Based on the current need for research regarding the acquisitions for missionary collections and ethnological museums, the aim of the newly released Working Paper is to provide an actual overview of those missionary societies and missionary orders that were active in German colonial territories.
The talk outlines both the structures of various missionary societies across the former German colonies in Africa, Oceania, and Asia, and examines their networks, motivations and legacies. For illustration, special attention will be given to the cases of West Africa and Oceania as well as current debates on transparency and accountability in museum practices. Information on archives is intended to facilitate provenance research on theses specific collections.
- Dr. Ohiniko Mawussé Toffa (Zentralarchiv der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin) will contextualize the Working Paper in the current debate on collections of missionary societies.
- The event will be moderated by Isabella Bozsa (Museum der Kulturen Basel).
