Dino in the Room 2: Nature and colonial subjugation

Spotlight I: Transfigured Dreams & Spaces. Nature and colonial subjugation
In German East Africa, nature conservation was an integral part of the colonial project of exploitation and oppression. The preservation of fauna and flora in designated areas as "wilderness" served to secure power and European hunting interests. Beyond, it was closely linked to land seizure, displacement and the destruction of traditional forms of economy. Until today, these violent interventions characterize Tanzania's landscapes and have a massive impact on tourism, development cooperation and private conservation initiatives.
With
Jimson Sanga, Fahari Yetu / University of Iringa
Dr Laibor Kalanga Moko, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin
Dr Bernhard Gißibl, Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) Mainz
Linda Poppe, Survival International, Berlin office
Moderation: Joachim Paul, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Nairobi
With the dialogue forum "Dino in the Room" on May 14 and 15, 2024, the Heinrich Böll Foundation offers a space for civil society voices from Tanzania and Germany in the context of such remembrance work. We hope for broad-based, new ethic of relations to emerge through the mutual perception of other experiences, through the recognition of guilt and trauma on the part of the German perpetrator society.