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Book Reviews by Dr. Rachel Huber
Denkmäler sind multitemporal. Aus ihnen heraus kommunizieren mehrere Zeitebenen. Das Löwenmonumen... more Denkmäler sind multitemporal. Aus ihnen heraus kommunizieren mehrere Zeitebenen. Das Löwenmonument in Luzern nimmt sich von dieser allen Denkmälern innewohnenden Eigenheit nicht aus. In 50 oder 100 Jahren
wird im Rückblick auf das gegenwärtige Jubiläum des sterbenden (oder ruhenden?) Löwen in der pittoresken innerschweizer Stadt eine weitere Zeitschicht sichtbar sein, die ihm immanent ist. Das Buch „In der Höhle des Löwen. 200 Jahre Löwendenkmal Luzern“, das vom Büro für Geschichte, Kultur und Zeitgeschehen Luzern herausgegeben wurde, ist insofern selbst Teil dieser Denkmalgeschichte
Papers by Dr. Rachel Huber
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Geschichte, 2019
SCHWEIZERISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR GESCHICHTE REVUE SUISSE D'HISTOIRE RIVISTA STORICA SVIZZERA, 2019
«General Sutter» – the Dark Side of a Swiss Hero Tale The myth of Swiss emigrant Johann August S... more «General Sutter» – the Dark Side of a Swiss Hero Tale
The myth of Swiss emigrant Johann August Sutter (1803–1880) who built the «empire» of New Helvetia in the interior of Alta California on his own and, thus, founded the city of Sacramento has been uncritically passed on in Swiss literature, film and theater for over hundred years now. With the establishment of the partnership between Sacra- mento and Liestal in the late 1980 s, the administration of the canton Basel-Landschaft initiated an official commemoration of their common compatriot. What has been left out in this particular metanarrative until today are the achievements and deprivations of the hundreds of indigenous who were forced into labor and kept like animals by Sutter. The self-proclaimed empresario de colonizacion also dealt in indigenous chil- dren, who he violently robbed from their homes, within the illegal slave trade of indige- nous peoples. The present article retraces the process that led to the initiation of the «General Sutter» commemoration in the 1980 s, and also sheds light on the hitherto hidden (indigenous) side of this popular Swiss tale and, therefore, reveals yet another part of entangled Swiss history.
Books by Dr. Rachel Huber
Die Frauen der Red Power Bewegung. Die Bedeutung von Born-Digital-Selbstzeugnissen für unsichtbare Akteurinnen in der Erinnerungskultur, V&R Unipress, 2023
The study takes up current social issues such as gender equality, digitalisation and the male im... more The study takes up current social issues such as gender equality, digitalisation and the male imprint on cultural memory. Using an exemplary case, it examines how to feminise master narratives shaped by men. By following the traces of historical actors and witnesses of the Red Power movement, the Indigenous resistance in the USA in the 1960s and 1970s, on social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and comparing them with the traces in analogue archives in the USA and Europe, Rachel Huber makes visible that female Red Power activists were decisive for the success of the political resistance and contributed to the implementation of pro-Indigenous US laws with a genuinely female grassroots activism.
Denkmäler sind multitemporal. Aus ihnen heraus kommunizieren mehrere Zeitebenen. Das Löwenmonumen... more Denkmäler sind multitemporal. Aus ihnen heraus kommunizieren mehrere Zeitebenen. Das Löwenmonument in Luzern nimmt sich von dieser allen Denkmälern innewohnenden Eigenheit nicht aus. In 50 oder 100 Jahren
wird im Rückblick auf das gegenwärtige Jubiläum des sterbenden (oder ruhenden?) Löwen in der pittoresken innerschweizer Stadt eine weitere Zeitschicht sichtbar sein, die ihm immanent ist. Das Buch „In der Höhle des Löwen. 200 Jahre Löwendenkmal Luzern“, das vom Büro für Geschichte, Kultur und Zeitgeschehen Luzern herausgegeben wurde, ist insofern selbst Teil dieser Denkmalgeschichte
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Geschichte, 2019
SCHWEIZERISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR GESCHICHTE REVUE SUISSE D'HISTOIRE RIVISTA STORICA SVIZZERA, 2019
«General Sutter» – the Dark Side of a Swiss Hero Tale The myth of Swiss emigrant Johann August S... more «General Sutter» – the Dark Side of a Swiss Hero Tale
The myth of Swiss emigrant Johann August Sutter (1803–1880) who built the «empire» of New Helvetia in the interior of Alta California on his own and, thus, founded the city of Sacramento has been uncritically passed on in Swiss literature, film and theater for over hundred years now. With the establishment of the partnership between Sacra- mento and Liestal in the late 1980 s, the administration of the canton Basel-Landschaft initiated an official commemoration of their common compatriot. What has been left out in this particular metanarrative until today are the achievements and deprivations of the hundreds of indigenous who were forced into labor and kept like animals by Sutter. The self-proclaimed empresario de colonizacion also dealt in indigenous chil- dren, who he violently robbed from their homes, within the illegal slave trade of indige- nous peoples. The present article retraces the process that led to the initiation of the «General Sutter» commemoration in the 1980 s, and also sheds light on the hitherto hidden (indigenous) side of this popular Swiss tale and, therefore, reveals yet another part of entangled Swiss history.
Die Frauen der Red Power Bewegung. Die Bedeutung von Born-Digital-Selbstzeugnissen für unsichtbare Akteurinnen in der Erinnerungskultur, V&R Unipress, 2023
The study takes up current social issues such as gender equality, digitalisation and the male im... more The study takes up current social issues such as gender equality, digitalisation and the male imprint on cultural memory. Using an exemplary case, it examines how to feminise master narratives shaped by men. By following the traces of historical actors and witnesses of the Red Power movement, the Indigenous resistance in the USA in the 1960s and 1970s, on social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and comparing them with the traces in analogue archives in the USA and Europe, Rachel Huber makes visible that female Red Power activists were decisive for the success of the political resistance and contributed to the implementation of pro-Indigenous US laws with a genuinely female grassroots activism.