{"id":7954,"date":"2019-02-01T06:28:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T06:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mangoes-and-bullets.org\/the-berlin-blues\/"},"modified":"2019-02-01T06:28:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T06:28:43","slug":"the-berlin-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mangoes-and-bullets.org\/en\/the-berlin-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"The Berlin Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:1280px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_qfwpcEgwS4Y\"><div id=\"lyte_qfwpcEgwS4Y\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mangoes-and-bullets.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FqfwpcEgwS4Y%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qfwpcEgwS4Y\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mangoes-and-bullets.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FqfwpcEgwS4Y%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"1280\" height=\"700\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:1280px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drew_Hayden_Taylor\">Drew Hayden Taylors<\/a> Theaterst\u00fcck<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drewhaydentaylor.com\/books\/the-berlin-blues\/\"> &#8220;The Berlin Blues&#8221; <\/a>setzt sich satirisch mit der Rassifizierung und gewaltvollen Vereinnahmung einer indigenen Community in Kanada durch zwei wei\u00dfe Deutsche auseinander.<\/p>\n<p>Zu Beginn des St\u00fccks kommen Birgit und Reinhardt aus Berlin\/Deutschland in eine kleine Stadt in Central Ontario\/Kanada. Sie haben einen Traum &#8211; &#8220;OjibwayWorld&#8221;. Ihre Firma nennt sich &#8220;German Recreational Entertainment, Arts &amp; Technologies&#8221; und &#8220;OjibwayWorld&#8221; soll ein Themen-und Freizeitpark werden &#8211; \u00fcber das sog. &#8220;traditionelle&#8221; Leben der vor Ort ans\u00e4ssigen First Nation-Community, den <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/en\/article\/ojibwa\">Ojibway.<\/a> Im Gep\u00e4ck haben die beiden, neben rassistischen Stereotypen, kulturellen Essenzialisierungen und wei\u00dfer \u00dcberheblichkeit auch einen dreistelligen Millionenbetrag f\u00fcr Investitionen. Welchen sie der Community, in vollem Wissen um deren prek\u00e4re Lebensverh\u00e4ltnisse, dementsprechend in Aussicht stellen.<\/p>\n<p>Im oben verlinkten Video spricht der Autor, selbst Teil der Ojibway-Community in  <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Curve_Lake_First_Nation\">Curve Lake First Nations<\/a>, zu Beginn kurz \u00fcber jene auf den ersten Blick vielleicht skurill anmutende, tats\u00e4chlich aber strukturell kolonial-rassistische &#8220;Liebe der Deutschen zu indigenen Menschen.&#8221; Homegenisierung, Exotisierung und Kommerzialisierung sind wirkm\u00e4chtige Begleiterscheinungen und Folgen dieser Diskriminierungsform.<\/p>\n<p>Neben dem lesenswerten Theaterst\u00fcck besch\u00e4ftigt sich <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drewhaydentaylor.com\/\">Drew Hayden Tayler<\/a>, Autor, Journalist und Essayist, auch in einer halbst\u00fcndigen Reportage f\u00fcr den kanadischen Ferhnsehkanal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/1294668355884\">&#8220;CBC&#8221;<\/a> mit jenen Formen kultureller Aneignung &#8211; unter dem vielsagenden Titel &#8220;Searching for Winnetou.&#8221; Der dazugeh\u00f6rige Trailer ist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WvM4V6HLJAI\">hier<\/a> verlinkt, eine weitere, sehr pr\u00e4zise Doku der &#8220;New York Times&#8221; zu diesem Thema <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/08\/18\/world\/europe\/germanys-fascination-with-american-old-west-native-american-scalps-human-remains.html\">(&#8220;Native Fantasy: Germany\u2019s Indian Heroes&#8221;<\/a>) aus dem Jahr 2014 findet ihr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BcuyYUgFMd0\">hier.<\/a> Der Aufarbeitung  jahrzehntelanger, gewaltvoller Fremd-Repr\u00e4sentation indigener Menschen durch fiktionale Stereotype wie der Figur des &#8220;Winnetou&#8221; geht der Dokumentarfilm<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/229143650\"> &#8220;Vergesst Winnetou!&#8221;<\/a> von Red Haircrow aus dem Jahr 2018 nach.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Drew Hayden Taylor 2007: The Berlin Blues. 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