
Dates & Times
Sat 22 Feb, 3.15pm
Duration 75min
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The Embassy, Perth Town Hall 601 Hay St, Koorari / Perth CBD
More infoWhat if objects could tell their own stories? In this compelling session, we delve into the complex and powerful narratives surrounding repatriation and the ways in which objects themselves have resisted, survived, and rebelled against colonial histories.
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Anthropologist and researcher Laibor Kalanga Moko, producer and curator Michelle Broun and ceramicist Shupiwe Chongwe. Facilitated by writer and author Sisonke Msimang.
Laibor Kalanga Moko
Laibor Kalanga Moko is an anthropologist. Formerly at the University of Dodoma in Tanzania and currently doing his doctoral research at Freie Universität Berlin. He has been conducting ethnographic research on affective dynamics and sentiments surrounding source communities’ encounters with colonial objects of their origin housed in the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin.
Laibor is part of Ultimate Safari.
Michelle Broun
A proud Yindjibarndi woman living and working on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja, Michelle works at many levels and across platforms to produce, promote and present Australian First People’s arts and culture. Michelle was lead curator of Ngalang Koort Boodja Wirn, (Our Heart, Country, Spirit) at WA Museum Boola Bardip from 2017-2020. And the inaugural Australian First Nations Curator at John Curtin Gallery from 2021-2023 curating several exhibitions including Tracing the Art of a Stolen Generation- the child artists of Carrolup, which toured to Manchester and Glasgow in 2022.
She will graduate in February 2025 with a Masters of Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies at Deakin University. Michelle is currently a board member of Disability and the Arts (DADAA) based in Fremantle and a member of the Indigenous Reference Group at the National Museum of Australia.
Shupiwe Chongwe
Shupiwe Chongwe is a Walyalup (Fremantle) raised ceramicist focusing on creating unique pieces that speak to her love of nature and ritualistic living. Shupiwe mainly practices with stoneware clays producing sculptural forms as well as functional art for the home. She also experiments with Raku firing, employing traditional techniques to produce erratic, unique patterns on ceramic forms.
Shupiwe is part of the 2025 Perth Festival exhibition program, Bedforms.
Moderator, Sisonke Msimang
Sisonke Msimang is a writer, author and the columnist behind Ms Understanding on The Guardian, which tackles race and racism in the Guardian on a bi-weekly basis. She is also a long-term collaborator with the Centre for Stories where she heads up storytelling and offers a bespoke training and coaching service for leaders interested in improving their storytelling skills.
Image by Lisa Maier