Curators, scholars and researchers to unite virtually for the Museums Association of the Caribbean’s Annual Conference on Nov 3-4
Barabbas and The Tribe Junkanoo group to perform
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Museum professionals from across the Caribbean will virtually connect in early November to reflect on cultivating resiliency and what it means during a global health crisis.
The Museums Association of the Caribbean (MAC) is devoting its annual conference and general meeting on November 3 to 5 to the theme “Cultivating Resilience in Museums and Cultural Heritage Sites”.
In more than 15 concurrent sessions, museum professionals, including curators, educators, scholars and researchers, are uniting to discuss themes related to historical sites, indigenous peoples and social justice.
The “MAC” conference is essential to the Caribbean region because it unites museum “and other cultural heritage” professionals who would otherwise be disconnected. Over 15 countries are represented in the programming, including St Maarten, Bermuda, The Bahamas, Panama, Haiti, St Lucia, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, the United States and the Netherlands.
MAC is the only museum service organization that caters to the entire Caribbean, said Board President Joanne Hyppolite, who is of Haitian heritage and the African diaspora curator at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.
“It is really important for our region because we come from smaller nations that don’t have museum training programs like the bigger countries (Western countries),” Hyppolite said.
Panel sessions will allow attendees to gain in-depth knowledge on a variety of subjects; however, the conference also offers opportunities to connect socially.
Hyppolite highlighted plenaries featuring chefs from various islands, the popular speed networking event, guided meditations, “mix and sip” social mixers led by Caribbean mixologists and a virtual museum tour of cultural heritage spaces in The Bahamas as additional.
The conference will close with a live musical performance by Barabbas and The Tribe, a Bahamian Junkanoo group.
Register for the conference at https://caribbeanmuseums.com/maccon2021.
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