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App-based City Tour 'GLOBAL MUNICH'

The App-based City Tour Globales München (Global Munich) was launched in 2017. Since then, the project has merged with Orte der Globalisierung / Places of Globalisation, an initiative of the Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect (https://www.globaldisconnect.org/). The newly integrated digital portal is scheduled to launch in 2026.


Original Project Description:

Globales München (Global Munich) seeks to connect questions, debates, and insights from the academic field of global history with the local setting of the Munich Centre for Global History itself, thereby making global history accessible to a broader public. By offering a city tour that traces "global places" within Munich, the project opens up a new perspective on the city and its past.


"Global places" are sites where global connections manifest (or manifested) themselves within the urban fabric. Some examples are immediately apparent, such as the Olympic Park as the venue of a global sporting event. Others are less obvious: the Löwenbräu brewery, for instance, was not only the site of the "Tag des Ausländers" (Day of the Foreigner) celebrations in 1977, but also one of the locations from which beer was shipped to Bavarian troops fighting in the Boxer Uprising in China in 1900. By examining both well-known landmarks and overlooked corners of the city, the project addresses a wide range of themes in global history, including migration, global trade, colonialism, experiences of foreignness, and notions of home.


The audio-walk Globales München (Global Munich) was developed in close collaboration with LMU history students. Through this process, students were trained in historical research as well as in methods of public history and communication. Their work made a decisive contribution to the content and success of the project.

Nature of the project:

TransferLab Projekt

Duration:

2017-2021

Participating researchers:

Prof. Dr. Roland Wenzlhuemer (LMU)
Susanne Quitmann, MA (LMU)
Amelie Birimisa (LMU) (Hilfskraft)
Sebastian Franz (LMU) (Hilfskraft)

with the support of:
Christoph Eisele (LMU) (Hilfskraft)
Maximilian Habersetzer (LMU)
David Irion (LMU)
Hans-Uwe Maier (LMU)
Carina Palfalusi (LMU)
David Pfahl (LMU)
Sophie Rossteuscher (LMU)
Simon Schneider (LMU)
Cynthia Schöpp (LMU)