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    Take part in the competition by using the Onleihe and win with some luck a German course in Germany and several other cool prizes!

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    Virtual RealityKafka: A classic of world literature as a three-dimensional installation

    In the "MetamorphosisVR" you wake up as a giant insect in a faithfully reconstructed room thanks to VR technology. Do read about what exactly awaits you here.

  • Documentary film Sing Me a Song, a Germany-France-Switzerland co-production shot entirely in Bhutan chronicles the transformative impact of technology on the Himalayan kingdom © Courtesy TIFF’

    Toronto Film Festival The Monk and a Mobile Phone

    Arrival of the internet in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan: Sing Me a Song, a new documentary film premiered at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival shows the transformative impact of technology in the story of a young monk.

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    Kolkata and New Delhi: experiments in public spaceFive Million Incidents

    Five million incidents is a series of activities that will take place in the premises of Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan in Kolkata and New Delhi over a span of one year. It aims at expanding our notion of art as an extension of everyday experience of life. Numerous practitioners of different art disciplines will explore the “process of making” as a moment of sharing and interaction with you, the audience.

  • The two channel video and sound installation Somatic TaleOhrZ 1, 2019, by Vassiliea Stylianidou Photo: Humayun Memon

    New exhibition in Karachi Limitations, Possibilities, and the Spaces in Between

    Commissioned by Goethe-Institut Karachi the exhibition “Is it Possible to Live Outside of Language?” offers a timely reflection on the exclusion of diverse voices. The art works presented attempt to reimagine possibilities for the written, the spoken, and the ineffable.

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The German-language picture book market still struggles with dark-skinned protagonists. One way to boost diversity is to publish translations. Photo (detail): © Baobab Books

Children’s and young adult literature
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Children’s books shape the way we see the world as we grow up. There have thus been growing calls in recent years for children’s book publishers to reflect social and cultural diversity. 
 

Roland Schimmelpfennig not only writes for the stage, but since 2016, novels as well. Photo (detail): © dpa-Zentralbild / Jan Woitas

Roland Schimmelpfennig
 A “Meister” of Collage

Roland Schimmelpfennig is considered to be one of the most prolific theatre writers in Germany. In 2019, not one, but two of his plays were performed at the Jaffa International Theatre Festival in Israel.

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

Climate change
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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?  

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Every day the translators meet in the digital forum on the Internet platform to go over their questions about specific parts of the text, share their impressions, and discuss cultural differences. The blog captures the voices of those involved and sheds light on what the digital forum is all about. The blog posts are available in German, English and Korean.

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On the road with Rahel

Fresh air, clean drinking water, a park nearby, nice neighbors. People who are there for each other and take each other into consideration. That is what the Germans want in their cities. What are you doing for it? And what are the problems? The journalist Rahel Klein visits cities in Germany for you - and shows how people are committed to making them more liveable. Join in and ask your questions!

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Future Libraries

Libraries lead us through a flood of analogue and digital information, can be a platform for exchange, space for encounters or social anchors in the city. With our series “Future Libraries” we shed light on challenges, trends and examples of success around the future of the library.

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