This blog brings together ten reviews about “This is not Africa. Unlearn what you have learned”, a temporary exhibition shown at ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum from March to October 2021.
Almost 45 years after Franco's death and nearly a year after exhuming his body, Spain's government is presenting new legislation that addresses the legacy of Franco in Spain. El Pais published an interested article on the so-called Democratic Memory Bill and the politics of memory in the Spanish context. See the article here.
Street names are part of history politics. They are changed from time to time due to debates over the past. Here is an example from Berlin. Moohrenstrasse is being renamed after an African philosopher in Germany.
The discussion on European, colonial heritage has become monumental. Petrified memory in European cityscapes is being contested. Here is a status report from France written by Jade Dussart that may be interesting to some of you.
Art historian and curator Veerle Poupeye writes an interesting article on creative iconoclasm inspired by the recent removal of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol, UK. The article can be found here on Poupeye's blog.
An interesting short read about the toppling of statues by Jean-François Manicom, curator of transatlantic slavery & legacies at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool. Jean-François spoke at a workshop on museums organized by Uses of the Past in January 2018. See the article on Politico's website here.