[curatorial.net] Human Cargo Seminar - Saturday 17 November

Robinson, Judith (COMMUNITY SERVICES) Judith.Robinson at plymouth.gov.uk
Fri Nov 9 15:00:20 GMT 2007



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> From: 	Robinson, Judith  (COMMUNITY SERVICES)  
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> Subject:	FW: Human Cargo Seminar - Saturday 17 November
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> SEMINAR: HUMAN CARGO
> The Transatlantic Slave Trade, its Abolition and Contemporary Legacies in Plymouth and Devon
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> Saturday 17 November, 2pm to 5.30pm
> Room 309, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth
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> An opportunity to find out more about the legacies of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and how practising artists have approached them. Speakers will reflect upon the collaboration between contemporary curatorial and museum practices; consider the significance of working in a wider social context and the Cultural Politics of re-presentation and discuss issues of contemporary slavery and the Fair Trade movement.
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> Tickets cost £4 (£2 concessions) and are available from the Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery shop, North Hill, Plymouth.
> Shop opening hours are 10am to 4.30pm Tuesday to Friday and 10am to 4pm Saturday. For information call 01752 304774.
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> PROGRAMME
> 2pm:		Chair's Introduction
> 2.10pm:	Dr. Kodzo Gavua, Professor of Archaeology, University of Ghana
> 2.50pm:	Sonia Boyce, artist
> 3.20pm:	Melanie Jackson, artist
> 3.50pm:	Raimi Gbadamosi, artist
> 4.20pm:	Refreshments
> 4.40pm:	Panel discussion - HUMAN CARGO co-curators Len Pole and Zoe Shearman; Judith Robinson, Exhibitions Officer 
> 		at Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery and speakers
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> www.humancargo.co.uk
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