Tomorrow we kick off our conference “Memory Processes in Imperial Lifeworlds”. We explore how objects—from wristwatches and gloves to monuments—shaped and still shape #decolonization in Europe and its former colonies.

One example: Stephen Foose (Marburg) on British passports—small objects with a huge impact on unequal global mobility. 👇

Online participation is possible!
==>https://www.dhi-paris.fr/de/termindetails/online-und-vor-ort-erinnerungsprozesse-in-imperialen-lebenswelten.html

#objecthistory #materialturn #Africa #colonialism #memorystudies

Watches, passports, flags, gloves, artworks or big monuments: Objects shape our everyday lives. They play a role in history, and it's not always the one people thought they would. Objects also make the past visible in the present, they shape our memory of historical events. This is particularly true in the long history of interaction, domination and resistance between "the West" and "the Rest" and in the way we remember it today.
In our conference from 18-20 march, we want to look at the role all these different objects played and still play in the decolonization of Europe and its former colonies.

#decolonization #objecthistory #materialturn #Africa #colonialism #memorystudies

Um 12 Uhr geht es los...😊

Seit April 2021🎉 organisiert die Gesellschaft für Technikgeschichte während der Semesterzeiten alle zwei Wochen freitags von 12-13 Uhr🥪 ein Online-Kolloquium. Darin werden interessante Forschungs- und Publikationsprojekte, Ausstellungen, Studiengänge, Lehrkonzepte oder Tagungspläne zur Technikgeschichte im deutschsprachigen Raum vorgestellt und gemeinsam diskutiert.

Heute als Referenten im Programm: Kirsten Vincenz und Dr. Jörg Zaun von der @kustodie_tudresden
Infos über viele spannende Projekte wie z.B. @startseu, @schaufler_lab_tu_dresden der Kustodie findet Ihr hier:
https://tu-dresden.de/kustodie/
https://sammlungen.tu-dresden.de/

👉Ihr könnt dort während Eures Studiums auch ein Praktikum absolvieren🤓

#materialturn #technischeuniversität #sammlungsforschung #objektforschung #ausstellungsgestaltung #denkmalpflege

Office for Academic Heritage, Scientific and Art Collections

TU Dresden´s office for Academic Heritage, Scientific and Art Collections is responsible for the university’s cultural monuments, which are part of the scientific, technical, and art collections.

TU Dresden

New Living Book about History: Material Histories of Paper

This anthology explores the long history of paper from the perspective of its materialities.

It features an original historiographical essay and a commented selection of 40 freely accessible online resources.

#Paper #History #Materialturn #history #histodons #DigitalHumanities

Freely available in English and French

https://livingbooksabouthistory.ch/en/book/material-histories-of-paper

Living Books About History

This anthology explores the long history of paper from the perspective of its materialities, covering a variety of practices, periods, and geographical contexts.