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SUMMARY:'The &quot\;colonial moment&quot\; in the lives of Swahili objects
 '  - Dr Sarah Longair\, University of Lincoln
DTSTART:20161107T170000Z
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CONTACT:Victoria Jones
DESCRIPTION:For millennia the Indian Ocean has been an arena of cultural a
 nd economic exchange through the movement of people\, objects and ideas. B
 y the late nineteenth century\, British control extended across the Ocean 
 and material culture continued to play an important role\, not only as com
 modities but collected as objects representative of local cultures. Coloni
 al officers\, their wives and other British figures acquired significant c
 ollections through archaeological excavation\, ethnographic collecting in 
 the field\, gifting\, seizure or purchase. Local translators\, assistants 
 and scholars acted as mediators in the transmission of cultural knowledge 
 associated with these objects\, which were then displayed locally and glob
 ally\, privately and publicly\, in residences\, exhibitions and museums. T
 his paper will investigate the ‘colonial moment’ in the lives of objec
 ts collected in Zanzibar and the East African coast to shed light on Briti
 sh engagement with and representation of the region. It will demonstrate h
 ow objects and their biographies are a rich source for exploring imperial 
 entanglements in East Africa in the age of ‘high imperialism’.
LOCATION:Seminar Room S1 Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge
  CB3 9DT
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