Day 3: Sunday, 22 November 2026
DAY 3 - Sunday, 22 November 2026 at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe
Radical Hospitality
In African philosophical traditions, hospitality is a condition for collective flourishing. The principle of Ubuntu/Unhu, that one becomes human through others, expands land, memory, time, and the more-than-human world. Against ongoing histories of extraction and colonial violence in cultural institutions, radical hospitality positions relationality as both an ethic of being and a strategy of doing. This day asks how museums might practice openness amid exclusion, generosity within scarcity; and what it would mean to inhabit them not as sites of authority, but as shared dwellings for contested histories and possible futures.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Thembinkosi Goniwe, Art Historian, Curator, and Writer, Rhodes University Grahamstown, South Africa.
Conference delegates will take part in Breakout Sessions exploring the following themes:
- Radical Welcome: Rethinking Access, Belonging, and the Politics of Invitation
- Emotional Infrastructure: Caring for Audiences and Museum Workers Alike
- More than Human: Hospitality in Times of Crisis
Invited Speakers will address the themes from the breakout sessions:
- Prof Mandivamba (Mandi) Rukuni, Director, Professor Mandivamba Rukuni Consultancy, Harare, Zimbabwe.
- Anawana Haloba, Artist, Livingstone Office for Contemporary Art (LoCA), Livingstone, Zambia.
- Eva Lin, Director, mt.project, Taipei, Taiwan.
Panel discussion moderated by (Introduction to the Day + Q&A Panel Discussion): Renée Mboya & Smooth Nzewi, members of the 2026 Content Steering Committee.
Chronist: Dr. Memory Biwa, Historian and Artist, Bravebird Research, Pungwe Listening, Berlin, Germany.
The Chronist will offer an interpretative reading of the day’s key discussions and insights, weaving together reflections from the keynote lectures, breakout sessions, and panel discussions.