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Seven TimeSpaces, or rooms, are linked in a spiral
movement. In this movement past, present, and future circulate. In the spiral
of time the genesis, historical impact, and changes of a matriarchal pattern
become visible. In each of the TimeSpaces particular historical and symbolical
aspects of the pattern emerge. For each TimeSpace, and in each room, this
historical occurrence is illustrated through the leifmotif of a woman's
quotation, a specially designed pictogram, and a guiding image. |
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The fifth TimeSpace, and room, recounts the
contradictory female role prescriptions and the basic gender-political
consensus among women in Germany. With their demands, they shook up the truth
claims of male politics and patriarchal interpretations. During the reign of
the emperor, the Weimar Republic, and the NS regime women were aware of their
political responsibility for living and surviving.
The scale symbolizes fair inclusiveness - in spite of
all patriarchal strategies of exclusion.
The women
of the women's movements in this bourgeois era represent women's claims
to gender-democratic relations within and outside the private
sphere.
The wooden table by Carl Koch from 1890 conveys a lively
impression of women's determination to participate in political life. |
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See Kuhn, Annette:
Historia. Frauengeschichte in der Spirale der Zeit. [Women's history in the
spiral of time] Opladen & Farmington Hills 2010 (= Schriften aus dem Haus
der FrauenGeschichte; Bd. 4), S. 201-242 [Publications from the House of
Women's History, Vol. 4, pp. 201-242]
See Spirale der Zeit.
Frauengeschichte sichtbar machen. Hrsg. v. Annette Kuhn, Marianne Hochgeschurz,
Monika Hinterberger. Heft 5: Geschlechterdemokratie in Deutschland. [Spiral of
time. Making women's history visible. Edited by Annette Kuhn, Marianne
Hochgeschurz, Monika Hinterberger. Issue 5: Gender democracy in Germany.]
Leverkusen und Michigan (USA) 2009 |
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