Call for Papers: Monuments and Sites Decolonial Methods and Strategies of Dealing with the Architectural Heritage of the German Colonial Era

Conference organized by ICOMOS Germany and TU Munich 

(Munich, 3–4 November 2023) 

Monuments and Sites de-colonial! will be dealing with the German colonial era's architectural relics and investigating post-colonial appropriation strategies and critical communication regarding these buildings. In addition to possible references to pre-colonial legacies, the focus will be primarily on the period of the German colonial era from around 1880 to 1920. The spectrum of case studies will refer to the German Empire's territory at the time and to the former German colonies in Africa, East Asia and the South Pacific. 

Read the full call here.