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Season’s Greetings

22.12.2020

What these magic books and oracles of the datu (Batak) from North Sumatra have to do with the Twelve days of Christmas or the German ‘Rauhnächte’, tells our Christmas greeting.

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STATEMENT ON ANTI-COLONIAL PROTEST

09.12.2020

Dr. Eva Raabe, director of the Weltkulturen Museum

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HERMANN SCHLENKER'S FILM AND PHOTO COLLECTION

03.12.2020

The Hermann Schlenker's film and photo collection is one of the largest in the Weltkulturen Museum: it currently comprises 188 ethnographic films and around 7,000 catalogued slides and photographs.

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READING TIP #3

12.11.2020

Today Maria Reith-Deigert and Renate Lindner (Weltkulturen Bibliothek) recommend a literary journey around the world.

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DISCRIMINATION AND RACISM IN THE ART WORLD

10.11.2020

In the article "The Critical Self – Processes for reappraising a cultural institution" in the current edition of Weltkulturen News, Mona Suhrbier discusses discrimination and racism in the art world.

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MINI-DOCUMENTARY

29.10.2020

Siva Samoa in Frankfurt

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POETRY SLAM AT THE MUSEUM

27.10.2020

Me2You - Words in Motion

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DIANA HELLSON, DIRECTOR

01.10.2020

Artists of the exhibition “Let Them Speak! Comments from British Columbia, Canada”

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“OUR LANGUAGE TEACHES US OUR WAY OF LIFE AND HOLDS US STRONG TO WORK ON OUR PATH.”

13.10.2020

Artists of the exhibition “Let Them Speak! Comments from British Columbia, Canada”

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MEGHANN O'BRIEN, WEAVER

01.10.2020

Artists of the exhibition “Let Them Speak! Comments from British Columbia, Canada”

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TOM HUNT’S MASK

29.09.2020

Artists of the exhibition “Let Them Speak! Comments from British Columbia, Canada”

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READING TIP #2

22.09.2020

A reading recommendation by Renate Lindner (Weltkulturen Bibliothek)

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CONNETIONS IN EAST AFRICAN ART

08.09.2020

Loans for the exhibition “Michael Armitage. Paradise Edict”​

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FINISSAGE SW5Y

31.08.2020

“A beautiful exhibition – a necessary one. I cried.”

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READING TIP

13.07.2020

A reading recommendation by Renate Lindner (Weltkulturen Bibliothek)

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THE “HÖLLERER COLLECTION”

16.06.2020

An “Old Shatterhand” of the South Seas? On the track of a colonial-era collection with curator Matthias Claudius Hofmann

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THE RETURN OF THE RESCUE SHIPS

04.06.2020

Chris Grodotzki is a permanent member of the Sea-Watch media team. In his text for the new edition of the Weltkulturen News​ he writes about how civil sea rescue in the Mediterranean Sea has changed from humanitarian intervention to resistance movement.

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OBITUARY

28.05.2020

Feliciano Pimental Lana (1937–2020)

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REPRESENTATION OF A CROCODILE

19.05.2020

Oceania curator Matthias Claudius Hofmann on a mythical creation story

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“LITTLE NORTH ROAD” (XIAOBEILU). PHOTOGRAPHY ON A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

14.05.2020

A photo archive of African migrants in the city of Ghuangzhou. By Wu Yong Fu, Zeng Xian Fang and Daniel Traub

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COME AROUND!

12.05.2020

In the exhibition WORLDS IN MOTION you can ...

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WELCOME TO MY REALITY

12.05.2020

Americas curator Mona Suhrbier reports on the visits of indigenous and Afro-brazilian activist during the last years

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LIGHT AND SHADOW: WAYANG KULIT FROM JAVA

11.05.2020

Vanessa von Gliszczynski, curator Southeast Asia, explains the centuries-old history of the wayang kulit and provides some insights into its cosmology.

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EXCHANGE ON EQUAL TERMS, CULTURAL PARTICIPATION AND SELF-EMPOWERMENT

11.05.2020

An interview with Charlotte Njikoufon about her community engagement, in particular with the programme “Kultüröffner: Museum”, for which she is active as a facilitator. By Julia Albrecht, transcribed by Rachel Etse (Weltkulturen Education)

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ETHNOLOGY DURING CRISIS

14.04.2020

Dr. Eva Ch. Raabe talks about museum und ethnology during crisis

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MOVIE TIME!

02.04.2020

“Altars and good-luck symbols in Frankfurt businesses” Videos from the exhibition WORLDS IN MOTION

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WHAT DO I SEE?

02.09.2019

About the wood sculpture on the poster of the exhibition “WORLDS IN MOTION. Narrating Migration”

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PODCAST SAFRANSIRUP

12.03.2020

The bonus episode “Safransirup goes WORLDS IN MOTION: Of exhibition and social realities” is out now and can be heard here.

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GREY IS THE NEW PINK. THE COOKBOOK. DOWNLOAD NOW!

12.03.2020

For cooking, browsing and being together.

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THE HEIDELBERG STATEMENT

06.05.2019

“Decolonising requires dialogue, expertise and support”

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