17:00 - 18:30
Arnold-Bode-Straße 10, Raum 1309, University of Kassel
3. Part of the event series – 140 Years of the Berlin Africa Conference: Imperialism yesterday and today –
In front 140 Years ago, European colonial powers met in Berlin, to negotiate the division of the African continent between themselves. While just a few years before the conference, only a fraction of Africa was under colonial rule, was the end of 19. In the 19th century, almost the entire continent was under Great Britain, France, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Belgium and Spain divided. The Berlin Africa Conference 1884/1885 is symbolic of this race for Africa and is considered the high phase of European imperialism. Rather, as a historically closed phenomenon, Imperial conditions continue to have an impact in many ways today or appear in new guises.
With this series of events we want to, the field of development policy and postcolonial studies, the diverse political, trace and discuss economic and epistemic lines of connection between imperialism then and today.
In terms of content, the first part of the event is dedicated to German colonial rule in Togo and Namibia. In the second part we look at colonial continuities in the global political economy and discuss current forms of energy colonialism, Neocolonialism and imperialism. Finally we show the documentary “Walter Rodney: What They Don’t Want You to Know”.
Am Friday 29.11. one 17 Clock on Arnold-Bode-Straße 10, 2. floor, Raum 1309 he finds it 3. Part of our event series. The participants can expect this Introduction of the comic: Episodes From a Colonial Present, including some of the authors. Postcolonial criticism reveals the traces of the colonial past in every corner of our contemporary lives and exposes colonial violence, that is inherent in global inequality. This collective comic project illuminates the coloniality of everyday life and the decolonizing potential of everyday struggles in spaces, Discourses and practices of so-called global development.
The series is post-colonial in collaboration with Kassel, node, Medico International, Forensic Architecture, the Walter Rodney Foundation and the Ameena Gafoor Institute.
All events are public. We are also pleased about the active participation of people, that have nothing to do with the university in everyday life. Further information about the event dates, -The locations and times can be found on the poster.
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