International info meeting on 14.2.24 15.30-19.30h and 16.2. 8.30-12.30h
The information meeting is aimed at international interested participants who want to find out about research opportunities in German institutions, museums, archives, etc. and get an overview of the German funding landscape.
Background:
One aim of postcolonial provenance research is for international and German experts to jointly analyse historical collections. This presupposes that not only the collection themselves, but also other relevant materials (e.g. archive sources or library collections) are accessible to an international public or can be found in the first place. The same applies to research that deals with other aspects of the colonial past, such as analysing historical events and processes from multiple perspectives or in the field of remembrance culture.
However, many of the projects that arise in this area are still characterised by an imbalance: German partners develop the concept and research agenda and then approach potential international partners. However, the declared goal in terms of relinquishing sovereignty of interpretation and control would be a reverse process: experts (or partners) abroad develop projects that are relevant to their respective environment and then carry them out with or without German partners. The basic prerequisite for this is that financial resources in Germany can then also be utilised by foreign partners and used to build up their own academic networks, institutions or individual careers. What can the Colonial Contexts Network contribute to this?