, 02138
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast | Room 105 |
9:00 AM-9:05 AM | Radcliffe Welcome by Academic Ventures & Engagement |
9:05 AM-9:30 AM | Introductions, Themes, Schedule, How the Museum works (Tom Cummins, Lisa Barbash, Anita Ekman) |
Panel 1: Visions of the Forest: Agassiz x Indigenous Cosmovisions | |
9:30 AM-10:30 AM | Indigenous Cosmovisions of the Amazon and Atlantic Rainforests (Anita Ekman, Cris Takua, Carlos Papa, João Paulo Lima Barreto) |
10:30 AM-10:45 AM | Mid-Morning Coffee Break |
10:45 AM-11:15 AM | Agassiz and the Forest (Christoph Irmscher) |
11:15 AM-12:00 PM | Discussion |
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Lunch Radcliffe | Room 105 |
WALK TO PEABODY ANNEX with snacks in bags | |
Panel 2: Histories of the Forest at the Peabody | |
1:15 PM-1:45PM | Archaeology/Ceramic Viewing |
1:45 PM-2:15 PM | Archaeology (Cristiana Barreto) |
WALK TO PEABODY MUSEUM | |
2:30 PM-3:30 PM | Material Culture Viewing & Looking with Objects (Claudia Mattos) |
3:30 PM | Snacks (no break) |
3:30 PM-4:00 PM | Forest, Slavery, and Resistance (Freg Stokes) |
4:00 PM-4:30 PM | Agassiz Images (Lisa Barbash) |
4:30 PM-5:00 PM | Discussion |
6:00 PM | Offsite Dinner at Josephine’s, Cambria Hotel, 515 Somerville Ave, Somerville |
Day 2: Friday, May 31
8:30 AM-3:00 PM: Radcliffe—Breakfast and Lunch. All participants.
Location: Knafel Center, Room 105 – 10 Garden St, Cambridge, MA, 02138
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast – Room 105 | |
Panel 3: Representation of Afro-indigenous bodies | |
9:00 AM-9:30 AM | Photographic representations of Afro-indigenous bodies in 19th century Brazil (Sergio Burgi) |
9:30 AM-10:00 AM | Practices of Classification and Coloniality (Ana Laura Malmaceda) |
10:00 AM-10:30 AM | Shifting our Gaze towards a Counter-colonial Perspective (Kleber Amansio) |
10:30 AM-10:45 AM | Mid-Morning Coffee Break |
10:45 AM-12:00 PM | General Discussion |
12:00 PM-1:00 PM | Lunch – Room 105 |
1:00 PM-3:00 PM | Body-Territory and the Forest. How do we translate these concepts into an exhibition? |
3:00 PM | Day 2 Ends – All participants depart campus for return travel |
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