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This project adopts the decolonial lens to the study of German Colonial Law by integrating oral histories and memory of German Colonialism.  We will contextualise legal documentation through both general cultural memories and specific oral testimonies of Tanzanian communities. This will directly challenge the presumption of neutrality of legal documentation as a space of epistemological conflict, with a focus on Labour and Family Law. This project is committed to ethical engagement with these sources, with the primary aim of creating a reflexive method for reading German Colonial Law through the lenses of archival critique and memory.  The X-Tutorial is suited for anyone with an interest in the German colonial period (German East Africa) and legislature, indigenous epistemologies and practice-forward source analysis (esp. students of history, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, area studies, law). Prior knowledge and relevant language skills are appreciated but not required. 

Kontakt/ Contact

yevhev99@zedat.fu-berlin.de

Link zum Vorlesungsverzeichnis/ Link to the course catalogue

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