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Dekoloniale – what remains?!
Decentralised exhibition at Various Locations in Berlin-Mitte
© Dekoloniale Erinnerungskultur in der Stadt und Stadtmuseum Berlin | Design: visual intelligence
On November 14, 2024, the model project Dekoloniale Memory Culture in the City and the Stadtmuseum Berlin will open their decentralized exhibition “Dekoloniale – what remains?!”. It explores Berlin’s centuries-long entanglement in the global history of slavery and colonialism and critically examines this violent past.
The exhibition features three significant sites of coloniality in Berlin-Mitte: the Museum Nikolaikirche, housing the tombs of colonial figures; the (post)colonial memorial that is the Afrikanisches Viertel [“African Quarter”] and the “Asiatisch-Pazifischen Straßen” [“Asian-Pacific Streets”] in Berlin-Wedding and the historical venue of the 1884/85 Berlin Conference on Wilhelmstraße 92. The exhibition goes beyond merely exposing the colonial racism embedded in these public spaces by overwriting it with the stories of resistance from African, Asian, and diasporic communities.
“Dekoloniale – what remains?!” concludes the inaugural phase of Dekoloniale Memory Culture in the City. It poses the question: What does it mean to maintain a lasting, consistent memory?
Dekoloniale – what remains?! is a joint project by Berlin Postkolonial e.V., Each One Teach One (EOTO) e.V. and the Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland (ISD-Bund e.V.), the learning and remembrance space Kolonialismus Erinnern [Remembering Colonialism], and the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin in the context of the model project Dekoloniale Memory Culture in the City. The project is funded by the Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt [Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion] and the Kulturstiftung des Bundes [German Federal Cultural Foundation].
The exhibition features three significant sites of coloniality in Berlin-Mitte: the Museum Nikolaikirche, housing the tombs of colonial figures; the (post)colonial memorial that is the Afrikanisches Viertel [“African Quarter”] and the “Asiatisch-Pazifischen Straßen” [“Asian-Pacific Streets”] in Berlin-Wedding and the historical venue of the 1884/85 Berlin Conference on Wilhelmstraße 92. The exhibition goes beyond merely exposing the colonial racism embedded in these public spaces by overwriting it with the stories of resistance from African, Asian, and diasporic communities.
“Dekoloniale – what remains?!” concludes the inaugural phase of Dekoloniale Memory Culture in the City. It poses the question: What does it mean to maintain a lasting, consistent memory?
Dekoloniale – what remains?! is a joint project by Berlin Postkolonial e.V., Each One Teach One (EOTO) e.V. and the Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland (ISD-Bund e.V.), the learning and remembrance space Kolonialismus Erinnern [Remembering Colonialism], and the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin in the context of the model project Dekoloniale Memory Culture in the City. The project is funded by the Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt [Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion] and the Kulturstiftung des Bundes [German Federal Cultural Foundation].
Runtime: Thu, 14/11/2024 to Sun, 25/05/2025
Price info: 7,00 € (single ticket) | 15,00 € (combined ticket*) | free admission (under 18s or with concession)
* Applies to our three museums in the Nikolaiviertel (Museum Nikolaikirche, Museum Ephraim-Palais, Museum Knoblauchhaus) on two consecutive days.
Price: €7.00
Reduced price: €0.00
* Applies to our three museums in the Nikolaiviertel (Museum Nikolaikirche, Museum Ephraim-Palais, Museum Knoblauchhaus) on two consecutive days.
Price: €7.00
Reduced price: €0.00
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