Book chapter by Corinna Schäfer
Ruth Sanz Sabido (ed.) Representing Communities: Discourse and Contexts. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017
Within the short but brutal period of German colonialism in Africa, settlers set up their own pre... more Within the short but brutal period of German colonialism in Africa, settlers set up their own press system. The newspapers became an important medium for them to build supportive networks, make their voices heard and bring their colonial projects forward. In this context, the settler newspapers became keen advocates for a fast expansion of colonial infrastructure, such as railways. This chapter explores the settler press both as a site that depended on technologies, and as a site of construction and circulation of discourses on infrastructure. It argues that infrastructures also communicated a message on their own, one that could be contested by African communities who were otherwise largely excluded from an active contribution to the discourse of the settlers.
Papers by Corinna Schäfer
Discursive Colonialism: German Settler Communities, Their Media and Infrastructure in Africa, 1898–1914
Representing Communities, 2017
Within the short but brutal period of German colonialism in Africa, settlers set up their own pre... more Within the short but brutal period of German colonialism in Africa, settlers set up their own press system. The newspapers became an important medium for them to build supportive networks, make their voices heard and bring their colonial projects forward. In this context, the settler newspapers became keen advocates for a fast expansion of colonial infrastructure, such as railways. This chapter explores the settler press both as a site that depended on technologies, and as a site of construction and circulation of discourses on infrastructure. It argues that infrastructures also communicated a message on their own, one that could be contested by African communities who were otherwise largely excluded from an active contribution to the discourse of the settlers .
Iron Message
Routledge eBooks, Nov 20, 2022
How to build an EMT - Aufbau und Einsatz des CADUS Emergency Medical Teams
Einsatz für das CADUS Emergency Medical Team (EMT) auf Lesbos! Und im vollen Lauf wird immer noch... more Einsatz für das CADUS Emergency Medical Team (EMT) auf Lesbos! Und im vollen Lauf wird immer noch daran geschraubt. Wir berichten von unserer medizinischen Hilfe im Camp Kara Tepe 2, das nach dem Brand von Moria hastig aufgebaut wurde. Im Spannungsfeld zwischen übereifrigen internationalen Akteuren der humanitären Hilfe und eklatantem Mangel der Infrastruktur des Camps ist CADUS das erste mal nach dem EMT-Standard der WHO in den Einsatz gegangen. Wir erzählen euch, was alles zu einem EMT gehört, woran wir noch bauen und womit wir schon arbeiten. Dabei bekommt ihr einen Einblick in die Höhen und Tiefen der humanitären Hilfe, und in die aktuelle Situation im Camp auf Lesbos.
The German colonial settler press in Africa, 1898-1916: a web of identities, spaces and infrastructure
As the first comprehensive work on the German colonial settler newspapers in Africa between 1898 ... more As the first comprehensive work on the German colonial settler newspapers in Africa between 1898 and 1916, this research project explores the development of the settler press, its networks and infrastructure, its contribution to the construction of identities, as well as to the imagination and creation of colonial space. Special attention is given to the newspapers’ relation to Africans, to other imperial powers, and to the German homeland. The research contributes to the understanding of the history of the colonisers and their societies of origin, as well as to the history of the places and people colonised. This work furthermore makes a contribution to the field of media history regarding a time and place in which significant transitions were taking place. By employing a Foucauldian dispositif analysis, which encompasses Critical Discourse Analysis as well as the reconstruction of knowledge inherent in objects, a contribution is made to the development of methodology in the field....
Discursive Colonialism: German Settler Communities, Their Media and Infrastructure in Africa, 1898–1914
Within the short but brutal period of German colonialism in Africa, settlers set up their own pre... more Within the short but brutal period of German colonialism in Africa, settlers set up their own press system. The newspapers became an important medium for them to build supportive networks, make their voices heard and bring their colonial projects forward. In this context, the settler newspapers became keen advocates for a fast expansion of colonial infrastructure, such as railways. This chapter explores the settler press both as a site that depended on technologies, and as a site of construction and circulation of discourses on infrastructure. It argues that infrastructures also communicated a message on their own, one that could be contested by African communities who were otherwise largely excluded from an active contribution to the discourse of the settlers .
The Right to Write in German Colonies of the Early Twentieth Century: Pugnacious Settler Newspapers, Anxious Governors and African Journalism in Exile
Cultural and Social History, 2019
ABSTRACT The entangled history of the German Colonial Press Law (written 1906–1912) begins with t... more ABSTRACT The entangled history of the German Colonial Press Law (written 1906–1912) begins with the wish of the German East African Governor to keep the pugnacious settler press under control. Under the influence of a racist discourse that sought to restrict education for Africans and feared anti-colonial actions and networks, the law developed into a legal basis that could impede publishing activities of the colonised in all German colonies. In Togoland, African writers bypassed such restrictions by publishing critical articles in the adjacent British Gold Coast Colony and thereby succeeded in entering transnational supportive networks.
The Right to Write in German Colonies of the Early Twentieth Century: Pugnacious Settler Newspapers, Anxious Governors and African Journalism in Exile
Cultural and Social History, 2018
The entangled history of the German Colonial Press Law (written 1906–1912) begins with the wish o... more The entangled history of the German Colonial Press Law (written 1906–1912) begins with the wish of the German East African Governor to keep the pugnacious settler press under control. Under the influence of a racist discourse that sought to restrict education for Africans and feared anti-colonial actions and networks, the law developed into a legal basis that could impede publishing activities of the colonised in all German colonies. In Togoland, African writers bypassed such restrictions by publishing critical articles in the adjacent British Gold Coast Colony and thereby succeeded in entering transnational supportive networks.
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