Decolonising knowledge in Switzerland 2024-2025/Data
| Decolonising knowledge in Switzerland | Learning | Programme | Participants | Data | Wikimedia CH |
Exhibitions
edit| Exhibition | Museum | Location | Opening | Until | Link | Wikidata |
| Stranger in the Village. Reflecting on Racism with James Baldwin | Aargauer Kunsthaus | Aargau | 03.09.2023 | 07.01.2024 | https://aargauerkunsthaus.ch/en/exhibition/stranger-in-the-village/ | |
| Spatial Convers(i)or | CAN Centre d’art Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | 21.09.2024 | 10.11.2024 | https://can.ch/en/project/spatial_conversior/ | |
| Cargo Cults Unlimited | Musée d'ethnographie de Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | 17.12.2023 | 31.12.2024 | https://www.men.ch/fr/expositions/cargo-cults-unlimited | |
| Naming nature. Natural History and Colonial Legacy | Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Neuchâtel (MHNN) | Neuchâtel | 15.12.2024 | 18.08.2025 | https://naming-natures.ch/ | |
| Remembering. Geneva in the Colonial World | Musée d'ethnographie de Genève MEG | Geneva | 03.05.2024 | 05.01.2025 | https://www.meg.ch/en/expositions/remembering | |
| colonial – Switzerland’s Global Entanglements | Landesmuseum Zurich | Zurich | 13.09.2024 | 19.01.2025 | https://www.landesmuseum.ch/colonial | |
| In Dialogue with Benin. Art, Colonialism and Restitution | Museum Rietberg | Zurich | 23.08.2024 | 16.02.2025 | https://rietberg.ch/en/exhibitions/indialoguewithbenin | |
| Resistances. On Dealing with Racism in Bern | Bernisches Historisches Museum | Bern | 25.04.2024 | 01.06.2025 | https://www.bhm.ch/en/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/resistances | |
| Colonial Traces - Collections in Context | ETH Zurich | Zurich | 30.08.2024 | 13.07.2025 | https://extract.ethz.ch/en/exhibition.html | |
| Benin Dues. Dealing with Looted Royal Treasures | Ethnographic museum University of Zurich | Zurich | 24.08.2024 | 14.09.2025 | https://www.musethno.uzh.ch/en/Exhibitions/benin-dues.html | |
| Kakao, Kunst und Kolonialismus. Die Schifffahrtssammlung Philipp Keller | Verkehrshaus / Hans Erni Museum | Lucerne | 21.11.2024 | 07.06.2026 | https://www.verkehrshaus.ch/besuchen/museum/hans-erni-museum/sonderausstellung.html | |
| Autobiographie d’une selle métis (Collections invisibles 2024) | Musée cantonal d'archéologie et d'histoire (MCAH) | Lausanne | 11.10.2024 | 13.04.2025 | https://mcah.ch/expositions/expositions-temporaires/autobiographie-dune-selle-metis/ |
Institutions
edit| Location | Museum | Wikidata | Situation 2024 |
| Neuchâtel | CAN - Centre d’art Neuchâtel | Q130247632 | Added category on Wikimedia Commons. |
| Neuchâtel | Musée d'ethnographie de Neuchâtel | Q239080 | At the moment images of the exhibition Himàlaia. Visions de l'alteritat als col·leccions of MEN. |
| Neuchâtel | Natural History Museum of Neuchâtel (MHNN) | Q3330885 | Extensive documentation on Wikimedia Commons |
| Geneva | MEG - Musée d'ethnographie de Genève | Q1955752 | Organiser of the GLAMHack 2023. Extensive documentation on Wikimedia Commons (exhibitions, collections...). |
| Zurich | Landesmuseum Zurich - National museum Zurich | Q691896 | Organiser of the GLAMHack 2018. Good documentation about the museum on Wikimedia Commons. The content related to exhibitions could be increased. |
| Zurich | Museum Rietberg | Q668300 | Actively involved in the GLAMHacks :) Extensive. documentation on Wikimedia Commons about the collections |
| Bern | Bernisches Historisches Museum | Q670058 | The wikidata item points not to the general category on Wikimedia Commons. |
| Zurich | ETH Zurich | Q11942 | Organiser of the GLAMHack 2021. Extensive documentation and collaboration with the Wikimedia projects. |
| Zurich | Ethnographic museum of the University of Zurich | Q2536345 | Few images on Wikimedia Commons, mainly exteriors. |
| Lausanne | Cantonal Museum of Archeology and History (MCAH) | Q3329513 | Very rich documentation on Wikimedia Commons. |
| Lucerne | Hans Erni Museum | Q3329191 | No category about the museum on Wikimedia Commons. |
| Lucerne | Verkehrshaus | Q670595 | Very rich documentation on Wikimedia Commons. |
Decolonising the metadata
edit- Wikidata-properties developed by BirkWeiberg at the GLAMhack at MEG 2023 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Birk_Weiberg/Self-determination_of_Ethnic_Groups
- Decolonising digital archives - workshop https://criticalmedialab.ch/decolonizing-digital-archives/
- Decolonising the Internet structured data https://whoseknowledge.org/resource/dti-structured-data-report/
Related international projects
edit- Decolonising the Internet promoted by Whose Knowledge https://whoseknowledge.org/initiatives/decolonizing-the-internet/