Agenda
24 January 2025
10:00 - 15:00
Radboud University, Thomas van Aquinostraat 4, Nijmegen; online participation is also possible
Symposium ‘Colonial Archives and Meaningful Digital Infrastructure’
On 24 January 2025, preceding the inaugural lecture of Professor Matthias van Rossum, the symposium ‘Colonial Archives and Meaningful Digital Infrastructure’ will take place at Radboud University. This symposium brings together researchers and practitioners to discuss the challenges and opportunities of working with digitized colonial records.
The symposium explores challenges, questions, and examples surrounding digital access and enrichment of shared resources related to the colonial past, such as:
- How can digital infrastructure contribute to making unique information about the people and societies affected by or resisting colonialism findable and researchable?
- How can multiple perspectives and the many voices in these archives be made more visible?
- How can we ethically employ new techniques?
- And who are the true beneficiaries of advanced access and research infrastructure?
- Who should these initiatives serve, and how can global stakeholders beyond Dutch and professional users be reached (such as the descendants of colonized societies and of those societies whose pasts can be reconstructed using these archives)?
The symposium is free of charge, but registration is required. The symposium can be attended on-site as well as online.
