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Talk: Kolonialisme i botanikkens historieskrivning

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Talk: Kolonialisme i botanikkens historieskrivning

City

Copenhagen, Denmark

Type

Talk

Date

Wednesday 24th of January

Time

17:00 to 18:30

Price

Free

[English version below]
Dato og tid: Onsdag 24. januar, 17.00-18.30
Sted: Charlottenborg Art Cinema

Kom og vær med når kunsthistoriker og kurator Christine Eyene og museolog og historiker Martha Fleming mødes for at tale om de historier inden for botanisk indsamling, der har inspireret udstillingen 'Seeds and Souls', som i øjeblikket vises på Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Eyene og Fleming vil diskutere deres respektive forskning om planter og deres kontekster og indsamlingsmetoder. Ved at undersøge planternes oprindelsessteder og destinationer vil de invitere publikum til at overveje mødestedet for to geografiske områder: Centralafrika, hvor Eyene fokuserer på en skovregion ved landsbyen Lolodorf i Cameroun, og Nordeuropa, hvor Fleming har undersøgt spor af dansk kolonialisme i de botaniske samlinger på Naturhistorisk Museum i Danmark.

Samtalen vil afdække oversete historier og konkrete livserfaringer fra disse udvindingsområder. Den vil også adressere nye dekoloniale tilgange til vestlige botaniske samlinger.

Gennem en interaktiv diskussion inviteres publikum til at reflektere kollektivt og deltage i at skabe en ny kortlægning over disse forbindelser og deres bredere sociale og økologiske implikationer, både her og på tværs af forskellige geografier.

Samtalen vil foregå på engelsk, og der er gratis adgang. Alle er velkomne.

Ingen reservation er påkrævet, pladser tildeles efter først til mølle-princippet. Gratis adgang til alle udstillinger på Kunsthal Charlottenborg hver onsdag kl. 17.00-20.00.

Biografier:

Christine Eyene er kunsthistoriker, kritiker og kurator og har lige afsluttet en ph.d. i kunsthistorie ved Birkbeck, University of London. Hun er lektor i samtidskunst ved Liverpool John Moores University og forskningskurator ved Tate Liverpool. Hendes kuratoriske praksis omfatter samtidskunst med særlig interesse for afrikansk og diaspora-kunst, feminisme, fotografi og lydkunst. Siden 2021 har Eyene udviklet uafhængig forskning om temaet 'Botaniske historier og kolonial arv', der forbinder forfædres og kollektiv viden og historier om planter i Lolodorf (Cameroun). For nylig har hun undersøgt forbindelser mellem Liverpool og Centralafrika gennem byens søfarts- og handelshistorie.

Martha Fleming er museolog, samlingshistoriker og videnskabshistoriker med særligt fokus på naturhistoriske og korrelative videnskabelige samlinger og arkiver. Hendes nuværende forskning undersøger oprettelse og forvaltning af naturhistoriske samlinger som betydningsfulde former for vidensproducerende praksisser forankret i globaliserede koloniale sammenhænge. Hun er i øjeblikket hovedansvarlig for 'Field/Work in the Archive: Herbaria as Sites of Cultural Exchange', som er et forskningsprojekt støttet af Augustinus Fonden på Naturhistorisk Museum i Danmark. Fleming har arbejdet i ledelsesmæssige, forskningsmæssige, undervisningsmæssige og kreative roller på tværs af museer, universiteter og videnskabelige institutioner internationalt.

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[English]

Talk: Colonialism in the Histories of Botanical Collecting

Date and time: Wednesday 24 January, 17.00-18.30
Location: Charlottenborg Art Cinema

Join Christine Eyene, art historian and curator, and Martha Fleming, museologist and historian, for an important conversation on the stories behind the kinds of botanical collecting that have informed the exhibition ‘Seeds and Souls’ currently presented at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Eyene and Fleming will discuss their respective research around plants and their contexts and methods of collection. Examining their places of origin and destination, they’ll invite us to consider the meeting point of two geographies: Central Africa where Eyene focuses on a forest region bordering the semi-rural town of Lolodorf in Cameroon, and Northern Europe where Fleming has been researching evidence of Danish colonialism in the histories of the botanical collections of the Natural History Museum of Denmark.

The conversation will unpack overlooked histories and lived experiences in those sites of extraction. It will also address new decolonial approaches to Western botanical collections.

Through an interactive discussion, the public is invited to reflect collectively and participate in drawing a new mapping of these connections and their wider social and ecological implications both here and across different geographies.

The talk will be in English and is free of admission and everyone is welcome.

No reservation required to attend the talk, seats are given on a first come, first served basis. Free entrance to all exhibitions at Kunsthal Charlottenborg every Wednesday 17.00-20.00.

Biographies:

Christine Eyene is an art historian, critic, and curator and has just completed a PhD in History of Art at Birkbeck, University of London. She is a Lecturer in Contemporary Art at Liverpool John Moores University and Research Curator at Tate Liverpool. Her curatorial practice encompasses contemporary art, with a particular interest in African and Diaspora arts, feminism, photography, and sound art. Since 2021, Eyene has been developing independent research on the theme of ‘Botanical Histories and Colonial Legacies’ connecting ancestral and collective knowledge and histories around plants in Lolodorf (Cameroon). More recently she has been examining links between Liverpool and the central African country through the city’s maritime and trade histories.

Martha Fleming is a museologist, an historian of collections, and an historian of science with a particular focus on natural historical and correlative scientific collections and archives. Her current research investigates the creation and management of natural history collections as significant forms of knowledge producing practices embedded in globalised colonial contexts. She is currently the Principal Investigator of ‘Field/Work in the Archive: Herbaria as Sites of Cultural Exchange’, which is an Augustinus Foundation supported research project at the Natural History Museum of Denmark. Fleming has worked in leadership, research, teaching and creative capacities across museums, universities and scientific institutions internationally.

Image:
Shiraz Bayjoo, Zot Konn – Yeman (They know – The Wise), 2022. Palm Crown, 2022. Roots and Vine, 2022. Tangena Ordeal, 2022. Plantation Landscape, 2022. Split-architecture 1, 2023. Split-architecture 2, 2023. Installation view, Seeds and Souls, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, 2023. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by David Stjernholm.

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