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  • Pilsnerist Design Workshop © Jan Christian Schulz

    Online on April 30th & May 7thPilsnerist Design Workshop

    Design meets beer. Help us design the label for our new beer release in summer 2022. Get creative in the virtual Pilsnerist Design Workshop inspired by the legendary product design of Dieter Rams, and join the online sessions on April 30th and May 7th.

  • Sommercamp 2022 © Goethe-Institut

    Santa Clara, July 10-17, 2022German Summercamp 2022

    Do you find it exciting to work on innovative, artistic projects with other young people to shape the future of tomorrow ? If so, our AI - Art & Innovation Summer Camp is perfect for you!

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    THE BIG PONDER #33Housing

    The demand for affordable housing has reached an all-time high in both Europe and North America. In this episode, Tomma Suki investigates the housing situation in two major cities on opposite sides of the Atlantic: Berlin and Toronto.

  • A painted sign in the colors of the Ukrainian flag with the words "peace" and "freedom" hangs on a garden fence in the Schwabing district of Munich. Photo (detail): Katrin Requadt © picture alliance/dpa

    Modern SocietyFreedom

    The limit of my freedom is the freedom of others – what does that mean, especially today, for our modern, complex society? Armin Nassehi talks about the concept of freedom in a world that is being rocked by one disaster after another.

  • Hannah Arendt - Thinking is Dangerous

    Hannah ArendtThinking is Dangerous

    The dossier about Hannah Arendt’s conception of thinking explores this aspect of her work and life through art, dialogue, performance, play, music, and silence.

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This transatlantic podcast explores abstract concepts and phenomena through personal radio essays. Every other week, one of our producers transforms a broad topic into a captivating story told from a U.S.-German perspective.

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The Junioruni is a digital platform for high school students, their parents, and teachers that combines German and STEM. 

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Urban public spaces are canvases for street art. They reveal the political and social discourse of the city. The #artbits bloggers collect photos of street art from Germany and North America, from Berlin, Mexico City, Montreal, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.

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