Secondary Schools

1. Online Workshop
   
   Mobile Things – Objects in Motion 
   We’re surrounded by things that can tell us their own stories, which are also the stories of the long or short journeys they’ve made. Maybe they’re tales about who they used to belong to, how they were used, and the ideas associated with them? Together, we will apply aesthetic research methodology to explore the routes taken by personal items and objects in the museum, as well as looking at what they have in common. We will then create links between them using a creative process that includes both digital and analogue elements. The findings that emerge from the research will be incorporated into mini-exhibitions which will be presented at the end by small groups in a digital session for all the participants.
   
   Duration: 3 hours
   
   A version of this workshop can be held for home schooling and it is also compatible with hybrid learning models. Please get in touch with the education team about the technical requirements (069 212 39898 or ). The workshop will be adapted to suit the age group of the participants.
   
2. Workshop based on the current exhibition "SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa"
   
   Making Comics Sound
   POW! SPLASH! BOINK! – How do comics speak to us and what sounds do we imagine when reading them? In the exhibition ‘SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa,’ we learn about the meaning and contexts of comics and works of art. Afterwards, we experiment with different sound effects and add sound to selected comics to make the visual stories loud and lively.
   Duration: 2 hours. Cost: £6 per person.
   The format is adapted to the age group.
   Preschool – Upper School
   
   Maps that tell more
   There are places that are of great personal significance to us. This is also true for the comic artists in the exhibition ‘SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa’. After exploring the exhibition, we consider which places these are for us and how we can make them visible. What does a place need for us to feel comfortable? How do we navigate boundaries or forbidden paths? What changes when we stay in a place or have to leave it? Together, we create maps to record the special meanings and our knowledge of an area.
   Duration: 2.5 hours. Cost: £7.50 per person.
   Lower school – upper school
   
   How to make a Shero
   What makes someone a superhero? What ‘powers’ would a Shero need to shape the present or the future, and what challenges would she have to face? In this workshop, participants engage in dialogue with the exhibition ‘SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa’ about the past and memory in comics and Afrofuturistic visions of the future. Afterwards, they will create their own ‘Shero’ collage.
   Duration: 2 hours. Cost: €6 per person.
   Lower school – upper school
   
   Talking about everything with comics?
   In this workshop, participants explore the exhibition ‘SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa’. The focus is on topics such as colonialism and power in connection with knowledge, historiography and memory culture. Participants will note down their initial observations and questions about the works in the exhibition, which we will then explore in more depth in discussions. They will record their findings in homemade comic zines, which can then be reproduced and distributed.
   Duration: 2.5 hours. Cost: €7.50 per person.
   Middle school – upper school

1. Exhibition independent workshop
   
   The power of maps 
   Who creates maps? And what effects can maps have on us? In this workshop we will look at various (Non)-European mappings from the past until the present and question them about the stories and world views that are imbedded in them.
   Duration: 2 hours, costs: 6€ per person
   
   What's that doing here?
   How and under what circumstances did objects become part of the museum's collection? In the workshop "What's that doing here?", pupils critically examine the origins and histories of objects in the Weltkulturen Museum's collection that are intertwined with the histories of colonialism and of National Socialism in Germany. They get an insight into the discourse about ownership and restitution claims in an ethnological collection and develop possible stances in group discussions.
   
   Duration: 3 hours, costs: €9 per person