Non-normative relations wanted!
Sat, 18 November – Sun, 19 November 2023
| Free admission |
| No ticket required |
| 12 years and older |
| English, German |
| 2nd Floor, Room 217 |
| Belongs to: Ethnological Collections and Asian Art |
Join us for a lively weekend of queering the museum!
The XStudent Research Group ‘Non-normative relations wanted: Testing queer methods at the Berlin Ethnological Museum’ (Berlin University Alliance), led by anthropologist Dr. Isabel Bredenbröker (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), investigated how relations around objects in ethnographic collections can be understood and what kind of non-normative relations these may be enmeshed in. Discussing texts from queer theory, the anthropology of kinship, museum studies, and the anthropology of art, the seminar opened a space for speculative thought, inviting participants to propose approaches, artworks, talks, methods and ideas that productively highlight queer relations around ethnographic collection objects. Paired with hands-on research at the museum and conversations with museum staff, the seminar offered a laboratory for creative approaches to the museum environment, informed by empirical and ethnographic engagement with the museum.
Non-normative relations wanted!
