[curatorial.net] FW: Human Cargo seminar, Saturday 17 November, Plymouth

[Joasia]

Dear All, for anyone who happen to be in Plymouth (UK) this Saturday  -
there is a seminar in conjunction with the Human Cargo exhibition currently
on at Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery.

------ Forwarded Message
From:     Robinson, Judith  (COMMUNITY SERVICES)
Sent:    Friday, November 09, 2007 2:50 PM
To:    'curatorial at curatorial.net'
Subject:    FW: Human Cargo Seminar - Saturday 17 November

SEMINAR: HUMAN CARGO
The Transatlantic Slave Trade, its Abolition and Contemporary Legacies in
Plymouth and Devon

Saturday 17 November, 2pm to 5.30pm
Room 309, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth

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.

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.

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

www.humancargo.co.uk

------ End of Forwarded Message