Foto: Arndt Oehmichen © Deutscher Bundestag Parliamentary elections 2017 Germany voted Germans went to the polls at the end of September to decide who will serve as legislators in the Bundestag. We summarize how users in social media commented on the vote on election night. Cultural creatives and civil society actors all over the world tell us what they wish for in the time after the election. #BTW17 What the internet is saying about the German elections Coalition Governments in Germany Sharing Power In the Street Campaigns Sunflowers, Ice Cream and Spies The series "My Library" Photo (detail): © Stefanie Zobl Music library in Nuremberg “We can practise at our own pace here” Photo (detail): © Andrea Gehwolf Munich City Library in Giesing “Children’s books are great for learning German” Photo (detail): © Stefan Fischer HFF Munich Library “It's like winning the jackpot” Photo (detail): © Anna Fein The Fantastical Library in Wetzlar “I like to imagine: What would happen if ...?” For more articles Paula Rosolen: “Aerobics” Movement – Dance, Migration, Cultural Exchange Dance is movement – and movement over borders also shapes dance. For about 300 years now, travel and migration have had a strong influence on an increasingly globalised dance scene. Our portrait series shows: cultural exchange across and beyond all borders and limitations gives dancers impulses for creative work and enlivens their art. Most popular articles Photo: © Jen Grantham / iStock Feminism around the world “Impressive mobilisation” Does something like global feminism exist? What issues concern women in different regions of the world? What is the relationship between feminist activists of different generations? An interview with the Italian-American philosopher Silvia Federici. [more …] Photo | Soeren Stache, © dpa / picture alliance Transgender The power of fashion Fashion exercises an avant-garde function for socially relevant discourse. It reflects the issue of transgender and ensures that the boundary between male and female becomes more permeable. [more …] Photo: © ImagineGolf/iStock Opinion piece Monika Hauser on solidarity Authors and representatives of public life write personal opinion pieces for goethe.de/kultur about a particular concept that influences their life. Women’s rights activist Monika Hauser believes that many people have lost sight of the fact that solidarity should be taken for granted in civil society. [more …] © Bernd Struckmeyer Digital Discourse Freepost Values, filterbubbles and identity Portofrei is an interactive discourse format that invites you to leave your own filter bubble and open yourself up to new ways of thinking. Freepost What it is worth to us Freepost Filterbubbles and the fake-news age Goethe worldwide © Colourbox Berlin, because … Declarations of Love to a City “If not in Warsaw then THERE! THERE you can run across the street in your pyjamas” – Berlin is the place of longing par excellence for artists and intellectuals from around the world. The Goethe-Institut Poland has collected declarations of love by Polish cultural creatives. © Goethe-Institut Flight, Migration and Political Exile Witnesses to History – Past and Present Reservations about accepting refugees exist in many countries. Reason enough for the Goethe-Institut Latvia to ask: who is actually arriving and what does flight mean for individuals? And: did not Latvians themselves have to live in exile until recently? © Lea Delazer No-Go? Districts in Disrepute “Social hotspot”, “ghetto“, “no-go area” – certain neighbourhoods are considered “problem zones”. But how did this happen in the first place, and how do residents deal with it? The Goethe-Institut France visits urban districts in Belgium, Germany, France and Italy. Dance and Theatre © Altin Kaftira Dance and Immersion Pointe Shoes and 3D Glasses How can an audience be seduced? How does it come about that people immerse themselves in foreign worlds with all their senses and succumb body and soul to what happens there? [more …] © Birgit Hupfeld Berlin Theatre Meeting 2017 Pre-escalatory atmospheres An interview with Dorothea Marcus and Till Briegleb, two jury members of the Berlin Theatre Meeting, on the state of German-language stages, the meaningfulness of quotas, jury discussions and hotel rooms. [more …] © Georg Pöhlein Puppet Theatre Festival Experimental arrangement in the “in between” Every two years, four cities in Franconia host an international puppet theater festival. A look at the festival program 2017 shows: the concept of "puppets" and "theater" is very broad. [more …] For more articles Music CC 0/PEXELS Composing for Games Playing with Music Computer games are part of youth culture and have become a mass phenomenon – and a new market for bringing music to people. [more …] Photo ⓒ Ralf Dombrowski Music Critics 2017 Music Journalism in the Digital Age Music criticism today seems to be being ground down between ratings, business interests and the exploitation of trainees. The last greats in the field such as Joachim Kaiser are dead. What remains are prospects lying between aspiration and hobby. Or? [more …] Photo ⓒ Charlotte Goltermann Pop Debate What is Good Pop Music? There’s no accounting for taste. At present this is again being abundantly proven by the question about what makes good pop music. Art for the sake of art, or pop for the masses? [more …] For more articles Literature Photo: © Rainer Schleßelmann Merle Kröger The traditional, the luxurious and the discovered In her works, the author and filmmaker Merle Kröger combines a realistic view of our times, an unwavering sympathy for those suffering hardship and a penchant for exuberance [more …] Photo (detail): © Anemone Kloos Digitalization in Illustration When tablet replaces ink Computers, tablets and digital programmes are an integral part of illustration. Still, many artists prefer to work with pencil, ink and paper. [more …] Photo (detail): © Matthias Wittkuhn The illustrator Birte Müller A colourful universe The picture book author and illustrator Birte Müller finds a form of expression appropriate for children even for subjects such as death and life with Downs Syndrome. She is inspired by her travels and her son Willi. [more …] For more articles Film Photo (detail): © Katrin Rothe Filmproduktion The German Animated Film Scene Rare Birds, Big Dreams The animated film has a hard time of it in Germany – despite all the outstanding training programs that are available. For a long time the genre was regarded as a playground for the more exotically inclined. Now there are encouraging signs that that may be changing. [more …] Photo (detail): © Eventpress | Deutsche Filmakademie Film and Television Directing Women to the fore A new study by the Filmförderanstalt shows what associations like Pro Quota Regie have been complaining about for quite some time – female filmmakers hardly get any work in Germany. However, the proposals for solutions to this problem have also sparked quite a lot of criticism. [more …] Photo (detail): © Fantasy Filmfest/MFA+ The Fantasy Filmfest Blood and Nail-biting Suspense for the Fan Base Horror, science-fiction, art-house – in 1987 the Fantasy Filmfest was launched in Hamburg. For 30 years, it has been going on tour regularly with venues in seven German cities. In the meantime, what used to be just a gathering of enthusiasts has become a much-respected event. [more …] For more articles Additional themes Foto: morethanshelters Architecture Foto (Ausschnitt): © SLUB Dresden/Henrik Ahlers - CC BY-SA 4.0 Libraries Foto: © Berliner Sparkasse, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2015 Visual Arts © Fotolia/quickshooting Education and Knowledge Merz b. Schwanen Design and Fashion Foto: © Shutterstock Society and Current Affairs Foto (Ausschnitt): © InnoGames Game Jam Media Foto (Ausschnitt): © EpicStockMedia/fotolia.com Modern Life
