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Posted: Thursday February 8th, 2007 23:09 |
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Taken from the website http://www.newsahead.com/PREVIEW07/Britain_slavery_conference_Feb_07.htm
23-24 Feb 2007. London museum commemorates abolition of slave trade. A rare look at link between Western art and slavery
LONDON. 23-24 Feb 2007. The Victoria and Albert Museum is commemorating the abolition of Britain's slave trade in 1807 with a two-day conference. As one of the opening events marking the 200th anniversary in Mar 2007, the V&A conference is likely to receive more attention than most other bicentenary events throughout the year.
With the title, "From Cane Field to Tea Cup: The Impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on Art and Design," it aims to take what it describes as a rare look at the realities linking so-called Western art and design to the Transatlantic slave trade. The V&A asserts museum collections not featuring African collections often maintain a misleading distance from engagement with the complex histories of slavery.
The official agenda points to a cultural emphasis, but there are indications from external promotions of the event that some sessions could address the weighty issue of reparations for slavery. Calculating the amount and deciding who will receive it remain challenges for even well-meaning former slave-trader nations.
Other V&A information on the conference says it will look at the slave economy's generation of wealth and that wealth's subsequent use for patronage of art, architecture and designed goods, as well as the representations of slaves and free blacks in art, design or literature, and the impact of the abolitionist movement on art and design.
RELATED READING:
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British slaves on the Barbery Coast (BBC)
Our slavery shame (News&Star 22 Feb 2006)
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