Events
- Title: Being Invited to One’s Own House: Reflections on Culture and Heritage in Techiman, Ghana
- Host Department: Institute for the Humanities
- Date: 11/17/2009 - 11/17/2009
- Time: 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
- Location: 202 S. Thayer St., Room 2022 Ann Arbor
- Description: Brown Bag Lecture: Remaking Heritage series
Raymond Silverman, History of Art/Center for Afroamerican and African Studies - Detailed Information:
What does “culture” mean for the citizens of a community in Ghana today? How does one engage the citizens of such a community who see local traditional authority (the chief) as the custodian of culture in a more democratic process of (re)presenting culture? How does one engage the citizens of a complex multi-ethnic community who have never thought about why and how they might present their cultures to other people in planning for a space where culture is performed? This presentation offers reflections on recent collaborative efforts developing Techiman’s first cultural center.
Raymond Silverman (History of Art and Afroamerican & African Studies) is director of the Museum Studies Program and interim co-director of the U-M Museum of Art,
