Questions of belonging Some introductory remarks
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The cover of this issue’s InterDisciplines displays two sides of a medal. On its front we see the profile of the British King George V wearing his insignia of power; on its back, two ships, a warship and behind it a smaller cargo vessel. Both ships sail under a blaring sun; the coastline in the background is hilly and sports two palm trees. This medal was made out of silver and hung from a necklace. Designed in London in 1919, the decoration was conferred to »native chiefs« in the British colonies. The medal is therefore closely linked to questions of belonging: Which people—imagined as »native«—»deserved« it? Who was allowed to decorate himself—chiefs in the colonies and mandates were men—with a sign of British power, representing the kingdom and its empire, its military and commercial forces under the tropical sun? The King’s Medal for Native Chiefs is a symbol of inclusion and exclusion at the same time. As a reward it made the colonial subjects »belong« to the empire. The iconography, however, is exclusive. »Africa« is depicted only by nature, while Great Britain is represented by a (powerful) person as well as by symbols of technological and economic strength.
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