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Graphic Travelogues

Join us on this special journey and immerse yourself in new worlds: Graphic Travelogues presents travel experiences by comic artists from different countries. From sketches to graphic novels, graphic diaries and travel drawings - discover with us the treasures we have collected.

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The rainforest is on fire: smoke and flames in the Amazon region near Porto Velho.

Climate change and Neocolonialism
Climate colonialism as a new power structure

Wasteful use of the earth’s resources is a leading cause of environmental disasters, and the wealthy industrialized countries are benefiting from the exploitation of developing countries.

The actors in the “Druck” young adult series share some similarities with their characters, and many are armatures.

Young Adult Series “Druck”
“A little flippant and imperfect”

“Druck” (Pressure) is a young adult television series that features authentic actors and dialogue. Most of the actors are amateurs, and the transgender character is played by a trans man. The show has been a run-away success.

Concepts of masculinity and role models: What does it mean today to be a man?

Masculinity
When is a man a man?

What does being a man mean these days? We have asked a few people in Germany what masculinity means to them.

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Current Music from Germany

Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop, Electro made in Germany
Popcast in July

In our July Popcast moderator Angie Portmann presents music by Inga, KUF, Minor Science, Paar and PC Nackt. Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop, Electro: every month we shine our search beacon into the nation’s studios and clubs. Together with Zündfunk, Bavarian Radio’s scene magazine, we showcase the latest music by riveting off-the-charts bands.

Offers from the Goethe Online World

Digital Snacks

As we all sit at home in the anticipation of socializing again, we bring to you the finest pearls as we rummage through the wide range of online offers: tips from the Onleihe and exciting content from the Goethe online world. Enrich your day with our digital snacks!

Priorities

Reflections on a post-corona-time
Day-Afterthoughts

A virus is showing us how globally networked and yet how fragile our public life is. What does the pandemic mean to and for each of us and for society as a whole?
Here are some responses from intellectuals and artists around the world with regard to our present predicament and what lies in store for us afterwards.

Gaming
GAMES ON A PLATTER

Video Games are an escape from the daily stress, a break from patterns of rumination, and a way to build positive feelings. From the alumni of the Goethe-Institut's Game and Train Jams comes exciting mobile games. Check them out!

The title Kulturama.digital is shown against a blue-white-orange background including the following objects: glasses, an eye and a mouth.

International Livestreams
Kulturama.digital

Kulturama brings international culture into your living room: house concerts live from Buenos Aires, puppet theatre from the kitchen or live acts from the Berlin club scene. Organisers enter their events and open them to international audiences. Spectators can find dates and support artists with donations.

Digital Snacks

Experiments in public space
Five 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.

Offer for book lovers
The German List

Demanding, modern German-language literature in English – that is the German List. Since 2009 Naveen Kishore has been editing this series in his publishing house Seagull Books. On the occasion of the anniversary Seagull Books and the Goethe-Institut present a paperback edition of 25 English translations of German titles.

Up & about
Deutschland #nofilter

What do I cook when the fridge is empty by the end of the month? How do I save the world by the way? And how do I survive my studies? "Deutschland #nofilter" offers tips, curiosities and funny stories about life in Germany.

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Climate change and Neocolonialism
Climate colonialism as a new power structure