This two days-event is the result of a partnership between Fondation Lucien Paye, Fondation Suisse, Fondation Hellénique, Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA), Institut Historique Allemand, Programmes de recherche “ReTours” et “Rematriations / Matrimoines”, laboratoires Sophiapol et IMAF, Association des résidents de la Fondation Paye.
11 April: Provenance research carried out with the communities from which the ancestral objects and remains originated – descendants, craftspeople and traditional authorities, some of whom will be present.
12 April: Focus on ways of reinventing museums in Africa and Europe: how to exhibit claimed or restituted goods, what stories to tell, how to cooperate, particularly on a pan-African level. A round table will present programmes and publications on these themes, followed by an artistic performance.
