The affects of colonial collections

Over many years, Europeans have taken cultural artifacts from the colonies to European museums. Recently, many passionately struggle to give these objects back to their former owners. But this goes far beyond a simple property dispute. Rather, what is at stake here is how to decolonize property and knowledge production itself. Today, we talk with anthropologist Laibor Kalanga Moko about the affects of colonial collections.

Om Podcasten

Colonialism is not only a thing of the past. It affects people all over the world, in the north and the south of our globe, every day. Colonialism can be many things: a structure of power, inequality, violence - but also a structure of feeling. In exciting conversations with academics, artists, journalists, and activists, we shed a critical light on colonialism's affective lives and afterlives. Together with them, we discuss the urgent struggles of our time and the different visions of how to decolonize our present. Find out more on our website: https://affect-and-colonialism.net