Meena Kandasamy: A Wise One, a Warrior Publikationen Published by Humboldt Forum Foundation

Published by Humboldt Forum Foundation in the Berlin Palace

In the exhibitions of the Ethnological Museum

goddesses and heroes

About a Coronation Cloak from Ethiopia

Umgangssprachlich als „Erichs Lampenladen“ bezeichnet wurde der Palast der Republik zwischen 1973 und 1976 unter Erich Honecker erbaut und war bis 1990 Sitz des DDR-Parlaments sowie ein beliebter Ort für Freizeit und Kultur

Meena Kandasamy: A Wise One, a Warrior Publikationen Published by Humboldt Forum FoundationObjects talk back Meena Kandasamy contemplates the Mithuna couple, a 17th century ivory sculpture from Tamil Nadu, India. Starting from this depiction of lovers, the author unfolds a multilayered narrative that moves in several directions through images, questions, and contradictions. "How can we look at this piece without talking about who created it?" she asks, examining how caste and class are as indelibly etched into the object as its physical