Migration – Nobody Has Always Been Here (Ö2)

• Subject Area: Prehistory and World Archaeology ; Social and Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology
• Term: from 2016 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 57444011

The main goal is to raise awareness for the fact that migration is not a modern phenomenon but has deep roots in human evolution. The exhibition sheds light on the earliest history of human exodus. These topics match the research questions and the multidisciplinary approach of the CRC 806 perfectly.The exhibition was inspired by current political evolvements in Europe and is supposed to bridge the time span between the Ice Age and today. An important aim is to raise awareness for how archaeology can help us when we are coping with contemporary societal challenges. By drawing attention to the earliest history of human development, the exhibition would like to show that migration has always been an integral part of human existence – it is not a contemporary phenomenon.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 806: Our Way to Europe: Culture-Environment Interaction and Human Mobility in the Late Quaternary
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Köln
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Jürgen Richter; Professor Dr. Gerd-Christian Weniger