Museums@Noon presentation – Sept 27
Join us for a Museums@Noon presentation!
This is Rome, Too: Decolonial Practices in the Eternal City
Gala Patenkovic, PhD Candidate, Romance Languages and Literatures
September 27 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Eldersveld Room, 5670 Haven Hall
How can we reimagine the future of museums? How do we make museums decolonial? How does this decolonial practice change our perception of what a museum can be, and how do we present it to the public? In this talk I will share my experience interning at the Organization QuestaèRoma in Rome, Italy, and present their approach in engaging the public with decolonial practices through varied events, and specifically through their decolonial tours of the capital. These tours highlight what is “hidden in plain sight” : the distant and not-so-distant architectural remnants of colonial history that is often unobserved, taken for granted and/or unquestioned by the locals and tourists alike.
Gala Patenkovic is a PhD Candidate in the French Program of Romance Languages and Literatures. Her dissertation addresses representations of immigration and belonging in contemporary French comic books. She holds an active interest in visual and museum studies.
