In search of (curatorial) answers

Warm Up

© Anna Perepechai

How do you relate—on a personal, emotional, biographical, or other level—to one of the three places (Leipzig, Beirut, Damascus Room) involved in this project?

Using this question as a warm-up, I invited the participants to share their thoughts with the group. This allowed us to get to know each other a bit better and began to prompt reflection on the places that Beyond Orientalism(s) connects—each of us considering these places in relation to ourselves.

Info:

  • October 10, 2023
  • Workshop
  • Germany/ Dresden / Japanisches Palais

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Participants:

  • Nushin Atmaca

    Nushin Atmaca

    Nushin Atmaca has been a researcher and curator at the Museum Europäischer Kulturen (MEK) in Berlin since 2023. Previously, she worked at the Museum für Islamische Kunst and the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO). She studied Islamic Studies at Freie Universität Berlin, with extended stays in Alexandria, Cairo, and Amman, and holds a Master’s degree from the Cultures of the Curatorial program at HGB Leipzig. Nushin’s work focuses on decolonization and the diversity and visibility of marginalized communities. Her current projects include researching the MEK collection for traces of European Muslims, curating an installation to present this research publicly, and reducing the number of discriminatory entries in the museum’s database.