From Distant Shores: Cultural Mementos, Personal Items, or Family Belongings of 19th Century European Sojourners to the Philippines

Description

Drawing from nineteenth century artworks, advertisements, personal correspondences, periodicals, and travel accounts, this presentation explores the varied fates of cultural mementos, personal items, or family belongings following the return of Spanish, Portuguese or German sojourners to their homeland. This examines how objects transitioned from practical necessities of family units or individual travelers to ancestral heirlooms, legacy artifacts, or auction items, gaining insights into the journeys and transience of colonial officials, explorers, or businessmen, whose lives were at times characterized by abrupt changes in assignments and destinations. Against the backdrop of the new wave of European colonialism in the nineteenth century, this examines the diverse array of primary sources that can shed light into the movement of objects from their contextual origins to their current homes. This will also present the methodology for conducting research at different types of archives, including state, familial, ecclesiastical, ethnological, maritime, and oriental institutions.

Period	6 Dec 2024
Event title	Philippine Objects in the context of European Colonial Gears, late 19th to early 20th centuries
Event type	Workshop
Location	Lisbon, PortugalShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International