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Community of SHARING STORIES ON CONTESTED HISTORIES | 2025 How are we - museum professionals around the world - dealing with colonial collections? How do we critically engage with the museum’s own histories and reflect on their role in society in the face of these challenges? How can we handle collections created and collected during colonial times in more caring and ethical ways? How do we navigate and react to contestations over certain histories and heritage? This knowledge exchange programme brings together a group of young professionals from around the world working in museums or collection-managing organisations to reflect on these questions and to exchange knowledge and experiences regarding their working practices.

DHP is a collaborative community where members—ranging from cultural practitioners and institutions to entrepreneurs and learners—actively participate in documenting, sharing, and innovating African heritage. Through digital tools, training, cultural marketplaces, and intergenerational dialogues, the community empowers individuals and groups to preserve traditions, monetize cultural assets, and connect across Africa and the diaspora.

RECONCILE (REthinking COmmunities, Narratives and Collections through Inclusive Learning and Exchange) is a research initiative focused on addressing the imbalances between former colonial powers and formerly colonised countries in heritage, archives, and academia. It emphasises the need for comprehensive decolonisation that goes beyond restitution, engaging local communities as co-creators of knowledge and fostering reciprocal learning. By connecting European, South African, and Indonesian institutions, RECONCILE aims to transform institutional narratives and practices, promote equitable partnerships, and centre indigenous knowledge systems.

This is a community made for the Colonial Collections Datahub Webinars. Please find three list below - one for each session. If you are participating in a webinar, feel free to add records/belongings you find in the Datahub to the relevant list.

Kami adalah komunitas yang terdiri dari orang Bali dan individu lain yang memiliki ketertarikan terhadap objek warisan budaya Bali yang berasal dari konteks kolonial. We are a community comprising Balinese individuals and others with an interest in Balinese cultural heritage objects from colonial context.

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Collections from colonial context that originating from Indonesia

The community of the Bureau of the Colonial Collections Consortium exists for the sole purpose of platform management and functional testing. All additions to metadata, notices, and provenance information on behalf of this community can be ignored.