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    Artist Residency 2020Anna Peschke

    Director and visual artist Anna Peschke will realise a new project during her residency.
  • Filmmakers from seven countries Photo: Amirul Firdaus

    "#Nucleus"Films for a better climate

    The Goethe-Institut New Zealand hosted the smartphone film competition "#Nucleus", which stimulated discussion about the environment and sustainability. Now nine filmmakers from seven countries came together to develop a short film.
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    Sustainable Tourism - Blog

    The freelance writer Marina Bierbrauer from Dresden and Berlin writer Beatrice introduce us to sustainable tourism initiatives, walkways and visitor experiences in Germany, while Kiwi travel blogger Jord Bryant aka Jub reports on some of the great sustainable tourism ideas and initiatives in New Zealand. 

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    Film SeriesLifeswap

    Lifeswap is a series of short animated Skype conversations between two young men, Jörg, 27, from Münster, Germany and Duncan, 27, from Wellington, New Zealand.

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    Radio Show'Goethe on Air': our cultural radio show

    Music, news and more from the Goethe-Institut New Zealand on Access Radio. 'Goethe on Air' provides interested listeners in New Zealand with information on all things German. An essential part of every show is to play the best of German music – old and new.

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    Living language

    Features, interviews, podcasts and a monthly blog exploring how learning a new language opens up worlds of possibilities, changes your outlook - and boosts your brain! Life is more interesting in more than one language. Find out more here...

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Given the nature of current research topics, should university teaching be focused more on specialisation or universal learning? Photo (detail): © picture alliance/Waltraud Grubitzsch

Interdisciplinary education
The universal approach to research becomes more important

University teaching has become increasingly specialised over the centuries. But the topics addressed in research today increasingly require an interdisciplinary approach.  Leibniz Association president Matthias Kleiner sees a renaissance of universal research. 

Namibian national hero Hendrik Witbooi probably never dreamed that his whip and bible would one day be the stuff of international controversy. Photo (detail): akg-images © picture alliance

Repatriation debate
 The restitution of colonial artefacts is going slowly

Where do they belong? Ownership claims to cultural assets from the colonial period are often controversial and negotiating possible restitution is frequently a fraught and drawn-out process. Germany is taking some initial steps towards a resolution.

Recently rents have risen more sharply in Berlin than in any other German city. Photo (detail): © Adobe

Worlds of Homelessness
 “Social balance is the key”

In all German cities, it takes money to live anywhere close to downtown, quite a lot of money in fact. Those who cannot afford the rising rents in cities are pushed out to the periphery. We asked an expert how urban planning could address this widening gap between rich and poor.

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Illustration of a forest with animals © Goethe-Institut

Sustainable Tourism - Blog

The freelance writer Marina Bierbrauer from Dresden and Berlin writer Beatrice introduce us to sustainable tourism initiatives, walkways and visitor experiences in Germany, while Kiwi travel blogger Jord Bryant aka Jub reports on some of the great sustainable tourism ideas and initiatives in New Zealand. 

#Nucleus - Teaser © MINA

#Nucleus: Short Film Competition

The environment and sustainability in smartphone films. Short film competition for smartphone films from Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Lifeswap

Lifeswap is a series of animated Skype chats between Jörg from Germany and Duncan from New Zealand. Facing their respective quarter life crises, they decided it was time for a change.             

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