Wie kann ein dekolonisierender Erinnerungsort aussehen?

In the organizer's words:

Remembering locally - what can a decolonizing place of remembrance and learning look like? A conversation with Laidlaw Peringanda

120 years ago, the genocide of the Herero and Namas took place in what is now Namibia. As a German colony, the expansion of its territory was a key objective. After both the Herero and the Namas were driven further and further from their territories and areas by the German colonial power, both population groups formed an alliance and organized political uprisings. On the orders of the German Lieutenant General Lothar von Trotha, it is estimated that over 100,000 Hereros and Namas lost their lives between 1904 and 1908.

Laidlaw Peringanda is an artist and post-colonial activist. He fights against the repression and forgetting of German colonial history in Namibia.

In a conversation with Peringanda, we will discuss what possibilities a decolonizing place of remembrance and learning can offer. The focus will be on the following questions: What does the culture of remembrance look like in Namibia? How can we deal with the colonial legacy in Hanover? And what could international cooperation look like that creates common paths for remembrance?

This event is a cooperation between the ZeitZentrum Zivilcourage and the Cultural Office of the City of Hanover.