Berlin’s Colonial Legacies and New Minority Histories: The Case of the Humboldt Forum and Colonial Street Names in the German Capital

Steckenbiller, Christiane

doi:10.3368/m.111.1.99

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Metodología Y Acercamiento Al Aniversario De Humboldt1

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“…De manera paralela, encontramos que las críticas hechas sobre la colonialidad de Humboldt están más presentes en el Norte que en el Sur. En Berlín, se desarrollaron mayores críticas a la celebración de Humboldt que en el Ecuador (Dorgerloh 2021;El-Tayeb 2020;Steckenbiller 2019). Consideramos que hace falta mayor diálogo entre la geografía descolonial en Brasil y las que están surgiendo otras partes de América Latina, particularmente con aquellas geografías críticas que no toman como punto de partida a la escuela de MCD.…”

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Celebrando los 250 Años de Nacimiento del Buen Geógrafo Alexander von Humboldt

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Jiménez

2023

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Celebrando los 250 Años de Nacimiento del Buen Geógrafo Alexander von Humboldt

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2023

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Whither Prussia? Berlin's Humboldt Forum and the Afterlife of a Vanished State

Colla

2022

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From its very conception some thirty years ago, Berlin's Humboldt Forum has been one of contemporary Germany's most controversial cultural initiatives. One aspect of this controversy has been the role of the Prussian past in reunified Germany. Housed in a reconstruction of the Prussian Royal Palace destroyed by the East German communist government in 1950, the visual symbolism of the project spurred a long struggle over the appropriate urban aesthetic for the country's capital city. In the view of many critics, the structure symbolizes the triumph of a particular conservative narrative of national memory that excludes the GDR, downplays National Socialism, and uncritically celebrates the Prussian past. This article traces how public debates about the structure of the Humboldt Forum have served as a vehicle for reflection on Prussian history and its relevance (or irrelevance) for reunified Germany.

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