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29June CARDIFFUNIVERSITY,GLAMORGANBUILDING09.00
Registrationandcoffee(signupforafternoonactivities)
09.45 COUNCILCHAMBER:Conferencewelcome,theChallengingHistorynetwork
09.50 COUNCILCHAMBER:OpeningProvocation:DavidAnderson,DirectorGeneral,AmgueddfaCymru-NationalMuseumWales.‘AvoidingChallengingHistory’
10.05 COUNCILCHAMBER:Keynote:SamanthaHeywood,Director,MuseumofWorldWarII,Boston.‘Thechallengesofchallenginghistoryinthe‘real’world’[Chair:SamCairns]SamanthaHeywoodworkedatImperialWarMuseumsfortwentyyears,startingoutasaneducationofficerand,by2015,asthedirectorofpublicprogrammes.Duringthistime,sheledIWM’spilotingofInspiringLearningforAllandthenation-widelearningprogramme,TheirPastYourFuture;workedonthedevelopmentofIWMNorth,andledtheteamsincreatingthenewAtriumandFirstWorldWarGalleriesatIWMLondonthatopenedin2014.ShehasworkedcloselywiththeambitionsofcentralgovernmentandLotteryfundersandyethasdeliveredthoughtfulandfocusedprogrammeswiththeirbacking.SheiscurrentlyworkingintheUSAwithaprojecttobuildanewmuseumofWorldWarII.
10.50 CoffeeinGlamorganCoffeeShop11.10 PAPERS1,CC:DifficultObjects
[Chair:JoanneSayner]Objectsintheirrightfulplace:thecaseofthepotentialreturnofAustralianAboriginalObjectsfromoverseasmuseums,JulieGough,Artist,andCarolCooper,NationalMuseumofAustraliaWhoseheritage?–ForgottenEgyptianobjectsandre-imaginingidentity–examplesfromtheregionalWelshcommunitymuseumandtheEgyptianMuseuminCairo,KatharinaZinn,UniversityofWales:TrinitySaintDavidReimaginingNationandMigrationthroughobject-centredmethodologies,ClaireSutherland,DurhamUniversityRethinkingobjects:co-production,interpretationandsocialjusticeatAmgueddfaCymru–NationalMuseumWales,SionedHughesandElenPhillips,AmgueddfaCymru–NationalMuseumWales
PAPERS2,0.85:Re-imaginingcommemoration[Chair:AlexDrago]‘BeingThere’:anexplorationoflocativemediaartpracticesforpubliccommemorationoftheFirstWorldWar,MariaAlejandraLujanEscalanteandCorinnaPeniston-Bird(LancasterUniversity);OliverWilkinson(ManchesterMetropolitanUniversity)Canempathybecomeactivismindigitalengagementprojects?TranscribingtheBookofRemembrance,FfionFielding,WalesforPeaceandDafyddTudur,NationalLibraryofWalesCommemoratingchallenginghistories,RebeccaNelson,WISECardiffRemembers,RachelSilverson,FiringLineMuseumoftheWelshSoldier
PAPERS3,0.86:Questioningprofessionalpractice[Chair:MirandaStearn]TheRoleofAcademicsintheFirstWorldWarCentenary(andbeyond),AmyRyall,SheffieldUniversity‘Manyconsiderationstomake–manyneedstobalance’Moralchallengesmuseumemployeesfacewhenworkingwithsensitivethemes,KathrynPabst,Vest-Agder-museet,Kristiansand,NorwayMaking‘good’heritage,making‘good’women,AlidaPayson,CardiffUniversityDividedbydistance,unitedbyunderstanding?Theartofengagingwithchallenginghistory,AlixPowers-JonesandAndrewMcKenzie,NationalTrustforScotland
12.30 LUNCHinGlamorganCoffeeShop From12.45:(0.86)ScreeningofTomalah[andotherfilms]byartistJulieGough
13.30 PAPERS4(CC):TheActivistMuseum[Chair:AmyRyall]Definingthe‘ActivistMuseum’JennieCarvillSchellenbacher,AustrianAcademyofSciences/UniversityofViennaSilenceisnotneutralandobjectivitydoesnotexist,NicoleDeufel,JuraConsultantsIsitappropriatetore-imaginetheroleofmuseumsandmuseumprofessionalsasactivists?JamesGriffiths,NationalHolocaustCentreandMuseum.Holocaustbybullets:Whathappenedandhowdoweknow?ThechallengesofcreatingalearningresourceforschoolsusingsensitivematerialsandeyewitnesstestimonyRachelDonnelly,ImperialWarMuseums
PAPERS5(0.85):EmotionalMuseums[Chair:AlidaPayson]FearGod:FearNought,AdrianDeakes,V&AandSaraGriffiths,TheNationalArchives,KewHeritageasProcessattheFoundlingMuseum,RachelEmilyTaylor,SheffieldHallamUniversity/UniversityoftheArtsLondon‘Beyourstoholdithigh’Responsibility,CommunityandEmotioninWW1CentenaryInterpretation,HannaSmyth,UniversityofOxfordEncounteringclimatechangethroughanimmersiveandinteractiveinstallationinthemuseumsetting,IridaNtalla,CityUniversityLondon
PAPERS6(0.86):Re-articulatingvalueinthemuseum[Chair:SamCairns] GuerrillaMuseum-transformingtheCardiffStory,VictoriaRogers,TheCardiffStoryMuseumRe-Imaginingvaluethroughstakeholderimpactinconservationdecision-making,JaneHendersonandTanyaNakamoto_________________________30minutescreeningandpaper:ScreeningtheFirstWorldWarintheNorthWest:EditingtheHomeFront, MartinPurdyandCorinnaPeniston-Bird,LancasterUniversity
14.45 PANEL1(CC):Blood-SweptLandsandSeasofRedattheTowerofLondonandonTourMeganGooch,TowerofLondon,JoanneSayner,UniversityofBirmingham,JennyKidd,CardiffUniversity.
Workshop(0.85):Unpackingmuseums’rhetoricsofparticipationCarrieNewman,ArtisticDirectorofFoundArtsandPhDCandidate,CardiffUniversity
(0.86)CampfirenetworkingsessionShareyourownexperiencesandlearnfromyourpeers.Anopportunitytonetworkandsharestoriesinalaidbackenvironment.
15.40 Leaveforoff-siteactivities(signupatregistration) 1.‘RefugeeWales’atOasisCardiff,
asupportcentreforrefugeesandasylumseekersMariLowe,RefugeeWalesRefugeeWalesisanexhibitionandoralhistoryprojectexploringthepersonalnarrativesofpeoplewhohavecometoWalesasrefugeesandasylumseekers.WithvolunteersandparticipantsfromOasisCardiffwehaverecordedoralhistories,madedigitalstories,anddevelopedthemestocreateatouringexhibition.OasisCardiffisacommunitypartnerofNationalMuseumWalesandtheprojectisfundedbytheHLF.
2.‘WalesforPeace’atTheTempleofPeaceFfionFielding,WalesforPeaceThereinterpretationoftheTempleofPeaceisoneoftheaimsoftheWalesforPeaceproject,aswellasthedigitisationandsharingofsomeofthehiddengemsinthelibraryrelatingtoWales’scontributiontopeace.ThisisanopportunitytoexploretheTempleanditshistory,andtocontributetothedevelopmentofthisexcitingpartoftheproject.
3.‘GraveyardVoices’performanceatCathaysCemeteryRichardJ.Hand,UniversityofSouthWalesUniversityofSouthWalesDramabrings‘historytolife’withperformersenactingshortdramaticscenesandmonologuesrelatingtothestoriesofthepeopleburiedintheUK’sthirdlargestcemetery,rangingfromtherichandinfluential,thephilanthropicandheroictotheprofoundlytragicandemblematic.
17.45 DrinksreceptionatTheTempleofPeace,CardiffFeaturingperformance(18.00-19.00):Electro-folkstorytellers‘HarpandaMonkey’TomarktheongoingcentenaryofWWIHarpandaMonkeyhavecreatedashowthatchallengesstereotypesoftheconflict.TheGreatWar:NewSongs&Storiesisanexcitingperformancethatincludesbothoriginalsongsandre-workingsoftraditionalsongs,fieldrecordingsofpeoplewholivedthroughthewarandthepoignant,tragicandhumorousanecdotesofabona-fideFirstWorldWarexpert.TheworkhasbeensupportedbyArtsCouncilEnglandandTheWesternFrontAssociation.
19.30 ConferencemealatTheClink,CardiffPrisonSignupfortheconferencemealwhenyouregisteronline.Thecostcoversathree-coursemealpluscoffeeandawelcomecocktailatTheClink,HMPCardiff–deliveringchangeandstaffedbyprisoners.Auniquediningexperience,withinthegroundsofthisCategoryBprison.
30June AmgueddfaCymru-NationalMuseumWales09.00 Registration-pleasereporttomaindeskintheMuseumfoyer
Openingofpopupexhibitioninthefoyer:WhitchurchHospitalThreadsofHistoryCoffee(ORIELSUITE)
09.30 Welcome(REARDONSMITHLECTURETHEATRE)
09.35 RSLT:Keynote:DavidGunn,Artist/Producer,‘MuseumsofLiesandSecrets’[Chair:AmyRyall]DavidGunnisanartistandproducerworkingacrosstheborderlinesofart,educationandparticipatorypractice.Particularprojectsinclude:aninteractivesoundinstallationinacondemnedcommunityhousingblockinPhnomPenh(TheRoom);amuseumexhibitionshowcasingactualmuseumobjectsalongsidefictivehistorieswrittenbylocalschoolchildren(MuseumofLies);liveaudio-visualperformancescreatedentirelyfromthevocalcontributionsofaudiencemembers(pyka_vox).HisworkincludescommissionsandprojectsforinstitutionsincludingNationalMuseumsWales,Tate,theRoundhouse,OperaNorthandmore.Heiscurrentlyfocusingonthedevelopmentofpyka,usingdigitalcreativitytounlockbetterlearninginschoolsAndWhiteNoise,amulti-disciplinarycombinationofartisticcommissions,exploratoryjournalismandsite-specificinterventionsthatseektoresearchandpositivelyinfluencetheprocessesofurbandevelopmentandchangeinLondon’sWhiteCity.Moreattheincidental.com,wearepyka.comandwhitenoise.city
10.20 EXHIBITION/DISCUSSION/PERFORMANCE(RSLT):WhitchurchHospitalThreadsofHistory[Chair:JennyKidd]GwawrFalconbridgeandJanMorgan,WhitchurchHospitalHistoricalSociety,ElenPhillips,AmgueddfaCymru–NationalMuseumWalesandRachelleBarlow,CardiffUniversity.FeaturingaperformancebySianCameronandDanPerkin.
PANEL2(OS):Re-ImaginingtheWorkhouse:Movingpeoplefrommemorytoaction[Chair:AlexDrago]AndrewGritt,NottinghamTrentUniversity,ChrisT-T,writerandmusicmaker,JimGrevatte,TheNationalTrust.
11.20 Coffee(PlanA:Coffeeoutsidebytheurbanmeadow.PlanB:LloydGeorgeRoom)
11.40 PANEL3(RSLT):ObjectJourneysattheBritishMuseum–re-imaginingparticipationandculturalnarrativethroughcommunitycollaborations[Chair:AlidaPayson]KayteMcSweeney,BritishMuseum,AbiraHussein,CommunityArtist,JuliaAnkenbrand,CDAstudent.
TheFailureCafé(CLORELEARNING)[withSamCairnsandMirandaStearn]“Weareallfailures–atleastthebestofusare.”-J.M.BarrieComeandsharestoriesaboutfailure.Aspacetotalkaboutwhenthingsgowrongandwhatwelearnfromthem.(ThecafewillbeChathamHousesoeveryonefeelsfreetosharetheirthoughtswithoutworryingthatthey’llbequotedelsewhereoroutofcontext.Everyonetakingpartwillagreenottoshareanythingpersonaloridentifiable,orshareanycontentwithoutcheckingfirstwiththecontributor).
Tourof‘War’sHell:TheBattleofMametzinArt’atNationalMuseum,CardiffWithBethMcIntyre,Curator.(Meetinthemainfoyer)
12.30 Lunch(OrielSuite)13.30 RSLT:Keynote:StephenBourne,‘BlackPoppies’
[Chair:JoanneSayner]StephenBourneisoneofBritain’sleadingexpertsonBlackBritishhistory.Theauthoroffourteenbooksonthesubject,StephenhaswrittenforBBCHistoryMagazineandisaregularcontributortotheOxfordDictionaryofNationalBiography.TheauthorofMotherCountry–Britain’sBlackCommunityontheHomeFront1939-45(TheHistoryPress,2010)andTheMotherlandCalls–Britain’sBlackServicemen&Women1939-45(TheHistoryPress,2012),hehasbeenshortlistedforawardssuchasTheVoiceCommunityAwardforLiteratureandcamerunnerupforTheRaymondWilliamsPrizeforCommunityPublishing.In2012StephenwasawardedaWingateScholarshiptoundertakeresearchintoBlacktheatreinBritainandforBlackPoppies-Britain’sBlackCommunityandTheGreatWar(TheHistoryPress)hereceivedthe2015SouthwarkArtsForumAwardforLiterature.
14.15 PAPERS7(RSLT):DifferentlyDigital[Chair:AlexDrago]TellingdifficultstoriesofchildbirthattheThackrayMedicalMuseum,LaurenRyall-Stockton,ThackrayMedicalMuseum,LauraKingandAdrianWilson,UniversityofLeedsRe-ImaginingGraveyards:PerformingandPodcastingCardiff’sCathaysCemetery,RichardHand,UniversityofSouthWales,RachelProtheroe,CardiffCityCouncilSurprise,ambiguityandtheuncanny:re-imaginingdigitalencountersof‘othernesss’throughdesign-drivenmuseumresearch,AretiGalani,AbigailDurrantandRhiannonMason,NewcastleUniversitySlavery,slate…scones:Theexperienceofanartistresidencyinahatedcastle,LisaHeleddJones,StoryworksUK
PAPERS8(OS):Re-definingrelationships[Chair:MirandaStearn]Co-curatingBrightonRoyalPavilion‘sWW1heritage,KevinBacon,RoyalPavilionandMuseums,Brighton&HoveChallengingmemoriesfromCare:LifeStoryworkintheMuseum,DelythEdwards,UniversityofLeicesterBuildingaMuseumforBritain’sRefugees,AmyDimmock,HuguenotMuseumAfricanCaribbeanPerspectivesinWW1,GarryStewart,RecognizeBlackArtsandHeritage
PAPERS9(CLS):ChangingtheNarrative[Chair:CarolynNewman]ThememorialisationofBomberCommand:anattempttocometotermswithheritagedissonance,DanEllin,HeatherHughes,AlessandroPesaro,InternationalBomberCommandCentreDigitalArchiveRevivingconnectionsbetween19thcenturyindustrialmuseums,SandraKemp,V&AandImperialCollegeLondon‘Death:thehumanexperience’:curationdesignedtochallenge,NanHu,CardiffUniversityThedestructionoftheItalianAuschwitzmemorialin2015,GregorioCarboniMaestri,UniversitéLibredeBruxelles
15.40 Coffeeintherestaurant
16.00 Lightningtalks(RSLT)AlexDrago,AstonUniversity:Whyaremuseumssoslowtoinnovate? SarahHayward,KingstonUniversityLondon:UncoveringStoriesfromtheNormansfieldArchivesIwanEllis-Roberts,NationalTrust/Ymddiriedolethgenedlaethol:ExperiencesandPlacesattheNationalTrustJulieHughes&SallyRoberts,HLF:HLFfundschallengingheritageBriannaWyatt,EdinburghNapierUniversity:Re-enactingtragedy?KayteMcSweeney,BritishMuseum:DisplayingLGBTQhistoryattheBritishMuseumAlixPowers-Jones,NationalTrustforScotland:Ringcycle
16.35 Closingreflections(RSLT)
16.45-18.30
DrinksandcanapésattheFiringLineMuseumoftheWelshSoldier,CardiffCastle(drinkswillbeinthecastlegroundsifweatherpermits,withdelegateshavingaccesstothemuseumalso).
Foranybodyinterested,therewillbeanovernightvigilinattheWelshNationalWarMemorialinCathaysParktomarktheCentenaryofTheBattleoftheSomme.Thisformspartofanationalprogrammeofevents.