{"id":1100,"date":"2023-04-13T12:56:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T10:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/about-the-project\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T14:52:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T12:52:46","slug":"about-the-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"About the project"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1100\" class=\"elementor elementor-1100 elementor-8\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59b1a50 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch kenimage elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59b1a50\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45102e0 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45102e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"red-background\">B \/ or \/ der st\/ or \/ ies<\/span><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5410414 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5410414\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum  <br>\n25.05.2023 to 27.08.2023\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6159f813 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6159f813\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7ebdf2 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7ebdf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Events<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">25.05.23 \/  18:00<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de77274 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de77274\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>@ Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b04decc elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b04decc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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Cologne from 7 p.m. &#8216;The Borders of Cologne&#8217;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61449757 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"61449757\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07628d5 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"07628d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Roundtable \"European-African border relations\"<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52ea030b elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52ea030b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">03.06.23 \/ 16-17:30<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d55e1f elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d55e1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>@ FORUM Volkshochschule am Neumarkt<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5364d33 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5364d33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>African Futures Festival &amp; European Conference of African Studies \/\/ Roundtable &#8220;European-African border relations&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ce1a94 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4ce1a94\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f105c9a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f105c9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Curators Guided tour with Seebr\u00fccke K\u00f6ln<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47ca4bd elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47ca4bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">18.08.23 \/ 16-17:30<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffc93e8 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffc93e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>@ Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-919cf9e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"919cf9e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-648b52f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"648b52f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdb40a4 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cdb40a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the project<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb6d0cd elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb6d0cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Although the world today appears increasingly interconnected, borders around the world continue to be used to restrict freedom of movement and entrench social inequalities. As the &#8220;or&#8221; in the title <a href=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/\"><b>B\/OR\/DER ST\/OR\/IES<\/b><\/a> suggests, the exhibition intervention addresses the fact that people are affected by borders in very different ways. The project informs about border developments, bringing to the fore stories and regions that rarely make it into the focus of Western media. In B\/OR\/DER ST\/OR\/IES, content from two doctoral theses in Kenya and the Spanish-Moroccan border are shown. In addition, general discourses of international border research are presented.  <\/p>\n<p>B\/OR\/DER ST\/OR\/IES consists of an exhibition and a homepage. The exhibition intervention will take place from 25 May to 25 August 2023 in the permanent exhibition of the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne.   Five stations inform about different aspects such as colonialism, the closed-door policy of Europe, discrimination &#8211; but also about criticism of borders and resistance practice. The explanatory information texts on the homepage are accessible to museum visitors via QR codes and can thus reach a wider audience for a longer period of time and overcome the museum&#8217;s boundaries. Parallel to the exhibition, an extended <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/b_or_der_st_or_ies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram account<\/a><\/b> is also being created as part of a seminar with international students at the University of Cologne.<\/p>\n<p>The project was mainly developed by PhD students from the University of Cologne in cooperation with the association Pamoja Afrika e.V. Cologne, B\u00fcndnis14 Afrika, and the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum. 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Positioning of the curators<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1072f67 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1072f67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sofie Steinberger and Katrin Sowa are PhD students in History and Anthropology at the University of Cologne. Between 2017 and 2019, they both conducted research on border developments between Europe and North Africa and in East Africa.  In the process, they conducted interviews with the local population and state authorities, used methods of participant observation and researched historical archives. In B\/OR\/DER ST\/OR\/IES, the contents of the doctoral theses are shown and general discourses of international border research are presented.<\/p>\n<p>The curators position themselves as <i>white<\/i> cis women and, with the German passport, possess one of the most privileged travel documents in the world. For both of them, however, these privileges often seemed to be a prerequisite for being able to collect data on border regimes at all, to gain access to different population groups, and to move relatively freely and safely in border areas.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks are due not only to informants on the ground, but also to local researchers and civil society groups at home and abroad, who have been drawing attention to developments in border regimes for a long time. It was their work that laid the foundations for this project.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e65b7f5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e65b7f5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-922a0df e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"922a0df\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64b202f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"64b202f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d41fe31 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d41fe31\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb69f52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eb69f52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pamojaafrika.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Pamoja-Afrika-e.V.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1033\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Pamoja-Afrika-e.V.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Pamoja-Afrika-e.V-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Pamoja-Afrika-e.V-768x497.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a20b842 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a20b842\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-507efbd elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"507efbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pamoja Afrika K\u00f6ln<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3b537e elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3b537e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>B\/OR\/DER ST\/OR\/IES has been accompanied by <a href=\"https:\/\/pamojaafrika.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Pamoja Afrika e.V. Cologne<\/b><\/a> since the development process in a discrimination-sensitive way and has helped to shape its content. <b><a href=\"https:\/\/pamojaafrika.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pamoja Afrika e.V. K\u00f6ln<\/a><\/b> is a non-profit association dedicated to anti-racism and anti-discrimination work. The association offers a welcoming culture of the African community for people newly arriving in Germany, with and without refugee experiences. Furthermore, the association offers awareness counselling and aims to educate the privileged majority society about racism and discrimination, to reflect on their own position and actions, to use prevention and to promote empowerment for people who have experienced racism. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f8de14 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4f8de14\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b6dfad e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6b6dfad\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72b0c19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72b0c19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"red-background\">Disclaimer<\/span>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a32c2ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a32c2ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"red-background\">Attention! B\/OR\/DER ST\/OR\/IES contains topics like (neo-)colonial violence, flight and racism. We want to educate about these. Nevertheless, content can be disturbing, upsetting and retraumatising.  <\/span>\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46c8408 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"46c8408\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-333f8a44\" data-id=\"333f8a44\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7a807b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d7a807b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-780575c elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"780575c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c878a27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c878a27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The 5 stations of  <br>B\/OR\/ THE ST \/OR\/ IES<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0db44ab elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"0db44ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d2fd2a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5d2fd2a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25afc4c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"25afc4c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18a3c4e image-wrap elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18a3c4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1.Borderstories-Ausstellung-Trennung-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1038\" alt=\"Borderstoreies\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1.Borderstories-Ausstellung-Trennung-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1.Borderstories-Ausstellung-Trennung-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1.Borderstories-Ausstellung-Trennung-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1.Borderstories-Ausstellung-Trennung-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1.Borderstories-Ausstellung-Trennung.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f330ca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4f330ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7f3027 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a7f3027\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">B \/ The story of a separation<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-884ab4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"884ab4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The history of the Spanish town Melilla and the Marroccan town Nador illustrates the historical entanglement of the African and the European continents.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8dd210 elementor-align-left elementor-mobile-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b8dd210\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/b-the-story-of-a-breakup\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Go to station <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdcb45b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fdcb45b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baebd67 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"baebd67\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93ada62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"93ada62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">OR \/ Colonialism and borders<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a054936 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a054936\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In order to control the African population, European colonial powers used borders as instruments of power. However, transnational and mobile realities in the Kenyan borderlands contradict a clear separation of tightly connected local societies. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6070e6 elementor-align-right elementor-mobile-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b6070e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/or-colonialism-and-borders\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Go to station <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca6039a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ca6039a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1738e8f image-wrap elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1738e8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2.Borderstories-Ausstellung-Kolonialismus-Grenzen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1039\" alt=\"Borderstories Border Stone\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-014742e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"014742e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e94d76 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6e94d76\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15cefcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"15cefcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3.Borderstories-Grenzhandel-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1040\" alt=\"Remnants of border trade to Europe at the Melilla border crossing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3.Borderstories-Grenzhandel-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3.Borderstories-Grenzhandel-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3.Borderstories-Grenzhandel-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3.Borderstories-Grenzhandel-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3.Borderstories-Grenzhandel.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43899f0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"43899f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47a2d77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47a2d77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DER ST\/ Il\/legal border trade<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e02aab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e02aab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many border economies around the world are being illegalized as so-called \u201csmuggling\u201d. The stories of the Porteadoras of Melilla and the Magendo trade of Uganda exemplify that economic activities need to be contextualized to be truly understood. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cae835 elementor-align-left elementor-mobile-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6cae835\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/the-st-il-legal-frontier-trade\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Go to station <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f904e5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3f904e5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68d76e9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"68d76e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3491ff7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3491ff7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">OR \/ Exclusion<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d441e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d441e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For many people, borders imply exclusion \u2013 not only when crossing political borders, but also in everyday life. The growing border fence of Melilla illustrates the increasing closure of Europe against migration from Africa, and its devastating consequences. In addition, the station provides insights into flight realities in the Global South as well as the continuing influence of borders in Germany.   <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae0123a elementor-align-right elementor-mobile-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ae0123a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/or-exclusion\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Go to station <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c41c02c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c41c02c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0323314 image-wrap elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0323314\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4.Borderstories-Ausgrenzung-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1041\" alt=\"Borderstories Exclusion\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4.Borderstories-Ausgrenzung-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4.Borderstories-Ausgrenzung-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4.Borderstories-Ausgrenzung-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4.Borderstories-Ausgrenzung-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4.Borderstories-Ausgrenzung.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da90516 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"da90516\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75e0455 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"75e0455\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d564926 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d564926\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/5.Borderstories-Grenze-Zukunft-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1042\" alt=\"BorderWachturm des One Stop Border Post Namangastories Grenze der Zukunft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/5.Borderstories-Grenze-Zukunft-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/5.Borderstories-Grenze-Zukunft-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/5.Borderstories-Grenze-Zukunft-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/5.Borderstories-Grenze-Zukunft-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderstories.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/5.Borderstories-Grenze-Zukunft.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d050e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0d050e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbb5aa0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fbb5aa0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IES \/ Border of the Future<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c80bbfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c80bbfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>New border infrastructures in Africa are seen as signs of the future. However, alongside many economic and political advantages for African states, neo-colonial interests are hidden, and criticism from the local population is expressed.  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c90de69 elementor-align-left elementor-mobile-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c90de69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/ies-frontier-of-the-future\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Go to station <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B \/ or \/ der st\/ or \/ ies Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum 25.05.2023 to 27.08.2023 Events Vernissage and panel discussion 25.05.23 \/ 18:00 @ Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum Start of the exhibition \/\/ followed by a panel discussion by Pamoja Afrika e.V. Cologne from 7 p.m. &#8216;The Borders of Cologne&#8217; Roundtable &#8220;European-African border relations&#8221; 03.06.23 \/ 16-17:30 @ FORUM Volkshochschule [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1100","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1100"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3089,"href":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1100\/revisions\/3089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}