Learning from each other and acting together: Combining provenance research and communication on NS and colonialism.

In the final meeting, we will once again look at possible synergy effects between mediation and provenance research and in doing so broaden the historical framework of reference. Dr. Sven Haase, provenance researcher at the Central Archive of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, and Dr. Patrick Helber, curator of education and communication at the Ethnological Museum, report on their research and education projects, which deal with the interfaces between the Nazi era and colonialism.

They then talk about differences and similarities between provenance research and communication from a transhihistoric perspective. How can fruitful integration be achieved in the respective disciplines? What do you need to pay attention to? What can be learned from discussions about colonial looted art for public debate? Which mistakes should not be repeated? What are the differences between historical contexts, and how can or should they be thought of in a way that promotes democracy?

Art, Robbery and Restitution — Forgotten Life Stories is a project of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Dresden State Art Collections in cooperation with the German Center for Losing Cultural Property. It is funded as part of the federal program “Live Democracy! “by the Federal Ministry of Education, Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth as well as by the Friede Springer Foundation.

Admission and participation are free of charge. Registration is required.