Public guided tours by exhibition 'look back | Looking Back '2024

Im Rahmen der Ausstellung „zurückgeschaut | looking back“ findet im Rathaus Johannisthal in Berlin eine Reihe öffentlicher Führungen statt, die das dunkle Kapitel der „Ersten Deutschen Kolonialausstellung“ von 1896 beleuchten. Anlässlich dieser Großveranstaltung im Treptower Park wurden 106 Menschen aus den deutschen Kolonien zur Schau gestellt, um rassistische Stereotype und koloniale Fantasien zu bedienen. Viele Teilnehmende wehrten sich gegen ihre Rolle und zeigten Widerstand, wie Kwelle Ndumbe aus Kamerun, der mit einem Opernglas auf das Berliner Publikum zurückschaute. Die Dauerausstellung thematisiert die Biographien und den Widerstand der Teilnehmenden der Kolonialausstellung von 1896. Sie wirft auch einen Blick auf die Struktur …
As part of the exhibition "Back | Looking Back", a number of public tours take place in the Johannisthal town hall in Berlin, which illuminate the dark chapter of the "first German colonial exhibition" from 1896. On the occasion of this major event in Treptower Park, 106 people from the German colonies were displayed to serve racist stereotypes and colonial fantasies. Many participants defended themselves against their role and showed resistance like Kwelle Ndumbe from Cameroon, who looked back on the Berlin audience with an opera glass. The permanent exhibition addresses the biographies and the resistance of the participants of the colonial exhibition from 1896. It also takes a look at the structure ...
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As part of the exhibition "Reviewed | Looking Back", a number of public tours take place in the Johannisthal town hall in Berlin, which shed light on the dark chapter of the "First German Colonial Exhibition" from 1896. On the occasion of this major event in Treptower Park, 106 people from the German colonies were displayed to serve racist stereotypes and colonial fantasies. Many participants defended themselves against their role and showed resistance how Kwelle Ndumbe from Cameroon, who looked back on the Berlin audience with an opera glass.

The permanent exhibition addresses the biographies and the resistance of the participants of the colonial exhibition from 1896. It also takes a look at the structure of the event and its historical context. The exhibition was created in cooperation with the Treptow-Köpenick museums and the project network decolonial culture of memory in the city. It is the first permanent exhibition on colonialism, racism and black resistance in a public Berlin museum.

The Museum Treptow in the historic town hall of Johannisthal has the following opening times: Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Admission to the exhibition is free and registration is not necessary.

In a time when postcolonial discourses are becoming increasingly important, the exhibition "Looked back | Looking Back" offers an important platform to deal with the historical and social effects of German colonial history. Visitors have the opportunity to reflect through the exhibition and actively deal with the topic. Further information is available on the website www.berlin.de/bildung-t-k.

| Time | Location |
| ——— | ————— |
| 16.05.2024 | Rathaus Johannisthal, Sterndamm 102, 12487 Berlin |
| 13.06.2024 | Rathaus Johannisthal, Sterndamm 102, 12487 Berlin |
| 07/11/2024 | Rathaus Johannisthal, Sterndamm 102, 12487 Berlin |
| 08.08.2024 | Rathaus Johannisthal, Sterndamm 102, 12487 Berlin |


Source: www.berlin.de

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Im Rahmen der Ausstellung „zurückgeschaut | looking back“ findet im Rathaus Johannisthal in Berlin eine Reihe öffentlicher Führungen statt, die das dunkle Kapitel der „Ersten Deutschen Kolonialausstellung“ von 1896 beleuchten. Anlässlich dieser Großveranstaltung im Treptower Park wurden 106 Menschen aus den deutschen Kolonien zur Schau gestellt, um rassistische Stereotype und koloniale Fantasien zu bedienen. Viele Teilnehmende wehrten sich gegen ihre Rolle und zeigten Widerstand, wie Kwelle Ndumbe aus Kamerun, der mit einem Opernglas auf das Berliner Publikum zurückschaute. Die Dauerausstellung thematisiert die Biographien und den Widerstand der Teilnehmenden der Kolonialausstellung von 1896. Sie wirft auch einen Blick auf die Struktur …
As part of the exhibition "Back | Looking Back", a number of public tours take place in the Johannisthal town hall in Berlin, which illuminate the dark chapter of the "first German colonial exhibition" from 1896. On the occasion of this major event in Treptower Park, 106 people from the German colonies were displayed to serve racist stereotypes and colonial fantasies. Many participants defended themselves against their role and showed resistance like Kwelle Ndumbe from Cameroon, who looked back on the Berlin audience with an opera glass. The permanent exhibition addresses the biographies and the resistance of the participants of the colonial exhibition from 1896. It also takes a look at the structure ...

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