On the 8th of June 2023, the EMKP celebrated its fifth anniversary with a one-day conference at the British Museum’s Stevenson Lecture Theatre. The event included papers and presentations by EMKP Grantees, displays about some of our ongoing projects, and an interactive digital table featuring information about the EMKP repository and the uses of technology in material knowledge documentation. See the event full programme here.
The conference was opened by Dr. Hartwig Fischer, the Director of the British Museum, who announced the latest cohort of EMKP Grantees during his introductory speech. We were also joined by Arthur Dudney, the Director of Cultural Programmes at Arcadia, who spoke about Arcadia’s vision and commitment to the preservation of endangered knowledge and heritage around the world.
EMKP FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION
The rest of the day was divided into three different panels, “Exploring Material Knowledge”, “Endangered Environments and Foodways”, and “The Future of Material Knowledge Documentation”. There were a total of ten presentations, each delivered by EMKP Grantees and Collaborators who joined us from all across the world.
SESSION 1: EXPLORING MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE
PERLA ANUGERAH ILAHI: THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PALARI
Chiara Zazzaro and Horst Liebner
University of Napoli “L’Orientale”, Italy and Universitas Hasanuddin, Indonesia
DOCUMENTING SKILLS AND PRACTICES OF DRY-STONE MASONRY AT GREAT ZIMBABWE: TOWARDS CAPTURING A FADING MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE
Munyaradzi Elton Sagiya
Bindura University of Science Education, Zimbabwe
A WORLD OF MANY TONES: DOCUMENTING THE BORA KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DESIGNS AND DYES
Maria Luisa Lucas
Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MAE-USP), Brazil
APPREHENDING ASAPAN: MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE,
HISTORY AND CEREMONY IN TURKANA, NORTHERN KENYA
Samuel Derbyshire
St. John’s College, Oxford University, England
