Plenary review: "Contested Knowledge: Museological Perspectives"

At the center of the museum plenary "Contested Knowledge: Museological Perspectives" at the 2023 meeting of the German Anthropological Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, DGSKA) were three contributions ... READ MORE

Reflecting on misconceptions about conservation

 21 September 2022. It was an intensive day at the storage facility of the Museum am Rothenbaum – Kulturen und Künste der Welt (MARKK) in Fischbek just outside of Hamburg ... READ MORE

In-between spaces: Creating a ‘thoughtful’ conservation approach

As an external contract conservator specializing in the care and treatment of cultural materials, I am currently working at the Museum am Rothenbaum ‒ Kulturen und Künste der Welt (MARKK) on the conservation of archaeological and historical ceramics from the Southwest of the United States collected by Aby M. Warburg (1866‒1929). For the first time ... READ MORE