2024-5-27

Federation of International Human Rights Museums- Asia Pacific (FIHRM-AP) was established in September 2019 on the ICOM General Conference held in Kyoto. As a platform for museums and NGOs in the Asia-Pacific region, FIHRM-AP urges governments to carefully watch the development of human rights issues in this region. It works to build human-rights-oriented museum values to drive contemporary practices to further the cause.

Tthe National Human Rights Museum (NHRM) in collaboration with the Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) will host the workshop "Past, Present, and Future: Art and the Freedom of Creative Expression." This event will serve as a platform for reflection and dialogue on promoting human rights through artistic practices. As a precursor to the workshop, we are hosting an online meeting to engage artists and curators in a discussion on "How does Taiwan confront and alleviate its historical trauma?" and on “How curators and artists face human rights issues in the Asia-Pacific region?” We encourage all who are interested in human rights advocacy to join this session. Interpretation services in English and Chinese will be available, and we recommend registering early to secure your participation.

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How does Taiwan confront and alleviate its historical trauma?

Date: 14:00-16:30(Taiwan Time) on 29th May, 2024

* Click Here to Sign Up for the Webinar on May 29th *  

Agenda:

📍 14:00 — 14:05   Address by HONG Shi-Fang , Director of the National Human Rights Museum and President of FIHRM-AP
📍 14:05 — 14:45   Experience Sharing 1
Topic: History, Memory, and Writing: A Retrospective on Lawyer Yao Chia-Wen's Writing Experience
Speaker: Yao Chia-Wen, Senior Advisor to the President, White Terror Victim
📍 14:45 — 15:25　Experience Sharing 2
Topic: Experience Sharing on Creating, Freedom, and Trauma Healing
Speaker: TSAI Hai-Ru, Artist, Curator, Family Member of White Terror Victim
📍 15:25 — 16:15　Experience Sharing 3
Topic: Exploration into History in Theater
Speaker: CHIU An-Chen, Director of The Party Theatre Group
📍 16:15 — 16:30   Discussion
Moderator: SHEN Phebea, Artist and Art Facilitator

How curators and artists face human rights issues in the Asia-Pacific region?

Date: 14:00-16:45(Taiwan Time) on 5th June, 2024

* Click Here to Sign Up for the Webinar on June 5th *

Agenda:

📍 14:00 — 14:05   Address by HONG Shi-Fang , Director of the National Human Rights Museum and President of FIHRM-AP
📍 14:05 — 14:45   Experience Sharing 1
Topic: Queering The Museum: LGBTIQ+ Inclusion and Beyond
Speaker: Craig Middleton, Senior Curator, National Museum of Australia
📍 14:45 — 15:25　Experience Sharing 2
Topic: The Smoldering Embers: Resolute Utterance of Women from Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
Speaker: Pooja Pant, Executive Director of Voices of Women Media
📍 15:25 — 16:15　Experience Sharing 3
Topic: Patani Art Space: Art and Community
Speaker: Jehabdulloh jehsorhoh, Founder of Patani Artspace
📍 16:15 — 16:45   Discussion
Moderator: LIN Wen-Ling, Assistant Professor of Graduate Institute of Arts Management and Cultural Policy in National Taiwan University of Arts
Discussant: WU Chieh-Hsiang, Professor of
Department of Arts in the National Changhua University of Education

 * The event will proceed in English and Mandarin consecutive interpreting. 
 * Applicants will have received the meeting link by email.
＊For any inquiries, please feel free to email us at [email protected]