Recent Publications
Margareta von Oswald: Working Through Colonial Collections. An Ethnography of the Ethnological Museum in Berlin
Reckoning with colonial legacies in Western museum collectionsWhat are the possibilities and limits of engaging with colonialism in ethnological museums? This book addresses this question from within the Africa department
Absent Presences in the Colonial Archive. Dealing with the Berlin Sound Archive’s Acoustic Legacies by Irene Hilden
Irene Hilden’s PhD thesis on the Berlin Sound Archive (Lautarchiv) is now available, published by Leuven University Press.The book focuses on sound recordings produced under colonial conditions. It examines sound
Captured Voices. Sound Recordings of Prisoners of War from the Sound Archive 1915–1918 by Britta Lange
The cultural studies scholar Britta Lange researched sound recordings of male prisoners of war from the Sound Archive of the Humboldt University of Berlin produced in German camps during the
The Royal Model Chamber of the University of Göttingen
Analysis of the historical practice of a university teaching collection, including the objects that still exist today.Author: Oliver Zauzig.This research paper is about the königliche Modellkammer (Royal Model Chamber) of
Kältebilder. Ästhetik und Erkenntnis am Gefrierpunkt
Kältebilder. Ästhetik und Erkenntnis am Gefrierpunkt (Ed. Matthias Bruhn) Bildwelten des Wissens – Band 17 Edited by Katja Müller-Helle, Claudia Blümle, Horst Bredekamp and Matthias Bruhn As means of preservation, low-temperature technologies
Eine Frage der Perspektive. Objekte als Vermittler von Wissenschaft
The book title “Eine Frage der Perspektive” addresses several highly topical issues at the same time: On the one hand, the volume negotiates the gain of knowledge from an object
Active Materials – Central Cluster Anthology Published on 20 December 2021
What are active materials? This book aims to introduce and redefine conceptions of matter by considering materials as entities that ›sense‹ and respond to their environment. By examining the modeling
Kleine Humboldt Galerie – Like a Vernissage – but with a Book
Digital launch of the book-as-exhibition zwischen körpern On 19.03.2021 the Kleine Humboldt Galerie celebrates the launch and vernissage of zwischen körpern, the book-as-exhibition! Via a livestream, visitors can immerse themselves
New publication in the series “Bildwelten des Wissens”
Bildwelten des Wissens – Volume 16. Bildzensur. Löschung technischer Bilder. Edited by Katja Müller-Helle. Technical image censorship is omnipresent and invisible at the same time. Content moderation in social media
New publication: Companion volume to the exhibition by Oliver Thie
On the occasion of the exhibition Oliver Thie: Die Wahrheit über den Ursprung der Welt a companion volume has been published.For over two hundred years, a collection of inconspicuous gray