Δ GUIDED TOUR

Through the exhibition “WORLDS IN MOTION. Narrating Migration”
With Berit Mohr

People have always been on the move, all around the world. As they move, they also take with them their lifestyles, language, music, and arts and crafts. Much of what is reputedly ‘authentic’ for a culture turns out, at second glance, to be an ‘import’. Starting from its own collections, the Weltkulturen Museum raises associative questions highlighting how the world’s diversity of cultures has always existed in a process of exchange. From historical settlement movements, labour migration or globalisation – people and their diverse cultures have always been in a process of constant exchange. Is migration really only a reaction to or a cause of problems – or far more a key driver for new forms of community in a constantly changing world?

Berit Mohr leads through the exhibition and gives insights into it's developement.

€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ FINISSAGE AND CURATOR'S GUIDED TOUR

“POSTED! Reflections of Native North America”
with Markus Lindner

Posters are documents of material culture and a mirror of the social and political worlds in which they were created. The exhibition showcases approximately 100 posters from the 1970s to today to explore specific aspects of the life of indigenous peoples between the Artic and the south of the USA. The topics addressed include, e.g., the importance of heritage and identity, health, the role of education and the military, and problems of domestic violence.

At the finissage, ethnologist Markus Lindner together with students from Goethe University Frankfurt leads through the exhibition.

The exhibition is curated by anthropology students at the Goethe University Frankfurt in the context of a seminar by Dr. Markus Lindner.

Free entry
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37

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Δ GUIDED TOUR

Through the exhibition “WORLDS IN MOTION. Narrating Migration”
With Lieselotte Illig

People have always been on the move, all around the world. As they move, they also take with them their lifestyles, language, music, and arts and crafts. Much of what is reputedly ‘authentic’ for a culture turns out, at second glance, to be an ‘import’. Starting from its own collections, the Weltkulturen Museum raises associative questions highlighting how the world’s diversity of cultures has always existed in a process of exchange. From historical settlement movements, labour migration or globalisation – people and their diverse cultures have always been in a process of constant exchange. Is migration really only a reaction to or a cause of problems – or far more a key driver for new forms of community in a constantly changing world?

Lieselotte Illig leads through the exhibition and gives insights into it's developement.

€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ GUIDED TOUR

Through the exhibition “WORLDS IN MOTION. Narrating Migration”
With Lieselotte Illig

People have always been on the move, all around the world. As they move, they also take with them their lifestyles, language, music, and arts and crafts. Much of what is reputedly ‘authentic’ for a culture turns out, at second glance, to be an ‘import’. Starting from its own collections, the Weltkulturen Museum raises associative questions highlighting how the world’s diversity of cultures has always existed in a process of exchange. From historical settlement movements, labour migration or globalisation – people and their diverse cultures have always been in a process of constant exchange. Is migration really only a reaction to or a cause of problems – or far more a key driver for new forms of community in a constantly changing world?

Lieselotte Illig leads through the exhibition and gives insights into it's developement.

€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ GUIDED TOUR

Through the exhibition “WORLDS IN MOTION. Narrating Migration”
With Berit Mohr

People have always been on the move, all around the world. As they move, they also take with them their lifestyles, language, music, and arts and crafts. Much of what is reputedly ‘authentic’ for a culture turns out, at second glance, to be an ‘import’. Starting from its own collections, the Weltkulturen Museum raises associative questions highlighting how the world’s diversity of cultures has always existed in a process of exchange. From historical settlement movements, labour migration or globalisation – people and their diverse cultures have always been in a process of constant exchange. Is migration really only a reaction to or a cause of problems – or far more a key driver for new forms of community in a constantly changing world?

Berit Mohr leads through the exhibition and gives insights into it's developement.

€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ CURATOR'S GUIDED TOUR

“An Ode to Women”
With Vanessa von Gliszczynski (curator South East Asia)

With “Mahina. An Ode to Women”, Vanessa von Gliszczynski, curator South East Asia at the Weltkulturen Museum, presents a photo project by the artist collective Teru. In her guided tour through the current exhibition “Worlds in Motion”, she discusses the question how especially women in the diaspora deal with cultural elements from their culture of origin. Creative handling and the reinterpretation of cultural elements combine the Mahina project with the exhibition room “music with a migration history”: “How do musical instruments change when they come into contact with other cultures. Are there 'authentic' instruments or is everything part of a constant flow?”

€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.

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Δ ***CANCELLED*** TALK

***The talk will be postponed to a later date. Date to be announced***

“Why do we need a Weltkulturen Museum?”
A discussion of the role of anthropological museums in the 21st century
With Dr. Eva Raabe and Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Hahn

Are anthropological museums old-fashioned and antiquated profiteers of colonialism? Founded over 100 years ago, they were intended to facilitate research and present the ‘Other’. Today, though, the basis of their work is often fiercely criticised. Many museums have reacted by renaming themselves, e.g., as a Museum of World Cultures, developing innovative ideas and redesigning permanent collections. Yet as the debate over Berlin’s Humboldt Forum shows only too clearly, the crisis of anthropological museums is still far from over. They are searching for their role in a globalised world and grappling with their tasks in the twenty-first century. What do we need anthropological museums for? What should they be exhibiting? Why is an anthropological museum important for a city? How ought we to approach and engage with colonial art and artefacts? Should all objects from the colonial period be returned?

These and other questions will be discussed by Dr. Eva Raabe, the new Director of Frankfurt’s Weltkulturen Museum, and Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Hahn, Goethe University Frankfurt. Dr. Eva Raabe studied cultural anthropology, wrote her doctoral thesis on New Guinea’s cultural and settlement history, and joined the Weltkulturen Museum as a curator in 1985. In 2011, she was appointed Deputy Director and, following the departure of Clémentine Deliss four years later, became Acting Director. Dr. Hans Peter Hahn, Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology, specialises in material culture, anthropological museums, consumption, migration and mobility. He is a member of the Academic Advisory Board for the Humboldt Forum’s ethnological collections and Chairperson of the Association for African Studies in Germany.

The discussion is chaired by Michael Hierholzer from the F.A.Z. newspaper.

Vortragssaal der Frankfurter Sparkasse
Neue Mainzer Straße 49
60311 Frankfurt

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Δ ***CANCELLED*** SPECIAL TOUR

“Music Narrates Migration!”
In the exhibition “WORLDS IN MOTION. Narrating Migration”
With Oliver Hahn (cultural scientist)

In his special tour in the exhibition “WORLDS IN MOTION. Narrating Migration”, cultural scientist Oliver Hahn focusses on the migration histories of different musical instruments in Southeast Asia, especially in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Using stringed instruments as an example, he shows how musical instruments and styles spread in the archipelago through migration. The displayed instruments, like the rebab and the kacapi, are often identified as “typical” or “original” Indonesian instruments. Is this possible or even necessary at all? The tour draws special attention to bamboo tube zithers. Not only do they have a remarkable history but they have also lived a revival for the last years in modern music.

€7 / €3.50. Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ ***CANCELLED*** WORKSHOP FOR KIDS

“What does ‘typical’ mean?”

What are the stories behind ‘typical African fabrics’ or ‘typical Indonesian musical instruments’? People, objects, languages and ideas have always been on the move. We ask ourselves how different cultures connect with each other.

For over 8s.
€6. No registration required
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ ***CANCELLED*** GUIDED TOUR

Through the exhibition “WORLDS IN MOTION. Narrating Migration”
With Severine Meier

People have always been on the move, all around the world. As they move, they also take with them their lifestyles, language, music, and arts and crafts. Much of what is reputedly ‘authentic’ for a culture turns out, at second glance, to be an ‘import’. Starting from its own collections, the Weltkulturen Museum raises associative questions highlighting how the world’s diversity of cultures has always existed in a process of exchange. From historical settlement movements, labour migration or globalisation – people and their diverse cultures have always been in a process of constant exchange. Is migration really only a reaction to or a cause of problems – or far more a key driver for new forms of community in a constantly changing world?

Severine Meier leads through the exhibition and gives insights into it's developement.

€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ ***CANCELLED*** GUIDED TOUR

Through the exhibition “WORLDS IN MOTION. Narrating Migration”
With Berit Mohr

People have always been on the move, all around the world. As they move, they also take with them their lifestyles, language, music, and arts and crafts. Much of what is reputedly ‘authentic’ for a culture turns out, at second glance, to be an ‘import’. Starting from its own collections, the Weltkulturen Museum raises associative questions highlighting how the world’s diversity of cultures has always existed in a process of exchange. From historical settlement movements, labour migration or globalisation – people and their diverse cultures have always been in a process of constant exchange. Is migration really only a reaction to or a cause of problems – or far more a key driver for new forms of community in a constantly changing world?

Berit Mohr leads through the exhibition and gives insights into it's developement.

€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ ***CANCELLED*** Documentary

Before the buddha crossed the mountains
Pre-Buddhist Culture in the Western Himalayas
Documentary by Peter van Ham
2010. 16:9. 75 min.

Before the Buddha arrived, so they say, the Himalayas ere ruled by fear. Forces inherited all aspects of life – the rocks, the waters, the glaciers, the winds. Those forces were not benevolent to mankind. On the contrary: they hassled and threatened the people and demanded their devotion and submission. Then came magicians and holy men from Tibet. In the name of the Buddha they commanded the forces to end their absolute power. Borne by the virtue of universal compassion, however, the new masters permitted them to maintain a certain status also within the new worldview. Still the Himalayas are full of evidence from those pre-Buddhist days.

Why?
Who made them?
What’s their purpose?
Was the Buddha’s mission not entirely successful?

In regions located between 3000 and 5000 meters above sea level that have become accessible only in recent years, this documentary sets out to search for the roots of Himalayan culture. Its findings – derived from the masked rituals of the monks at Lamayuru monastery, a wedding in Zanskar, and the festivals performed by the mysterious Minaro people, the last Indo-Aryans that have taken refuge between the narrow gorges of the lower Indus close to the Pakistan border – are astonishing.

Unique archival material, recorded by Indologist Rohit Vohra in the 1980s and shown here for the first time, complements the impressive documentation.

Weltkulturen Labor
Schaumainkai 37
Guests wellcome

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Δ ***CANCELLED*** GUIDED TOUR

Through the exhibition “WORLDS IN MOTION. Narrating Migration”
With Lea Sante

People have always been on the move, all around the world. As they move, they also take with them their lifestyles, language, music, and arts and crafts. Much of what is reputedly ‘authentic’ for a culture turns out, at second glance, to be an ‘import’. Starting from its own collections, the Weltkulturen Museum raises associative questions highlighting how the world’s diversity of cultures has always existed in a process of exchange. From historical settlement movements, labour migration or globalisation – people and their diverse cultures have always been in a process of constant exchange. Is migration really only a reaction to or a cause of problems – or far more a key driver for new forms of community in a constantly changing world?

Lea Sante leads through the exhibition and gives insights into it's developement.

€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ ***CANCELLED*** GUIDED TOUR

Through the exhibition “WORLDS IN MOTION. Narrating Migration”
With Lea Sante

People have always been on the move, all around the world. As they move, they also take with them their lifestyles, language, music, and arts and crafts. Much of what is reputedly ‘authentic’ for a culture turns out, at second glance, to be an ‘import’. Starting from its own collections, the Weltkulturen Museum raises associative questions highlighting how the world’s diversity of cultures has always existed in a process of exchange. From historical settlement movements, labour migration or globalisation – people and their diverse cultures have always been in a process of constant exchange. Is migration really only a reaction to or a cause of problems – or far more a key driver for new forms of community in a constantly changing world?

Lea Sante leads through the exhibition and gives insights into it's developement.

€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ ***CANCELLED*** GUIDED TOUR

Through the exhibition “WORLDS IN MOTION. Narrating Migration”
With Claudia Gaia

People have always been on the move, all around the world. As they move, they also take with them their lifestyles, language, music, and arts and crafts. Much of what is reputedly ‘authentic’ for a culture turns out, at second glance, to be an ‘import’. Starting from its own collections, the Weltkulturen Museum raises associative questions highlighting how the world’s diversity of cultures has always existed in a process of exchange. From historical settlement movements, labour migration or globalisation – people and their diverse cultures have always been in a process of constant exchange. Is migration really only a reaction to or a cause of problems – or far more a key driver for new forms of community in a constantly changing world?

Claudia Gaia leads through the exhibition and gives insights into it's developement.

€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ ***CANCELLED*** WORKSHOP FOR KIDS

“Satourday: Where are you going?”

On the way to Flores, through the Sahara or to the museum – what exciting things are there to discover? How do we get there? Do we have to cross borders? Are there hitches on the way? What’s the difference between ‘near’ and ‘far’? In this workshop, we visit the exhibition WORLDS IN MOTION and learn many interesting things about being on the road.

For families with children from six years old
Free of charge. Registration required
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29


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Δ ***CANCELLED*** GUIDED TOUR

Through the exhibition “WORLDS IN MOTION. Narrating Migration”
With Lieselotte Illig

People have always been on the move, all around the world. As they move, they also take with them their lifestyles, language, music, and arts and crafts. Much of what is reputedly ‘authentic’ for a culture turns out, at second glance, to be an ‘import’. Starting from its own collections, the Weltkulturen Museum raises associative questions highlighting how the world’s diversity of cultures has always existed in a process of exchange. From historical settlement movements, labour migration or globalisation – people and their diverse cultures have always been in a process of constant exchange. Is migration really only a reaction to or a cause of problems – or far more a key driver for new forms of community in a constantly changing world?

Lieselotte Illig leads through the exhibition and gives insights into it's developement.

€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

schließen

Δ ***CANCELLED*** GUIDED TOUR

Through the exhibition “WORLDS IN MOTION. Narrating Migration”
With Lea Sante

People have always been on the move, all around the world. As they move, they also take with them their lifestyles, language, music, and arts and crafts. Much of what is reputedly ‘authentic’ for a culture turns out, at second glance, to be an ‘import’. Starting from its own collections, the Weltkulturen Museum raises associative questions highlighting how the world’s diversity of cultures has always existed in a process of exchange. From historical settlement movements, labour migration or globalisation – people and their diverse cultures have always been in a process of constant exchange. Is migration really only a reaction to or a cause of problems – or far more a key driver for new forms of community in a constantly changing world?

Lea Sante leads through the exhibition and gives insights into it's developement.

€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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