Decolonising Museum’s Websites

Museum Talk

For decades, decolonisation in museums has been one of the most important issues, which involves the complexity of museum history and the process of modernity. It influences all areas of museum practice, shaping interdisciplinary collaborations to include and respond to different voices from multiple social communities. For ICOM Student and Emerging Professional's session in July, Hsiao-Chiang will share her experience and cases from the Decolonising Museum’s Websites project with The Hunterian Museum. Her talk will explore these questions: What does it mean to decolonise museums in the 21st century? How can technology support us in improving inclusivity and accessibility for museum users?

The purpose of our events is to create a community for conversations and to reshape museum's future with ICOM. We welcome all voices that you can bring for discussions during the Q&A.

Speaker

Wang Hsiao-Chiang is a postgraduate museum studies student at the University of Glasgow. She was an experienced officer of the museum section of the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan, being responsible for indigenous community empowerment plans, museum database and website, and digital museum transformation pilot schemes. She is currently conducting the decolonising museum websites project with the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. She will start her doctoral research on “UNESCO Designations as Sites of Restorative Integration and Embodied Decoloniality” supported by the UNESCO Trail in Scotland PhD Scholarship, and work with the UNESCO RILA team. Her long-term research focus is to make world heritage become inclusive and accessible for all.

Calling for interest

ICOM UK Student and Emerging Professional Event, is a series of online events to bring together people of new generations in cultural studies and industries, aiming to circulate new ideas, create conversation, confront challenges and share opportunities.

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Contact

Huaiyuan (Robert) Ren: hr262@kent.ac.uk

Louise Yang: louise.yang@york.ac.uk