Children’s and young adult literature
Are you what you read?

Ideally books for children and young adults open up a world of possibilities and convey ideals, norms and values in the spirit of the times. When, though, do they go too far? Throughout history, books have been ideologically reinterpreted or written specifically to steer young readers in a particular political direction.

Frankly ... Posthuman
What does 5G technology bring us?

Mega, Giga, Tera: The speed of the huge amounts of data in our mobile world determines the prosperity and thus the world peace. Liwen Qin worries about the price of progress.

Kultursymposium
A tussle between the past and the future

Sumona Chakravarty about a gathering of progressive writers, artists, designers, journalists, activists, policy experts in the halls of the Kultur Symposium and why at the end the three days left her energized and excited to come back to Kolkata and reinforce our efforts to break echo chambers, and bring conversations about global issues back to our local communities.

News from the classical music scene
Klassikcast in August

Summertime is festival time! Our August podcast is about new opera productions and classical music stars at the Salzburg and Bayreuth Festspiele, including Tobias Kratzer, Teodor Currentzis et al. Plus the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin bring Handel’s Concerti Grossi back to life, and Jan Vogler displays his cello’s virtuosic versatility on new recordings of Piazzolla and de Falla.

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

In our August Popcast moderator Ralf Summer presents music by Die Kerzen, JJ Whitefield, Matias Aguayo, Express Brass Band and Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek. Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop, Electro: at the beginning of every month we shine our search beacon into the nation’s studios and clubs from Kiel up north to Weilheim way down south. Together with Zündfunk, Bavarian Radio’s scene magazine, we showcase the latest music by riveting off-the-charts bands. Quality pop made in Germany can also be downloaded here by subscription.

Over 100 German films – classic movies as well as current productions – are available for free on our eMedia platform, the eLibrary.

Sustainability
Stories of pioneers

The world is in need of ideas for a better, more sustainable future, but ideas are not enough. The Goethe-Institut and the foundation FUTURZWEI collect stories for tomorrow – lived today, everywhere.

Residencies
bangaloREsidency

The bangaloREsidency programme has been conceived as a long-term collaboration between the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore and various innovative and discerning contemporary art/cultural spaces and partners in Bangalore.

Museum of the Future
Redefining public spaces

What is the role of the museum in the society today? In its project “Museum of the Future” the Goethe-Institut India invites academics, museum professionals and other experts from Germany and India to discuss the new role of the museum.

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Modern Life

Society and current affairs