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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.

Photo (detail): Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi © picture alliance / AP Photo

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

Having your own mug for a takeaway coffee or not using the plastic bags at a supermarket – such examples of environmental awareness and personal responsibility have now become part of everyday life for many Germans. However, it is (still) a very small number of people who question whether each individual 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.

ProjectsTopics and Projects of Goethe-Institut in Rwanda

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Residency: Digital Arts and Environment

DigiTales across borders #2

After last year's first edition on the power of stories in the transnational process of reconciliation, the DigiTales Across Borders project was again supported by the Franco-German Cultural Fund in 2019. This year, the focus was on knowledge transfer between the generations.

Pamela Tulizo

In a workshop, artists from the DR Congo and Rwanda developed a web series about the East Congolese city of Goma. The city known for war and natural disasters is portrayed from an unusual point of view.
TUKO-LIFE IN GOMA: A CONGOLESE-RWANDAN WEB SERIES

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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

ProjectsTopics and Projects of Goethe-Institut in Rwanda

Residency: Digital Arts and Environment

DigiTales across borders #2

In a workshop, artists from the DR Congo and Rwanda developed a web series about the East Congolese city of Goma. The city known for war and natural disasters is portrayed from an unusual point of view.
TUKO-LIFE IN GOMA: A CONGOLESE-RWANDAN WEB SERIES

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Digital Divide Decolonize the Internet

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

Residency: Digital Arts and Environment

DigiTales across borders #2

In a workshop, artists from the DR Congo and Rwanda developed a web series about the East Congolese city of Goma. The city known for war and natural disasters is portrayed from an unusual point of view. TUKO-LIFE IN GOMA: A CONGOLESE-RWANDAN WEB SERIES

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

In a workshop, artists from the DR Congo and Rwanda developed a web series about the East Congolese city of Goma. The city known for war and natural disasters is portrayed from an unusual point of view.
TUKO-LIFE IN GOMA: A CONGOLESE-RWANDAN WEB SERIES