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Contribution to the 2025 WorkshopRe-Search: A Workshop Exploring the Notion of Research as Theory, Practice and IdentityOrganized by Marcia C. Schenck (University of Potsdam) and Morgan Robinson (Mississippi State University) There are people for whom “home” is a physical place, defined by a country, a street, a house, a room. My life has never afforded […]
more...Contribution to the 2025 WorkshopRe-Search: A Workshop Exploring the Notion of Research as Theory, Practice and IdentityOrganized by Marcia C. Schenck (University of Potsdam) and Morgan Robinson (Mississippi State University) Reflection on Agency and the Halfi-PositionThis reflection essay recalls a workshop on the concept of research as theory, practice, and identity[1]. It has made me […]
more...February 11 is Monja Blanca Day in Guatemala, a national holiday that honors the rare white orchid, which was designated the national flower in 1934. We take this day as an opportunity to reflect on national symbols and talk to Guatemalan botanist Fredy Archila, who is committed to protecting the flower.
more...Gold is a precious material in Indian culture. It represents prosperity, fertility, good fortune – basically, all the things you want to have when starting a new life and establishing a family. For Hindus, gold is also connected to the goddess Laxshmi. As well as its spiritual richness, it has also represented a quiet power in the hands of women for centuries when practices like dowry and bride price were common.
more...During the era of German colonialism, wireless telegraphy served as an instrument of colonial control. Various aspects of this history and its legacies are addressed in Lene Albrecht’s novel Weiße Flecken (White Spots), in the workbook From Windhoek to Kamina to Nauen, and in the exhibition “Signals of Power” at the Brandenburg Museum in Potsdam.
more...This essay explores how public responses to the statues of Edward Colston in Bristol and Cecil Rhodes in Oxford expose tensions within Britain’s collective memory.
more...This is a short extract of Marcia C. Schenck’s book Remembering African Labor Migration to the Second World: Socialist Mobilities between Angola, Mozambique, and East Germany.
more...Based on many years of experience in educational practice and theoretical engagement, Methu Tharavasa asks how postcolonial approaches can contribute to anti-discrimination work in Germany.
more...It’s an open secret that migration is the backbone of our food systems. And Punjabi workers are an essential part of the Italian cheese industry.
more...In my family, caste was mostly a far away concept. As an adult, I am trying to constantly interrogate my positionality within my Indian identity and that includes acknowledging the privileged aspects.
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