Welcome to the HL-center and day three of FIHRM Oslo 2022, which concludes the official conference programme. Join us for plenary talks, inspirational parallell sessions, exhibition tours and a workshop.
Note: Schedule given in Central European Time (equals UTC+02:00)
09.00–09.45 Bus from city center. Registration, tea & coffee.
09.45–10.00 Welcome, by Guri Hjeltnes, director HL Centre
10.00–11.15 Plenary session 6: “Room for minorities? Intersections between government and museums, and the power to define”
- "There Is No" / "Sámi Dáiddamusea", Jérémie McGowan, curator and former museum director.
- “Do they know us?”, Emma Eliane Oskal Valkeapää, Sami Path finders.
- “Generations of collaboration practices: the cases of the Congolese and Somali diasporas in the Oslo Museum of Cultural History”, Tone Cecilie Karlgård, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo.
- Plenum, questions and comments. Moderator: Claudia Lenz, the HL-center
11.15–12.00 Exploring exhibitions at the HL Centre (groups/stations)
12.00–13.00 Lunch
13.00–14.00 Parallel sessions: “Sharing good practices”
Session A: "Exploring minority rights through art"
- "Meet me at the River, an exhibition by Migrant Artist Mutual Aid", Mithila Ramagavigan, National Museums Liverpool
- “Developing Trust and Mutual Understanding through Co-Creating Process – An Example from Green Island Art Festival in Taiwan”, Vita Wu, National Human Rights Museum, Taiwan
- “Beyond Single Narrative: A Case Study of ‘Shared Journeys’ Exhibition”, Lin Chihyu, Asian and Pacific Sites of Conscience Network.
- Plenum, questions and comments. Moderator: Ingvill Thorsen Plesner, the HL-center.
Session B: "Museums, resistance and documentation"
- Video/online “AMA y No Olvida, Museo de la Memoria contra la Impunidad”, Emilia Yang Rappaccioli, AMA y No Olvida, Museo de la Memoria contra la Impunidad, Nicaragua (exile in the USA)
- “Memorial Museum of the Dominican Resistance. Community building and support”, Laura Pérez Díaz, Memorial Museum of the Dominican Resistance, Dominikanske Republikk
- “The New Tibet Museum”, Tenzin Topdhen, The Tibet Museum (exile in India)
- Plenum, questions and comments. Moderator: Anton Weiss-Wendt, the HL-center.
14.15–15.15 Workshops
- In/visible – everyday racism in Norway: an exhibition. Led by Daniel Mohammed Ansari, educator, HL-center & Mona Abdel-Fadil, researcher II, HL-center
- Democratic preparedness for prevention of racism, group-based hostility and antidemocratic attitudes – how can museums contribute in teacher training programs. Led by Ingun Steen Andersen, DEMBRA senior adviser, HL-center & Elise Grimsrud Christensen, educator and DEMBRA adviser, HL-center.
- La instalación. Led by Marina Sala, Rosario Memory museum, Argentina.
15.15-15.30 Break
15.30-16.30 Plenary session 7: “Whose story? Mass atrocities and human rights violations addressed in exhibitions”.
- “Lived experiences in curatorial work: the cases of “The Centre of 22nd July” in Norway and the “Museo Casa de la Memoria” in Columbia”, Mari Møystad, senior curator, ANNO Museum, Norway.
- “Holocaust in Norway and the genocide on Norwegian Roma: including the story of Norwegian Roma in an existing Holocaust exhibition.”, co-presentation by the HL-Center and Romano Kher. With Guri Hjeltnes, director HL-center.
- Questions and comments. Moderator: Carl Emil Vogt, the HL-center.
16.30-17.00 Closing statements
Farewell message from the organizers and FIHRM board.
17.00–18.00 Optional: Refreshments and mingling
18.30–19.30 Optional: Dinner at Norsk Folkemuseum (Café Arkadia), Bygdøy
Return to city center by bus.
Programme might be subject to unforeseen changes.