OPERATING METHOD STEP 2


Diagram of categories for using colonial images

  • Period
    • 1849-1883 Pre-colonial
    • 1884-1899 German colonialism
    • 1900-1914/18 Institution of power/colonial rule
    • 1919-1936 German colonial revisionism
  • Geography/ Map/ Regions of Togo
    • General
    • Togo German, British
    • Regional borders
    • Village
    • Town
  • Personalia/ Biography
    • Merchant / Grocer
    • Priest / Missionary
    • Colonial collaborator/official
    • Colon
    • Holder of traditional power
  • Ethnicity/ Identity/ Lifestyle
    • General
    • Stereotypes / Clichés
    • Ethnicities
    • Minorities
    • European
  • Age/ Sex/ Groups
    • Women
    • Men
    • Home, Family
    • Children, Young people
    • Older people
    • Elite social layer
    • Kinship, Adoption
    • Neighbourhood
    • Other groups
  • Body type (physical features)
    • Height, Physical appearance, Conditions
    • Hygiene
    • Sexuality
    • State of health
    • Illness / Medication
    • Treatment / Cure
    • Health centre / Hospital
    • Death / Burial
  • Clothing styles
    • Fashion / Traditional clothing
    • Fashion / European clothing
    • Other clothing styles
  • Education / Training
    • School / Education centre
    • Training / Education
    • Girl's education
    • Teacher / School authority
  • Forms of communication
    • Non-verbal (body language: Gesture/ Mimicry)
    • Emotion (grief/ anger/ tears/ laughter)
    • Curiosity
    • Dialogue / Group Conversation (Palaver, official meetings: public and secret)
    • Contacts / Correspondence
    • Contract
    • Complaints, denunciation - demands - requests (wishes)
    • Violence - Injustice etc.
    • Prayer (communication with God)
  • Economy/ World of work
    • General
    • Slavery
    • Gathering, hunting, fishing
    • Agriculture
    • Animal husbandry
    • Mining, iron-, road-building
    • Bridge building
    • Worker / collaborator
    • Crafts
    • Trade / Factory / Market
    • Industry
    • Statistics
  • Law
    • African law
    • European law
    • Other laws
  • Travel
    • Expeditions / study trips
    • Migration
    • Traffic and Transport / Means of travel
    • Railway station / Road lines
    • Port
  • Technology and practical knowledge
    • Weaving
    • Household / Domestic work
    • Practical knowledge
    • Building work
  • Nature / representations of nature
    • Landscape / Vegetation
    • Landscape / Zoology
    • Landscape / Lake, Sea etc.
    • Climate / Weather
  • Religion
    • African religions
    • Christian religions
    • Islam
    • Other religions
  • Art/ Popular aesthetics
    • General
    • European art
    • African art
    • With materials (images, textiles, wood, ceramics, stone, metal, glass)
  • Sign/ Symbol/ Gestural
  • Food
    • (Economically) useful plant
    • Food product, Foodstuff
    • Fruit
    • Food
  • Music/ Song/ Dance
    • African domain
    • European
    • Musical instrument
  • Language/ Poetry
    • Ewe
    • German
    • English
    • French
    • Other mother tongues
  • Politics/ Media
    • Colonial administration
    • Colonial symbol
    • Traditional administration
    • Security / Police force
    • Togo-German colonial heritage
    • Radio / Press
  • Architecture
    • Housing
    • Cultural landscape
    • Construction
    • Dwelling / House
    • Government and administrative buildings
    • Way of communication / Road
    • Church / Chapel / Mosque:
    • Monument
    • Hospital
    • Shopping centre
    • Fortress
  • Objects/ Tools (utensils etc.)
  • Festivity/ Game/ Leisure