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Author: Albert Feierabend

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Workshop: “The Ethiopian Pillow” – Towards a New Cultural Mapping of Headrests

Headrests have been used for thousands of years in different regions around the world. Therefore, it is not surprising that they can be found in various shapes and sizes in many German ethnographic collections, many of which are from Ethiopia. There, headrests have not merely been functional objects, but have also held different symbolic and social meanings. On 24 June...

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Emphasising the Unknown. The Emergence of Blank Spaces on 19th-century Maps of Africa

European exploration of Africa in the 19th century was based on the assumption that only little was known about the interior of the continent. For decades, geographical societies, cartographers, travellers and others repeatedly emphasised that the maps consisted of little more than just blank spaces which should be filled out in order to open up new trade opportunities, extend political...

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Editorial

Reaching a big milestone in 2023, we completed the digitisation of more than 35,000 maps from the Perthes Collection in Gotha. It comprises cartographic pieces that were collected as well as produced by Justus Perthes, one of the world’s leading geographic publishing houses in the 19th century. Some of the most interesting maps and corresponding research have already been introduced...