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ANTHROPOLOGY

WORKSHOPS FOCUS ON

DECOLONIZATION

he Visual Arts Department tacit knowledge. Therefore, on- gender equality and freedom of
at UNAM and the site storytelling by local experts education in Namibia.
Institute of Anthropology becomes an essential tool
and Cultural Research, complementing documented The collaboration was between
Tfrom the University of sources from archives and the staff from the Visual Arts
Bremen, held two workshops that libraries. For example, the ancient Department, Dr Rosa Persendt
addressed key anthropological naming of Windhoek in Nama and and Ms Frauke Stegmann, and
issues in modern-day Namibia. Herero languages refers to ‘Place the Institute of Anthropology
of Steam’ and possibly hints at and Cultural Research, University
The first workshop was designed the former hot springs situated of Bremen, represented by Dr
for mutual staff exchange on below the Theatre School, where Cordula Weisskoeppel and Dr
methodologies to test new nowadays only a closed water Martin Gruber. “The collaboration
approaches on theories of reservoir is to be found. was a great success, and the teams
commemoration that are being
debated in Humanities at the The second workshop on Visual envision a future establishment of
moment. In particular, the aim was Storytelling via ethnographic an Anthropology Programme”,
to apply approaches of walking filmmaking was aimed at students said one of the participants.
and storytelling in exemplary from UNAM in cooperation with
locations. other institutions, in this case, The workshops were made possible
Lingua College, which forms part through generous sponsorships
The con-urban space of Windhoek of the new UNAM Cares social by: The International Funds of
and Katutura has become an project. These students represent University Bremen, NamibRe,
excellent environment to visit the generation of born after Stanlib, Citiproduce, National
explicit memorial sites for the independence and they focused Heritage Council of Namibia and
different periods of historical their discussions and short film Coca Cola.
impact on society in combination production on contemporary
with looking for hidden traces of issues, like ethnic diversity, Story by Rosa Persendt

The con-urban space of Windhoek and

Katutura has become an excellent environment

to visit explicit memorial sites for the different

periods of historical impact...

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