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This event will be held in English with discussion in English/Russian.
Мероприятие пройдет на английском, с вопросами на русском и английском языках.
Over the course of the nineteenth and well into the early twentieth century, objects of everyday life from Central Asia were acquired by European travelers to showcase the cultures and traditions of the ethnic groups of this region. Today, these objects are presented in ethnographic collections all over Europe. Including embroideries, carpets, clothing, silver and gold ornaments, ceramics and many other artisan masterpieces, these objects are a testimony to the multi-ethnic diversity of Central Asia, shaping the narrative of the identity of this region as a whole. Central to the workshop is the idea that
material culture objects are more than a silent background for the analysis of cultural, social and political changes.
Central Asian masterpieces deserve attention on their own as they constitute the tangible basis of identity, sociality and daily life in Central Asia. By dedicating the workshop to the material culture, we aim at achieving a more comprehensive understanding of Central Asia as a region. At the same time, the case collections of Hungarian ethnographer György Ede Almásy, German ethnographer Richard Karutz, and Suisse explorer Henri Moser will feed into more specific debates about the role of single actors in the creation of these collections, from researchers and travelers to collectors, as well as the historical circumstances that shaped the collections and their researches in the colonial/postcolonial context.
In this workshop we will discuss collections from four European museums: the Landesmuseum Hannover, the Sammlung Kulturen der Welt in Lübeck, the Linden-Museum in Stuttgart and the Historic Museum in Bern. The aim of the workshop is to highlight the richness and diversity of the collections for a wider audience and to initiate a discussion on the past and the present of Central Asian masterpieces in European museums.
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