{"id":91782,"date":"2026-02-24T09:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/wer-was-wo-ist-kolonial"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:33:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:33:54","slug":"who-what-where-is-colonial","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/who-what-where-is-colonial","title":{"rendered":"Who, What, Where Is Colonial?"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block-header-page padding-top-half margin-bottom-half\"  >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"has-highlight-color\">Who, What, Where Is Colonial?<\/h1>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-6 padding-top-minimal\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zeplin-subHead03\">A new edited volume traces Berlin\u2019s history\u2014from Pokesu to Anna-Mungunda-Allee\u2014through the lens of the city\u2019s colonial entanglements. Bringing into view what has long been obscured, the book connects historical research with ongoing debates around memory politics and decolonial practices in the city.<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-9 col-xs-offset-3 col-md-5 col-md-offset-1 padding-top-third\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"90547\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_69d8fe0267e06\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"publikation-cover-206x300.jpg\",\"width\":206,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":21001},\"large\":{\"file\":\"publikation-cover-704x1024.jpg\",\"width\":704,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":179495},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"publikation-cover-768x1117.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":1117,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":207889},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"publikation-cover-1056x1536.jpg\",\"width\":1056,\"height\":1536,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":355634},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"publikation-cover-1408x2048.jpg\",\"width\":1408,\"height\":2048,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":566442},\"small\":{\"file\":\"publikation-cover-302x440.jpg\",\"width\":302,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":40950},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"publikation-cover-399x580.jpg\",\"width\":399,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":66497},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"publikation-cover-495x720.jpg\",\"width\":495,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":97367},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"publikation-cover-880x1280.jpg\",\"width\":880,\"height\":1280,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":262423},\"full\":{\"file\":\"publikation-cover-1320x1920.jpg\",\"width\":1320,\"height\":1920,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":510018},\"original\":{\"file\":\"publikation-cover.jpg\",\"width\":1949,\"height\":2835}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"Buchcover mit Titel und Unterzeile \\\"Berlin-Geschichte von Pokesu bis Anna-Hangunda-Alle erforschen\\\"\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : 100,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 1,\n\t\t\t\t\"zoom\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"annotations\" : null\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:145.45920985121%;  \" v-if=\"sizes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :zoom=\"zoom\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :annotations=\"annotations\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">Book cover: <em>Who, What, Where Is Colonial?<\/em><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">\u00a9 Visual Intelligence <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>How colonial is Berlin? Through six contributions, this volume explores previously overlooked links between Berlin and European colonialism\u2014from Brandenburg-Prussia\u2019s role in the early modern enslavement trade to present-day struggles over urban politics and memory. The volume focuses on:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Actors, including Brandenburg-Prussian engineer and fortress commander Carl Constantin von Schnitter, and the influential West African power broker Jan Conny.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Events, such as the 1884\/85 <em>Berlin Conference<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sites, such as the \u2018African Quarter\u2019 in Berlin-Wedding, where contested histories remain etched into the urban fabric.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>What emerges clearly is that Berlin\u2019s history is also a colonial history \u2014 and its legacies endure to this day.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7 col-md-offset-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Available in our museum shops from April \u2014 or exclusively online on this page.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy-hint\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-copy-hint-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-2  padding-top-sixth margin-bottom-sixth\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"zeplin-subHead05 block-copy-hint-hl\">The Book<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8 col-md-offset-1 padding-top-sixth margin-bottom-sixth\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy editor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lorraine Bluche, Suy Lan Hopmann (eds.)<br><strong>Who, What, Where Is Colonial?<br><em>Exploring Berlin\u2019s History from Pokesu to Anna-Mungunda-Allee<\/em><br><\/strong>With contributions by Aischa Ahmed, Annika B\u00e4rwald, Laura Frey, Anne Haeming, Josepha Jendricke, Andrea Weindl, Clara Westendorff.<br>Published by Verlag M \/ Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin<br>ISBN 978-3-939254-56-0<br>Price: 14 euros (paperback)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8 col-md-offset-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class='ho-button-group' ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-headline block-no-margin\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h3\">Inside the book<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block\">\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<iframe title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DKO_Research_EN_Digital_RZ-250326.pdf#toolbar=0&#038;navpanes=0&#038;scrollbar=0\" style=\"width: 100%; 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