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Self-Organisation of Neighbourhoods, ‘Parallel’ Infrastructures
This table is organized around the ideas of neighbourhood solidarity and neighbourhood-level activism. Neighbourhood politics, stressing the importance of “commons”, offers a reconceptualization of...
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„When is a Neighbourhood a Neighbourhood?“
At this table our host Britta Elena Hecking is interested in discussing the place of youth within changing neigborhoods particularly in marginalized areas and in areas of urban development and renewal...
View ArticleChanging Neighbourhoods: Tweets and Pictures
On January 29, we met for the eleventh WeberWorldCafé „Changing Neighbourhoods“ in the Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin. In case you were unable to attend, we collected some of the social media coverage...
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Changing Neighbourhoods – oder: eine orientalische Teestube in Berlin
Postkarten, die das WeberWorldCafé bewerben. Foto: Sabrina Kirschner Von Sabrina Kirschner Am Dienstag, den 29. Januar 2019 war es soweit: in Berlin fand die elfte Auflage des WeberWorldCafé zum Thema...
View ArticlePodcast: „Writing Newspapers Was an Unusual Thing for Sailors to Do“– Hester...
Remember our WeberWorldCafé „Transoceanic Cultures – The Sea in Past and Present“? Last October, we met with several experts on the seas and oceans, the transregionality of maritime cultures, and the...
View ArticlePodcast: „What Happened at Sea Was Really What Made the World Global“– Susann...
In the run-up to our WeberWorldCafé „Transoceanic Cultures: The Sea in Past and Present“ last October in Heidelberg, Johanna Beamish (Max Weber Stiftung) and Convener Susann Liebich (Heidelberg Centre...
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Changing tables and changing neighbourhoods
By Jan-Carl Thotze When you come to think of neighbourhoods, you will find different connotations assigned to it. For instance, there is the neighbourhood of your childhood which reminds you of happy...
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WeberWorldCafé: Legacies of Colonialism in East Central Europe: Race,...
October 15th, 2:30 to 6:00 pm, at the Museum am Rothenbaum – Kulturen und Künste der Welt, Rothenbaumchaussee 64, 20148 Hamburg. To participate, please register your name via wwc@maxweberstiftung.de...
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Wanted: Science Reporters
For our next WeberWorldCafé “Legacies of Colonialism in East Central Europe” we are looking for Science Reporters! The next WeberWorldCafé will take place on October 15th, 2019 from 2:30pm – 6:00pm at...
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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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