Displacement and radical hope in Myanmar and beyond: objects, museums and peace-building

Tuesday 18 February 2020, George Porter Lecture Theatre B, 5.30pm

Displacement is a global phenomenon: by the end of 2018, 70.8 million of the world’s people were displaced (UNHCR 2019). Cultural artefacts and practices become displaced too – with people, and alone. Focusing on artefacts in and from Myanmar, this talk explores the process, experience and effects of displacement for material things. It points to an ultimately optimistic framework for thing-centred political, social and aesthetic action in the museum and elsewhere.

Biography

Sandra Dudley is Professor of Museum Anthropology and Head of the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. She is also joint Chief Editor of the international journal Museum Worlds: Advances in Research. Sandra first came to Leicester in 2003 and she has been Head of School since 2017.

All our inaugural lectures are open to the public and free to attend. A drinks reception will follow the lecture.

Limited parking available on campus after 5pm . The nearest pay and display car park is Victoria Park (Granville Road) postcode LE1 7RU.

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