Slavs and Tatars, Qatalogue, 2018
From 29 October 2026

The Grammar of Reparation: A Creative and Research Symposium.

SYMPOSIUM | October 29th-30th | Studio, Wereldmuseum Amsterdam 

The Research Center for Material Culture, in collaboration with Professor Carlos Garrido Castellano and Beatriz Dantas Vieira (University College Cork and ARTFICTIONS Project, Ireland) are pleased to be organizing the international two-day symposium entitled “The Grammar of Reparation: A Creative and Research Symposium.” 

Photo credit: Slavs and Tatars, Qatalogue, 2018, woolen yarn, 190 × 180 cm. Photo Jens Ferchland
.enviso-tickets.enviso-tickets-mobile { display: block !important; }
Steun ons
×
Dankzij uw donatie kunnen scholen die Raad van de Raaf willen bezoeken kosteloos gebruikmaken van busvervoer, wanneer dit anders financieel niet haalbaar is.

This symposium explores the complex entanglements between narrative/narration and questions of repair, reparation, and restitution. What is the lexicon of reparation? What modes of narrative strategies, past and present, can we imagine to repair the wounds of the past? Can stories repair (and be repaired)?  

During these two days, a global cohort of scholars and practitioners will approach these questions from their diverse perspectives and multimodal approaches. For more on the content of the symposium, please see below.   

More on the event

Program

Program will be visible soon

About the Speakers

More information available soon

Wereldmuseum Amsterdam; where global art, design and culture intersect to tell stories of global connections and revisit historical injustice.

Wereldmuseum Leiden; where icons of the world meet the beauty of indigenous traditions.

Wereldmuseum Rotterdam; where the beauty and diverse meanings of craftsmanship, from traditional to contemporary, take center stage.

Wereldlab; A museum without walls in a city full of stories, where visitors actively shape the vision for a future Wereldmuseum Nijmegen.

Copyright © 2026 Research Center for Material Culture