Culture

International Inventories Programme

The international database research project “International Inventories Programme” (IIP) focuses on Kenyan objects that have been held in museums and collections outside the country since colonial times. More than 15,400 objects have so far been identified. In addition to researching the history of their acquisition, artistic debates and exhibitions are scheduled to take place in Kenya and Germany.

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Illustration: A man on a screen with books under one arm showing his index finger

Foreign language learning in the future
Will everything be digital?

How will we be learning foreign languages in 50 or 100 years’ time? What role will be played by digital media in the foreign language lessons of the future? And is it in fact possible to give meaningful answers to these questions today?

1000 Gestalten | Art Performance at the G20 summit in Hamburg | July 2017

Protest Art
Art in the Age of Instagram

In the art scene, political engagement is not always viewed positively. Commitment to a good cause is sometimes dismissed as "service art" or merely as "well-intentioned". Images arise to get media attention and to be posted.