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Nikolai Brandes
@nikolaibrandes.bsky.social
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Architectural historian @globaldiscnct.bsky.social. Formerly postdoc at the National Museum of Denmark. Schools of architecture in Africa, PALOP countries, East German architects abroad.
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Nikolai Brandes @nikolaibrandes.bsky.social · 18d
Vielleicht ist das interessant für die ehemaligen Kolleg*innen bei @globaldiscnct.bsky.social
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Robert Heinze @rheinze.bsky.social · 18d
Zürich hat jetzt seine eigene M-Wort-Debatte, allerdings natürlich unter klassisch Zürcher Bedingungen mit direkt persönlichen Attacken auf einen guten Kollegen, Bernhard Schär
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Deutscher Verband für Kunstgeschichte e.V. @kunstgeschichte.org · 23d
👉 Reminder:

Morgen 16:30 Uhr, Online-Gesprächsreihe der Anti-Abriss-Allianz (AAA):

Gespräch zur Baukunst der DDR-Zeit: „Festivaltauglich – Ostmoderne als Markenzeichen“

Mit Verena Pfeiffer-Kloss (Institut für Ostmoderne), moderiert von Karin Berkemann (moderneREGIONAL)
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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 28d
The Research Master African Studies at @unileiden.bsky.social (2006-2027) is coming to an end. Following national budget cuts, the programme will be discontinued after this year's final intake of ResMAAS students.
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Steffen Siegel @steffensiegel.bsky.social · 28d
The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) has announced a new Photography Research Fellowship Program. Applications for the first round are due on October 10, 2025.
CCA Photography Research Fellowship Program
A new initiative in 2026, the CCA’s Photography Research Fellowship Program supports advanced research using our photographic holdings.
www.cca.qc.ca
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Antonio Costa Pinto @acostapinto.bsky.social · Sep 8
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mappingmuc.bsky.social @mappingmuc.bsky.social · Sep 8
Filmvorführung "TOGOLAND PROJEKTIONEN" in Anwesenheit des Regisseurs Jürgen Ellinghaus

Samstag, 27. September 2025
14:00-17:00 Uhr

Münchner Zukunftssalon
Goethestr. 28
80336 München

www.nordsuedforum.de/events/veran...
Filmvorstellung Togoland Projektionen
Eine deutsche "Musterkolonie". Was zeigen die Bilder, was verschweigen sie? Um 1910 drehte der Stummfilm-Macher und "Afrika-Forscher" Hans Schomburgk in der damaligen deutschen "Musterkolonie" Togo Ab...
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Heike Delitz @heikedelitz.bsky.social · Sep 8
friendly reminder - vorgestellt werden können Forschungsvorhaben jeglicher Art / Größe /Disziplin, vorausgesetzt, es geht um Architektur (inkl. Infrastruktur, also in einem weiten Sinn) einerseits und um Soziales oder Gesellschaft andererseits.
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Heike Delitz @heikedelitz.bsky.social · Jul 28
Call for Papers bis 30.9.25:
Architekturen & Gesellschaften. Offener Workshop des AK Architektursoziologie,
8.1.2026, Uni Regensburg (Org. Heike Delitz/Anna Lisa Müller)
soziologie.de/sektionen/ku...
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Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social · Aug 21
#CallforApplications #CfA for researchers from #Africa:
Apply for our fellowship programme 2026/27.
Deadline: 12 September 2025, 13:00 (CET)
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
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Heike Delitz @heikedelitz.bsky.social · Sep 3
Ankündigung: Programm der Tagung "Kollektive aus Menschen & Nichtmenschen", Freitag, 14.11.25, Universität Regensburg
(z.B. auf der website von soziopolis):
www.soziopolis.de/veranstaltun...
Kollektive aus Menschen und Nichtmenschen – Kollektiv-Begriffe in Kultur- & Sozialanthropologie und Science & Technology Studies
www.soziopolis.de
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Victor Pereira @victorpereira.bsky.social · Aug 11
Une récente découverte dans les archives nationales portugaises dévoile les tortures massives pratiquées par la police politique au Mozambique.
Plusieurs articles ont été publiées par Maria José Oliveira, dans le Público, à partir de ces sources

www.arte.tv/fr/videos/12...
Portugal : la mémoire vive du colonialisme - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE
Mozambique, Cap-Vert, Angola – plusieurs anciennes colonies portugaises célèbrent cette année les 50 ans de leur indépendance. Ce n’est que récemment que des documents inédits sur des violations des d...
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Nikolai Brandes @nikolaibrandes.bsky.social · Sep 1
As part of her collaboration with the @ccaconversations.bsky.social in Dakar, Nzinga Mboup is currently doing one of the most exciting documentary projects on the history of architectural education in Africa.

www.cca.qc.ca/fr/articles/...

Does anyone know of other projects on this topic?
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Nikolai Brandes @nikolaibrandes.bsky.social · Aug 29
@mizzi-mak.bsky.social @boellafrica.bsky.social @thejaeonline.bsky.social @ijeomandukwe.bsky.social @hannahkleroux.bsky.social @rachelmsavage.bsky.social ‬ @kesheldon52.bsky.social @kuukuwa.bsky.social @rchason.bsky.social @staneklukasz.bsky.social
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Nikolai Brandes @nikolaibrandes.bsky.social · Aug 29
Thanks to Nzinga Mboup (Worofila/Dakar, @ccaconversations.bsky.social) for a fantastic keynote, to Andres Lepik @andrescurator.bsky.social and the team at the Architekturmuseum in Munich, and to my wonderful colleagues at @globaldiscnct.bsky.social!
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Nikolai Brandes @nikolaibrandes.bsky.social · Aug 29
I was more than happy that so many experts accepted my invitation. The lovely company + inspiring talks were a great motivation to continue exploring the topic!
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Nikolai Brandes @nikolaibrandes.bsky.social · Aug 29
Many thanks to Peter Seeland for taking the time to write about my workshop on African schools of architecture and the decolonization of architectural education.
13 participants of the workshop “Decolonizing architectural education” in Pavilion 333 of the Technical University of Munich
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Team Afrika | Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung @boellafrica.bsky.social · Aug 27
Hype & Realität: In Afrika häufen sich Ankündigungen für Projekte zur Nutzung nuklearer Energie☢️, obwohl der Kontinent riesiges Potenzial für den Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien hat, die weniger kosten- & risikointensiv sind. Mehr im Bericht hrsg. von unseren Kolleg*innen🇿🇦: za.boell.org/en/2025/08/2...
Nuclear power in Africa: State of Play | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Cape Town. South Africa | Namibia | Zimbabwe
Despite Africa’s exceptional solar and wind resources, and the exhibiting costs, lead time and risks of nuclear power, announcements of nuclear power plant projects and cooperation agreements prolifer...
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Nikolai Brandes @nikolaibrandes.bsky.social · Aug 27
Funnily enough, Mozambican media interpret the partnership between Japanese cities and African countries primarily as a temporary and symbolic project. It seems that a massive increase in visa applications from Maputo is rather unlikely...: www.jornaldomingo.co.mz/internaciona...
Imabari será cidade-sede de Moçambique na TICAD-9 - Jornal Domingo | Compromisso com os factos
Texto de Pilatos Pires, em Tokyo Moçambique será representado pela cidade japonesa de Imabari, na província de Ehime, como sua “cidade-sede” oficial durante a Conferência Internacional de Tóquio sobre...
www.jornaldomingo.co.mz
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Nikolai Brandes @nikolaibrandes.bsky.social · Aug 27
Fear of immigration has apparently led to protests in Japan against new city partnerships with Mozambique and other African countries: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Attempt to partner African countries with Japanese cities triggers xenophobic backlash
Cities in Japan have received thousands of complaints amid confusion over scheme that was intended to foster closer ties
www.theguardian.com
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Bini Adamczak @biniadamczak.bsky.social · Aug 17
Hat jemand eine Idee, wie wir hier raus kommen?
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Nikolai Brandes @nikolaibrandes.bsky.social · Aug 26
Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
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Nikolai Brandes @nikolaibrandes.bsky.social · Aug 26
@ostmodern.bsky.social, @ddronline.bsky.social‬, @sbruenenberg.bsky.social, @derive.bsky.social
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Nikolai Brandes @nikolaibrandes.bsky.social · Aug 26
The film shown at the exhibition in Berlin is also part of an online documentary project by Kerstin Schankweiler @tudresden.bsky.social on official and informal global cultural relations of the GDR.
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Nikolai Brandes @nikolaibrandes.bsky.social · Aug 26
If you missed Arlette Quỳnh-Anh Trần's exhibition at Berlin's NGBK on Vietnam's appropriation of East German urban planning in the city of Vinh, you can (partly) catch up here:
artinnetworks.webspace.tu-dresden.de/en/beitraege...
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Nikolai Brandes @nikolaibrandes.bsky.social · Aug 25
Am Samstag finden die Gartenkonzerte 2025 statt – das Festival von Kunsthaus Dresden + Flora I e.V. War letztes Jahr toll und wird es diesmal bestimmt auch wieder

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Kunsthaus Dresden / robotron-kantine – MUSIK ZWISCHEN HIMMEL UND ERDE
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