Island 84
(Re-)Connecting with Felix Speiser’s Vanuatu collection (1910—1912)
«Island 84» is a digital platform on which the objects, photographs, and research materials that the Swiss ethnologist Felix Speiser brought back to Basel from his 1910-1912 trip to Vanuatu. The project aims to make the collection held in the «Museum der Kulturen Basel» and its documentation easily accessible and to encourage participation beyond the holding institution. By creating an interactive space, we hope to establish a foundation for lasting connections and future collaborations.
disclaimer
Visitors should be aware that this website holds historical data created in colonial circumstances, which may include vocabulary and views that today might be considered obsolete, inappropriate, and/or racist.
The collaboration envisaged in the project makes a platform in English indispensable. The research materials held in the Museum der Kulturen Basel and the collection documentation are in German; they will also be made available on the platform in this form.