Decolonising knowledge in Switzerland 2024-2025/Data
Exhibitions in Switzerland
[edit]| Exhibition | Museum | Location | Opening | Until | Link | Wikidata | WM Commons |
| Stranger in the Village. Reflecting on Racism with James Baldwin | Aargauer Kunsthaus | Aargau | 03.09.2023 | 07.01.2024 | https://aargauerkunsthaus.ch/en/exhibition/stranger-in-the-village/ | ||
| Spatial Convers(i)or | CAN Centre d’art Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | 21.09.2024 | 10.11.2024 | https://can.ch/en/project/spatial_conversior/ | ||
| Cargo Cults Unlimited | Musée d'ethnographie de Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | 17.12.2023 | 31.12.2024 | https://www.men.ch/fr/expositions/cargo-cults-unlimited | ||
| Naming nature. Natural History and Colonial Legacy | Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Neuchâtel (MHNN) | Neuchâtel | 15.12.2024 | 18.08.2025 | https://naming-natures.ch/ | ||
| Remembering. Geneva in the Colonial World | Musée d'ethnographie de Genève MEG | Geneva | 03.05.2024 | 05.01.2025 | https://www.meg.ch/en/expositions/remembering | Q131597402 | Geneva in the Colonial World |
| colonial – Switzerland’s Global Entanglements | Landesmuseum Zürich | Zurich | 13.09.2024 | 19.01.2025 | https://www.landesmuseum.ch/colonial | d:Q131994479 | Colonial at Landesmuseum Zurich |
| In Dialogue with Benin. Art, Colonialism and Restitution | Museum Rietberg | Zurich | 23.08.2024 | 16.02.2025 | https://rietberg.ch/en/exhibitions/indialoguewithbenin | Q131824580 | In Dialogue with Benin |
| Colonial Traces - Collections in Context | ETH Zurich | Zurich | 30.08.2024 | 13.07.2025 | https://extract.ethz.ch/en/exhibition.html | Q131795290 | Colonial Traces at ETH Zurich |
| Benin Dues. Dealing with Looted Royal Treasures | Ethnographic Museum University of Zurich | Zurich | 24.08.2024 | 14.09.2025 | https://www.musethno.uzh.ch/en/Exhibitions/benin-dues.html | Q131824643 | Benin Dues - Dealing with Looted Royal Treasures |
| Resistances. On Dealing with Racism in Bern | Bernisches Historisches Museum | Bern | 25.04.2024 | 01.06.2025 | https://www.bhm.ch/en/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/resistances | ||
| Kakao, Kunst und Kolonialismus. Die Schifffahrtssammlung Philipp Keller | Verkehrshaus / Hans Erni Museum | Lucerne | 21.11.2024 | 07.06.2026 | https://www.verkehrshaus.ch/besuchen/museum/hans-erni-museum/sonderausstellung.html | ||
| Autobiographie d’une selle métis (Collections invisibles 2024) | Musée cantonal d'archéologie et d'histoire (MCAH) | Lausanne | 11.10.2024 | 13.04.2025 | https://mcah.ch/expositions/expositions-temporaires/autobiographie-dune-selle-metis/ | ||
| Tracey Rose. Shooting Down Babylon | Kunstmuseum Bern | Bern | 2.02.2024 | 11.08.2024 | https://www.kunstmuseumbern.ch/en/ausstellung/tracey-rose | ||
| Roots | Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger - KBH.G | Basel | 30.08.2024 | 17.11.2024 | https://www.kbhg.ch/en/1429d/Exhibitions-ROOTS | ||
| Artiste activist archivist: Bernhard Lüthi invite | Fondation Opale | Lens | 16.06.2024 | 10.11.2024 | https://www.kbhg.ch/en/1429d/Exhibitions-ROOTS | ||
| Ethnic Marketing. Art, Globalisation and Intercultural Supply and Demand | Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève | Geneva | 21.10.2004 | 05.12.2004 | https://archives.saltresearch.org/handle/123456789/189642 | ||
| Lavoro minorile ieri, e oggi? (Child labor yesterday, and today?) | Museo di Val Verzasca | Sonogno | 17.04.2021 | permanent | https://www.museovalverzasca.ch/museo-di-sonogno | ||
| Adapted version of the exhibition colonial – Switzerland’s Global Entanglements | Château de Prangins | Prangins | 27.03.2026 | 11.10.2026 | https://www.chateaudeprangins.ch | ||
| Experiences of Switzerland – Forced fostering | Landesmuseum Zürich | Zurich | 14.01.2025 | 27.04.2025 | https://www.landesmuseum.ch/en/exhibitions/temporary/2025/forced-fostering/forced-fostering |
Institutions
[edit]| Location | Museum | Wikidata | Situation 2024 |
| Aarau | Aargauer Kunsthaus | Q29574934 | Some documentation on Wikimedia Commons. |
| Basel | Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger - KBH.G | Q120734712 | Only one photo on Wikidata (no label). No link to category on Wikimedia Commons. Only present in the German Wikipedia. |
| Bern | Bernisches Historisches Museum | Q670058 | The wikidata item points not to the general category on Wikimedia Commons. |
| Bern | Kunstmuseum Bern | Q194622 | Some documentation on Wikimedia Commons. |
| Geneva | MEG - Musée d'ethnographie de Genève | Q1955752 | Organiser of the GLAMHack 2023. Extensive documentation on Wikimedia Commons (exhibitions, collections...). |
| Geneva | Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève | Q683970 | Only a few images on Creative Commons. |
| Lausanne | Cantonal Museum of Archeology and History (MCAH) | Q3329513 | Very rich documentation on Wikimedia Commons. |
| Lens | Fondation Opale | Q107080881 | Only one photo on Wikidata (no label). Minimal documentation on Wikimedia Commons. Only present in the French Wikipedia. |
| Lucerne | Hans Erni Museum | Q3329191 | No category about the museum on Wikimedia Commons. |
| Lucerne | Verkehrshaus | Q670595 | Very rich documentation on Wikimedia Commons. |
| Neuchâtel | CAN - Centre d’art Neuchâtel | Q130247632 | Added category on Wikimedia Commons. |
| Neuchâtel | Musée d'ethnographie de Neuchâtel / Ethnographic museum of Neuchâtel (MEN) | Q239080 | At the moment images of the exhibition Himàlaia. Visions de l'alteritat als col·leccions of MEN. |
| Neuchâtel | Muséum d'histoire naturelle / Natural history museum of Neuchâtel (MHNN) | Q3330885 | Extensive documentation on Wikimedia Commons |
| Sonogno | Museo di Val Verzasca | Q25399919 | Extensive documentation on Wikimedia Commons |
| Zurich | Landesmuseum Zürich / National museum Zurich | Q691896 | Organiser of the GLAMHack 2018. Good documentation about the museum on Wikimedia Commons. The content related to exhibitions could be increased. |
| Zurich | Museum Rietberg | Q668300 | Actively involved in the GLAMHacks :) Extensive. documentation on Wikimedia Commons about the collections |
| Zurich | ETH Zurich | Q11942 | Organiser of the GLAMHack 2021. Extensive documentation and collaboration with the Wikimedia projects. |
| Zurich | Völkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich / Ethnographic museum of the University of Zurich | Q2536345 | Few images on Wikimedia Commons, mainly exteriors. |
Associations and groups
[edit]| Associations and groups | Wikidata | Wikimedia Commons | Link |
| Noircir Wikipédia | association: Q130667794
Wikipedia project: Q63870968 |
Noircir Wikipédia | |
| AfroBasel Verein | Q131784518 | ||
| CARAH – Collective for Anti-Racist Art History | Q113170087 | https://www.khist.uzh.ch/de/research/projects/carah.html | |
| Das Wandbild muss weg! | https://www.daswandbildmussweg.ch/ | ||
| ZH Kolonial | Q131794084 | https://www.zh-kolonial.ch |
Related research projects
[edit]| Research project | Dates | Lead institution | PI | Wikidata | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curating Colonial Nature: Legacies of Empire in Swiss Natural History Collections, 1870s-1950s | ETH Zurich | Monique Ligtenberg | |||
| Medicine, Masculinities, and Colonial Knowledge: Transimperial Histories of German-speaking Physicians in the Dutch East Indies (c. 1873-1914) | ETH Zurich | Monique Ligtenberg | |||
| Behaving badly: ‘European deviance’ in colonial Singapore, c. 1890-1940 | ETH Zurich | Zhi Qing Denise Lim | |||
| Kolonialismus ohne Kolonien? Eine postkoloniale Diskursanalyse der Schweiz | 2015 | ETH Zurich | Patricia Purtschert | ||
| Decolonisation working group at ETH. Please refer to Decolonising knowledge/Colonial Traces at ETH Zurich. | ETH Zurich | ||||
| Insect Pests and Economic Entomology in Plantations, c. 1870-1930s: A Multispecies History of Global Capitalism | ETH Zurich | Tomás Bartoletti | |||
| Naming Natures: A Transdisciplinary Exhibition Project on Natural History and its Colonial Legacy | ETH Zurich | Tomás Bartoletti | |||
| Benin Initiative Switzerland (BIS) | Museum Rietberg | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131824613 |
Patricia Purtschert / Barbara Lüthi / Francesca Falk (Hg.), Postkoloniale Schweiz: Formen und Folgen eines Kolonialismus ohne Kolonien, 2012.
Decolonising the metadata
[edit]- Wikidata-properties developed by BirkWeiberg at the GLAMhack at MEG 2023 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Birk_Weiberg/Self-determination_of_Ethnic_Groups
- Decolonising digital archives - workshop https://criticalmedialab.ch/decolonizing-digital-archives/
- Decolonising the Internet structured data https://whoseknowledge.org/resource/dti-structured-data-report/
Related international projects
[edit]- Decolonising the Internet promoted by Whose Knowledge https://whoseknowledge.org/initiatives/decolonizing-the-internet/