60 acast.com Dig Where You Stand https://shows.acast.com/dig-where-you-stand en Kollo Media Ancestral remains, human remains, the berliner,kollo media, history, colonialism,germany,humboldt forum,ben schuman stoler,peter matthews,repatriation,Berlin history,Decolonization,museum ethics,historical justice Kollo Media, The Berliner The Berliner Magazine. Over three episodes, experts, researchers, activists, filmmakers, and museum directors explore the controversial, surprising, and ongoing problem of the ancestral remains held in Berlin, as well as the ongoing fight for repatriation. Follow us at @digwhereyoustandshow, and online at digwhereyoustand.show

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]]> The Berliner Magazine. Over three episodes, experts, researchers, activists, filmmakers, and museum directors explore the controversial, surprising, and ongoing problem of the ancestral remains held in Berlin, as well as the ongoing fight for repatriation. Follow us at @digwhereyoustandshow, and online at digwhereyoustand.show

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]]> false Kollo Media, The Berliner info@kollomedia.com 66263ae004edf100122c55a8 dig-where-you-stand serial https://assets.pippa.io/shows/66263ae004edf100122c55a8/1713783043668-e9c4a68e3a4c1bb972aa568de3985481.jpeg https://shows.acast.com/dig-where-you-stand Dig Where You Stand Bordering on a Miracle Bordering on a Miracle Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:02:40 GMT 47:20 670b97b349737992467b7f7b false https://digwhereyoustand.show 670b97b349737992467b7f7b 66263ae004edf100122c55a8 bordering-on-a-miracle full 1 3 “An event never before experienced in the history of medicine worldwide is realized here.” Episode 3 of Dig Where You Stand picks up the story where we left off. By examining a recent significant discovery of ancestral human remains in Berlin - when pits filled with human bones were found in 2014 - we continue the story of how German scientists harvested human bodies in the name of racist and unethical science. This episode covers a harrowing chapter of German history, telling the story of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institute of Anthropology, Human heredity and Eugenics: Its founding by Eugen Fischer in 1927; the work of Karin Magnussen and Joseph Mengele; the memoir of Miklos Nyiszli; and how researchers based in Berlin asked for and were sent human bodies and body parts from Auschwitz. These crimes were brought back to public attention in Berlin in 2014, when workers digging a trench at the Free University came across pits filled with human bones. The University's failure to respond meant that seven sacks of human remains were burned by the municipal crematorium. In this final episode of Dig Where You Stand season one, we look at how the dead continue to return and ask what responsibility these human remains should demand of us.


Content warning: There are some disturbing descriptions and violent scenes discussed in this episode.


Some relevant links you'll find interesting:


Follow us on Instagram @digwhereyoustandshow and visit us at digwhereyoustand.show to stay up to date. DWYS is created by Ben Schuman-Stoler and Peter Matthews. It’s produced by Kollo Media in partnership with The Berliner magazine. Episode 3 was produced by Ben Schuman-Stoler, Peter Matthews, and Rowan Ben Jackson.


Mix and sound by Rowan Ben Jackson. Check out his website here: https://fearofmissingaudio.com/

Follow Kollo Media and The Berliner on Instagram @kollomedia and @theberlinermag

Thanks to Susan Pollock, Te Herekiekie, Christian Vogel, Ilja Labischinski, and everyone we spoke to for this episode.

Thanks to Laurens von Oswald for the music. 

Natalia Piana made the album cover.


Timestamps:

  • Intro: 00:00 - 01:58
  • Susan Pollock explains the discovery: 01:58 - 09:01
  • Eugen Fischer, the KWI, racial hygiene: 09:01 - 17:31
  • Auschwitz, Mengele, Miklos Nyiszli: 17:31 - 26:01
  • Plaque at the former KWI building: 26:01 - 28:37
  • The funeral: 28:37 - 38:08
  • Positive Returns, Te Herekieke: 38:08 - 42:00
  • Reflections: 42:00 - 46:40
  • Conclusion: 46:40 - 47:20

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]]> “An event never before experienced in the history of medicine worldwide is realized here.” Episode 3 of Dig Where You Stand picks up the story where we left off. By examining a recent significant discovery of ancestral human remains in Berlin - when pits filled with human bones were found in 2014 - we continue the story of how German scientists harvested human bodies in the name of racist and unethical science. This episode covers a harrowing chapter of German history, telling the story of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institute of Anthropology, Human heredity and Eugenics: Its founding by Eugen Fischer in 1927; the work of Karin Magnussen and Joseph Mengele; the memoir of Miklos Nyiszli; and how researchers based in Berlin asked for and were sent human bodies and body parts from Auschwitz. These crimes were brought back to public attention in Berlin in 2014, when workers digging a trench at the Free University came across pits filled with human bones. The University's failure to respond meant that seven sacks of human remains were burned by the municipal crematorium. In this final episode of Dig Where You Stand season one, we look at how the dead continue to return and ask what responsibility these human remains should demand of us.


Content warning: There are some disturbing descriptions and violent scenes discussed in this episode.


Some relevant links you'll find interesting:


Follow us on Instagram @digwhereyoustandshow and visit us at digwhereyoustand.show to stay up to date. DWYS is created by Ben Schuman-Stoler and Peter Matthews. It’s produced by Kollo Media in partnership with The Berliner magazine. Episode 3 was produced by Ben Schuman-Stoler, Peter Matthews, and Rowan Ben Jackson.


Mix and sound by Rowan Ben Jackson. Check out his website here: https://fearofmissingaudio.com/

Follow Kollo Media and The Berliner on Instagram @kollomedia and @theberlinermag

Thanks to Susan Pollock, Te Herekiekie, Christian Vogel, Ilja Labischinski, and everyone we spoke to for this episode.

Thanks to Laurens von Oswald for the music. 

Natalia Piana made the album cover.


Timestamps:

  • Intro: 00:00 - 01:58
  • Susan Pollock explains the discovery: 01:58 - 09:01
  • Eugen Fischer, the KWI, racial hygiene: 09:01 - 17:31
  • Auschwitz, Mengele, Miklos Nyiszli: 17:31 - 26:01
  • Plaque at the former KWI building: 26:01 - 28:37
  • The funeral: 28:37 - 38:08
  • Positive Returns, Te Herekieke: 38:08 - 42:00
  • Reflections: 42:00 - 46:40
  • Conclusion: 46:40 - 47:20

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]]> The Evidence on the Table The Evidence on the Table Mon, 17 Jun 2024 14:00:34 GMT 49:37 666f1212ce005e0013333ed7 false https://digwhereyoustand.show 666f1212ce005e0013333ed7 66263ae004edf100122c55a8 the-evidence-on-the-table full 1 2 Why can’t we give them back? Episode two of Dig Where You Stand examines one of the darkest chapters of German colonial history: The genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples in German South West Africa. In 2011, Germany finally returned 20 skulls from its collection of stolen ancestral remains held at Charité hospital - and the result was a diplomatic scandal. This episode is about the politics behind repatriations, and the symbolic power these ancestors still hold. 


Content warning: There are some disturbing descriptions and violent scenes discussed in this episode.


Timecodes:

  • Zablon and Sindato Kiwelu visit the skull of Akida Kiwelu: 00:00 - 03:04
  • Intro: 03:05 - 04:27
  • 2011 Restitution Ceremony: 04:30 - 08:30
  • German South West Africa and the Genocide: 08:31 - 27:18
  • The evidence on the table: 27:31 - 40:17
  • Why can’t we give them back? Bernhard Heeb, curator of the Museum of Pre- and Early History: 40:18 - 48:40
  • Outro: 48:49 - 49:37


Some links and further reading:


Follow us on Instagram @digwhereyoustandshow and visit us at digwhereyoustand.show to stay up to date. 


DWYS is created by Ben Schuman-Stoler and Peter Matthews. It’s produced by Kollo Media in partnership with The Berliner magazine. Episode 2 was produced by Ben Schuman-Stoler, Peter Matthews, and Rowan Ben Jackson. Mix and sound by Rowan Ben Jackson. Check out his website and work. Follow Kollo Media and The Berliner on Instagram @kollomedia and @theberlinermag. Thanks to Israel Kaunatjike, Nandi Mazeingo, Larissa Förster, Holger Stöcker, Zablon and Sindato Kiwelu, Konradin Kunze, and everyone else that we spoke to for this episode. Thanks to Laurens von Oswald for the music. Natalia Piana made the album cover.

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]]> Why can’t we give them back? Episode two of Dig Where You Stand examines one of the darkest chapters of German colonial history: The genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples in German South West Africa. In 2011, Germany finally returned 20 skulls from its collection of stolen ancestral remains held at Charité hospital - and the result was a diplomatic scandal. This episode is about the politics behind repatriations, and the symbolic power these ancestors still hold. 


Content warning: There are some disturbing descriptions and violent scenes discussed in this episode.


Timecodes:

  • Zablon and Sindato Kiwelu visit the skull of Akida Kiwelu: 00:00 - 03:04
  • Intro: 03:05 - 04:27
  • 2011 Restitution Ceremony: 04:30 - 08:30
  • German South West Africa and the Genocide: 08:31 - 27:18
  • The evidence on the table: 27:31 - 40:17
  • Why can’t we give them back? Bernhard Heeb, curator of the Museum of Pre- and Early History: 40:18 - 48:40
  • Outro: 48:49 - 49:37


Some links and further reading:


Follow us on Instagram @digwhereyoustandshow and visit us at digwhereyoustand.show to stay up to date. 


DWYS is created by Ben Schuman-Stoler and Peter Matthews. It’s produced by Kollo Media in partnership with The Berliner magazine. Episode 2 was produced by Ben Schuman-Stoler, Peter Matthews, and Rowan Ben Jackson. Mix and sound by Rowan Ben Jackson. Check out his website and work. Follow Kollo Media and The Berliner on Instagram @kollomedia and @theberlinermag. Thanks to Israel Kaunatjike, Nandi Mazeingo, Larissa Förster, Holger Stöcker, Zablon and Sindato Kiwelu, Konradin Kunze, and everyone else that we spoke to for this episode. Thanks to Laurens von Oswald for the music. Natalia Piana made the album cover.

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]]> Bonus Episode: The Empty Grave Bonus Episode: The Empty Grave Tue, 14 May 2024 14:13:54 GMT 35:08 66436d471ec45a00128246c7 false https://digwhereyoustand.show 66436d471ec45a00128246c7 66263ae004edf100122c55a8 bonus-episode-the-empty-grave What makes ancestral remains a contemporary issue? bonus 1 1.1 In between episodes 1 and 2 of Dig Where You Stand, here is our conversation with Cece Mlay and Agnes Lisa Wegner, directors of the new documentary The Empty Grave. The film follows two families in Tanzania as they demand the return of their ancestors’ remains from Germany. Follow them @the_empty_grave_film. A transcript of our conversation is available to our subscribers here.


Follow us on @digwhereyoustandshow and visit us at digwhereyoustand.show to stay up to date. 


DWYS is created by Ben Schuman-Stoler and Peter Matthews. It’s produced by Kollo Media in partnership with The Berliner magazine. This episode was produced by Ben Schuman-Stoler, Peter Matthews, and Rowan Ben Jackson. 


Mix and sound by Rowan Ben Jackson. Check out his website here: https://fearofmissingaudio.com/


Follow Kollo Media and The Berliner on Instagram @kollomedia and @theberlinermag


Thanks again to Cece Mlay and Agnes Lisa Wegner for the conversation.


Thanks to Laurens von Oswald for the music and Natalia Piana for the design.

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]]> In between episodes 1 and 2 of Dig Where You Stand, here is our conversation with Cece Mlay and Agnes Lisa Wegner, directors of the new documentary The Empty Grave. The film follows two families in Tanzania as they demand the return of their ancestors’ remains from Germany. Follow them @the_empty_grave_film. A transcript of our conversation is available to our subscribers here.


Follow us on @digwhereyoustandshow and visit us at digwhereyoustand.show to stay up to date. 


DWYS is created by Ben Schuman-Stoler and Peter Matthews. It’s produced by Kollo Media in partnership with The Berliner magazine. This episode was produced by Ben Schuman-Stoler, Peter Matthews, and Rowan Ben Jackson. 


Mix and sound by Rowan Ben Jackson. Check out his website here: https://fearofmissingaudio.com/


Follow Kollo Media and The Berliner on Instagram @kollomedia and @theberlinermag


Thanks again to Cece Mlay and Agnes Lisa Wegner for the conversation.


Thanks to Laurens von Oswald for the music and Natalia Piana for the design.

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]]> The Kidnapped Dead The Kidnapped Dead Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:18:01 GMT 53:57 662f65c938b1940012da14f4 false https://digwhereyoustand.show 662f65c938b1940012da14f4 66263ae004edf100122c55a8 the-kidnapped-dead Why are there so many dead bodies - so many ancestral remains - in Berlin museums? full 1 1 We’re introduced to the topic of ancestral remains through the ongoing search for Mangi Meli’s head - removed after his murder in 1900, and missing ever since. How did these remains get to Berlin, and where are they being held? Who collected them? And we explore the lasting impact on the affected families and communities today.  


Peter’s article on this topic is the cover story in the current issue of The Berliner, on newsstands now.


Content warning: There are some disturbing descriptions and violent scenes discussed in this episode.


Some links we think you'll find interesting:



DWYS is created by Ben Schuman-Stoler and Peter Matthews. It’s produced by Kollo Media in partnership with The Berliner magazine. Episode 1 was produced by Ben Schuman-Stoler, Peter Matthews, and Rowan Ben Jackson. Mix and sound by Rowan Ben Jackson. Check out his website and work. Thanks to Laurens von Oswald for the music. 


Thanks to Isabelle Reiman, Mnyaka Sururu Mboro, Bernard Heeb, Konradin Kunze, Cece Mlay, Agnes Lisa Wegner, Kodzo Gavua, Ilja Labischinski, Christopher Li and everyone we spoke to for this episode.


Correction: The Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde (today’s Ethnologisches Museum) was actually founded in 1873, not 1876 as mentioned in the episode.



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]]> We’re introduced to the topic of ancestral remains through the ongoing search for Mangi Meli’s head - removed after his murder in 1900, and missing ever since. How did these remains get to Berlin, and where are they being held? Who collected them? And we explore the lasting impact on the affected families and communities today.  


Peter’s article on this topic is the cover story in the current issue of The Berliner, on newsstands now.


Content warning: There are some disturbing descriptions and violent scenes discussed in this episode.


Some links we think you'll find interesting:



DWYS is created by Ben Schuman-Stoler and Peter Matthews. It’s produced by Kollo Media in partnership with The Berliner magazine. Episode 1 was produced by Ben Schuman-Stoler, Peter Matthews, and Rowan Ben Jackson. Mix and sound by Rowan Ben Jackson. Check out his website and work. Thanks to Laurens von Oswald for the music. 


Thanks to Isabelle Reiman, Mnyaka Sururu Mboro, Bernard Heeb, Konradin Kunze, Cece Mlay, Agnes Lisa Wegner, Kodzo Gavua, Ilja Labischinski, Christopher Li and everyone we spoke to for this episode.


Correction: The Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde (today’s Ethnologisches Museum) was actually founded in 1873, not 1876 as mentioned in the episode.



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]]> Dig Where You Stand: TRAILER Dig Where You Stand: TRAILER Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:11:18 GMT 1:36 66263fc5e8891f001275c8bf false https://www.digwhereyoustand.show/ 66263fc5e8891f001275c8bf 66263ae004edf100122c55a8 dig-where-you-stand-trailer A preview of Dig Where You Stand Season 1 trailer 1
  • The first episode of Dig Where You Stand will be released on April 29, 2024. Subscribe to the feed now so you’ll be notified when it comes out. 
  • Follow us @digwhereyoustandshow and visit us at digwhereyoustand.show, where you can sign up for the material we'll release in the newsletter.
  • DWYS is created by Ben Schuman-Stoler and Peter Matthews.
  • It’s produced by Kollo Media, Ben Schuman-Stoler, Peter Matthews, and Rowan Ben Jackson in partnership with The Berliner magazine.
  • Check out Peter’s cover article when the next issue of The Berliner hits newsstands later this week and follow The Berliner on IG.
  • Music by Laurens von Oswald.

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  • The first episode of Dig Where You Stand will be released on April 29, 2024. Subscribe to the feed now so you’ll be notified when it comes out. 
  • Follow us @digwhereyoustandshow and visit us at digwhereyoustand.show, where you can sign up for the material we'll release in the newsletter.
  • DWYS is created by Ben Schuman-Stoler and Peter Matthews.
  • It’s produced by Kollo Media, Ben Schuman-Stoler, Peter Matthews, and Rowan Ben Jackson in partnership with The Berliner magazine.
  • Check out Peter’s cover article when the next issue of The Berliner hits newsstands later this week and follow The Berliner on IG.
  • Music by Laurens von Oswald.

    • Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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