La Griveliere
La Griveliere
La Griveliere
History of a Guadeloupean coffee plantation
History of a Guadeloupean coffee plantation
ongoing project - 2019
History of a Guadeloupean coffee plantation
ongoing project - 2019
ongoing project - 2019
30th anniversary of LES anneaux de la mémoire
International colloquium, debates, meetings, shows, visits
From 07 to 17 May 2022
The year 2022 celebrates the 30th anniversary of the exhibition The Rings of Memory at the castle of the Dukes of Brittany.
This event had a great impact and contributed to the establishment of a general dynamic of recognition and reflection on the past of commercial ports and, more broadly, on France's participation in the slave trade and colonial slavery. The Taubira law of 2001 constituted an important stage in this recognition, as did, on an international scale, the Durban conference, organized the same year by UNESCO.
Designed with a resolutely historical perspective, the 1992 exhibition benefited from the expertise of many researchers working on these issues and was able to rely on the results of a major international symposium, organized in July 1985 at the University of Nantes by Serge Daget.
Over the past thirty years, scientific research in the fields of the slave trade, slavery and their abolition has made enormous progress. The bibliography on these subjects is considerable. The time to propose an assessment seems to have come, without omitting to mention the current trends in research and the prospects that are sketched out.
This is the ambition of this international symposium, supported by the CRHIA and the Nantes association Les Anneaux de la Mémoire. In parallel with this scientific event, a cultural program is offered.
International meetig
To mark this 30th anniversary, the Rings of Memory and the Center for Research in International and Atlantic History (CRHIA) of Nantes University are offering an international symposium bringing together nearly 30 researchers from three continents (Europe, Africa, America). This exceptional symposium invites reflection, debate and exchanges on scientific research, its progress and the new perspectives that are emerging.
> Wednesday 05/11/2022:
African societies facing the slave trade (9h-12h),
Going beyond the quantitative history of drafts (2 p.m.-5 p.m.)
> Thursday 05/12/2022 :
The social history of slavery and the construction of colonial slave societies (9am-12pm),
Abolition, abolitionism and abolitionists (2:17 p.m.)
> Friday 13/05/2022:
The post-abolitionist period and post-slavery (9am-12pm)
Trafficking and slavery in the face of memorial issues (2 p.m.-5 p.m.)
Mauduit salons , 10 rue Arsène Leloup, 44 100 NANTES
Free admission.
Registration recommended (online form): https://urlz.fr/hvv7
Information : sacha.crusson@univ-nantes.fr / 02 53 922 25.
cultural programming
From 07 to 14 May 2022
SATURDAY 7 MAY - DISCOVERING NANTES, PORT NEGRIER
Guided tour, Nantes city center with Françoise de Cossette, guide-lecturer
Discover the old port of Nantes in the 18th century. From Feydeau Island to the Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery, the facades of the city, the interior courtyards and the private mansions of the slave shipowners testify to the Atlantic slave trade, the slave trade and the development of the city in 18th century.
> 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Guided tour interpreted Fr/LSF, reserved for deaf audiences. In partnership with Culture LSF.
> 2.30-4.30 p.m .: Guided tour for all ages
Credit - Thierry Joigny
TUESDAY MAY 10 - THE SCANDINAVES AND THE SLAVE TRADE, 17th-early 19th century
Lecture by Eric Schnakenbourg, Professor of Modern History at Nantes University, CRHIA.
Between the end of the 17th century and the first decades of the 19th century, Danes and Swedes, like other Europeans, took part in the slave trade. This traffic stimulated the foundation of counters in Africa and colonies in the West Indies and had a real impact on national production and Atlantic trade in the two northern countries.
> From 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY 11 TO FRIDAY 13 MAY - WORDS OF SLAVES, MEMORY OF PLACES
Exhibition of the Rings of Memory.
Photographer Philippe Monges takes us to the places where the Atlantic slave trade and colonial slavery took place for nearly four centuries. Through this “photographic narrative”, he invites us to contemplate the landscapes, buildings and ruins imbued with this tragic memory. Next, texts, words of those who lived this tragedy in their flesh.
> From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
THURSDAY MAY 12 - HISTORY IN PICTURES: SLAVERY
Conference-performance.
Six historians decipher and comment on an image of their choice for 7 minutes on the theme of slavery. This conference-performance allows, in a dynamic format, to better understand the different realities of the slave trade, slavery and emancipation.
LSF simultaneous translation. With the Culture LSF association.
> From 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
FRIDAY 13 MAY - THE RINGS OF MEMORY, A SHARED EXPERIENCE
Round table.
The history and memory of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery in Nantes is transmitted and promoted by many actors: associations, artists, local authorities, enthusiasts. This work, initiated by the exhibition "The Rings of Memory" in 1992 and amplified since, has brought to light the history of Nantes in relation to Africa and the Americas. Through the experiences of three actors from Nantes, this round table is an opportunity to come together and discuss the prospects of tomorrow.
Speakers:
- Olivier Château, deputy mayor of Nantes, heritage delegate (City of Nantes),
- Michel Cocotier, former president of the Overseas Memory association,
- Yvon Chotard, founder and former president of the Rings of Memory,
- Mathilde Bouclé-Bossard, president of the Rings of Memory.
Presentation and moderation:
- Thierry Guidet, journalist, founder and former director of the Revue Place Publique.
> 6-8 p.m.
SATURDAY MAY 14 - ADAMA
Musical and mixed show by Dana Luciano and Simon Nwambeben.
In his dressing room, a pensive Adama begins to write. Lost in thought, she falls asleep and dreams. Then begins a long dreamlike journey rich in colors where music, songs and flavors intermingle. Through Adama's gaze and these past years made up of traditions, interbreeding, pain, hopes and sharing, it is a certain history of music that is told to us. A touching show that vibrates to the sound of African and Black American music.
Youenn Landreau: bass
Bertrand Dabo: drums, percussion, backing vocals
Simon Nwambeben : guitar, vocals, dance, percussion
Dana Luciano: vocals, dance, percussion
> 6-7.30 p.m.