The IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section (RBSC) and the Indigenous Matters Section (IM) are pleased to announce a Joint Satellite Session at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2023 at Leiden University Library on the 18th and 19th of August, 2023. This Satellite Conference will be devoted to the role that individuals working in the area of special collections and heritage can have in confronting the ongoing legacies of colonialism, and creating space for Indigenous perspectives. How can librarians, archivists, and curators contribute and act to engender a deep and critical understanding of the ongoing impacts of...
The IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section (RBSC) and the Indigenous Matters Section (IM) are pleased to announce a Joint Satellite Session at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2023 at Leiden University Library on the 18th and 19th of August, 2023. This Satellite Conference will be devoted to the role that individuals working in the area of special collections and heritage can have in confronting the ongoing legacies of colonialism, and creating space for Indigenous perspectives. How can librarians, archivists, and curators contribute and act to engender a deep and critical understanding of the ongoing impacts of empire and colonialism and actively engage in actions of repair and reconciliation? What role do heritage collections play in reshaping global and Indigenous futures? How can the sector be responsive to Indigenous ways of knowing, to respectfully incorporate a decolonial and Indigenous approach to our work? How can we incorporate approaches that build on the work that is being done in communities and by minoritized librarians, particularly Indigenous librarians, in integrating Indigenous knowledges and languages? What new ways of working can be developed to engender collaboration, learning, and engagement with more diverse audiences? What is the future relationship between librarians and curators who work with documentary heritage and those whose heritage they curate?
Register for this free conference HERE.
Day 1: Friday August 18th
9:30 Registration & coffee
10:00 Welcome by Kurt De Belder (Director Leiden University Libraries)
10:10 Introduction to the programme (RBMS & IM)
10:15 Keynote Lecture Damian Webb
Confronting Difficult Pasts
11:00 Session 1 Finding Indigenous Voices
Sophie Alix Capdeville (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
- Saami written culture history research: a challenge in the current Finnish research framework
Syifa Adiba (independent researcher) and Akmal Faradise (Universitas Islam Indonesia)
- From Marginalization to Empowerment: Elevating Madurese Indigenous Poet Voice through Independent Archiving
12:00 Lunch (on site) * including small pop-up exhibition
13:00 Session 2 Confronting difficult histories
Hugh Murphy and Alaxandra Caccamo (Maynooth University)
- Religion, Colonialism and Empire: interrogating an Irish university collection
Isabelle Best and Katell Lavéant (Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam)
- Surinamica Reimagined: Activating a Heritage Collection for Reparation and Reconiliation, the Surinamica Collection at Allard Pierson
14:00 Session 3 Professional Approaches to Working with Indigenous Collections
Francisca Fuentes Rettig (British Library) and Rebecca Slatcher (University of Hull and British Library)
- Beginning to know what we don’t know: Approaching North American Indigenous Knowledges at the British Library
Alexander Soto and Lorrie McAllister
- Nada Nukuthdam Firekeepers Initiative
15:00 Tea break
15:30 Plenary discussion
16:15 Closing remarks
16:30 Library tours at University Library and visit to Bibliotheca Thysiana (optional)
17:30 Reception at Faculty Club Leiden University
Day 2: Saturday August 19th
9:00 Registration & coffee
9:30 Welcome and introduction (RBSC-IM)
9:40 Plenary presentation
Anouk Mansfeld (Leiden University Libraries)
- A Friend’s Album as loot: Colonial Heritage in the Leiden Special Collections
10:00 Plenary presentation
Marieke van Meer (Leiden University Libraries) and Esther Boeles (University of Amsterdam)
- New Guidelines for colonial heritage in academic- and library collections in the Netherlands
10:45 Coffee break
Enabling Just Futures
11:00 Session 4 Using Digital Scholarship and Metadata to Enable Just Futures
Stacy Allison-Cassin (Delhousie University, Canada) and Camille Callison (University of the Fraser Valley, Canada)
- The Respectful Terminologies Platform Project
Soraya Hariyani Putri (National Library of Indonesia) and Sadariyah Ariningrum Widjiastuti (National Library of Indonesia)
- Best Practice To Preserve Indonesia Memory Tradition Through Collection Development Policy And Khastara Official Website
12:00 Lunch (on site)
13:00 Session 5 Methodologies to Enable Just Futures:
Collections Development, Digital Reunification, Collaboration
Eunice Ann Yutuc Chua and A.B. Gideon de Castro (University of the Philippines Diliman)
- To = This is ours: the University of the Philippines Diliman Filipiniana Books Section
Frederieke van Wijk (Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam)
- (post)-Colonialism on Stage: A Collaborative Confronting of the Uncomfortable Histories of the Performing Arts
Radia Banu Jan Mohamad; Ahmad Murad Merican; Fujica Azura Fesal; Noor Azlinda Wan Jan; Nor Azan Ibrahim; Mohd Fuad Haron
- Decolonization of the Light Letters Digital Collection in USM Libary: Enliven the 18th Century Correspondences
14:15 Plenary discussion
15:00 Tea break
15:30 ‘Locknote’ session by Daryl Green (RBSC) and Stacy Allison-Cassin (IM)
16:30 Library visit at University Library and Visit to Bibliotheca Thysiana (optional)
17:30 Closing reception at University Library garden
Day 3: Sunday August 20th
Excursions day in Leiden
- Library walk in the city centre of Leiden & visit to the Bibliotheca Thysiana, by curator Kasper van Ommen (Leiden University Library)
10.00 – 12.00 Group 1
13.00 – 15.00 Group 2
- Guided tour at the exhibition Maps: Navigating & Manipulating, by curator Martijn Storms (Leiden University Library)
10.00 – 12.00 Group 2
13.00 – 15:00 Group 1
You can register for Empire, Indigeneity, and Colonial Heritage HERE. For more information about WLIC 2023, please visit the conference website. We look forward to seeing you in the Netherlands!
