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    2024 ZHdK International Day

    Decolonisation: concrete examples from artistic disciplines

    Photo: Johannes Dietschi

    Published on13.05.2024

      The fifth edition of the “ZHdK International Day” was dedicated to the topic of decolonisation. This complex topic was brought into focus by reflections and concrete examples from the artistic disciplines represented at ZHdK. After keynotes by Dr Michaela Oberhofer, Curator for Africa and Oceania and Deputy Head of Curatorship, Museum Rietberg, and Solange Mbanefo, Guest Curator and Exhibition Designer, Museum Rietberg (collaboration for the new exhibition “In Dialogue with Benin. Art, Colonialism and Restitution”), as well as Prof. Dr Imani Sanga, Professor of Music in the Department of Creative Arts, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the topic was explored in small groups based on projects and initiatives within and outside ZHdK.

      Table 1
      Open Talk with the three keynote speakers
      Guests: Michaela Oberhofer, Solange Mbanefo, Imani Sanga
      Moderation: Ranko Marković, Head of International Affairs in Music

      Table 2
      Project “Funghi Cosmology”
      Guest: Irène Hediger, Head of “artists-in-lab program”
      Moderation: Nils Röller, Representative Department of Fine Arts, International Affairs Committee

      Table 3
      “An approach to decolonisation: a lived reality”
      Guests: Cherry-Ann Morgan, Mayar El Hayawan, Research Assistants, Department of Design
      Moderation: Francis Müller, Representative Department of Design, International Affairs Committee

      Table 4
      “Perspectives for decolonising film”
      Guest: Gayatri Parameswaran, Immersive Writer, Director and Producer, Co-Founder NowHere Media
      Moderation: Andreas Kohli, Representative Department of Cultural Analysis, International Affairs Committee

      Table 5
      “Students perspectives”
      Guests: ZHdK students
      Moderation: Louise Jacquelin-Mayer, Representative VERSO, International Affairs Committee

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      Photo: Johannes Dietschi
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