Over the last decade, many items of built or created heritage have been the subject of intense dispute. This discussion brings together experts from a variety of heritage-related sectors, to discuss how these developments have shaped their own work and vision. The event is organised by Professor Nandini Chatterjee, Professor of Indian History and Culture and PI of the Cast in Stone project, which created a database of colonial statues in France and Britain. Members of the Cast in Stone project will collectively present the project’s vision and goals, and there will be presentations by the speakers below:
- Professor William Beinart (St Antony’s College) - “Working on the Oriel Rhodes Commission”
- Dr Shailendra Bhandare (St Cross College/Ashmolean Museum) - “Decolonising Collections”
- Professor Manuel Fernández-Götz (St Cross College/St John’s College) - “Shedding Light on the Dark Side: Reinterpreting Iron Age and Roman Heritage Sites”
- Dan Guthrie (artist) - “Destroyed with a hammer and chucked in the sea tbh”: Ongoing Conversations about a Clock
- Professor Dan Hicks (St Cross College/Pitt Rivers Museum) - "Every Monument Will Fall: Some Reflections on Memory, Value and Culture"
- Dr Rebekah Hodgkinson (Pitts Rivers Museum) - “Studying British Heritage in the 2020s”
- Professor Nandini Chatterjee (St Cross College) - "The Cast in Stone Project"
To attend this workshop, please register at https://forms.office.com/e/4w7v8i0Jfg
