March 3, 2017, Menschel Hall, Harvard Art Museums "Closing Remarks" Judith Butler, Maxine Elliot Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley. Co-presented by the Harvard Art Museums and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS). This symposium brought together scholars from a variety of disciplines and institutions to discuss Doris Salcedo’s work within the contexts of political science, human rights, religion, philosophy and literature, and art history. The two-day symposium sought to prompt wider conversation about the issues that are underscored in the exhibition "Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning" (Harvard Art Museums, November 4, 2016–April 9, 2017) and in Salcedo’s work as a whole—issues that are increasingly relevant in contemporary societies around the world. http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/visit/calendar/topography-of-loss-a-symposium-on-doris-salcedo