II Conference of art and collecting. The art or memory of Africa

Reflection about the role of art as an object of memory in the oral African arts and the function of the museum as a place for conserving traditional knowledge.

Programme 30.11.2009

6.00-6.15pm Presentation by Lola Mitjans, president of the AAMBMAP, and Anna Casas, director of the MBMAP.

6.15-6.30pm Art, identity and memory in Africa. Introduction by Elena Martínez-Jacquet, coordinator of the Conference and specialist in primitive art.

6.30-7.30pm Africa, the continent of the word. Agnès Agboton, writer.

Private visit to the Barbier-Mueller Pre-Columbian Art Museum.

Programme 1.12.2009

6.00-7.00pm African collections in museums: objects under influence? Chief curator of the ethnological section of the Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.

7.00-8.00pm Roundtable. Preserving the memory: problems and experiences. Agnès Agboton, Anne-Marie Bouttiaux and Juan Ignacio Echevarría (member of the board of the directors of the AAMBMAP). Moderator: Elena Martínez-Jacquet.

Closing cocktail.

Limited attendance. The order of registration will be respected. Reservations to be made to::

Association of Friends of the Barbier-Mueller Pre-Columbian Art Museum of Barcelona: C/Montcada 14 • 08003 Barcelona • Tel. +34 310 45 16 • amicsbarbier@bcn.cat

conference II Conference of art and collecting. The art or memory of Africa

November 30, 2009. d'18:00h a December 01, 2009. 20:02h

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