Audiowalk: Global Basel — Part 1
Part one of the "Basel Kolonial" city tour traced the evidence of the cultural and economic histories of old Basel families and missionary societies in the old town of Grossbasel. Here you will find audio recordings of the entire tour, in German only.
1: Weisses Haus / Blaues Haus, Rheinsprung 16/18
Atlantic triangular Trade, Karl Rechsteiner
2: Basler Missionshandelsgesellschaft, Petersgraben 35
Chocolate / Cocoa, Karl Rechsteiner
3. "Kollegiengebäude" college building, University of Basel
Racist science, Hans Fässler
4: Spalentor
Haitian Revolution / Swiss mercenaries, Lina & Mandela Rasheed
5. Mission 21, Missionsstrasse
Missionaries and Colonialism, Christian Weber
"Basel Kolonial" is an association of academics, activists, authors and artists who deal with postcolonial approaches. Experts from organisations such as Cooperaxion, the Network of Black Women in German-speaking Switzerland Bla*sh, the University of Basel, the Industrial and Migration History of the Basel Region, the Alliance against Racial Profiling, the association Eine Stadt für Alle (A City for All) and MultiWatch are taking part in the city tour. For more information on the project: jonas.aebi@widerspruch.ch
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