Jakarta, August 6, 2024 - The international seminar "Provenance Research, Restitution, and Communities: Perspectives from Indonesia and Australia" was successfully held on August 6, 2024, at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (MoECRT) office, Jakarta. The seminar was also live streamed through the MOECRT’s Youtube channel.
This seminar was part of the Australia Indonesia Museums (AIM) Project, funded jointly by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) through the Australia-Indonesia Institute (AII) and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology. The AIM Project involves collaboration between the Indonesian Heritage Agency, the Government of Jakarta, Deakin University's Cultural Heritage Asia-Pacific Group, the Western Australian Museum (WAM), Southeast Asia Museum Services (SEAMS), and several partner museums in Indonesia.
The seminar brought together 150 people from government, museum practitioners, academics, students, civil society and members of the public to opportunities and challenges related to provenance research and restitution in the context of reconnecting museum objects with source communities
The seminar included keynote presentations from Dr. Hilmar Farid: Director-General for Culture, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology, Indonesia and Prof. Gaye Sculthorpe, Research Professor, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University, Australia. In his presentation, Dr. Farid shared the importance of provenance research & community involvement. While Prof. Sculthorpe gave an overview of restitution issues from the Australian perspective including returning ancestral remains and culturally significant objects to Indigenous communities.
The seminar also featured a panel session with museum practitioners from Australia and Indonesia. This included Corioli Souter, Head of the Department of Maritime Heritage, Western Australian Museum, Ayu Dipta Kirana, Curator, Sonobudoyo Museum Yogyakarta and Nusi Lisabilla Estudiantin, Direktorat Pengembangan dan Pemanfaatan Kebudayaan. The panel included an overview of the Tetangga Exhibition (www.tetanggaexhibition.com), which has been jointly curated by Indonesian and Australian curators.
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