Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
What links music with plastic waste, emissions or oil leakages? The Nigerian Olusegun Stephen Titus explores just how protest songs can trigger re-thinking and help to achieve ecological sustainability.
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Some are replicas, many were looted, some were given away: during the colonial era, countless international cultural objects crossed national borders. How we should deal with these objects today is the subject of controversial debate. Venezuelan legal scholar María Julia Ochoa Jiménez argues for respecting the interests of the Indigenous groups that once produced the objects.
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In many countries, queer people have problems accessing healthcare services. There are prejudices about homosexuality; in some places it is even banned. But health researchers like Alex Müller are fighting for equal rights, also by cooperating with human rights organisations.
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Artificial intelligence can boost development in poor countries and promote international cooperation when language barriers fall. Gaurav Sharma from India is exploring the regulatory hurdles that have to be overcome for this to happen.
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To discover what holds the world together in its innermost core – philosophy seeks to find timeless truths that apply to all people. Today, however, the canon is largely dominated by the thoughts of a few European philosophers. Just how much racism informs their thinking is the issue being explored by Marina Martinez Mateo.
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Is the fact that East Germans are underrepresented in the leadership of German universities a case of inner-German colonialism?
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Who actually does what at Humboldt headquarters? Who are the people behind the scenes making sure that everything runs smoothly? This page is devoted to the colleagues at the Humboldt Foundation, their work and experiences as well as what they get up to when they are not at work. Today: Oksana Seumenicht.
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The awards for Humboldtians’ best networking initiatives go to Cameroon, Mexico and the Netherlands. Applications for the 2025 Humboldt Alumni Award may be submitted until 15 December 2024.
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Mathematician, science historian, sinologist and philosopher Andrea Bréard investigates the history of mathematics in China. She draws on economic, political and social history to acquire insights into China’s intellectual history in its entirety.
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