Culture © Groupe Dejour News from culture and society Photo (detail): © Adobe Artificial Intelligence Algorithms are like recipes But the ingredients have to be carefully selected to ensure that a dish tastes good: Algorithm expert Sebastian Schelter talks about artificial intelligence, how it takes decisions off our hands, and how this impacts our lives. Photo (detail): Anna Heger and Sam Orchard Web Comic Series: “Queer Comic Conversations” Together in Colour The artists Anna Heger and Sam Orchard send their avatars to various places in New Zealand and Germany for the comic series “Queer Comic Conversations”. They talk about their experiences as queer people, encounters with hatred and violence and about support systems. Photo (detail): © picture alliance/Norbert Probst/imageBROKER Sustainable Towns Digital villages, green towns Germany’s most sustainable towns and cities rely on the participation of their residents. Quite a lot can be achieved even with comparatively few financial resources. In Focus Tobias Schrank © Goethe-Institut Time to listen The current situation has forced many people around the world to stay at home and follow the news. In this isolation they hear the news of a global crisis and threat. As in Boccaccio's “Il Decamerone” and many other myths and books of other cultures, the description of the disaster is followed by stories. The project “Time to listen” presents a collection of stories - told by storytellers from all genres of art, from all over the world. © Illi Anna Heger + Sam Orchard Comic Queer Comic Conversations Queer Comic Conversations is a webcomic series by artists Illi Anna Heger and Sam Orchard where they discuss similarities and differences about queer and trans lives.The series stretches from July to December 2020; every month, a new episode will be released. Service Photo: Goethe-Institut/ Loredana La Rocca eLibrary Foto: © Goethe-Institut Budapest Translation programme © Goethe-Institut │Photo: Loredana La Rocca Reading Room Top
