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SUMMARY:Film and the Unmaking of Dependencies
DTSTAMP:20260416T053412Z
DTSTART:20251008T150000Z
DTEND:20251008T170000Z
DESCRIPTION:How can film help us see histories that have long been hidden —
	 from the forced\nlabour on indigo plantations in Haiti to the influence o
	f Christian missions on\nfashion in Namibia and Jamaica? Beyond documentin
	g the past\, film can challenge\ndominant narratives\, unearth silenced vo
	ices\, and spark new ways of thinking\nabout heritage\, memory\, and Afro-
	Indigenous knowledge.\n\n This special evening celebrates the finissage of
	 the BCDSS exhibition Enmeshed\nand Entwined: Fabrics of Dependency. It be
	gins with the screening of two films\nby Haitian archaeologist Sony Jean a
	nd the Global Heritage Lab’s Visual\nAnthropology Fellow Yohannes Mulat Me
	konnen. The screenings will be followed by\na conversation with curators B
	eatrix Hoffmann-Ihde (BCDSS) and Julia Binter\n(Global Heritage Lab)\, exp
	loring how film can document\, unmake\, and reimagine\nthe legacies of pow
	er and dependency. \n\nThe audience is warmly invited to join the discussi
	on and share drinks at the\nfinissage.\n\nFilms: Dressing Resistance\, 202
	5\, 12 mins\; The koutodigo: What a Tool Tells Us\nAbout Haitian Colonial 
	History and Asymmetrical Dependency\, 2024\, 9 mins.\n\nPROGRAM:\n08.10.20
	25\, GLOBAL HERITAGE LAB\, POSTSTRASSE 26\, FIRST FLOOR\n\n\n\n5-7 PM\nFIL
	M SCREENING AND TALK DR. SONY JEAN (UNIVERSITY OF LEIDEN) AND YOHANNES\nME
	KONNEN (UNIVERSITY OF BONN)\n\nROUND TABLE AND DISCUSSION WITH THE FILM DI
	RECTORS DR. SONY JEANI\, YOHANNES\nMEKONNEN\, JUN.-PROF. DR. JULIA BINTER\
	, AND DR. BEATRIX IHDE-HOFFMANN\n\n\n\n7 pm\n\nClosing the exhibition “Enm
	eshed and Entwined – Fabrics of Dependency” by the\nCluster of Excellence 
	Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS) and\nthe Bonn Centr
	e for Digital Humanities (BCDH) and Reception.\n\nThis event will take pla
	ce in English.
URL:https://flyinghigh-bonn.org/event/film-and-the-unmaking-of-dependencies
LOCATION:Global Heritage Lab - Poststr. 26\, 53111 Bonn
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Filmvorführung,Finissage,Vortrag
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>How can film help us see histories that hav
	e long been hidden — from the forced labour on indigo plantations in Haiti
	 to the influence of Christian missions on fashion in Namibia and Jamaica?
	&nbsp;Beyond documenting the past, film can challenge dominant narratives,
	 unearth silenced voices, and spark new ways of thinking about heritage, m
	emory, and Afro-Indigenous knowledge.</p><p>&nbsp;This special evening cel
	ebrates the finissage of the BCDSS exhibition <em>Enmeshed and Entwined: F
	abrics of Dependency. </em>It begins with the screening of two films by Ha
	itian archaeologist <strong>Sony Jean and the Global Heritage Lab’s Visual
	 Anthropology Fellow Yohannes Mulat Mekonnen.&nbsp;</strong>The screenings
	 will be followed by a conversation with curators Beatrix Hoffmann-Ihde (B
	CDSS) and Julia Binter (Global Heritage Lab), exploring how film can docum
	ent, unmake, and reimagine the legacies of power and dependency.&nbsp;</p>
	<p>The audience is warmly invited to join the discussion and share drinks 
	at the finissage.</p><p>Films: <strong>Dressing Resistance</strong>, 2025,
	 12 mins; <strong>The <em>koutodigo</em>: What a Tool Tells Us About Haiti
	an Colonial History and Asymmetrical Dependency</strong>, 2024, 9 mins.</p
	><h4><strong><u>Program:</u></strong><br>08.10.2025, Global Heritage Lab, 
	Poststraße 26, First Floor</h4><p></p><h4><strong>5-7 pm</strong><br>Film 
	Screening and Talk Dr. Sony Jean (University of Leiden) and Yohannes Mekon
	nen (University of Bonn)</h4><h4>Round Table and Discussion with the film 
	directors Dr. Sony Jeani, Yohannes Mekonnen, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Binter, 
	and Dr. Beatrix Ihde-Hoffmann</h4><p></p><p><strong>7 pm</strong></p><p><s
	trong>Closing the exhibition “Enmeshed and Entwined – Fabrics of Dependenc
	y” by the Cluster of Excellence Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Stu
	dies (BCDSS) and the Bonn Centre for Digital Humanities (BCDH) and Recepti
	on.<br><br>This event will take place in English.</strong></p>
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