100 Jahre Ethnographische Sammlung: Von kolonialen Sammlungen zur dekolonialen Pluralisierung des Wissens

The event explores the transformation of ethnological museum work at the intersection of colonial collection history and contemporary decolonial perspectives. It focuses on changes in the way ethnographic objects are handled—from colonial collecting practices to today’s approaches, which emphasize the plurality of forms of knowledge and the agency of the objects themselves. The exhibition uses specific examples to illustrate how perspectives on the objects in the collection have changed over the course of its hundred-year history. In doing so, it highlights both the evolution of museum practice and developments within anthropological research.