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24/03/20
Territory Dress 2019
A Film by Susan Stockwell
Territory Dress 2019 is a digital film by Susan Stockwell. The film explores the sculpture ‘Territory Dress’ and juxtaposes it with archival film of past seafaring imagery. It is as if the figure is remembering her history and making imaginary connections. Concerned with claiming female territory, mapping the body and exploring memories, traces and stories […]

05/02/19
Le patrimoine culturel à l’épreuve du temps au Bénin (Rapport de l’école doctorale au Bénin du 14 au 30 juillet 2018)
  (1) Otoiu (2018), président du Vodoun, Dada Daagbo Hounon Hounan II et le groupe doctoral. L’école doctorale d’été « Processus de patrimonialisation, usages et muséification du passé » qui fait objet du présent rapport s’est déroulée à Porto-Novo au Bénin, du 14 au 30 juillet 2018. Dans cet article nous exposerons des discours temporels […]

18/12/18
The ‘Restitution Report’
First Reactions in Academia, Museums, and Politics
This review gives an overview of the first reactions to the so-called ‘restitution report’ handed in to French president Emmanuel Macron on Nov 23, 2018 by Felwine Sarr and Bénédicte Savoy[1]. The debate and reactions in politics, museums, academia, but also from the art market have been polarized and emotionally charged. Starting with first reactions […]

02/11/18
[Announcement] Achille Mbembe on „The Capacity for Truth: Of ‘Restitution’ in African Systems of Thought“
A.W. Amo Lecture 14th November 2018, 18h15, Melanchthonianum XX, MLU, Universitätsplatz 8/9, Halle Achille Mbembe WiSER, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg   The Capacity for Truth: Of ‘Restitution’ in African Systems of Thought The lecture will explore some of the meanings attached to the concept and practice of restitution in precolonial African systems of thought. […]

25/09/18
Ambivalent Futures
On the restitution of objects and white innocence
The legacies of colonialism and imperialism are keeping the European museum scene busy. At first glance, colonial amnesia seems to be overcome and museums to pave the way for postcolonial restorative justice. A second glance, though, might reveal inconsistencies and shortcomings structuring present museum work. The current debate mainly focuses on objects being looted, exchanged, […]

03/04/18
Osterferien bis zum 17. April!
Der nächste Blogbeitrag von Rainer Hatoum wird veröffentlicht am 17.4.

03/10/17
Bloß kein Völkerkundemuseum
Zur aktuellen Konzeptentwicklung des Humboldt Forums
„Empört euch, aber bitte öffentlich! Ethnologie als Störwissenschaft“, so lautete der Titel einer von Cassis Kilian moderierten Plenarveranstaltung auf der DGV-Tagung „Verortungen. Ethnologie in Wissenschaft, Arbeitswelt und Öffentlichkeit“ 2013 in Mainz, auf der ich den damaligen Stand des Humboldt Forums referierte. Im Zentrum der Diskussion stand die allgemeine Klage, die Ethnologie werde zu zentralen Themen, […]