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On April 27th, 2025, 4:00-6:00pm, there will be a workshop and film screening as part of the exhibition “Global Entanglements in the Collections of the University of Bonn”, Global Heritage Lab @ P26. FOR THE LAND (POR LA TIERRA) Hosted By Raquel Cortés Mora & Hanna Bölck, Followed by a discussion with Postdoctoral Researcher Alejandro Mora Motta

In his video work Can you take care of my plants when I’m away (2024), Hemansingh Lutchmun, based in Frankfurt and Goodlands (Mauritius), explores intersections of labour, exploitation, and displacement. Filmed in the garden of “Château Labourdonnais,” a former colonial mansion and sugar plantation on Mauritius, the video subtly captures moments from everyday life—gardeners at work, tourists strolling through the estate—while a phone conversation between the artist and his mother unfolds in the background. Their discussion touches on family ties to the plantation, remnants of a Hindu-influenced cultural identity, and broader reflections on class relations, racial hierarchies, and the legacy of wage labour.

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The Global Heritage Lab congratulates Dr. Kelechi Uguwanyi on his new position at the University of Glasgow.

On April 8th, 2025, 19:00h, there will be a screening of the award-winning documentary THE ILLUSION OF ABUNDANCE in the Brotfabrik, directed by Erika Gonzalez Ramirez and Matthieu Lietaert (Belgium/Brazil 2022). Our research manager Aline Pereira will take part in the subsequent discussion.

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Binter is discussing this sensitive question during the panel “Critical Fabulation” at the conference “geschichten. Die Produktion historischen Wissens”, hosted by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld, on 28 March 2025.

Joanne Rodriguez and Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Binter discussed their research on botanic gardens at the conference „Diffracting the Critical – STS HuB 2025” at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. They joined the invigorating discussion of the panel “Diffracting urban greening: Re-Thinking species collectives beyond ‘nature’, ‘landscape’, ‘ecology’, and ‘infrastructure’.

Under the title “PLURIVERSUM – Voices from Around the World – Discourses for a Just Future,” a unique multimedia program will be presented, creating space for dialogue on global justice, perspectives on social transformation, environmental policy, and the rights of marginalized communities.

How has Christian missionization shaped fashion in Africa, the Americas, and the Caribbean? How do scholars, artists, and designers engage with this legacy today? Join us for the three public events of the international transdisciplinary conference “Interwoven Dependencies. Redressing Fashion and the Heritage of Mission” on 2, 3 and 4 April – onsite at the Global Heritage Lab or online.

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