Reimagining Water Museums
The Africa Institute and SciCommX in the United Arab Emirates invite you to a one-day symposium titled ‘Reimagining Water Museums: Towards Resilient Hydro Trajectories’. Taking place on Tuesday, 6 February 2024 from 9.30 to 13.30 GST, the symposium marks the first public event of the AQUAMUSE project, which is funded with support from IHE Delft’s Water and Development Partnership Programme.
Towards resilient hydro trajectories
AQUAMUSE looks at museum-making in three river basins: Blue Nile, Volta in Burkina Faso and the Sunderbansu/Ganga in India. The project envisions a future where water museums, both physical and digital, are not only unique repositories of our liquid heritage but also play a role in reconnecting communities on the margins to water in all its dimensions.
The symposium promises enriching roundtable discussions with researchers and museum experts, covering topics such as climate risks in river basins, decolonising museum collections, community memory, and the role of the arts in visualising just and sustainable water futures.
Registration
To register, click on the link below.