Berlin Development Policy Council 2012: Who digs a well for others. Critique of Racism // Empowerment // Global Context, Berlin.
Content:
Critique of racism and empowerment
- About the images in our heads What makes us white makes us what (Mutlu Ergün)
- Constructions with real consequences Racism is not a prejudice, but a social power relation (Iman Attia)
- Racism Misconceptions Why People of Color Can’t Be Racist Toward Whites (Maureen Maisha Eggers).
- Racism is made A house-building story on the construction of meaning (Mostafa Akhtar).
- An Inconvenient Truth Institutional Racism in Germany – Focus on Schools (Toan Quoc Nguyen)
- “That’s totally bogus!” Racism in everyday situations (Gültekin Namazova)
- Empowerment – The Healing Power from Within The Struggle for Terms and Spaces of Self-Empowerment is Not Symbolic (Lawrence Oduro-Sarpong)
- “You’re marginalizing yourselves!” Empowerment spaces as places of self-determination (Bettina Bello)
- Missionary Position Is Not Sexy From the Connections Between Racism, Exoticizations, and Sexism (Lucia Gleissner-Bonetti, in collaboration with Anna Brüggemann).
- “Because a part of me agrees” An exploration of internalized racism (Sara Woldeslassie).
- What do I know? Self-Reflections on White Socialization and Identity (Annika Stark and Julian Weber)
Colonial and global context
- Searching for Traces The Everyday Presence of the Colonial Past in German Cities (Mostafa Akhtar)
- Abolish EZ! Three critiques of development cooperation from the Global South (Lucia Gleissner-Bonetti, Dominik Köhler, Sara Woldeslassie).
- The main thing is no child labor? Attributions and self-images of working children (Beatrice Hungerland)
- Visit to the exhibition World Travel as a Privilege (Deyanira Muriel)
Voluntary services under criticism
- “All helpers fly …” The privilege of international voluntary service (Bettina Bello)
- Motorcycle helmet instead of pith helmet Colonial echoes in development cooperation and voluntary services (Anna Brüggemann)
- “The hidden agenda” A Tanzanian recipient perspective on the weltwärts program (Paul Buckendahl).
- Racist Footprint Criticism of Methods and Concepts of International Volunteer Services
- (Anna Brüggemann and Dominik Köhler)
- “Honor your chlorine-free drinking water” A critical examination of weltwärts blogs (Annika Stark and Julian Weber).
work in progress
- From DC of the “others” to a different DC – PoC experiences in development cooperation (Joshua Kwesi Aikins).
- Or: With a daily rate of 150 euros, you’re entitled to ask a few questions. (Habet Ogbamicael copper)
- Solidarity Three groups on an action-oriented keyword: FairBindung, International Youth Association Europe-Latin America, moveGLOBAL
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