Reckoning with the colonial complicity and legacy of institutions requires unpacking the promises and challenges of decolonial work. This talk reflects on current efforts to develop a set of culturally-responsive and historically-minded decolonial approaches to Philippine collections at the University of Michigan. 

Q&A and reception to follow.

Presented by Colonial Collections Across the University Collaborative with support from the Institute for Advanced Study Research and Creative Collaborative program.

Dr. Ricardo L. Punzalan (he/him) is an associate professor at the School of Information and director of the Museum Studies Program at the University of Michigan. He co-directs “ReConnect/ReCollect: Reparative Connections to Philippine Collections at the University of Michigan,” a project that develops the framework for, and the practice of, reparative work for Philippine collections acquired by the university during the US colonial period.