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6. Beyond Horseplay

Leipzig’s Ethnographic Museum, Indian Hobbyists in the German Democratic Republic, and Experimental Ethnology as Popular Education
  • Frank Usbeck
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Curating (Post-)Socialist Environments
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. Inhalt/Contents 5
  3. Acknowledgments 9
  4. Introduction 11
  5. Part I: Urbanities
  6. 1. Vergangenheit, was tun? 31
  7. 2. Monuments and Memorial Spaces of Socialist Bulgaria 57
  8. 3. Curating Out the Socialist Alternative 81
  9. 4. Kunstobjekte auf der Drehbühne der Geschichte 101
  10. 5. Re-curated Remains 123
  11. Part II: Museologies
  12. 6. Beyond Horseplay 141
  13. 7. (Re‑)curating Africa 165
  14. 8. Curator’s Trade in Ideals 185
  15. 9. Rehearsal for Lumumba 207
  16. Part III: Materials, Visuals, Performances
  17. 10. Aus Häusern und Containern 237
  18. 11. Handgezeichnete Afrikakarten in ihrem Entstehungsumfeld der DDR 263
  19. 12. „Verstoßene Soldaten“ – verstoßene Helden? 281
  20. 13. Curating Socialism? Curating Democracy! 309
  21. Afterword 331
  22. Contributors to this Volume 339
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839455906-008

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. Inhalt/Contents 5
  3. Acknowledgments 9
  4. Introduction 11
  5. Part I: Urbanities
  6. 1. Vergangenheit, was tun? 31
  7. 2. Monuments and Memorial Spaces of Socialist Bulgaria 57
  8. 3. Curating Out the Socialist Alternative 81
  9. 4. Kunstobjekte auf der Drehbühne der Geschichte 101
  10. 5. Re-curated Remains 123
  11. Part II: Museologies
  12. 6. Beyond Horseplay 141
  13. 7. (Re‑)curating Africa 165
  14. 8. Curator’s Trade in Ideals 185
  15. 9. Rehearsal for Lumumba 207
  16. Part III: Materials, Visuals, Performances
  17. 10. Aus Häusern und Containern 237
  18. 11. Handgezeichnete Afrikakarten in ihrem Entstehungsumfeld der DDR 263
  19. 12. „Verstoßene Soldaten“ – verstoßene Helden? 281
  20. 13. Curating Socialism? Curating Democracy! 309
  21. Afterword 331
  22. Contributors to this Volume 339
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