Making Germany's hidden yet omnipresent colonial past visible
- For thirty years, Berlin was the metropole of the German colonial empire. For most German citizens, however, this statement is relatively unknown. Even though there is an increased interest in decolonial praxis within Berlin-based cultural and educational settings, the persistence of such efforts and their implications within larger society is hard to assess in advance. In response, this text proposes a walking tour through Berlin, highlighting places related to this part of German history. In doing so, it demonstrates the presence of many references to colonialism spread through the city and, more significantly, many initiatives and projects seeking to make this past more visible. By offering an overview of four specific locations within the city, this chapter hopes to critically reflect on the extensive trajectory of the ongoing struggles for historical reparations.
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| Author: | Ana Carolina SchveitzerORCiD |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-844481 |
| URL: | https://press.ici-berlin.org/doi/10.37050/ci-29/schveitzer_germanys-omnipresent-colonial-past.pdf |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.37050/ci-29_11 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-96558-068-8 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-96558-069-5 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-96558-067-1 |
| ISSN: | 2627-731X |
| Parent Title (English): | Displacing theory through the Global South / ed. by Iracema Dulley and Özgün Eylül İşcen ; Cultural Inquiry ; 29 |
| Publisher: | ICI Berlin Press |
| Place of publication: | Berlin |
| Document Type: | Part of a Book |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2024/04/26 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2024 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2024/05/14 |
| Tag: | Decolonization; German colonialism |
| GND Keyword: | Deutschland; Kolonialismus; Berlin |
| Page Number: | 20 |
| First Page: | 161 |
| Last Page: | 176 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 8 Literatur / 80 Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft / 800 Literatur und Rhetorik |
| 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 94 Geschichte Europas / 943 Geschichte Mitteleuropas; Deutschlands | |
| Sammlungen: | CompaRe | Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft |
| Afrika südlich der Sahara | |
| CompaRe | Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft / ICI Berlin | |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY-SA - Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International |
