Who would have imagined that Thomas Bernhard’s work was so well suited for comics or graphic novels? After Nicolas Mahler, the Austrian cartoonist Lukas Kummer now took on a work by his famous compatriot for the second time.
 

Frau Guse, Herr Paulke, Frau Noll or Herr Pietsch – they all have something in common: They live in Berlin-Marzahn and all go to the same foot care practice. The speech therapist and chiropodist Katja Oskamp casts loving gazes on many feet, but not only that.

Good communication is not necessarily the rule in interpersonal discourse. Julia Bernhard, a graphic artist and illustrator, compellingly demonstrates this in pictures and words. In the end, the only escape is the couch, but it turns out quite differently than you’d expect.

Visitors to museums and archives usually interact with exhibits locked in display cases in darkened rooms. Yet modern technology has given us ways to more directly experience art and cultural artefacts. Coding da Vinci is an open, cultural data hackathon that digitally brings museum pieces to life.  

University teaching has become increasingly specialised over the centuries. But the topics addressed in research today increasingly require an interdisciplinary approach.  Leibniz Association president Matthias Kleiner sees a renaissance of universal research. 

Carbon offset schemes promise to compensate for the emissions caused by private individuals – as air travellers, for instance – with donations to climate projects. But are they not just a way of salving guilty consciences?  

Over the past 120 years, Marxist ideas have undergone frequent revivals on the silver screen.

German television shows tend to have a bad reputation for poor writing and cheap productions not suited for an international market and audience. Now series like “Deutschland ‘83” and “Babylon Berlin” are putting a new shine on that tarnished image. 

Who are they and how do they live? The advertising and media world has discovered a new target group: Generation Z, fully digitalized since birth, is coming of age. But on screen they are (still) representing the lives of Millennials.

female:pressure – a network helping to boost the number of female DJs.

Pretty much every person has musical associations with their past. As it turns out, melodies and sounds can help people with dementia access long-forgotten memories.  

Many artists live in precarious conditions, and few can make a living off their art. Initiatives like fair music providers and fair-trade certificates for music labels show how a more equitable value chain could be created.