Berliner Entwicklungspolitischer Ratschlag (ed.) 2013: Develop-mental Turn. New contributions to development education and project work critical of racism. Berlin: BER. Content: Developments What Remains – and What Changes – Experiences from 25 Years of Antiracist Work (Austen P. Brandt, in cooperation with Mutlu Ergün-Hamaz) Development Diversity – On Dealing with the Five Racism Traps of DC (Prasad Reddy). There’s Still a Lot in the Way – Barriers for Migrant Diasporic Organizations on the Path to Development Participation (Lucía Muriel). Basics Replacement Discourses – From “Tribe” and “Race” to “Ethnicity” (Susan Arndt) Racism and Development Cooperation – The Western View of…
Author: glokal e.V.
When we travel or even go to the Global South for a longer period of time, we experience an immense amount and would like to tell our friends and relatives at home and share our experiences and impressions with them. No matter whether we travel as tourists, e.g. as backpackers, or do a job, volunteer service or an internship there – we take pictures and tell in emails, social media, (circular) letters or our own blog how we are doing, what moves us, surprises us, makes us happy or irritates us. Back again, the telling and showing of photos usually…
glokal e.V. 2013: Education for Sustainable Inequality? A Postcolonial Analysis of Development Education Materials in Germany, available online. Short Description: In daycare centers, schools, worldshops, educational support for voluntary services and adult education: development education work has opened up many target groups in recent years and is to be further institutionalized in the future. Oriented on the guiding principle of sustainable development, development education work should create awareness of global interrelationships and promote the assumption of responsibility. But what effect does it have on society? What effects does it achieve with the target groups? From a wealth of educational materials,…
ProNATs is a non-profit association that campaigns for the rights of working children worldwide in particular. It maintains contacts with the movements of working children in Africa, Asia and Latin America, campaigns for them politically and offers educational programs on the subject in Germany.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Qa4vz3mhk Alpa Gun rappt über die rassistische Absurdität, dass einige in Deutschland immer die so genannten “Ausländer” bleiben.
The website “Freedom Roads! Colonial street names – postcolonial culture of memory” provides an overview of colonial street names in Germany as well as regional initiatives and associations that advocate for street renaming and a postcolonial culture of remembrance.
The website freiburg-postkolonial.de offers research on Freiburg’s colonial history as well as extensive background information such as texts, audios and links on German colonialism and postcolonial debates.
The Racial Equity Tools website offers over 1700 materials, practice aids, and a glossary for critical racism education, consultation, and evaluation.
Ceren Türkmen discusses current class relations in Germany intertwined with racism and the history of German guest workers. An article by her entitled “From Class Struggle to Struggle Without Classes. A Commentary on Racism and Class Analysis” can be found here. Ceren Türkmen 2014: On the Concept of Class Today. Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.
The practical aid poses questions critical of racism to different fields of work of organizations. It is a helpful tool for organizational development critical of racism. A German translation can be found on the page of the booklet”Wer others einen Brunnen gräbt….” Western States Center 2001: Assessing Organizational Racism.
The brochure is a collection of texts and tools for racism-critical organizational development. In addition to background texts on racism, internalization, privilege, and allyship, there are models, ideas, and field reports on preventing racism in organizations. The Dismantling Racism project grew out of the brochure. Both the project’s website and the Western States Center ‘s website provide extensive background information and other practice aids. Western States Center 2003: Dismantling Racism – Resource book for social change groups.
The checklist supports the racism-critical analysis of fundraising and materials of development policy public relations work. It provides analysis questions for text and images, as well as a glossary. The checklist is available in German and English. Berliner Entwicklungspolitischer Ratschlag 2010: Checkliste zur Vermeidung von Rassismus in der entwicklungspolitischen Öffentlichkeitsarbeit. Annex to the brochure “Of Drummers and Helpers. Berlin: BER.