Problematic Provenances?

Panel discussion
The event will be held in English.

During the panel discussion on the East Asian collections of the imperial royal navy (k.k. Kriegsmarine) and their collectors, the problematic nature of "collecting methods" will be discussed on the basis of specific objects. Each participant will present an object from her research practice and elaborate on the respective colonial context. The aim of the discussion is to reconnect the collections of the imperial royal navy (k.k. Kriegsmarine) from the various institutes of the Habsburg Monarchy in order to uncover the activities of central colonial actors acting as collectors, donors, etc. here. In addition to ethnographic objects, the imperial royal navy (k.k. Kriegsmarine) also collected numerous natural history objects.

Speakers:
Helene Heroldova, Curator of the Chinese, Tibetan and Mongolian collection at Naprstek Museum Prague (Náprstkovo muzeum)
Swenja Jurisch, staff member of the project " Travel & Collections. S.M. Schiff Aurora, k.k. Kriegsmarine" at the Weltmuseum Wien
Alexandra Nachescu, Provenance researcher and staff member of the project "Collection policy influenced by colonialist aspects? Oriental Museum, Trade Museum, Museum of Art and Industry and their collection strategies (working title)” at the MAK
Bettina Zorn, Curator for the East Asia Collection at the Weltmuseum Wien

The discussion will be moderated by Dominik Spörker. Dominik Spörker is a staff member of the project " Travel & Collections. S.M. Schiff Aurora, k.k. Kriegsmarine" at the Weltmuseum Wien

Duration: 90 min.
Participation on-site: free (a valid museum ticket is required to visit the exhibitions)
No registration – first come, first serve
Meeting Point: WMW Forum