New publication open access! About African art, conservation, and restitution. Entirely produced in Saint-Louis and Dakar, Senegal, in French and English! See here: www.heritagestudiesvienna.com/news/new-pub...

Honored to be elected as a member of Switzerland’s very first and new Commission for Contested Heritage: www.bag.admin.ch/de/newnsb/KX...

🤩Thrilled to share the success of our series Traces @pubhistvienna.bsky.social! Three volumes published this year; two in open access - ready for you to explore! 📚 👏 Many thanks to the wonderful editors @demantowsky.bsky.social @noemieetienne.bsky.social 👉 www.degruyterbrill.com/serial/trace...

My mind is blown by this Glossary of Communities, created to elevate the visibility of "heritage words" to the normalizing/universalizing words often used in general and technical conservation glossaries. Thank U dear Renée Riedler for clueing me in! #MaterialCulture #heritage #art glo-co.org

What makes it possible to see a tragedy? Who holds the privilege of oblivion? I’m happy to share "Spectacular Blindness", an article written with Meredith Martin! rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/statu...

JOB: Senior Scientist, Kunstgeschichte Mitteleuropas, Universität Wien https://arthist.net/archive/49584

La journaliste et poétesse Nour Elassy livre sa première chronique depuis la bande de Gaza, où elle est née. Épuisée par les deuils, la famine et les exils forcés, elle rêve désormais de partir. Et appelle le monde au secours. Par Nour Elassy

71e jour, donc, que le gouvernement israélien bloque toute entrée d’aide humanitaire à Gaza, sous les yeux et dans l’indifférence complice du monde

CONF: On the Edges of Conservation (Paris, 5 Jun 25) https://arthist.net/archive/49180

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

This report should break something in all of us. 15,613 children. The first 27 pages of the report list children whose ages are 0. 26% were under the age of 5

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

We are looking for contributions!

🎨 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!

🌍✈️ 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

"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?...

🎉 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 🐘

🌍 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

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

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

"The universities control the knowledge in our society (...) We have to agressivly attack the universities (...). Fundamental lies that feminism is liberating (...) There is wisdom in what Nixon said, the professors are the enemy " bryanalexander.org/politics/the... www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FR6...

‼️ 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

New Blog Post! Our colleague Renée Riedler (Weltmuseum/ Uni Vienna) thinks about heritage, both natural and cultural, on the island of Saint-Louis in Senegal. @heritageunivie.bsky.social @ERC @univie.ac.at www.heritagestudiesvienna.com/gloco-blog/r...

Artists, artisans, creation, and conservation in Senegal. Visit our new blog post! @heritageunivie.bsky.social Food for thoughts about our research and beautifule memories: www.heritagestudiesvienna.com/gloco-blog/h...

As the main challenges,we identified fewer successors to continue the traditional techniques.To sustain traditional textile manufacturing, it is crucial to support artisans, but also to build new professional networks, find new clients and spread awareness about the craft both in Senegal and abroad.

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.

In this context, we discussed the role of the government in funding restoration of historical buildings and argued that the process of rebuilding can strengthen identities. Built heritage isn’t just monuments--it’s a source of learning and unlearning. #SituatedConservations

What is the goal of conservation if not the living? We asked many thought provoking questions during our fifth panel on built heritage. The discussion centered around the connection between built heritage, histories, and tourism. #SituatedConservations

We identified funding, awareness, and knowledge as some of the main issues. Solutions include training, intersectional approaches, and partnering with international groups and Senegalese communities traditionally preserving these archives. #SituatedConservations

How do we conserve archival documents? In our fourth panel, we talked about the specific challenges of preserving both colonial and pre-colonial archives, in distinction from objects. #SituatedConservations

Conversations also covered “religion” vs “spirituality" vs "culture". Also, the importance of accurate terms in heritage, gender, power hierarchies, and how museums should move beyond knowledge extraction to include diverse voices.

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...

Our chair, @noemieetienne.bsky.social, has emphasized in her opening speech the importance of approaching #conservation as a plural, situated socially, economically, historically, and epistomilogically.

Is there anything about the activities we’ve been part of in Dakar and Saint Louis that you’re curious about? We are happy to discuss! 🤗

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.

✨ 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

✨ But now it’s time for the “Situated Conservation” conference in Saint Louis, organized together with CRDS. It starts tomorrow at 10am CET, and we’ll be covering it here. 📢📜 Stay tuned! @noemieetienne.bsky.social @amkroupova.bsky.social See the full program here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

🌟 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!

🌍 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

Contested Conservation, our issue of Museum and Social Issues, edited with Lotte Arndt, is live! See here tandfonline.com/toc/ymsi20/c... With Lora Angelova, Eléonore Kissel, Emilie Magnin, Isabel Garcia Gomez, Neha Khetrapal, Mariembe Rachel, and more! #GloCo #HeritageStudiesVienna #ERC

🎨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.

Universities and Colonial Heritage. Interview in Tangram, Journal of the Swiss Confederacy. I gave this interview months ago, but it still resonates today. Here in French: ekr.admin.ch/f904.html and German: ekr.admin.ch/publikatione.... Open Access.