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The "bateauthèque" at MEG attempt to commemorate slavery

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Meeting with Marie van Berchem. Sunday June 13, 2021. Presentation and discussion around the "Bateauthèque"

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  • Icon Sunday 13 June 2021, 16:00

    • June 2021

      • Sunday 13 16:00 - 17:00
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  • Icon Conference - Meeting General public Youth Senior citizens People with disabilities Associations VDG Event MEG De 15 à 99 ans
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© MEG, Evan Coronado © MEG, Evan Coronado

As part of its strategic reorientation, MEG has undertaken a decolonial process and wishes to reorient its museological strategy.
A cycle of meetings is proposed to give tracks of understanding of this problem.
Marie Van Berchem proposes a snack accompanied by readings about colonialism in her artistic installation called La bateauthèque. From the 18th century to the present day, the meeting drifts through history, focusing on the transatlantic trade and the intensive slavery and exploitation practices associated with it. Marie van Berchem brings together the memory of slavery and colonization from a Swiss and contemporary perspective, through the reading of extracts from various sources: historical, critical and philosophical essays, archival documents, songs, poems, oracle cards, speeches, testimonies, interviews, theater, fiction...
Speaker Marie van Berchem, artist, Geneva
Places are limited and booking is obligatory from Monday to Friday by email to publics.meg@ville-ge.ch, specifying your name, first name, telephone number and the number of people accompanying you.
More information about the "bateauthèque" : https://www.ville-ge.ch/meg/en/expo30.php

Organisateur : Musée d'ethnographie de Genève (MEG)

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