Decolonial tour through Bremen's Bahnhofsvorstadt and Schwachhausen – Germany
City Tours
Decolonize Bremen, Olan Scott Pinto and Kim A. Ronacher, 2024
In Bremen, colonial continuities can be identified not only in street names and museums, but also in shops and building facades. The tour from the Schwachhausen district to the centrally located Bahnhofsvorstadt (train station suburb) explores the colonial past of these places of remembrance and draws contemporary connections to prevailing inequalities.
She visits streets named after colonial actors who had a significant economic or ideological influence on colonial history. The colonial past of a nationally renowned corporate group is also addressed. Finally, the close connection between art, trade, and colonialism is highlighted, which has received too little critical attention in urban history discourse to be considered a postcolonial debate.
References:
Aselmeyer, Norman / Kamche, Virgine (Hrsg.): „Stadt der Kolonien“. Wie Bremen den deutschen Kolonialismus prägte, 2024.
Stationen
Hedwig-Heyl-Straße
EDEKA store Jastrebo
Crüsemannallee (and H.-H.-Meier-Allee)
The Brinkmann Mosaic
The Overseas Museum
Mosaic at the Fruchthof