»Gerade in Zeiten, in denen rechtspopulistische und rechtsextreme politische Parteien neuen Aufschwung in Europa und weltweit erhalten, verspricht der in diesem Band vorgestellte Forschungsansatz komplexere Antworten auf die Frage zu liefern, wie ganz praktisch demokratisierende und diversifiziernde Veränderungen umsetzbar sind.«

»Der Band [liefert] einen guten Ein- und Überblick in die Forschungen am CARMAH.«

»Der Sammelband ist wirklich außerordentlich informativ und anregend und verdeutlicht sehr gut, dass der praxeologische Zugang zur Bestimmung von Diversität bestens funktioniert.«

»At a time when right-wing populist and far-right political parties are gaining new momentum in Europe and around the world, the research approach presented in this volume promises to provide more nuanced answers to the question of how changes that promote democratisation and diversity can be implemented in practice.« (translated from German)

»The volume [provides] a good introduction and overview of the research carried out at CARMAH.«

»This anthology is truly exceptionally informative and thought-provoking, and clearly demonstrates that the praxeological approach to defining diversity works extremely well.« (translated from German)

Sharon Macdonald is Alexander von Humboldt professor of social anthropology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, where she directs both the Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik and CARMAH (the Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage).

Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Acknowledgements 7
List of Images 9
Doing Diversity, Making Differences. Multi-Researcher Ethnography in Museums and Heritage in Berlin 13
Talking and Going about Things Differently. On Changing Vocabularies and Practices in the Postcolonial Provenance and Restitution Debates 57
Being Affected. Shifting Positions at the Ethnological Museum of Berlin 77
Beyond Compare. Juxtaposition, Enunciation and African Art in Berlin Museums 97
Polarised Public Perceptions of German Colonialism. Visitor Comments at the DHM German Colonialism Exhibition 117
Changing Street Names. Decolonisation and Toponymic Reinscription for Doing Diversity in Berlin 137
Dis-Othering Diversity. Troubling differences in a Berlin-Brussels Afropolitan curatorial collaboration 157
Diversity Max*. Multiple Differences in Exhibition-Making in Berlin Global in the Humboldt Forum 173
Diversifying the Collections at the Museum of European Cultures 193
Collecting Diversity. Data and Citizen Science at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin 211
Exploring the Futurabilities of Museums. Making differences with the Museum Divan at the Museum for Islamic Art in Berlin 229
Willkommen im Museum. Making and Unmaking Refugees in the Multaka Project 247
i,Slam. Belonging and Difference on Stage in Berlin 261
Transnational Entanglements of Queer Solidarity. Berlin Walks with Istanbul Pride March 277
Difficult Heritage and Digital Media. 'Selfie culture' and Emotional Practices at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe 293
Making Differences to Doing Diversity in Museums and Heritage. An Afterword 315
Notes on Contributors 319