Goethe-Institut Sri Lanka

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DIGITAL LIBRARYE-LIBRARY OF THE GOETHE-INSTITUT SRI LANKA

The eLibrary allows you to borrow digital documents, such as eBooks, audio files and electronic newspapers, for a predetermined period of time.
(c) UNHCR
Film FestivalWorld Refugee Day of the UNHCR

In occasion of the World Refugee Day on June 20, the Goethe-Institut Sri Lanka is happy to support the Refugee Film Festival, organised by the UNHCR and the Sri-Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with two films.
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Exhibition & FilmCOLOMBO PRIDE

The Goethe-Institut supports human and political rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual people in Sri Lanka. Therefore we support EQUAL GROUND’s “Colombo Pride 2017” as cultural partner with film contributions from the Berlinale Teddy Awards 2016.

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Sehenswürdig!

Photo (Detail): © martinbrombacher.de

Cultural BuildingsWell Worth Seeing

Tourist magnets, architecture as theatre and cultural flagships: buildings like the newly-opened Elbphilharmonie are meant to enhance culture with their spectacular architecture – and positively influence the development of a city or a region. But does it work?

Photo (detail) © Reevu Wangdi

Queer Identities"Born This Way" - and that!

Time was when everybody was "queer" who refused to submit to conventional ideals of gender, identity and beauty. But what does it mean today? A brief foray into the history of the concept in India and Germany.

Halfdan Pisket - Denmark - Changing the picture

Illustration (detail): © Halfdan Pisket

goethe.de/schweden/picturepoliticsPicture Politics

Comic artists and illustrators confront prejudices, fears and fake news about the refugee crisis.

ProjectsTopics and Projects of Goethe-Institut in Sri Lanka

Bordermovement

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Bordermovement

Merging electronic music from South Asia and Germany.

Cinnamon Colomboscope 2016

(c) Colomboscope

cinnamoncolomboscope.comColomboscope

Cinnamon Colomboscope is a contemporary and multidisciplinary arts festival.

Photo © Colourbox.de

Migration – Emigration – Flight On the Run: a Debate

Aman Sethi and Georg Diez, two journalists from India and Germany, discuss the so called refugee issue – by letter!

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