Audiovisual sources as cultural heritage. The Papua Cultural Heritage Collection.
Cineblend, the monthly evening of SAVAN (Foundation for Audiovisual Anthropology)
The Netherlands) with dinner, film, and debate, will discuss image and sound on Wednesday, May 6, as
cultural heritage, focusing on the example of the Papua Cultural Heritage collection
(PACE). The evening is organized in collaboration with the Papua Cultural Foundation.
Heritage and the Association History of Image and Sound.
Much has been debated in recent decades regarding the ownership and copyright of cultural
heritage of 'colonized' peoples, a heritage that is primarily located in Western
museums and archives. The return of this looted heritage is a major point of contention.
become in the mutual processing of the period of colonization. Where these
until recently the issues focused primarily on tangible cultural heritage (artifacts, masks,
focused, attention is gradually shifting towards intangible cultural heritage
(dancing, oral storytelling traditions, music). In this process of (re)discovery and strengthening
Image and sound play a role in the cultural identity of the colonized peoples' own colonized peoples.
important role, both material (the actual image and sound carriers) and immaterial
(as sources for the study of one's own culture and traditions) cultural heritage.
Based on audiovisual excerpts, the importance of will be discussed.
preservation and management of audiovisual sources as cultural heritage. serves as a case study
the audiovisual heritage of the Papuans, collected in the archive of the Papua Foundation
Cultural Heritage (PACE). The primary reason for the existence of the PACE Foundation is to
to increase the accessibility of Papua heritage, particularly for the Papuans themselves.
The guests are:
Rogier Smeele – historian and image researcher, specializing in the Dutch East Indies.
Conducted the research for Vincent's multi-award-winning film Mother Dao, among others.
Monnickendam, Works as an image researcher for the Papua Cultural Heritage Foundation.
Annegriet Wietsma – film and program maker. Has, among other things, a triptych
created under the title The Kiss of the Praying Mantis, about the love/hate relationship between
Papuans and the Netherlands during the colonial post-war period in New Guinea, deployed
by the VPRO/NPS program Andere Tijden.
Albitha Wambrauw – journalist and editor at broadcaster MTNL. Currently works as
interviewer participating in an oral history project of the PACE Foundation.
Moderator:
Wim Manuhutu – former director of the Moluccan Museum (from 1987 to 2008).
Organized exhibitions in the fields of history, culture, and current affairs and
developed the museum into a knowledge center in the field of heritage and diversity.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Soeterijn Café, Tropentheater
Linnaeusstraat 2 in Amsterdam

17:00-18:00 walk-in
18:00-19:30 dinner at €17.50 including a drink
(reservations required on 020 – 5688 500)

7:30 PM - 10:00 PM program, free admission
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM drinks

For more information: www.savan.nl/cineblend, [email protected], 020 – 5688 520.



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