The initiative is organized around several sub-projects, each focusing on different questions to be explored.
Migrations and Economic Entanglements between Neuchâtel and the Colonial Atlantic (1800–1920)
Ricardo Borrmann explores the political, commercial, and social connections between businessmen from Neuchâtel, their companies, and the colonial world by creating a database with the WissKi platform.
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Neuchâteloises au service de la mission
Léo Bulliard studies the circulation of (anti-)colonial ideas within (proto-) feminist, abolitionist and Protestant missionary networks.
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Black Public Space? Historical Approaches to Monuments and Colonial Symbols in Neuchâtel
Larissa Tiki Mbassi explores the connections between colonial amnesia, colonial monuments, and Afro-diasporic activism in Neuchâtel.
This sub-project aims to understand the memorial conditions created by amnesia and how these conditions shape demands for decolonizing public spaces.
This work combines historical analysis and curatorial approaches, contributing to discussions on memory politics in Switzerland.
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