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Workshop with Andreas Uebele© Goethe-Institut Hanoi Design and Fashion

Workshop with Andreas Uebele
Ambassador of good design

Interview with the communication designer Andreas Uebele and two designers from Hanoi about the value of intercultural exchange.

Participants in the cultural hackathon Coding da Vinci Süd (from left to right): Leno Veras, Molemo Moiloa, Kofi Sika Latzoo, Ignatia NiluPhoto: Annette Walter

Coding da Vinci Süd
Hack the Hackathon – Digitising Cultural Assets

For the cultural hackathon Coding da Vinci Süd, the Goethe-Institut invited 15 cultural professionals, coders and hackers from Brazil, Côte d’Ivoire, Indonesia, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania to Munich to present ideas and innovative apps for the digitisation of cultural assets.  

Award ceremony 2019: Festival Director Dieter Kosslick with award winners and jury membersPhoto (detail): © Alexander Janetzko/Berlinale 2019

The 69th Berlinale
Farewell, controversies, and some amazing films

The last Berlinale under Dieter Kosslick has come to an end: with an unusually meticulously-conceived competition – and heated debates.

Book cover: der rote Swimmingpool© Hanser Berlin

Natalie Buchholz
An Idyll in Collapse

Adam’s parents are splitting up – which hits him like a bolt from the blue and drives him to an extreme act. In the end, he learns that his parents have kept a secret from him the whole time. This suspenseful coming-of-age story marks Natalie Buchholz's debut as a novelist.

Book cover: Die Wahrheit über das Lügen© Diogenes

Benedict Wells
Truth, Lies and Other Stories

At age 23, when his first novel was published by Diogenes in 2008, Benedict Wells was the youngest author of the renowned publishing house. This novel has since been made into a film and his next three books were also successes. Now Wells presents a collection of short stories that can be considered virtually classic.

A world of codes: In the “Open Codes. Living in digital worlds” exhibition at the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe visitors undergo a digital transformation.© ZKM | Karlsruhe, Foto: Felix Grünschloß

Artificial Intelligence
Coding Art

If you think art and robotics have nothing in common, think again. Artificial intelligence is a tool for creative minds, and increasingly their competition. The digital revolution also provides art with plenty of fodder for critical reflection.

Apartment house | Ho Chi Minh Stadt | Vo Trong Nghia ArchitectsPhoto (detail): Hiroyuki Oki

Social Architecture in Vietnam
Trees that grow from houses

Social engagement and climate-adapted construction are central topics in international architectural discourse. Anh-Linh Ngo, architect and co-editor of the journal ARCH+, was born in Vietnam and has lived in Germany for many years. He elucidates current developments in Vietnam on these issues and what we can learn from Vietnamese architects.

kadawittfeldarchitektur, Keltské muzeum GlaubergFoto (detail): Werner Huthmacher

Top Ten
German Architects

High quality, utility and sustainability: German architects are internationally successful. The architectural critic Falk Jaeger presents his favourites among Germany's creative architects in short portraits.

It is important to Alexandra Ivanova that this library developed from a grass-roots level.Photo (detail) | © Private

The Monaliesa Library in Leipzig
“A political place”

Alexandra has been regularly going to the Monaliesa Feminist Library. The translator and author started a reading club there – in her opinion the Monaliesa from its history is the perfect place. 

Artist Talk© Goethe-Institut Hanoi

Artist Talk
The Last Ride

In January 2017, the artist Nguyễn Phương Linh exhibited an installation in Goethe-Institut Hanoi. We talked to her, the curator Trương Quế Chi and to Linhs father Nguyễn Mạnh Đức, co-founder of Nhà Sàn studio.

For young researchers from abroad Germany is an attractive locationPhoto (detail): © SolisImages/Fotolia

Young international researchers
Many Roads lead to the PhD

Carrying on research next door to Nobel laureates – this is possible at several institutions in Germany. For young international scientists, Germany is also an attractive research location because of its good infrastructure and excellent academic supervision.

Intercultural learning processes make the students curiousPhoto (detail) © Andrey Popov - Fotolia.com

Multilingual Didactics
Thinking Outside the Box

The Framework of Reference for Pluralistic Approaches to Languages and Cultures serves as the basis for teaching and learning processes in the promotion of multilingual and intercultural skills. How can it be integrated into the teaching of German as a foreign language?

Die Schätze der Archäologie Vietnams © Bild: LWL

Vietnam’s Archaeological Treasures
Interview with chief curator Andreas Reinecke

Shipwrecks, giant bronze drums, dragons’ heads and an 8m-high walk-through temple: Vietnam’s Archaeological Treasures is an exhibition that brings spectacular finds from Vietnam’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites to Germany for the first time, presenting ten thousand years of history in a single show.

German National Library in Frankfurt am Main – also a part of the share economyPhoto (detail): © Thomas Meyer / Ostkreuz

Libraries as Sharing Partners
Anything but Old-Fashioned

In libraries knowledge and things have been exchanged from time immemorial. They are part of the share economy, even if many are unaware of this. But the “sharing” trend places libraries before a new challenge.

“Mein Bruder und ich” (My Brother and I) Photo (detail) © SWR/Tonix Pictures

Dieter Wiedemann
“There is not enough experimentation”

The lifeblood of German children's television is the use of successful formats. With new productions, however, the movers and shakers in this TV domain should show more innovation, says media researcher, Professor Dieter Wiedemann.

Learning English with children’s books character ConniPhoto (detail): © Carlsen Verlag

Augmented Reality
Children’s books with added digital value

Some German publishers are testing digital formats for very young readers. Although the new products offer many learning possibilities, they have not yet gained widespread favour among parents and pedagogues.
 

Different emojisPhoto (detail): © DigiClack - Fotolia.com

Emojis
How Pictographs Are Changing the Forms of Communication

In digital text communication small symbols are becoming increasingly important. What emojis do Germans like to use, and what influence do they have on our language?

The German Emigration Centre at the New PortPhoto (detail): © Deutsches Auswandererhaus/Kay Riechers

The German Emigration Centre
People between Dreams and Uncertainty

At the German Emigration Centre visitors get an idea of what flight and emigration mean for the individual. Furthermore, the museum in Bremerhaven makes emphatically clear that many Germans were forced to leave their homes.

Total immersion in German history – A screenshot from the “Myth of Neuschwanstein” computer gamePhoto (detail): © Astragon

Regional Studies in computer games
The Playful Way to Get to Know Germany

Games enable people to immerse themselves in a culture and to experience history hands-on, says Thorsten Unger, CEO of the Bundesverband der deutschen Games-Branche.

The German Emigration Centre at the New PortPhoto (detail): © Deutsches Auswandererhaus/Kay Riechers

The German Emigration Centre
People between Dreams and Uncertainty

At the German Emigration Centre visitors get an idea of what flight and emigration mean for the individual. Furthermore, the museum in Bremerhaven makes emphatically clear that many Germans were forced to leave their homes.

EUNIC believes in exchange and understanding;Photo (detail): © EUNIC

European Cultural Policy
“Seeking Genuine Understanding”

Europe faces many challenges, and nationalist tendencies are becoming increasingly popular in some countries. Is the European idea falling apart – and what can culture do to prevent this from happening? An interview with Andrew Murray, the director of EUNIC, the network of European Union National Institutes for Culture.

Using the power of the wind;Photo (detail): © industrieblick_Fotolia

Germany after the climate change conference
Pressure on the pioneer

The global community set itself ambitious targets in Paris. Considerable efforts will also be needed in Germany if they are to be reached.

Opening of the Pop-Up Gallery Shaping Clouds Photo (detail): © Katerina Valdivia Bruch

Pop-Up Galleries
A New Mode of Self-Promotion

Pop-up spaces are springing up like mushrooms after the rain. Both small and large-scale entrepreneurs are making use of this opportunity to promote their products in a targeted manner for a short period.

„Victoria“ by Sebastian Schipper | © Wild Bunch GermanyPhoto (detail): © Wild Bunch Germany

The New German Genre Cinema
Creativity Replaces Narrative Routine

Horror films, thriller or an Alpine western – young directors are bringing a new genre diversity to German cinema, but can they also gain the trust of cinema-goers?

Emrah DüzelPhoto (detail): © OVGU

Memory research
“Digital Media Are a Blessing”

Has our memory capacity declined since we have come to rely on smartphones? Are we perhaps even at risk of suffering “digital dementia”? On the contrary, claims memory researcher Emrah Düzel.

Airman im Konzert© Stadtbibliothek Köln

Interview with Dr. Hannelore Vogt
Always one step ahead: On the success of new library concepts

Dr Hannelore Vogt, head of Cologne’s prize-winning city library, talks to us about the relevance of libraries in the digital age, whether the term “library” still fits and about her own library’s recipe for success.

Highly aesthetically designed knowledge book: Dieter Braun’s “Wild Animals“;Photo (detail): © Knesebeck

Literature for children and young adults
A great variety

Books for young readers constitute an important segment of the German book market. German-language literature for children and young adults is characterized by ambitious themes and thoughtful illustrations.

The Syrian refugee, Bassem, in the marketplace of a small town in the state of Saxony. Photo (detail): © Sammy Khamis

Smartphones as Refugee Helpers
Lifesavers in Their Pockets

Smartphones have changed the way people flee. They have maps to show the refugees where the border crossings are, Facebook provides them with weather reports and, if necessary, a human trafficker is just a Whatsapp message away.

Rachel Muchira from Kenya is doing a Ph.D. at the University of Leipzig.Photo (detail): © Rachel Muchira

Foreign students
“Preparing for the German Educational System”

Too many foreign students still break off their studies. Gebhard Reul of the German Academic Exchange Service explains what German universities can do to foster integration.

Meeting cafe Photo (detail): Sven-Christian Kindler, CC BY-SA 2.0

Multigenerational houses
Under One Roof

Living in a Multigenerational House – behind this is the idea that young and old can mutually support one another. In Germany, this form of living is becoming increasingly popular.

Brave new urban world – vision of the city of the future;Photo (detail): © LAVA/Fraunhofer IAO

Smart Cities
Who will build the city of tomorrow?

Up to now the concept of the “smart city” has generated attention mainly through Asian mega-projects. But in Germany too the idea is playing an increasingly important role.

Gewandhausorchester, Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, 2014 © Gert Mothes

Introduction
The state of classical music in Germany

Germany is a “country of music” because of its cultural heritage and the concentration of orchestras, concert halls and festivals unrivaled anywhere else in the world. Fostering this rich variety is essential.

Screening in Hamburg-HammerbrookPhoto (detail): © A Wall is a Screen

Mobile Cinema
Mobile Cinema in Germany

Cinema does not necessarily need a movie theatre. In cities like Hamburg films are projected onto the facades of buildings. These mobile film performances have opened up new perspectives in the way public space can be used.

Paula Rosolen at the award ceremony for the first prize in the Danse Élargie competition at the Thêatre de la Ville in Paris (2014)Photo (detail): © Laurent Philippe

Next generation: Paula Rosolen
Injecting something Alien into the Dance World

Paula Rosolens Choreografien bewegen sich lustvoll zwischen Tanzgeschichte und Populärkultur. Ein Interview mit der aus Argentinien stammenden Choreografin.

A photograph of Becher student Jörg Sasse;Photo (detail): © Jörg Sasse, VG Bildkunst, Bonn/courtesy Schirmer/Mosel

Düsseldorf photography
How a school changed the way we see

In Düsseldorf, the photographer Bernd Becher and his wife Hilla Becher trained artists who went down in art history as the Düsseldorf School of Photography.
 

Children reading the “Jekiz”-flyerPhoto (detail): KDH / Petra Coddington

Early musical education
From 0 years of age on

Education programmes – for almost a decade now there has been hardly a concert house in Germany that has not taken up activities in the field of musical education for the young.

The BoxerPhoto: © Reinhard Kleist

Comic Biographies
The lives of others

They should be part of every good book store. The International Literature Festival Berlin dedicates a special section to comic biographies. One of the most successful comic artists is Berlin-based author Reinahrd Kleist

Remembering in pictures and words: comics about the fall of the Wall.Photo (detail): © Carlsen-Verlag

Comics about the fall of the Wall
German history in pictures

Numerous comics remind us of the dictatorial regime that ruled the GDR and the peaceful end of the East German state.

Still from the film <i>Almanya</i>© Concorde-Filmverleih

Film
Multiculturalism in German Cinema

The conflict of young adults being caught between the traditions of the old country and the freedom of the new country is often reflected in movies.

Till BrönnerPhoto: © Ралф Домбровски

An Introduction
Jazz from Germany

German jazz is multifaceted. Hardly any other jazz scene in Europe has such a range of styles, traditions and techniques.

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