Hansjörg Dilger

Titelseite zur Aufarbeitung der eigenen Kolonialgeschichte im Botanischen Garten & Museum der Freien Universität Berlin.

Botanischer Garten: „Botanical Gardens and the Colonial Past Botanical gardens are places of beauty — spaces where people can experience the diversity of plant life with all their senses, engage in scientific research, leam, and simply relax. At first glance, they may appear detached from everyday life. Yet, botanical gardens and the sciences that explore the diversity and evolution of plants, fungi, and algae are deeply rooted in society and have developed in close connection with it. From the 15th century onwards, European powers colonised vast regions across the globe. These conquests were driven by economic and strategic interests and ideologically justified by the belief in the "superiority" of European civilization. Like other branches of science and the humanities, botany and botanical gardens further evolved in interaction with this colonial expansion. In recent years, these connections have increasingly become the subject of academic and social debate. At the Botanic Garden Berlin, we, too, have turned our attention to this part of our history. This paper represents a first step in that reflection. We are convinced that understanding our role in history is essential for interpreting the present and shaping the future. Global exploration and documentation of living nature developed hand in hand with European colonial expansion. Botanists participated in expeditions before, during, and after the various acts of invasion and annexation. Botanical gardens and herbaria became hubs in transnational research networks, supplied by a growing influx of plant material from around the world. They also played a role in the exploitation of plant resources and associated indigenous knowledge for commercial purposes - whether as crops or omamental plants. Moreover, botanical gardens were instrumental in implementing the global transfer of plants, driven by the economic interests of various stakeholders. The Botanic Garden Berlin and Its Colonial Past The Botanic Garden Ber…

Dekolonial Erinnern im Botanischen Garten Berlin @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social: Großartige Initiative zur Aufarbeitung der kolonialen Verflechtungen👇

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Stellungnahme zum Stellenwert der Kolonialgeschichte in der deutschen Kolonialgeschichte 👇 wird gezeichnet u.a. von @hdilger.bsky.social @glasmanjo.bsky.social @noa-k-ha.bsky.social @mrothberg.bsky.social @rjmauk.bsky.social @patrickhege.bsky.social @he-mel.bsky.social @franziscaz.bsky.social

Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung: Offener Brief - Der Bund hat die Pflicht zur Kolonialismus Aufarbeitung und Erinnerung - ISD Mehr als 40 Vereine bundesweit, darunter auch die ISD sowie 140 Personen aus Wissenschaft, Kultur und Forschung unterstützen den Offenen Brief, der

Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung: Offener Brief – Der Bund hat die Pflicht zur Kolonialismus Aufarbeitung und Erinnerung isdonline.de/gemeinsame-p...
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Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung: Offener Brief – Der Bund hat die Pflicht zur Kolonialismus Aufarbeitung und Erinnerung

Hier geht es zum Offenen Brief: decolonize-berlin.de/de/pressemit...

Mitzeichnung über den Link weiterhin möglich!

Henrietta Lidchi wird ab Mai 2026 neue Direktorin der Sammlungen im Humboldt Forum Neue Impulse fürs Humboldt Forum: 2026 tritt Henrietta Lidchi die Museumsdirektion an. Die Anthropologin bringt langjährige internationale Museumserfahrung mit und will im Humboldt Forum einen offenen...

Ab Mai 2026 übernimmt Henrietta Lidchi die Direktion der ethnologischen Sammlungen im Humboldt Forum. Die international erfahrene Anthropologin will das Forum als offenen „Erzählraum“ weiterentwickeln und neue Perspektiven sowie Zielgruppen ansprechen.
#HumboldtForum #SPK #Museen #Kultur

Zwei Portäts von Forschenden: links Dr. Philippe Faist, rechts Dr. Jürgen Schaflechner. Darunter die Info "Zwei Forschende der FU Berlin mit ERC Consolidator Grants gefördert."

🥳 Glückwunsch an Dr. Philippe Faist @phfaist.bsky.social und Dr. Jürgen Schaflechner von der #FUBerlin zu ihren #ERCGrants! 🎉

Der @erc.europa.eu fördert die Projekte mit je 2 Mio. Euro 👏

⚛️ QPhysComplex (Dr. Faist): tinyurl.com/ercgrant-fu-1

🗣️ Con-SA (Dr. Schaflechner): tinyurl.com/ercgrant-fu-2

Congratulations, Carna, that's amazing news!! 🎉🎉

Something incredible has happened - I was awarded an ERC Consolidator for my project titled "Racial Socialism: Racialization and Value in Socialist Red Cross Societies". I could not have done this without my brilliant colleagues & friends, and my family, who all supported me in various ways.

In addition, colleagues from the editorial board & Meredith Keffer, responsible for the series at Palgrave Macmillan, will also be there. We look forward to seeing you!
Please register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-wor...
Information about the book series: www.medizinethnologie.net/new-book-ser...

Then please join this online workshop on Thursday, December 11, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. (CET), where we as series editors will introduce the book series and answer your questions

Are you interested in learning more about the book series "Transformations in Medical Anthropology" published by Palgrave Macmilan? Or do you have an idea for a project that you would like to publish with us?

Eine Familie aus Tansania kämpft über 40 Jahren um die Rückführung des Schädels ihres Urgroßvaters Eine Familie aus Tansania kämpft über 40 Jahren um die Rückführung des Schädels ihres Urgroßvaters. Eigentlich wäre nun alles bereit für Wiedergutmachung.

Radiobeitrag zu Familie Kiwelu. Es ist zwei Jahre her, dass wir den Kopf ihres Ahnen Sindato Kiutesha in Berlin identifizieren konnten. Bis heute ist er nicht zurückgekehrt. Unsere Ausstellung "Mangi Meli Remains" in Old Moshi kommt auch vor.

From Mama Samia to the mad king Six cartoons that explain the presidency of Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu Hassan.

Samia Suluhu Hassan rose from Zanzibari technocrat to Tanzania’s presidency as a calming consensus-builder. But after consolidating power, her first electoral test ended in brutal repression and deadly unrest, putting the nation at its most dangerous crossroads in decades.

Koloniale Aufarbeitung: Weltkulturenmuseum identifiziert menschliche Überreste

Rückführung der Ahnen: Tolles Interview mit Larissa Förster, Weltkulturenmuseum Frankfurt, über Provenienzforschung zu ancestral remains aus kolonialen Kontexten.

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via DLF Kultur
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/koloniale-au...

„Restitution ohne Wenn & Aber“: Spannendes Interview mit Gilbert Lupfer, ehem. Vorstand Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste, @taz.de

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www.taz.de/!6131005

Buchcover Andreas Reckwitz "Verlust. Ein Grundproblem der Moderne", 2024 Suhrkamp Verlag

Kürzlich erschienen in Heft 02/2025 die von Hansjörg Dilger verfasste #rezension von Andreas Reckwitz „Verlust: Ein Grundproblem der Moderne" (Berlin: Suhrkamp, 2024). Im Open Access online zu lesen unter:
meiner.de/fmv_de/10-28...
DOI: 10.28937/9783787350483_6

@hdilger.bsky.social
@suhrkamp.de

Looking forward to collaborating on this exciting project! 🎉🎉

Einstein Research Unit für globale Gesundheitstechnologien wird gestartet Gefördert mit rund 4 Mio EURO entwickeln Forschende und Endnutzer*innen gemeinsam zukunftsweisende Gesundheitstechnologien

press release in German: www.fu-berlin.de/presse/infor...

Einstein Research Unit for Global Health Technologies Launched

Happy to be part of this new collaborative research project on Technologies in Global Health: www.berlin-university-alliance.de/en/items/202... together with many partners in Berlin and academic institutions in Uganda, Ghana & Tanzania, e.g. @hdilger.bsky.social

Tanzania Lutheran church condemns deadly election, demands justice to victims - Mwanzo TV The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) has today issued a hard-hitting statement condemning the deadly violence that marred the electoral process and calling for peace, justice, and nation...

Tanzania Lutheran church condemns deadly election, demands justice to victims
mwanzotv.com/tanzania-lut...

File photo shows public buses burning after being set ablaze as clashes erupted in Dar es Salaam on October 29, 2025, during Tanzania’s presidential election

File photo shows protesters near burning buildings as clashes erupted in Dar es Salaam on October 29, 2025, during Tanzania's presidential election

Tanzania has charged more than 200 people with treason, a lawyer and judicial sources told AFP, with the country's opposition saying on Saturday that yet another one of their leaders had been arrested ➡️ u.afp.com/Sn4z

Tanzania election: Hundreds feared dead in crackdown on protests - BBC News A diplomatic source tells the BBC there is credible evidence that at least 500 people have been killed.

"Hundreds of people have been killed in Tanzania during three days of protests following Wednesday's general election, the country's main opposition party has said. The death toll varies, and a nationwide internet shutdown is making it difficult to verify the numbers." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Grafik: Text Podcast by Collaborative Research Center Affective Societies Freie Universität Berlin

🎧 Mixed Feelings – der neuer #Forschungspodcast!
Forschende des SFB #AffectiveSocieties sprechen über den Umgang mit widersprüchlichen Gefühlen und teilen wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse über #Emotionen, die aus Konflikten entstehen.
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Protests in Tanzania spread after a disputed election, with the military on the streets Protests have erupted in Tanzania following a disputed election

"Lawmakers from the European Parliament said in a statement Thursday that the elections in Tanzania were 'neither free nor fair' and urged democratic partners to 'stand firm in the defense of democracy and human rights.'": www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Tanzania doesn't have an election but a crackdown disguised as democracy Fellow East Africans,  We stand here as East African Citizens, mandated by the fact that Jumuiya ni yetu. We continue to witness human rights violations and the degradation of democracy across the reg...

"The so-called 'election' in Tanzania is a sham. The outcome was fixed the moment Suluhu strangled all opposition, silenced the media, and shut down political space" (Kenya Human Rights Commission and other CSOs): khrc.or.ke/press-releas...

Election day: Tanzania restricts internet as chaos erupts There is a nationwide disruption of internet services in Tanzania, with users reporting being unable to share multimedia content.

"Election day: Tanzania restricts internet as chaos erupts" (The East African): www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/eas...

Tanzania election: Police fire tear gas as protests erupt in Dar es Salaam - BBC News Opposition supporters accuse the government of undermining democracy, and say the elections are not free and fair.

"Police fire tear gas as protests erupt during Tanzania election" (BBC): www.bbc.com/news/article...

The DFG Emmy Noether Research Group ,Situated Care: Subjectivity, Knowledge, and Labor' is looking for 3 Doctoral Students (m/f/d) for an ethnographic study of peer support work across the German speaking countries.
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Koloniales Erbe - Die Rückgabe von Kulturgütern wird neu geregelt Ethnologin Larissa Förster begrüßt die neuen Leitlinien zur Rückgabe von kolonialen Kulturgütern. Es gibt aber auch Kritikpunkte an dem Papier.

„Koloniales Erbe – Die Rückgabe von Kulturgütern wird neu geregelt“
Mit Kommentierung von Prof. Larissa Förster, via DLF

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Junior Professorship (non-tenure) in Environmental Anthropology Deadline: 01.10.2025

JOB: come work with me @uni-konstanz.de ! We have a junior professorship to fill from 1 April 2026 (6 years, non-tenured, as funding comes from the Centre for Cultural Inquiry).
The denomination is very timely: Environmental #Anthropology!
Details ⬇️
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/2...

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