How do we re/write history?
Panel featuring Shazia Majid, Thomas Michael Walle, and Arnfinn Midtbøen. Each panelist will share their own work related to historizing and archiving Pakistani migrations, and touch on broader concerns around the writing and re-writing of history.
Intercultural Museum, Tøyenbekken 5
Thursday May 2 at 18:00
To coincide with Sarah Kazmi’s solo exhibition, Cooking, Time?, this panel will feature Shazia Majid, Thomas Walle, and Arnfinn Midtbøen. Moderator: Noor Bhangu.
While the migration of Pakistanis to Norway began in the late 1960s and early 1970s, historians continue to contend with issues of power, authenticity, and cultural sensitivity when it comes to recording their migrations and settlements. Moderated by Noor Bhangu, this panel will shed light on past practices and future possibilities of history writing.
Time: Thursday May 2 at 18:00
Place: Intercultural Museum, Tøyenbekken 5
Entrance: Free
Address: Tøyenbekken 5
Take any subway line to Grønland
Exhibition: Cooking, Time?
In what ways has immigration from Pakistan to Norway in the 1960s and 70s been experienced, narrated and preserved? Through various artistic expressions with food traditions as a common thread, history and the sources that have been used to tell it are explored.