Thursday, August 27, 2020
10:00am-2:30pm Eastern Daylight Time
Registration: Meeting space opens at 10:00am
Welcome
10:45am-11:00am
Robert Denning, Ph.D.
Keynote Speakers
11:00am-12:00pm
Bruno Brulon Soares, "Theoretical Museology and Community Practice: A Post-Colonial Approach"
Jessie Ryker-Crawford, "Re-Adjusting Museum Theoretics (and Hence, Practice) to Include Indigenous Community Needs and Values"
Lunch 12:00pm-12:30pm
Understanding and Teaching Museology and Theoretical Museology
12:30pm-2:30pm
Supreo Chanda, Moderator
Victoria Miller, "From Nails to Rails: A Museological Case Study of the Steelworks Center of the West"
Claudia Ankrah, "Visibilization in Public History Institutions: The Socio-Political Role of Museums"
Yun Shun Susie Chung, "Framing Theoretical Museology"
Questions and Discourse
2:30pm End of Day 1
Friday, August 28, 2020
10:00am-5:30pm Eastern Daylight Time
Meeting space opens at 9:30am
Keynote Speakers
10:00am-11:00am
Vedet Coleman-Robinson, "The Importance of Museums in Community Through a Virtual Lens"
Patricia A. Banks, "Cultural Philanthropy and Diversity in the 21st Century"
Theoretical Museology and Ethics
11:00am-12:30pm
Michèle Rivet, Moderator
Alyce Sadongei, "Connectedness and Relationship: Foundations of Indigenous Ethics within the Tribal Museum Context"
Marion Bertin, "Challenging Museums and Collections: Toward an Indigenous Ethics in the Pacific Islands"
Questions and Discourse
Theoretical Museology and the Functions of Museums in the Community
1:00pm-2:30pm
Luciana Menezes de Carvalho, Moderator
Martin Earring, "The Community Voice: The Significance of Indigenous Oral History within the Museum Paradigm"
Deborah Ziska, "Museums of the Americas Facing Crises in the 21st Century: The Rise of Relevance and Community Empowerment"
Minnie Coonishish, “Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute, Agents and Actants in a Regional Cultural Institute”
Questions and Discourse
Symposium Closing Remarks
2:30pm
Robert Denning, Ph.D.
Yun Shun Susie Chung, Ph.D.