In recent years, several exhibitions dealt with the topic of the German colonial past. As for instance the Deutsches Historische Museum or the exhibition 'Zurückgeschaut' (Looked back) – dedicated to the first German colonial exhibition in 1896 in Treptower Park.
But perspective and political aspirations are often very different. How can a well-made exhibition dealing with colonial history look like? Which pitfalls are to be considered? How can museums, as bourgeois-colonial institutions, reflect themselves and find a way of dealing with their own entanglement in colonial conditions of domination and exploitation?
Guests are:
- Tahir Della (Initiative of Black People in Germany),
- Angela Martin (curator of 'Kolonialismus am Ufer'),
- Brenda Spiesbach (Kulturprojekte Berlin)
On the basis of concrete text, image and object examples, we want to pursue these questions together.
Lectures and panel discussion. Admission free!