Δ ONLINE CURATORS’ GUIDED TOUR

The making of “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Setting up an exhibition – in pictures.

With the curator Matthias Claudius Hofmann (Oceania curator) and co-curator Vanessa von Gliszczynski (Southeast Asia curator)

Setting up an exhibition takes just a few weeks – but that period has been preceded by many months of intensive planning that involves thinking about and developing the theme, as well as coming up with a design. Once the exhibition is set up it all seems highly coherent. The themes, the exhibits and the exhibition design are all interconnected to form a complex and meaningful whole. But what lies behind the process of developing an exhibition? How are the exhibits chosen? And what conservation conditions have to be considered? What role does the architecture of our exhibition building play in the design, what impact does the design have on the theme, and how can the exhibits be displayed appropriately? In short: what happens behind the scenes before we open the exhibition?

Curator Matthias Claudius Hofmann and co-curator Vanessa von Gliszczynski will be your guides for this glimpse behind the scenes, giving you some insights into the fascinating process of developing the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”.

The talk will be accompanied by visuals and followed by a chat, all via Zoom.

Free of charge.
Please book in advance.

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Δ CITY TOUR WITH FRANKFURT POSTKOLONIAL

As part of the exhibition “HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. From Being Rendered Invisible and Becoming Visible”

This city tour critically explores traces of German colonial history locally in Frankfurt. Starting out from the Weltkulturen Museum, the participants will stop off at various points along the way that illustrate German society (not) reappraising and (not) remembering its colonial history. We will focus on the theme of historical and contemporary references to colonialism at the local level. This is an attempt to address traces of colonialism in present-day German society – specifically in Frankfurt – and thereby gain an awareness of the power inequalities that first emerged in the colonial past and still linger to some extent.

This tour of the city does not include a visit to the exhibition “Hidden in Plain Sight”.

You can only participate if you provide evidence that you do not have Covid. Your negative test should be no more than 24 hours old. People who are completely vaccinated or who have recovered from Covid are exempt from the testing requirement.

Please note: as we would like to avoid reproducing racist or colonial language or images on this tour, we would ask you to be considerate in this respect.

Meeting point: Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 37, Frankfurt am Main

€8, reduced €4
Please reserve your place by clicking on the booking button.

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Δ ONLINE CURATORS’ GUIDED TOUR

“HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. From Being Rendered Invisible and Becoming Visible”

with Julia Albrecht and Stephanie Endter, Curators of the exhibition, Weltkulturen Education

HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT provides an opportunity to see or hear things from (potentially) unfamiliar perspectives. Combining objects from the collection with five artistic responses to the matter, the exhibition takes a critical stance to colonialism and its consequences, which are still felt today.

Julia Albrecht and Stephanie Endter will have a conversation about the thematic focuses of the exhibition and how they approached it as curators. The tour will also show various views and close-ups of the exhibition. The conversation will be held in english and will take place on Zoom.

Free of charge.
Please book in advance.

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Δ ONLINE GUIDED TOUR

“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour coding worlds”

with Berit Mohr and Severine Meier

Our world is full of colour, but do all cultures see it in the same way? While the scientific basis for perception is identical for everyone, light waves can’t really explain how we name our impressions of colour, the number (and kind) of categories we divide these colours into, or the meanings and associations we ascribe to them.

Using various objects from the exhibition, Berit Mohr and Severine Meier show how perception of colour sometimes differs enormously depending on the language and culture involved.

Zoom lecture and talk

Free of charge.
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.

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Δ ONLINE GUIDED TOUR

“RED IN FOCUS”

Online guided tour with Oliver Hahn (research assistent Oceania collection)

In many cultures, the colour red plays a significant role in the way people see the world, whether it is painted on their bodies for beautification and protection, or serves as a sacred colour, or features in the material culture. Consequently, it is a colour that also appears in many different sections of the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Oliver Hahn investigates the meaning of red as a colour in various cultures by looking at case studies from the Amazon region, New Guinea and Polynesia.

Zoom lecture and talk

Free of charge.
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.

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Δ PREVIEW ONLINE BOOK PRESENTATION

“The Museum as a Site of Unlearning? Coloniality and education in ethnographic museums”

With Stephanie Endter (head of education, Weltkulturen Museum), Nora Landkammer (art educator, acting professor for art education, Academy of Fine Arts Munich) and Karin Schneider (art educator, head of art education for municipal museums in Linz) as well as other authors

How does the educational work of an ethnological museum respond to the colonial inheritance of institutions? Can an ethnological museum be a place of unlearning, and if so, how? This two-volume publication looks at museum education from a decolonising perspective.

Volume 1: Eine Analyse gegenwärtiger Diskurse in einem konfliktreichen Praxisfeld (An Analysis of Contemporary Discourses in a Conflict-Ridden Practice)
Nora Landkammer
Volume 2: Praxen und Reflexionen kritischer Bildung und Wissensproduktion (Practices of and Reflections on Critical Education and the Production of Knowledge) Edited by Stephanie Endter, Nora Landkammer, Karin Schneider

Vienna: Zaglossus, 2021

Vol. 1:
The first volume Eine Analyse gegenwärtiger Diskurse in einem konfliktreichen Praxisfeld (An Analysis of Contemporary Discourses in a Conflict-Ridden Practice) is based on a qualitative study structured around interviews with museum educators in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The analysis presents education in ethnological museums as a discipline marked by antagonistic categorisations of knowledge, situated between the conventions of visitor-oriented museum education, participation, reflexive ethnological approaches, and postcolonial criticism. It is precisely critical educators who see their actions in terms of contradictions. Through historical contextualisations the argument is made that these contradictions themselves have to be subjected to a decolonising reading and realigned in order to create the scope for action. Postcolonial and decolonial entry points within the discipline of pedagogy serve as the basis for carving out “double binds” that are central to a pedagogical ethics in ethnological museums, while also providing a starting point for decolonising perspectives.

Vol. 2:
This volume is dedicated to a range of voices about the Praxen und Reflexionen kritischer Bildung und Wissensproduktion (Practices of and Reflections on Critical Education and the Production of Knowledge), which show that educational work which is critical of coloniality is concerned not with realising individual projects but rather with addressing contradictions, and with the ongoing criticism of structures that individuals are themselves involved with. The articles in this book provide ideas that can be used in everyday practice as well as those that question that practice.
The common characteristic of all the written contributions is that they bridge the gap between utopian decolonisation and the frequently sobering everyday work in institutions, by reflecting upon concrete practices as well as their potential and their contradictions.

With contributions by: Julia Albrecht, Bea Barrois, Stephanie Endter, Nadine Golly, Rilando June Lamadjido, Pernilla Luttropp, Nora Landkammer, Berit Mohr, Trinity Mesimé Njume-Ebong, Carolin Philipp, Esther Poppe, Pia Razenberger, Karin Schneider, Nora Schön, Hodan Warsame and Simone Zeefuik

The book presentation takes place via Zoom.

You can order the publication here: https://www.zaglossus.eu/

As part of the exhibition “HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. From Being Rendered Invisible and Becoming Visible”

Free of charge
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.

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Δ Canceled: ONLINE WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN

“Heroes?”

With Berit Mohr (freelance educator)

There are idealised heroic figures associated with courage, strength and bravery all over the world. What distinguishes these heroes and heroines? What are they fighting for? How does someone become a hero or heroine themselves?

These are the questions we want to address in exploring the personal experiences of the young participants and investigating the stages in the journey towards becoming a hero or heroine. The workshop is based on the exhibition “HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. From Being Rendered Invisible and Becoming Visible”, which looks at themes such as heroes of the resistance against colonial powers.

These stories of colonial history and resistance, which have hitherto remained hidden from view, will be considered in an age-appropriate manner and compared with other heroic tales. We will also paint or collage heroes along with other figures (their opponents or assistants), so that by the end of the workshop each group of participants will have depicted a mini-story of heroic feats.

Zoom workshop

Online-Workshop for children from 6 years old
€6
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.

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Δ ONLINE GUIDED TOUR

“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour coding worlds”

with Severine Meier and Iris Loew

Our world is full of colour, but do all cultures see it in the same way? While the scientific basis for perception is identical for everyone, light waves can’t really explain how we name our impressions of colour, the number (and kind) of categories we divide these colours into, or the meanings and associations we ascribe to them.

Using various objects from the exhibition, Severine Meier and Iris Loew show how perception of colour sometimes differs enormously depending on the language and culture involved.

Zoom lecture and talk

Free of charge.
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.

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Δ ONLINE CURATORS’ GUIDED TOUR

“HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. From Being Rendered Invisible and Becoming Visible”

With Stephanie Endter (curator, Weltkulturen Education) and Lea Steinkampf (guest curator, assistant in the Visual Anthropology department).

“Hidden in Plain Sight” provides an opportunity to see or hear things from (potentially) unfamiliar perspectives. Combining objects from the collection with five artistic responses, the exhibition takes a critical stance to colonialism and the associated consequences, which are still felt today. In this tour, Stephanie Endter and Lea Steinkampf will take you through the exhibition together.

The main focus will be on Lea Steinkampf’s curatorial contribution “Thesaurus – Politiken des Suchens und Findens” (Thesaurus – Policies for Searching and Finding). She talks about her work in the picture archive and takes three visual objects as case studies in order to look at the archival practices of arranging, labelling and classifying.  

The tour will also show various views and close-ups of the exhibition. The conversation will take place on Zoom.

Free of charge.
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.

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