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Everyday life in Zimbabwe: Crowds in one of the few public places with free WLAN. People in Mutare, about 270 kilometers east of the capital Harare, 23 November 2019. According to a recent independent report, Zimbabwe has one of the most expensive mobile data sources in the world. The high data costs are mainly attributed to the fact that the country has relatively few mobile internet providers and that it is a landlocked country.

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Digital Divide
Decolonize the Internet

The internet is characterised by power structures. Digital colonialism shows how established hierarchies can also become entrenched on the World Wide Web. But activists and artists are growing increasingly resistant.

Globally, data centres are responsible for a third of the energy requirements of the Internet.

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Energy Consumption
The Internet as an energy guzzler

A very small number of people question whether each individual online search query or the sending of every photo on the Internet is really necessary – this, too, can actually be environmentally harmful.

Lucia Cadotsch/LIUN + The Science Fiction Band

Photo (detail): © Louise Boer

Jazz 2019
2010-2019: A decade that rang in the changes, festivals and collectives

What went down in German jazz last year? Tina Heine looks back on major anniversaries, the German Jazz Union's achievements and standout releases this past year – as well as jazz festivals over the past decade.

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THE BURDEN OF MEMORY PROJECT FUND - CALL FOR PROJECTS OPENED!

The Burden of Memory is a platform for cultural practitioners from Africa who work on the confrontation with German colonial past in their countries in various artistic forms.
From 1st of May until 11th of July 2020, artists and cultural practitioners of all art genres from Burundi, Cameroon, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Togo can apply for funding of coproductive projects dealing with (German) colonial past and its impacts on contemporary society.

Alla Popp/Sarah Wenzinger

Residency - Digital arts and environment

The two artists Sarah Wenzinger und Alla popp have been invited by Goethe Institut Kigali in cooperation with Rwanda Arts Initiative to stay in Kigali for an artist residency of two months.

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Digital Divide
Decolonize the Internet

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The Internet as an energy guzzler

Jazz 2019
2010-2019: A decade that rang in the changes, festivals and collectives

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THE BURDEN OF MEMORY PROJECT FUND - CALL FOR PROJECTS OPENED!

Residency - Digital arts and environment

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - THE BURDEN OF MEMORY

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MagazineNews from culture and society in Germany and Rwanda

Digital Divide Decolonize the Internet

Energy Consumption The Internet as an energy guzzler

Jazz 2019 2010-2019: A decade that rang in the changes, festivals and collectives

THE BURDEN OF MEMORY PROJECT FUND - CALL FOR PROJECTS OPENED!

Residency - Digital arts and environment

Digital Divide
Decolonize the Internet

Energy Consumption
The Internet as an energy guzzler

Jazz 2019
2010-2019: A decade that rang in the changes, festivals and collectives