Latitude: Rethinking power relations

Restitution – July, 4, 2020: A man rests on a coffin of one of the 24 Algerians at the Moufdi-Zakaria culture palace in Algiers. After decades in a French museum, the skulls of 24 Algerians decapitated for resisting French colonial forces were formally repatriated to Algeria in an elaborate ceremony.

The demands for restitution of illegally acquired objects from colonial contexts back to the communities of origin are getting louder. George Gachara suggests there may be other alternatives to the seemingly endless negotiations.

George Gachara

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Latitude on Air: Unsettling Power Relations

Monthly radio programme Latitude on Air

Latitude on Air broadcasts a two-hour radio programme once a month, in an online stream here on the website. The broadcasts always take place on the last Friday of the month from 11 am to 1 pm. The theme on 26th February 2021 is: “Art, Labour and Social Change”. All previous programmes can also be accessed here.

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In Focus: Art and social change

Decolonisation – File photo (19 July 2008) of a mural on Cesar Chavez Avenue in East Los Angeles named Raza Adelante, including the image of Cesar Chavez (centre).

Mural named Raza Adelante in Los Angeles

Chicano Movement Chicanx Art: A Domain of Political Dispute

Chicanx art sustains the sense of resistance to US cultural hegemony while it also continues to act as an element for constructing a collective Chicanx memory and it is strained by the political and diplomatic exploitation of the Mexican State.

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Racism – video installation “Black is a beautiful word. I&I” by Jeanette Ehlers

What happens when, for the German EU Council Presidency, the Goethe-Institut invites artists and strangers to a table? At Europe’s Kitchen in Scotland, video installations by artist Jeannette Ehlers were the focus of the table discussions.

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Ndiki Dike about art production in the global sout — Video interview
Ndidi Dike on art production in the global south

Everything passes, except the past Right there in the corpus delicti

An exhibition and online festival in the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut round off a cycle of events on the handling of colonial artefacts in European museums and archives. An article by Chistina Pawlata.

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“It was the first time that Juan Correa integrated ‘dark-skinned’ faces into his work. Often afterwards, we find in his paintings figures which have distinctly African features. This ethnic diversity, which he presents in his works, together with his insistence on mentioning his caste as part of his signature, indicates an intention to see his community represented in art.”

Veka Duncan about the African heritage of Mexico, more in the article “Proof of the unseen”

Controversial street name from Germany's colonial past: Lüderitzstraße in Berlin

Egometer German Colonial History

In order to actively participate in and follow the discourse on colonialism, it is important to understand where it all began. How much do you know about German colonial history? Test yourself with our egometer and find out where you stand!

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