Designing Blackness in Brazil: Future of the Museum
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Co-hosted in partnership with the Department of Africana Studies and the Center for Africana Studies, this transformative workshop seeks to contribute to the future of museums as spaces that celebrate and accurately represent Black identities with integrity and depth.
This interdisciplinary and international* workshop is dedicated to reimagining museums as inclusive, dynamic spaces that authentically represent African and African Diasporic identities. This day-long event will highlight Brazil’s pivotal role in curatorial innovation, showcasing how Brazilian institutions and professionals are crafting exhibitions that challenge Eurocentric narratives and emphasize the complexities of Black identities.
By featuring practices rooted in decolonial and collaborative frameworks, the workshop aims to foster meaningful interdisciplinary conversations about achievements, research, and future aspirations. Participants will be inspired to develop new paradigms for exhibition-making that honor the histories, cultures, and lived experiences of Black communities. Your participation will help shape inclusive and dynamic museum practices.
The workshop is organized by Tukufu Zuberi, Ph.D., Penn Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies and Vanicléia Silva Santos, Ph.D., Curator of the African Collection, in collaboration with Fernando Lara, Ph.D., Penn Professor of Architecture.
This event is generously supported by the School of Arts and Sciences, the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies, and the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania.
*International guests should contact africana@sas.upenn.edu to join the workshop virtually.
25-03-06