Unreflective handling of one’s own colonial history reproduces racism. Colonial ideas are carried into society through the institution of school. Textbook analyses show that an image of Africa is created that perpetuates racist ideology.
Browsing: German colonialism
The website of the association münchen postkolonial offers extensive information about the colonial present in Munich. In addition to a…
Berlin Postkolonial e.V. is a Berlin-based association committed to the critical reappraisal of colonial history. The website offers extensive background…
While thousands of people drown in the Mediterranean Sea or are deported by force, Germany’s political and cultural establishment celebrated itself as cosmopolitan, humane and liberal on Friday, June 12, 2015 in a small circle of invited guests.
The audio guide Kolonialismus im Kasten? on the permanent exhibition at the German Historical Museum in Berlin is a project…
Writing talk by Carolin Philipp (filmmaker, Berlin) and Peggy Piesche (literary scholar, New York). In: freitext 4/2012.
“The documentary takes up a hitherto little-noticed but highly interesting aspect of German colonial history and its consequences. In 1907,…
The website “Freedom Roads! Colonial street names – postcolonial culture of memory” provides an overview of colonial street names in…
The website freiburg-postkolonial.de offers research on Freiburg’s colonial history as well as extensive background information such as texts, audios and…
The appeal Resolution Völkermord verjährt nicht! addresses the members of the German Bundestag for the recognition and reparation of the…
https://vimeo.com/104332787 “A hundred years ago, three quarters of the Herero people of the German colony of Namibia were killed, many…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkBQnLMgFYE Kum’a Ndumbe III. spricht über das Berliner Humboldt-Forum, ethnologische Museen, Restitution und Humain Remains. No Humboldt 21 Ndumbe Berliner…