Tik Tok! ⏰ Just a quick reminder to get your workshop applications in before the week wraps up. 🤗

Very recently, a long-lost Klimt has resurfaced, along with a silenced story. @noemieetienne.bsky.socials student, Sarah Hübler, looks into Austria’s colonial past through the portrait of Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona, a performer in 1900s so-called ethnographic shows. Read here: bit.ly/42hLWqN

Last days to apply for our conference "Fleeting Voices"! - April 6th arthist.net/archive/4395... #heritagescience #voiceletters #materialscience

We just started our HERitage Book Club! 📚 In this monthly meeting, our team in Vienna discusses texts on heritage, museum studies and cultural theory over coffee. 🧐 We began with Laurajane Smith's publication Uses of Heritage. 💡 Follow us as we share our evolving reading list here: bit.ly/4c8CB9p.

How do we preserve heritage in a rapidly changing world? 🌍 Renée Riedler shares reflections from St. Louis, Senegal: exploring CRDS archives, Oumar Ly’s photography legacy 📸, and witnessing the city's urgent fight against coastal erosion 🌊. Read our new GloCo blog post here: bit.ly/444M3IC

🎨 Check out our new guest lectures for the summer term on Museums, Exhibitions & Conservation, organized by @noemieetienne.bsky.social. Speakers include @silas-blue.bsky.social, @heghnarw.bsky.social & @cageinbeakifly.bsky.social and many others. 📅 Wednesdays 9:15–10:45am CET. ✍️ DM for Zoom link!

We are looking for contributions!

🌍✈️ From Dakar to Saint Louis, through Goree, Podor & Casamance – our latest blog emphasizes the vital role of artists & craftspeople in conservation(s)! 🎨🛠️ Check out what we learned from dyers, potters, booksellers & makers in Senegal. ✨ Read more: bit.ly/4itFS5D. @noemieetienne.bsky.social

🎉 Our "Global Conservation" postdoc, Alisa Santikarn, just published "Indigenous Heritage and Identity of the Last Elephant Catchers in Northeast Thailand"! 📖The book explores the Kui Ajiang community’s heritage after elephant catching ended. Check out the Open Access publication: bit.ly/3DJD98S 🐘

"The Last Elephant Catchers? The (In)Visible Indigenous Heritage of the Kui in Thailand" by Dr Alisa Santikarn from Siam Society's archive Book: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50.... . Recording: youtu.be/LlTz51kyS6s?...

🌍 In January, we were in Senegal for "Situated Conservations" conference – and it was an incredible experience! But what was it really like? 👀 We’re sharing our journey in a 6-part blog series! 📖 First up: Experiencing Senegal: Reflections from our Viennese Participants Read more 👉 bit.ly/43BleLV

An exciting project for cultural heritage scientists! ➡️ The project will allow simulation of any interventions (restoration, protection, …) before applying changes to the real items. #culturalheritage @heritageunivie.bsky.social

‼️ CFP: Fleeting Voices Preserving: Acoustic Heritage in Archives & Arts 🎙️ We invite conventional as well as experimental contributions! 📅 Oct 1-3, 2025 | Vienna 📩 Submit by April 6: [email protected] More info: arthist.net/archive/43953 @mediathek.bsky.social @noemieetienne.bsky.social

Call for Papers: „Fleeting Voices. Preserving Acoustic Heritage in the Archives and the Arts“ Konferenz von #SONIME und Cultural Heritage Studies (Uni Wien) 📧 Deadline: 6.4.25 [email protected] Konferenz: 1.–3.10.25, Die Angewandte Wien 🔗 hsozkult.de/event/id/event-153192

CFP: Fleeting Voices (Wien, 1-3 Oct 25) https://arthist.net/archive/43953

What a wonderful experience in Senegal! We discussed conservation, its multiple definitions, and its political uses. Conservation was challenged by our great speakers, lively audience, and many songs and dances. Let's work for more justice, nuance, and fun in the museum world, academia, and beyond.

Sargal Fatima Fall Niang! We closed the day with a heartfelt ceremony honoring Fatima Fall Niang. She is an iconic figure in heritage management in 🇸🇳, dedicating her life to its preservation. A former director of CRDS in Saint-Louis, she combined practical experience with theoretical approaches.

We are on with the first panel today on earth, ceramics, and pottery and the concept of fragility. Join us online using the following link: www.facebook.com/story.php?st...

✨ We're getting ready at the Université Gaston Berger in Saint-Louis to kick-off this intriguing morning program! 🌍 Join us online for the international conference "Situated Conservations" by following this link to the 📹 livestream: www.facebook.com/story.php?st... #SituatedConservations

Our team from Vienna has been in Senegal, meeting professionals in Dakar and Saint Louis across heritage fields like textiles, archives, museums, and feminist networks. The inspiring conversations taught us so much about local heritage practices while sharing perspectives and building connections.

🌍 Join us in honoring Fatima Fall Niang, UNESCO expert & champion of cultural heritage! The international conference on Situated Conservation is set for Jan 23–25, 2025, in Saint Louis, Senegal. 🎉 A tribute to her incredible work preserving museum collections in Senegal & across Africa. 🏛️✨

Coming soon! If you care about international approaches to heritage, museums, and conservation, don't miss our upcoming event in Saint-Louis (Senegal)! @HeritageUniVie @UniversitéGastonBerger @CRDSexIFAN @Uniwien arthist.net/archive/43666

🌟 We're back on track here on Bluesky! After much thought, we have officially moved from X. We are kicking things off with BIG news: the international conference "Situated Conservation" in Saint-Louis, Senegal, Jan 23-24! 🌍 Program: arthist.net/archive/43666 Let's discuss conservation globally!

Don't miss the online lecture “Talking with the Deads” by Gladys Kalichini, researcher & artist based in Zambia (organized by @noemieetienne.bsky.social). The lecture is part of the series Take Over. Intersektionale Interventionen. 📆 Next Tuesday, Dec 5, 10:15-11:45am CET. 📩 DM for Zoom link.

👋Meet the faces behind our Chair of Cultural Heritage! We, Laura Bohnenblust, Mariama de Brito Henn, Milena Telsnig, @amkroupova.bsky.social, Cécile Mendy and @noemieetienne.bsky.social, are looking forward to share with you exciting projects, interesting events and inspiring discussions!

Vielen Dank an alle Teilnehmenden für die spannende Veranstaltung "Disziplinen in Bewegung" am vergangenen Donnerstag!🙏 🚨 Nächster Termin: Zum Thema "Konsum" diskutieren wir am 14.12. ab 12:00 mit K. Mack und M. Martsch. 📩 Anmeldung per DM. 👉 Programm: fakzen-thks.univie.ac.at/veranstaltun...

📢 Join us tomorrow at 10am at Museumsquartier, Vienna! Mariama de Brito Henn joins the keynote on sustainability in cultural heritage with Barbara Neundlinger and Martin Fritz (@UNESCO). Don't miss the 'kultur.nachhaltig.leben' conference by Educult. 👇Full program: educult.at/veranstaltun...

🎨How does contemporary art relate to life and death? Find out in the first lecture of the series by Niko Vicario from the Amherst College, organized by @noemieetienne.bsky.social at the University of Vienna. 📆 Next Tuesday, 14.11., 10:15am CET on Zoom. 📩 DM [email protected] for the link.

🌐 Guess what? We're not saying goodbye to Twitter; we're just adding this platform to our mix to expand our scholarly horizons! 👉 Feel free to suggest other cultural heritage profiles in the comments! 🎓 We're ready for some fantastic academic discussions!