"To what extent can the documentation, archiving, and sharing of marginalized (historical) knowledge open up spaces for new ways of thinking?" Congrats to our team member Ohini Toffa on their brilliant new book with @bpb.de www.bpb.de/shop/buecher...

Transformative Archive

Der Band knüpft an das Ende 2022 von der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung/bpb in Kooperation mit dem Grassi Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig durchgeführte Symposium „Transformative Archive“ an.

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Discover with us the multiple paths of a #provenance research process! July 15th, 6-7.15 pm: Webinar #2 in our series #UnpackingProvenance. This time, we discuss this Kakiemon model of an elephant from Japan @ Smithsonian‘s National Museum of Asian Art! Register today: asia.si.edu/whats-on/eve...

Thanks for an inspiring exchange with the colleagues from the three new launched projects funded by the #GermanFrenchProvenanceResearchFund (cmb.hu-berlin.de/fileadmin/us...) yesterday @ #HumboldtForum at the occasion of the #ProvenanceResearchDay! The discussions continue today @ #CentreMarcBloch.

In honor of #ProvenanceResearchDay there was a guided tour through the exhibition “Kosmos Blauer Reiter” with Andreas Schalhorn from the Museum of Prints and Drawings and Sven Haase from the Central Archive today.

Our colleagues from the Central Archive and the Alte Nationalgalerie are touring the traces of provenance and sharing provenance stories in honor of #ProvenanceResearchDay @akpf.bsky.social

Ready to go..

Reminder that the State Museums and Humboldt Forum are hosting many events this afternoon! Check them out here: www.smb.museum/nachrichten/... And if you’re not in Berlin, there’s a live-streamed event as well, starting at 4:30 pm (see below)! #ProvenanceResearchDay @akpf.bsky.social

Postcolonial Provenance Research@ppr-smb.bsky.social · last yr.

If you’re not in Berlin today but don’t want to miss out on #ProvenanceResearchDay be sure to check out the event "Hidden Paths and Emerging Networks" hosted in the Humboldt Forum which will be live streamed, starting at 4:30 pm! You can find more info here: www.humboldtforum.org/en/programm/...

If you’re not in Berlin today but don’t want to miss out on #ProvenanceResearchDay be sure to check out the event "Hidden Paths and Emerging Networks" hosted in the Humboldt Forum which will be live streamed, starting at 4:30 pm! You can find more info here: www.humboldtforum.org/en/programm/...

Hidden Paths and Emerging Networks | Discourse at Humboldt Forum

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In total, there are over 160 events in 10 countries for the 7th #ProvenanceResearchDay ! Check them out at: www.arbeitskreis-provenienzforschung.org/veranstaltun...

Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V.@akpf.bsky.social · last yr.

Today marks the seventh International Provenance Research Day, an action day initiated by Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V. An overview of all events can be found here: www.arbeitskreis-provenienzforschung.org/veranstaltun... We hope #ProvenanceResearchDay 2025 will be a great success!

We are ready for the 7th #DayofProvenanceresearch! If you want to join us for one (or all) of our many activities, have a look here: www.smb.museum/en/whats-new... #provenance #provenienzforschung

7. Tag der Provenienzforschung am 9. April 2025

Die Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin geben Einblicke in die Arbeit der Provenienzforscher*innen aus unterschiedlichen Museen und Themenbereichen.

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On the 7th International Provenance Research Day on 9 April 2025 at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin we provide insights into the work of postcolonial provenance research in the Humboldt Forum. Check out our program here: www.humboldtforum.org/en/programm/...

International Day of Provenance Research | Talk at Humboldt Forum

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African Union declares slavery and colonization crimes against humanity apanews.net/au-declares-...

AU declares slavery and colonization crimes against humanity

In a landmark decision, the African Union (AU) has declared slavery, deportation, and colonization as crimes against humanity and genocide against African peoples.

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🕯 Das Gedenken an Hanau ist unerlässlich! 2024 ließen sich im Kulturforum 84 Exponate von über 400 Schüler*innen bestaunen, die beim Schulwettbewerb „Junge Kunst für Hanau“ mitgemacht haben. Für das SPKmagazin haben einige von ihnen ihre Arbeiten vorgestellt. www.spkmagazin.de/2024/junge-k...

Stärker als der Hass – Stimmen der „Jungen Kunst für Hanau“

Derzeit lassen sich im Foyer des Kulturforums 84 Werke von über vierhundert Schüler*innen bestaunen, die beim Schulwettbewerb „Junge Kunst für Hanau“ mitgemacht haben. Kunstlehrkräfte und ihre Klassen...

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Hier in Oldenburg suchen wir Verstärkung im Bereich #Provenienzforschung und #Digitalisierung - und zwar im Bereich #Naturkunde! Im Angebot ist eine 50%-13TV-L-Stelle für 3 Jahre im Projekt #ProSaDi!

Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) | Deutscher Museumsbund e.V.

Das Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg bietet zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt für 3 Jahre eine Stelle als wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in im Projekt: Wissenschaftsraum Provenienz- und Sammlungsf...

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After the loan agreement the formal restitution is now completed www.rbb24.de/kultur/beitr...

Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz gibt rituelle Kunst an Kolumbien zurück

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„Kolonialgeschichte: Das Schicksal der zwölf Schädel“: Guter Text von Holger Stoecker @unigoettingen.bsky.social über Rückgabe der Ahnen durch Charité Berlin. Was tut @diplo.de? @laenderkultur.bsky.social @hdilger.bsky.social @decolonizeberlin.bsky.social via (€) @zeitonline.bsky.social

📖 Book launch of "Collections as Relations"on 13 February. The book includes a chapter by our dear former colleague Julia Binter and the collaborative provenance project on sensitive collections from Namibia "Confronting Colonial Pasts".

Decolonial Memories@colonial-memories.bsky.social · 2y ago

„Collections as relations“: Spannende Buchvorstellung von Iberoamerikanisches Institut @kulturspk.bsky.social mit @hdilger.bsky.social, Richard Tsogang Fossi, Julia Binter u.a.

Highly recommended new series in @thecontinent.org on looted #CulturalHeritage & #colonialism: "The Museum of Stolen History", curated by @shola-lawal.bsky.social, art direction by @wynonamutisi.bsky.social - Part 1 on #NgwiNdem from #Cameroon, pp. 19-22: www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...

📍 Fellowship Opportunity: The NIAS Institute is offering two fellowships (AY 2025-2026) for research in the depots, archives and collections of museums belonging to the Colonial Collections Consortium. Researchers from the Global South are invited to apply until March 17:

NIAS – NIOD – KITLV Fellowship: Moving objects, Mobilising Culture in the Context of (De)colonisation | NIAS

This fellowship is intended for researchers from formerly colonised countries – including heritage practitioners, historians, archaeologists, social scientists, artists, journalists, and/or cultural…

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📖Looks like a great read! We've got our eye on Corinne Geering's chapter on "Museums, colonial ethnography and the European countryside" 👉New Open Access Publication "Integration and Collaborative Imperialism in Modern Europe: At the Margins of Empire, 1800-1950"

Mikko Toivanen@mtoiv.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today is the (print) publication day of our @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social volume 'Integration and Collaborative Imperialism in Modern Europe'! I'd love to show you a pic of the books but, uh, I haven't received my copies yet, so please accept this (OA!) e-book link instead: doi.org/10.5040/9781...

Es beginnt mit einer chinesischen Porzellantasse und ihrem Weg nach Berlin: Morgen startet die neue Webinar-Reihe "Unpacking Provenance: Retracing the Histories of Asian Art" vom Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art und Staatliche Museen zu Berlin #Provenienzforschung asia.si.edu/whats-on/eve...

Unpacking Provenance | A Chinese Porcelain Cup - National Museum of Asian Art

The new online series Unpacking Provenance: Retracing the Histories of Asian Art brings together cro

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Registration is still open for Wednesday's online talk "Unpacking Provenance". Panelists will formulate research questions, brainstorm approaches, and share resources for tracing the history of Asian art. via: www.smb.museum/en/events/de...

Postcolonial Provenance Research@ppr-smb.bsky.social · 2y ago

New year, new webinar series! Join us for the first session: 💬Unpacking Provenance: Retracing the Histories of Asian Art 🕛Wednesday, 22 January, 12-1pm EDT / 6-7pm CET. The webinar on histories of Asian Art brings together specialists to discuss provenance research processes and share resources.

Today is January 16, 2025. Few weeks ago, after the opening of “Histories of Tanzania” at Humboldt Forum in Berlin, Chief Adam Abdul Mkwawa II. told me: “It also helped a little to have people to share and listen to our cries and stories.” (1/2) Photo Credit: Imani Nsamila

🎫 EVENT TIP: A conference on restitution, rematriation and reparation is taking place at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt on 24 and 25 of January. The two-day congress includes lectures, performances and sound offerings. See you there!

Rising from the Ashes | HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Eine Versammlung zu Rematriierungen, Reparationen und Restitutionen

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Eine der Porträtierten ist Alma Simba, deren sehr bewegendes Gedicht "Cold Hubris" hier (und in der aktuellen und sehr sehenswerten Ausstellung "Der Kolonialismus in den Dingen" im Museum 5 Kontinente) zu lesen ist: www.sapiens.org/culture/cold... Danke für den Hinweis an @rhoelzl.bsky.social

Cold Hubris and Fundo

A poet-historian reflects on the legacy of colonial-era collecting practices in Tanzania that displaced Black Indigenous ancestors.

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mappingmuc.bsky.social@mappingmuc.bsky.social · 2y ago

digital exhibition: "Unpacking Colonialism. Discussing human remains in German Collections" unpacking-colonialism.gbv.de @unigoettingen.bsky.social

💬Today the department of Modern Art History at the TU Berlin is hosting its KuK-Tuesdays Dislocation series on the "Contact Zone". Speakers will discuss the potential and ambiguities of this prominent concept within and beyond the ethnographic museum. More via www.tu.berlin/en/kuk/veran...

CfP: "Stadt und Kolonialismus", Konferenz am MARCHIVUM Mannheim, 21.-23.11 2025, Deadline 31.1.2025 europehist.hypotheses.org/2595 #history #skystorians #Kolonialismus

Stadt und Kolonialismus

Call for Papers Deadline 31. Jan. 2025 Südwestdeutscher Arbeitskreis für Stadtgeschichtsforschung in Verbindung mit dem Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz, der Universität des Saarlande...

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📖That comics can be a great medium for (re)telling the history of colonialism shows this graphic novel on three generations of anti-colonial resistance in Cameroon. It is available from the Initiative Perspectivwechsel at www.initiative-perspektivwechsel.org/projekte/wid....

Comic "Widerstand" - Initiative Perspektivwechsel e.V.

Mit Comics erzählen wir vom antikolonialen Widerstand in Kamerun. Die Geschichten zeigen den Umgang und die Nachwirkungen des europäischen Kolonialismus.

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The International Association for Provenance Research @akpf.bsky.social will be holding its annual conference at the University of Bonn in September. This year's focus is on transdisciplinary collaboration and its potential for provenance research. The call for papers is open until Feb. 28th:

Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V.@akpf.bsky.social · 2y ago

CFP: Provenance Research and Restitution – Transdisciplinary Approaches Our Annual Conference will take place from 8 - 10 September 2025 in Bonn. The conference will be held in English. Deadline for proposals is 28 February 2025. www.arbeitskreis-provenienzforschung.org/en/cfp-prove...

A Latin American Restitution Monitor? A great read on the "whys" and "hows" of documenting restitution efforts in Latin America by our colleague Julia von Sigsfeld. Referencing also the #GermanRestitutionMonitor by @colonial-memories.bsky.social #DekolonialErinnern Via: mecila.net/en/38

#38 - Mecila

Restitution of sacred Kogui masks, June 2023. Photo: Colombian Presidency on X (@infopresidencia) A Latin American Restitution Monitor: Tracking and Documenting Restitution Efforts for Cultural Belong...

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