A Swiss cocoa dynasty in Brazil : The astonishing story behind Philipp Keller’s photos of Brazil (ca. 1875-1950)

A Swiss cocoa dynasty in Brazil. The astonishing story behind Philipp Keller’s photos of Brazil (ca. 1875-1950)

with Michael Schmitz (University of Lausanne).

How did the oldest known photos of the Brazilian cocoa region of Ilhéus end up in the archives of the Museum of Transport, in the Philipp Keller Collection? Based on this question, Michael Schmitz (University of Lausanne) provides insights into the astonishing history of Swiss cocoa traders and plantation owners in Bahia, Brazil. The Keller family’s trading company played an extremely important role in this. Schmitz also tells a piece of Swiss chocolate history and raises questions about global distributive justice.
The lecture by Michael Schmitz (University of Lausanne) uses the Philipp Keller collection to provide insights into the astonishing history of Swiss cocoa traders in Bahia, Brazil.

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