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Karl Marx
Re-reading „Das Kapital“

Karl Marx would have celebrated his 200th birthday in 2018. His criticism of capitalism appears even more pertinent today amidst climate crisis, chronic unemployment and global inequality. A reason to look back and re-read.

Multilingualism changes the brain’s structure and function.

Benefits for Bilinguals
How does Learning New Languages Affect the Brain?

Learning new languages changes the brain’s structure and function, as bilingual neuroscientist Kristina Wiebels explains…

The author composing in the SeaM (Studio for electroacoustic Music), Weimar.

Amy Jean Barnett
From Poneke to Bauhaus

For a creatively minded New Zealander, what is it like to live and study in Germany? Composer and media artist Amy Jean Barnett reflects on her experiences in Weimar, following study in Wellington (Poneke), New Zealand.

ProjectsTopics and Projects of Goethe-Institut in New Zealand

#Nucleus: Short Film Competition

Call for Entries: 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.

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.

New Zealand as seen from the International Space Station in 2014

New Music, New Zealand

Aotearoa-New Zealand. Kiwis making music in and beyond this island nation in the 21st century. This thematic dossier explores the newest electronic and experimental music of Aotearoa-New Zealand, and the history and traditions that underpin it.

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Karl Marx
Re-reading „Das Kapital“

Benefits for Bilinguals
How does Learning New Languages Affect the Brain?

Amy Jean Barnett
From Poneke to Bauhaus

ProjectsTopics and Projects of Goethe-Institut in New Zealand

#Nucleus: Short Film Competition

Lifeswap

New Music, New Zealand

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Karl Marx Re-reading „Das Kapital“

Benefits for Bilinguals How does Learning New Languages Affect the Brain?

Amy Jean Barnett ​From Poneke to Bauhaus

#Nucleus: Short Film Competition

Lifeswap

New Music, New Zealand

Karl Marx
Re-reading „Das Kapital“

Benefits for Bilinguals
How does Learning New Languages Affect the Brain?

Amy Jean Barnett
From Poneke to Bauhaus