The UMMAA Brown Bag Lecture Series is pleased to present a lecture by Jim Moss, collections manager at UMMAA. His lecture, "Colonial Collections and Knowledge Repatriation in the Philippines," will be held on Friday, October 17, 12-1 p.m. in Room 1322 in the School of Education Building.
The Philippine Collections at the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology are one of the most significant colonial assemblages of Filipino cultural heritage in the United States. Beginning in 1873, University of Michigan faculty and alumni have had an influential and extractive relationship alongside the US’s colonial efforts in the Philippines. Since 2021, Museum staff have worked with a group of scholars, librarians, and archivists across campus, starting with the grant-funded project ReConnect/ReCollect: Reparative Connections to Philippine Collections at the University of Michigan. Through this collaboration, we learned to navigate the expectations of Philippine cultural and political norms alongside the perspectives of diasporic Filipino communities in the US. This presentation will discuss our strategies, challenges, successes, and evolving practices in fostering collaborative relationships that support the meaningful repatriation of knowledge and heritage.
The Museum's Brown Bag Lecture Series is free and open to the public.
