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Table Topic: Heritage
East Central Europe is largely omitted from current discourses about the heritage of modern colonialism especially in material culture and visual representation – e.g. skulls, photographs, and...
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Table Topic: Entanglements
Colonialism is not always about sheer power, be it physical or discursive. East Central Europe, while surely an object of foreign domination for centuries, delivers fascinating stories of many-shaded...
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Table Topic: Terrains of colonialism
Colonialism was not only, but to a great extent, a European phenomenon. We usually think of it as state-based, unequal, economic, social and political power relations and practice of dominance. In...
View ArticleOverview: The five discussion tables
Are you wondering who will be the table hosts and what they will discuss with you at our next WeberWorldCafé on the Legacies of Colonialism in East Central Europe? Here, you find a short overview of...
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Table topic: Legacies and durabilities
At the discussion table, we would like to draw our attention to the specificity of East Central Europe both as an imaginary space on the colonial maps of the past, as an actual locus in the colonial...
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Table Topic: Uses and Abuses of Expertise
From Teutonic Order’s medieval marches to the Habsburg occupation of Bosnia, East Central Europe was an integral part of the European colonial encounter. Despite its subordination, or even neglect,...
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“There is nothing in the world as invisible as a monument” – The Twelfth...
By Burrhus Njanjo On October 10th, the 12th WeberWorldCafé on “Legacies of colonialism in East Central Europe: Race, Scholarship, and Politics” took place in the Museum am Rothenbaum – Kulturen und...
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Exploring the Legacies of Colonialism in East Central Europe at the...
By Tom Menger On 15 October 2019, the twelfth edition of the WeberWorldCafé took place at the Museum am Rothenbaum – Kulturen und Künste der Welt (MARKK) in Hamburg. The discussions revolved around...
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“The format allowed a democratic and relaxed atmosphere which led to...
By Elżbieta Kwiecińska When one thinks about colonialism, typically that implies a relation between a Western European metropole and its overseas colony. At the WeberWorldCafe on October 15th, 2019 at...
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„Rethinking Colonialism(s) in Eastern Europe“– Report from the last...
The WeberWorldCafé “Legacies of Colonialism in East Central Europe”, took place in October 15, 2019 in the Museum am Rothenbaum – Kulturen und Künste der Welt, Hamburg. Margaret Tali, who holds a PhD...
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