{"id":18223,"date":"2023-02-08T12:57:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T11:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/?p=18223"},"modified":"2024-02-29T10:54:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T09:54:41","slug":"speaking-back-decolonizing-nordic-narratives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/en\/speaking-back-decolonizing-nordic-narratives\/","title":{"rendered":"SPEAKING BACK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swiper\"><div id=\"swiper-69e5942e66817\" class=\" swiper-container\"><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">          <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-content\">            <img src=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SB_Key-Visual-780x520.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n          <\/div><\/div>          <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-content\">            <img src=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Annika-Dahlsten-Markku-Laakso_Koskivuononvaara-Inari_2011-780x520.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n          <\/div><\/div>          <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-content\">            <img src=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1-780x520.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n          <\/div><\/div>          <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-content\">            <img src=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/4-780x520.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n          <\/div><\/div>          <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-content\">            <img src=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/3-780x520.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n          <\/div><\/div>          <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-content\">            <img src=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2-780x520.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n          <\/div><\/div>          <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-content\">            <img src=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/22-1-780x520.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n          <\/div><\/div>          <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-content\">            <img src=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/19-1-780x520.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n          <\/div><\/div>          <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-content\">            <img src=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/17-780x520.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n          <\/div><\/div>          <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-content\">            <img src=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/14-780x520.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n          <\/div><\/div>          <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-content\">            <img src=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/11-1-780x520.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n          <\/div><\/div>          <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-content\">            <img src=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/9-780x520.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n          <\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/<![CDATA[\n(function($, window) {\n\t$('#swiper-69e5942e66817').swiper({\"pagination\":\".swiper-pagination\",\"paginationClickable\":true,\"nextButton\":\".swiper-button-next\",\"prevButton\":\".swiper-button-prev\",\"scrollbar\":false,\"loop\":true,\"before\":\"<div class=\\\"swiper\\\">\",\"after\":\"\",\"autoplay\":\"8000\"});\n})(jQuery, window)\n\/\/]]><\/div><\/script>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Photo 1: Marja Helander, Birds In The Earth, Filmstill, 2018<br \/>\nPhoto 2: Annika Dahlsten &amp; Markku Laakso, Koskivuononvaara,&nbsp;Inari, 2011<br \/>\nPhoto 3&ndash;11: SPEAKING BACK, installation view, Kunsthaus Hamburg, 2023, photos: Hayo Heye<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>SPEAKING BACK<\/strong><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>Davi muitalusaid dekoloniseren<br \/>\nDecolonizing Nordic Narratives<\/p>\n<p>3 June &ndash; 1 October 2023<br \/>\nKunsthaus Hamburg<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Besucherblatt_-Speaking-back_ENGL.pdf\">Exhibition brochure<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Muitaliigo dunnje aktage \/ ahte mii orrut S&aacute;mieatnamis \/ Dajaigo son \/<br \/>\n<\/em><em>ahte d&aacute;t lea S&aacute;pmi \/ Dovddastiigo maidd&aacute;i \/ ahte d&aacute;t lea min \/ Ii suige fal hupman \/<br \/>\n<\/em><em>primitiiva kultuvrra \/ aktageard&aacute;nis olbmuin \/ ii suige fal dadjan \/<br \/>\n<\/em><em>ahte sii bukte &#269;uvgehusa<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did anyone tell you \/ that we live in S&aacute;miland \/ did they say \/ that this is S&aacute;pmi \/<br \/>\ndid they acknowledge, too \/ that this belongs to us \/ I hope they did not just talk \/<br \/>\nabout a primitive culture \/ simpleminded people \/ I wish they did not maintain \/<br \/>\nthat they brought us civilisation<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Nils-Aslak Valkeap&auml;&auml;: Gi&#273;a ijat &#269;uovgadat, How light the nights of spring, 1980)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the artists Sissel M. Bergh, Annika Dahlsten &amp; Markku Laakso, Marja Helander, Minna Henriksson, Hannimari Jokinen, Marjo Levlin, Britta Marakatt-Labba, Katarina Pirak Sikku, Hilde Skancke Pedersen, Outi Pieski<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPEAKING BACK is an art and research project that reflects upon colonialism in Europe&rsquo;s North and its past and present entanglements with Germany. In the ongoing decolonization processes of German museums and other memory institutions, the Nordic colonialism and its devastating impacts on the S&aacute;mi and other minorities has not yet received enough attention. With art and scholarly perspectives, the project SPEAKING BACK focuses on this complex and ethically sensible field. SPEAKING BACK calls attention to the <em>white<\/em> supremacy ideology and racist structures that even today bias people&rsquo;s minds and attitudes.<\/p>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-US\">&bdquo;Race theories&ldquo; along with the Nordic &ldquo;welfare states&rdquo; created both segregation of minorities and forced assimilation politics, such as adapting the language, knowledge and values of the majority society. <\/span> Especially for the S&aacute;mi this has meant undermining of land rights and deprivation of livelihoods. In boarding schools, S&aacute;mi children were forcibly separated from their families and culture. Simultaneously, adventurers, collectors and scholars plundered S&aacute;mi cultural heritage for European museums. Even though the S&aacute;mi have achieved improvement for their position and situation in many ways, the fundamental question of self-determination is not yet solved. Still today, the S&aacute;mi human and land rights are violated as the Nordic nation states give concessions to mining companies that irreversibly devastate ecosystems and S&aacute;mi livelihoods.<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the exhibition SPEAKING BACK, S&aacute;mi and non-S&aacute;mi artists will critically review the Nordic colonial heritage and its linkages to German museums and colonial history in general. Even more, the exhibition gives space for a critical and responsible debate on decolonial agency and strategies of resistance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the project, a group of artists and researchers have conducted research in German, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish archives and museums. The sculptures, video installations, textile art, photography and drawings in the exhibition review historical and contemporary colonial gaze, looting, eviction and commodification of nature in a Nordic framework. The art works change perspectives, elaborate and visualize resilient strategies and agency.<\/p>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-US\">From September on, the exhibition at Kunsthaus Hamburg will be followed by a second exhibition at Museum am Rothenbaum &ndash; Kulturen und K&uuml;nste der Welt (MARKK). <\/span>The museum hosts one of the largest collections of S&aacute;mi artefacts in Germany and is an important reference point for the project. Besides such objects in museums, anthropological collections in Germany even today claim ownership over S&aacute;mi and Finnish human remains. Furthermore, vestiges of Hamburg&rsquo;s colonial past can be found in Tierpark Hagenbeck where the animal trader and zoo director Carl Hagenbeck organized his racist &bdquo;V&ouml;lkerschauen&ldquo; (&bdquo;human zoos&ldquo;) from the late 19th century to 1930&rsquo;s. Besides the many non-European peoples who had to perform prescripted activities in such demeaning, derogatory and dehumanizing shows, the very first group to be exhibited in Hamburg, was from S&aacute;pmi.<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exhibition SPEAKING BACK gives space for a critical and responsible debate on Germany&rsquo;s colonial heritage. Even more, decolonial strategies of resistance and agency will be presented. An extensive accompanying program provides the opportunity for critical debate in context.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Curators: &Aacute;ile Aikio, Hannimari Jokinen and Katja Schroeder. The exhibition at MARKK is curated in close collaboration by Dr. Anna Sophie Laug.<\/p><p>In cooperation with<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-18884 alignleft img-fluid pull-left\" src=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Markk_Logo_Schwarz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Markk_Logo_Schwarz.jpg 2138w, https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Markk_Logo_Schwarz-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Markk_Logo_Schwarz-795x367.jpg 795w, https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Markk_Logo_Schwarz-1536x710.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Markk_Logo_Schwarz-2048x946.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\"\/><\/p><hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/en\/ausstellungsrundgaenge-7\/\"><strong>Guided tours<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nSaturday, 3 June 2023, 3pm<br \/>\nThursday, 8 June&nbsp;+ 22 June 2023, 6 pm<br \/>\nSunday, 18 June&nbsp;+ 2 July 2023, 3 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Accompanying programme<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, 3 June&nbsp;2023, 4 pm<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/en\/lecture-performance-4\/\">Lecture Performance: Minna Henriksson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, 15 June&nbsp;2023, 7 pm<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/en\/artist-talk-hannimari-jokinen\/\">Artist talk: Hannimari Jokinen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thursday,&nbsp;22 June 2023&nbsp;2023, 7 pm<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/en\/vortrag-dekolonisierung-in-samischer-literatur-kunst-und-musik\/\">Lecture: Anne Heith&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, 29 June&nbsp;2023, 7 pm<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/en\/film-eatnameamet-our-silent-struggle-von-suvi-west\/\">Film:&nbsp;<em>Eatnameamet &ndash; Our Silent Struggle<\/em>&nbsp;by&nbsp;Suvi West<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, 10 September&nbsp;2023, 12 pm at&nbsp;Kunsthaus Hamburg (2 pm at&nbsp;MARKK)<br \/>\nCurators&rsquo; talk<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, 12 Oktober&nbsp;2023 (at MARKK)<br \/>\n<em>Indigenous gaming and programming<\/em>: Lecture\/Workshop with&nbsp;Outi Laiti<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">The project is funded by: Nordic Council of Ministers&rsquo; Culture and Art Programme, Nordic Culture Fund, Bundesprogramm &ldquo;Neustart Kultur&rdquo; der Stiftung Kunstfonds, NUE-Stiftung (Norddeutsche Stiftung f&uuml;r Umwelt und Entwicklung) aus Ertr&auml;gen von BINGO! Die Umweltlotterie, Norwegische Botschaft, Kirchlicher Entwicklungsdienst der Nordkirche, Finnland-Institut.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18738 alignleft img-fluid pull-left\" src=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Logos_Speaking-Back-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1728\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Logos_Speaking-Back-5.jpg 1728w, https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Logos_Speaking-Back-5-300x58.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Logos_Speaking-Back-5-795x154.jpg 795w, https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Logos_Speaking-Back-5-1536x297.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1728px) 100vw, 1728px\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Davi muitalusaid dekoloniseren<br \/>\nDecolonizing Nordic Narratives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18223"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18223"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21349,"href":"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18223\/revisions\/21349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunsthaushamburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}