Workshop "Research & Displacement of Cultural Heritage from Ethiopia"
The workshop will discuss the mutual relatedness between research and the displacement of cultural heritage from Ethiopia. Using examples from Ethiopia the workshop will critically debate, how research in some cases has been the decisive factor for the dislocation of cultural heritage from its country of origin. Additionally, current research on the dislocation and/or repatriation of cultural heritage from other parts of the world will be discussed.
Theme: Research & Displacement of Cultural Heritage from
Ethiopia
10 am Opening remarks and Welcome by the Goethe-Institut
Addis Ababa
10.15 am Opening address by Karl-Heinz Kohl, director Frobenius
Institute, Frankfurt am Main
Introduction/overview on discussions about cultural
heritage and repatriation”
11 am “Ethiopian Studies at the Frobenius Institute and
displaced objects in Frankfurt”, Sophia Thubauville,
Frobenius Institute
11.30 am “Policies and Regulations on Repatriation and
Restitution of Cultural Heritage in Ethiopia”, Getachew
Senishaw, Authority for Research and Conservation of
Cultural Heritage (ARCCH)
12.00 am “Archaeological excavations and their consequences”,
Fesseha Berhe, Mekelle University
12.30 am to 1.30 pm lunch break
1.30 pm “Waaka and their present status in Konso”, Kansite
Gellebo, Arba Minch University
2.00 pm ", N.N. from Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa
2.30 pm “Documentation and Removal of Ethiopian Heritages by
Italians and the Italian State: A Discussion of Past and
Present Endeavors for Memory Preservation”,
Haile Muluken, Mekelle University
3.00 pm to 3.30 coffee break
3.30 pm “Lonely researchers from the West in Ethiopia - or
enhancing collaboration with and within Ethiopian
academic and cultural institutions as a new trend of
knowledge transfer and collaborative knowledge
production”, Wolbert Smidt, Mekelle University
4.00 pm Round table discussion
In cooperation with Frobenius Institut Frankfurt/ Germany
