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I Never Said Goodbye
Since 2015 Heike Steinweg has been taking portraits of women living in exile in Berlin. They have not only escaped from war but also from the sexual discrimination they suffered at home. These women are from extremely diverse cultural, regional, and social backgrounds. What they all have in common is the courage and the will to start afresh. Women play a crucial role in migration movements because they often take responsibilities previously denied to them. The photographer shows human beings determined to take control of their own lives and to create a new existence for themselves. She gives them a presence that visualises their dignity and individuality. Personal statements by the women accompany their portraits: brief reflections, biographical narratives, and literary prose.
Exploring the Archive
The Ethnologisches Museum in Berlin holds more than 6,500 historical black-and-white photographs from Latin America. These images were produced between 1868 and 1936 and mainly depict ethnological and archaeological motifs, although some portray views of urban or natural landscapes. The contributions to this volume focus on particular series from this extensive archive. In doing so, they illustrate the enormous potential for research inherent within such “repositories of memory”, represent a diverse set of approaches and provide varied interpretations of historical photographs. The contributions focus on the contexts in which these images were produced and provide interpretations of the intentions behind some of the photographs. Moreover, they analyse the acquisition of these photographs and the manner in which they have been preserved and disseminated. Additionally, the contributions highlight the manners in which the images have been used and the impact of some of the formats in which the photographs were published. This richly illustrated volume is complemented by the digital reproductions available online at http://www.smb-digital.de/.
BorderCrossings
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Visions of Nature
"Visions of nature" are the ideas that people hold of what nature is and how we should relate to it. These visions are important for the design of democratically grounded landscape and nature policies. These contributions were presented at an expert meeting at Radboud University, June 2001
Cultural Contacts
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Time and Power
Inspired by the insights of Reinhart Koselleck and François Hartog, two pioneers of the "temporal turn" in historiography, Clark shows how Friedrich Wilhelm rejected the notion of continuity with the past, believing instead that a sovereign must liberate the state from the entanglements of tradition to choose freely among different possible futures. He demonstrates how Frederick the Great abandoned this paradigm for a neoclassical vision of history in which sovereign and state transcend time altogether, and how Bismarck believed that the statesman's duty was to preserve the timeless permanence of the state amid the torrent of historical change. Clark describes how Hitler did not seek to revolutionize history like Stalin and Mussolini, but instead sought to evade history altogether, emphasizing timeless racial archetypes and a prophetically foretold future.
Between Occultism and Nazism
The relationship between Nazism and occultism has been an object of fascination and speculation for decades. Peter Staudenmaier’s Between Occultism and Nazism provides a detailed historical examination centered on the anthroposophist movement founded by Rudolf Steiner. Its surprising findings reveal a remarkable level of Nazi support for Waldorf schools, biodynamic farming, and other anthroposophist initiatives, even as Nazi officials attempted to suppress occult tendencies. The book also includes an analysis of anthroposophist involvement in the racial policies of Fascist Italy. Based on extensive archival research, this study offers rich material on controversial questions about the nature of esoteric spirituality and alternative cultural ideals and their political resonance.
I'm not afraid of anything!
What do young people in Europe at the beginning of the 21st century look like, and how do they present themselves? Are there obvious differences in the outfits and attitudes of young people from different regions of Europe? Are the processes at work in today's society obliterating regional idiosyncrasies? Berlin photographer Edgar Zippel set out to find answers to these questions, and the results of his quest will be displayed in the Museum of European Cultures in Berlin. 100 portraits of young Europeans unfurl a fascinating visual spectrum, alongside revealing interviews.
