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Perspective future

The world is going through a phase of profound upheaval. The climate crisis demands a rapid and consistent change towards a sustainable way of life - and increasing digitalisation is changing all general conditions.
 
How do we want to live? How can justice be achieved for all generations?

Cultural programme 2026/2027

The Machines Are No Longer Singing Graphic Design: Our Polite Society

Dynamics of Structural Change
 The Machines Are No Longer Singing

In 2026 and 2027, we invite you to an exchange on the conditions of living and working together, addressing the past and the future alike. Particular attentionwillbeonthemes such aswork and emancipation, prosperity or labour migration. Artists and theorists open up perspectives on current transformation processes and design new ideas for our working life and social interaction.

ENTRAUSCHEN – DeNoise Graphic Design: Our Polite Society

Art and Artificial Intelligence
 ENTRAUSCHEN – DeNoise

In 2026 and 2027, we will highlight artistic discourses that develop alternative, resistant and emancipatory visions of the future on artificial intelligence. The focus will be on changing working conditions, new forms of artistic expression and the role of AI in the age of visual disinformation.

Sustainability

Key visual of Blog, engage, act! Ilustration: Tobias Schrank © Goethe-Institut

Season 1-4
 Blog, engage, act!

Young people around the world have been taking to the streets for more climate justice since 2018. What drives them? What ideas do they have for the future? And how do they get organized? Eight bloggers and activists from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain explore these questions for Blog, Engage, Act!

Reforestation for air travel: What do carbon offset projects achieve? Photo (detail): © Adobe

Focus topic
 Sustainability

Particulate matter, climate change, plastic: the question of how we can solve these problems and preserve the Earth for ourselves and future generations is currently occupying people around the world. We bring together international perspectives.

Digitalisation - Artificial Intelligence

Source code is like a recipe: algorithms shape our day-to-day lives. Photo (detail): © Adobe

Artificial Intelligence
 Algorithms are like recipes

But the ingredients have to be carefully selected to ensure that a dish tastes good: Algorithm expert Sebastian Schelter talks about artificial intelligence, how it takes decisions off our hands, and how this impacts our lives.

Information technology Photo (Detail): Markus Spiske © Unsplash

Frankly ... Posthuman
 How technology helps us in times of crisis

As interpersonal human contact has become a health risk, Liwen Qin outlines how advances in digitalization and information technology can help us cope with the global COVID-19 pandemic.

A robot sits in the classroom at the Adolf-Weber-Gymnasium in Neuhausen: with its help a sick student is able to participate in lessons in January 2022. Photo (detail): © picture alliance/SZ Photo/Robert Haas

Inclusion
 “Good WiFi isn’t enough”

Education is happening in the digital space more and more. But what about students with disabilities? Anja Bensinger-Stolze is head of the Schools department at the Gewerkschaft für Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW; Union for Education and Science). She explains the situation regarding inclusion in digital education at German schools.
 

More and more women are working in gaming. Photo (detail): © Adobe

Women in the gaming industry
 “You haven’t noticed us? Then you need to improve your network!”

Computer game development and programming was once a field largely dominated by men. But there is a sea change underway: we spoke to five women from the gaming industry.

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