VORTRAG: Provenienzen aus Togo

In the organizer's words:

From 2021 to 2023, the project "Provenance of colonial-era collections from Togo" at the Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden and the GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig (SES) was funded by the German Lost Art Foundation. The research focused on 700 objects and photographs from the historical territory of the colony of Togo. The objects were acquired in connection with the activities of German police troops, scientists, traders and colonial officials in Togo under German colonial rule (1884-1914). They acted within the context of colonial injustice, which was characterized by wars of conquest and the appropriation of cultural assets. The ethnologists Ricarda Rivoir and Marlena Barnstorf-Brandes will give an insight into the project, the research, results as well as open questions and are looking forward to discussing postcolonial provenance research with you on January 29, 2025 in the Bonvenon Room of the GRASSI Museum.