CORRECTING OUR COLLECTING : OPEN DAY
Decolonising the Archive is offering an OPEN DAY for our courses Correcting our Collecting and Museum Restitution
Registration is now live !
Learn more about the Correcting our Collecting Reparative Archiving and Museum Restitution Ancestors Remains Ethical Enabler Courses and participate in our reasoning and self repair session with Colonel Sterling of the Moore Town Maroons (JAMAICA) on Saturday 28th February, 2026
Decolonising the Archive has collaborated with Colonel Sterling and Chief Currie to bring an offering of knowledge repair and insights into community resilience. We are exhilerated to have the community join us on this knowledge repair journey.
As part of our courses x 2 we recognise that self reflection on the good, bad and the controversial is important for us as a people/ COMMUNITY to engage in, inorder for us to grow. We also recognise that knowing how to do this in practice IS A PROCESS.
This rare opportunity offers participants to hear narratives about community liberation, building indigeneity and the legacy of African freedom fighters who have built long standing Maroon communities around the Caribbean and further afield and stand as one of the last few vestiges and living examples of self autonomous communities that claim their African heritage through memory and practice.
PROGRAM
12PM Arrival & Cultural Welcome
12:10 Informal networking with faculty & past graduates
1PM Spotlight Session 1: Correcting Our Collecting
An interactive introduction to the course exploring:
- Ethical collecting practices
- Decolonising collections
- Provenance research
- Community collaboration
Q &A with audience
1:45 REFRESHMENTS
2PM Spotlight Session 2: Museum Restitution
A powerful look at restitution, repatriation, and institutional accountability.
Topics include:
Legal & ethical frameworks
International case studies
Negotiation and diplomacy in heritage
The future of restitution policy
Q&A
2:45 MOVEMENT AND COLLECTION (GRAB A BOOK OR APPLICATION OR GET SOME AIR)
3PM KEYNOTE TALK/ REASONING WITH GUEST COLONEL STERLING
4PM MORE QUESTIONS WITH INVITED PANEL
4:30 NETWORKING AND MEET POTENTIAL CLASS MATES
5PM CLOSE
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM @DE_ARCHIVE
# ACTION NOT A BAG A MOUTH
Decolonising the Archive is offering an OPEN DAY for our courses Correcting our Collecting and Museum Restitution
Registration is now live !
Learn more about the Correcting our Collecting Reparative Archiving and Museum Restitution Ancestors Remains Ethical Enabler Courses and participate in our reasoning and self repair session with Colonel Sterling of the Moore Town Maroons (JAMAICA) on Saturday 28th February, 2026
Decolonising the Archive has collaborated with Colonel Sterling and Chief Currie to bring an offering of knowledge repair and insights into community resilience. We are exhilerated to have the community join us on this knowledge repair journey.
As part of our courses x 2 we recognise that self reflection on the good, bad and the controversial is important for us as a people/ COMMUNITY to engage in, inorder for us to grow. We also recognise that knowing how to do this in practice IS A PROCESS.
This rare opportunity offers participants to hear narratives about community liberation, building indigeneity and the legacy of African freedom fighters who have built long standing Maroon communities around the Caribbean and further afield and stand as one of the last few vestiges and living examples of self autonomous communities that claim their African heritage through memory and practice.
PROGRAM
12PM Arrival & Cultural Welcome
12:10 Informal networking with faculty & past graduates
1PM Spotlight Session 1: Correcting Our Collecting
An interactive introduction to the course exploring:
- Ethical collecting practices
- Decolonising collections
- Provenance research
- Community collaboration
Q &A with audience
1:45 REFRESHMENTS
2PM Spotlight Session 2: Museum Restitution
A powerful look at restitution, repatriation, and institutional accountability.
Topics include:
Legal & ethical frameworks
International case studies
Negotiation and diplomacy in heritage
The future of restitution policy
Q&A
2:45 MOVEMENT AND COLLECTION (GRAB A BOOK OR APPLICATION OR GET SOME AIR)
3PM KEYNOTE TALK/ REASONING WITH GUEST COLONEL STERLING
4PM MORE QUESTIONS WITH INVITED PANEL
4:30 NETWORKING AND MEET POTENTIAL CLASS MATES
5PM CLOSE
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM @DE_ARCHIVE
# ACTION NOT A BAG A MOUTH
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Highlights
- 5 hours
- In-person
Location
King's College London, The Macadam Building is located at Strand Campus, King's College London, London WC2R.
Strand
he Macadam Building is located at Strand Campus, King's College London, London WC2R. London WC2R 2LS
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