de.hypothesesOct 31

What insights can a simple piece of cloth offer into the mechanisms of colonial plunder? Among the numerous objects violently uprooted from their original contexts during the German colonization of Kamerun (present-day Cameroon), one artifact holds particular significance: a textile from Hina.

Salomé Soloum argues that simple textile fragments like a piece of cotton fabric offer a critical lens for analyzing the mechanisms of colonial plunder 👇

https://trafo.hypotheses.org/62306

#Colonialism #TrafoBlog

A Forgotten Fabric From German Colonial History in Kamerun: The Case of Hina Fabric

By Salomé Soloum. Among the numerous objects violently uprooted from their original contexts during the German colonization of Kamerun (present-day Cameroon), one artifact holds particular significance: a textile from Hina,in the Far North region. Deceptively modest in appearance, woven from cotton and now faded with time, the cloth bears a crucial inscription: “C.V. Krogh” and the number “516.’’ These markings constitute tangible evidence of a contested appropriation, prompting critical questions about its removal. This article argues that simple textile fragments, no less than iconic masks or regalia, offer a critical lens for analyzing the mechanisms of colonial plunder.

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de.hypothesesFeb 27, 2025

In #Bulgaria, the #Covid19 pandemic became a tool for further subjugation of the #Roma population, portraying them as "virus carriers" and denying them basic rights. This reflects a long-standing history of racialized control, writes Francesco Trupia at #TRAFOBlog 👇

https://trafo.hypotheses.org/55511

#hypoverse #racism

Policing the Roma in the Service of Whiteness. Post-Pandemic Reflections from Bulgaria

By Francesco Trupia. Bulgaria's bio-political population management remains instructive to showcase the embeddedness of the policies of white-enclosing with the diversely universal conditions of discrimination, scapegoating, and racism. Race is undoubtedly central to charting out the genealogical lines of past and present violence against Roma and other minority groups in Bulgaria.

TRAFO – Blog for Transregional Research
de.hypothesesMay 19, 2023

#Latvia suspended the right to seek asylum and authorized pushbacks of refugees on the border with #Belarus, leaving asylum seekers trapped in the forest for months, legal scholar Aleksandra Jolkina reports.

Read more about her reseach, which compares Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish responses to the situation at the EU’s border with Belarus, at ➡ TRAFO Blog:

https://trafo.hypotheses.org/47364

#hypoverse #TRAFOblog #refugees #asylumlaw

“It was precisely the total absence of reports on the situation on the ground that attracted my attention” – 5in10 with Aleksandra Jolkina

Aleksandra Jolkina is a researcher in European and comparative migration and asylum law. Her academic interests currently concentrate on two broad areas: family migration and access to international protection. She is currently a visiting researcher at the Amsterdam Centre for Migration and Refugee Law. Her research project aims to provide a comparative analysis of Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish responses to the situation at the EU’s border with Belarus, focusing on access to the asylum procedure and compliance with the Rule of Law.

TRAFO – Blog for Transregional Research
de.hypothesesFeb 15, 2023

„Das Schreiben eines historischen Textes erfordert immer noch eine gewisse zeitliche Distanz“:

Andrii Portnov ist Professor für Entangled History of Ukraine an der Europa-Universität Viadrina (Frankfurt/Oder). An seinem Buch "Dnipro. An Entangled History of a European City" hat er zehn Jahre lang gearbeitet - Jahre, in denen die Stadt und das Land viele Veränderungen durchmachte.

Ein Gespräch mit Judith Sieber im ➡ #TRAFOblog:

https://trafo.hypotheses.org/45239

#EntangledHistory #Ukraine

de.hypothesesNov 30, 2022

#TRAFOblog is a blog for transregional research run by Forum Transregionale Studien and Max Weber Stiftung.

In this interview, Vasyl Cherepanyn of the Kyiv Biennial identifies some of the fundamental misconceptions about Ukrainian identity, history, and culture that prevail in Western discourses. These misunderstandings, which are often unwittingly complicit with the narratives circulated by the Kremlin regime, have very real consequences for Ukrainians:

https://trafo.hypotheses.org/41922

#UkraineWar