Wed August 12, 2015
Homestory Deutschland - Black Biographies in Historical and Present Times
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at Goethe Institut German Cultural Center
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Exhibition hours:
Mondays-Thursdays: 2 pm – 6 pm
Closed on Monday, September 7, 2015 in observance of Labor Day.
The photo exhibition “Homestory Deutschland – Black Biographies in Historical and Present Times”, created by the Initiative of Black people in Germany (ISD) and funded by the Federal Agency for Civic Education, is a collective self-portrait that gives voice to the complex and varied biographies of Black German women and men. It covers the past three centuries of German history.
The exhibit features 27 visually presented biographies of Black men and women in beautiful Black and White photographs, not only of prominent Black figures but also those of unknown “ordinary” people. A balanced relationship between members of different generations, between public and private spheres of activity, between Black people with and without migration backgrounds, from the East and the West, and also between men and women, documents historical transformations, affirms the heterogeneity of Black German existence, and exposes the efficacy of intersecting modes of oppression.
The biographies are not chronologically ordered in the sense of historical events and their epochs, but rather by thematic points of reference that make the life and thought of a Black Diaspora located in Germany visible.
The biographies of Black men and women who found themselves characterized by stereotypical racist perceptions and struggled to be acknowledged and respected in German society bring to light the ways in which systemic conditions and structures are imprinted upon individual life stories. At the same time, they allow us to comprehend the level of individual negotiation and decision-making that is still possible. Making lived experiences visible as a testimony to time and as an act of contemporary witnessing, therefore, represents an integral basis for collective cultural memory in which the legacy and the perspectives of people of African descent regain their place and their voice.
"Homestory Deutschland" invites us to question how we imagine Germany, Germans, and Germanness.
This exhibit is part of the thematic focus "EXPRESS YOURSELF - Stories & Identities".
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Mondays-Thursdays: 2 pm – 6 pm
Closed on Monday, September 7, 2015 in observance of Labor Day.
The photo exhibition “Homestory Deutschland – Black Biographies in Historical and Present Times”, created by the Initiative of Black people in Germany (ISD) and funded by the Federal Agency for Civic Education, is a collective self-portrait that gives voice to the complex and varied biographies of Black German women and men. It covers the past three centuries of German history.
The exhibit features 27 visually presented biographies of Black men and women in beautiful Black and White photographs, not only of prominent Black figures but also those of unknown “ordinary” people. A balanced relationship between members of different generations, between public and private spheres of activity, between Black people with and without migration backgrounds, from the East and the West, and also between men and women, documents historical transformations, affirms the heterogeneity of Black German existence, and exposes the efficacy of intersecting modes of oppression.
The biographies are not chronologically ordered in the sense of historical events and their epochs, but rather by thematic points of reference that make the life and thought of a Black Diaspora located in Germany visible.
The biographies of Black men and women who found themselves characterized by stereotypical racist perceptions and struggled to be acknowledged and respected in German society bring to light the ways in which systemic conditions and structures are imprinted upon individual life stories. At the same time, they allow us to comprehend the level of individual negotiation and decision-making that is still possible. Making lived experiences visible as a testimony to time and as an act of contemporary witnessing, therefore, represents an integral basis for collective cultural memory in which the legacy and the perspectives of people of African descent regain their place and their voice.
"Homestory Deutschland" invites us to question how we imagine Germany, Germans, and Germanness.
This exhibit is part of the thematic focus "EXPRESS YOURSELF - Stories & Identities".
Exhibition hours:
Mondays-Thursdays: 2 pm – 6 pm
Closed on Monday, September 7, 2015 in observance of Labor Day.
The photo exhibition “Homestory Deutschland – Black Biographies in Historical and Present Times”, created by the Initiative of Black people in Germany (ISD) and funded by the Federal Agency for Civic Education, is a collective self-portrait that gives voice to the complex and varied biographies of Black German women and men. It covers the past three centuries of German history.
The exhibit features 27 visually presented biographies of Black men and women in beautiful Black and White photographs, not only of prominent Black figures but also those of unknown “ordinary” people. A balanced relationship between members of different generations, between public and private spheres of activity, between Black people with and without migration backgrounds, from the East and the West, and also between men and women, documents historical transformations, affirms the heterogeneity of Black German existence, and exposes the efficacy of intersecting modes of oppression.
The biographies are not chronologically ordered in the sense of historical events and their epochs, but rather by thematic points of reference that make the life and thought of a Black Diaspora located in Germany visible.
The biographies of Black men and women who found themselves characterized by stereotypical racist perceptions and struggled to be acknowledged and respected in German society bring to light the ways in which systemic conditions and structures are imprinted upon individual life stories. At the same time, they allow us to comprehend the level of individual negotiation and decision-making that is still possible. Making lived experiences visible as a testimony to time and as an act of contemporary witnessing, therefore, represents an integral basis for collective cultural memory in which the legacy and the perspectives of people of African descent regain their place and their voice.
"Homestory Deutschland" invites us to question how we imagine Germany, Germans, and Germanness.
This exhibit is part of the thematic focus "EXPRESS YOURSELF - Stories & Identities".
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Mondays-Thursdays: 2 pm – 6 pm
Closed on Monday, September 7, 2015 in observance of Labor Day.
The photo exhibition “Homestory Deutschland – Black Biographies in Historical and Present Times”, created by the Initiative of Black people in Germany (ISD) and funded by the Federal Agency for Civic Education, is a collective self-portrait that gives voice to the complex and varied biographies of Black German women and men. It covers the past three centuries of German history.
The exhibit features 27 visually presented biographies of Black men and women in beautiful Black and White photographs, not only of prominent Black figures but also those of unknown “ordinary” people. A balanced relationship between members of different generations, between public and private spheres of activity, between Black people with and without migration backgrounds, from the East and the West, and also between men and women, documents historical transformations, affirms the heterogeneity of Black German existence, and exposes the efficacy of intersecting modes of oppression.
The biographies are not chronologically ordered in the sense of historical events and their epochs, but rather by thematic points of reference that make the life and thought of a Black Diaspora located in Germany visible.
The biographies of Black men and women who found themselves characterized by stereotypical racist perceptions and struggled to be acknowledged and respected in German society bring to light the ways in which systemic conditions and structures are imprinted upon individual life stories. At the same time, they allow us to comprehend the level of individual negotiation and decision-making that is still possible. Making lived experiences visible as a testimony to time and as an act of contemporary witnessing, therefore, represents an integral basis for collective cultural memory in which the legacy and the perspectives of people of African descent regain their place and their voice.
"Homestory Deutschland" invites us to question how we imagine Germany, Germans, and Germanness.
This exhibit is part of the thematic focus "EXPRESS YOURSELF - Stories & Identities".
show less
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