How does hate spread on the web? At the symposium, contributors will discuss hate speech, the role of anti-Semitism and racism, and possible counterstrategies. A training course invites teachers to test ways of dealing with hate on the internet. School classes can now register for a project week starting in October.

From the time of German and British colonial rule to shortly after the independence of present-day Tanzania, the characters in Afterlives fight for their integrity in the shadow of the colonial world order. Nobel laureate in literature Abdulrazak Gurnah introduces his latest novel in conversation with Maaza Mengiste.

A suite for big band, Afro-Cuban percussion and vocals: Pianist and composer Chucho Valdés tells the story of “The Creation” according to the Santería faith. Together with the Yoruban Orchestra, he presents the extraordinary résumé of an extraordinary career.

Urban Gardening, shared cooking pots and banking systems created by women: Silvia Federici’s essay examines the politics of the commons from a feminist perspective. How do commons form the basis of non-capitalist economies? More blog posts now available by Irit Rogoff and hn. lyonga.

What conditions shape clubs and their social contexts far from the big cities? In Shaping Dance Floors, Locally, organizers and club activists talk about how they create space for dance and dialogue on the dance floors of small German towns.

How do political economy and imperialism influence each other? Ana Teixeira Pinto discusses the economic legacy of colonialism with Utsa Patnaik and Prabhat Patnaik. She talks with Rajkamal Kahlon about the material culture and aesthetics of Western colonial archives. Now in the Mediathek: Videos of the conference Whose Universal?

What does the past sound like? The publication A Slightly Curving Place is dedicated to the working methods of sound archaeologist Umashankar Manthravadi, who recorded the sound of pre-modern performance venues with self-made microphones. Coming to Know explores shared listening as a space that makes shared knowledge possible.

What science histories and political conditions surround the process of marking the Anthropocene? In seven thematic dossiers the online publication Anthropogenic Markers contextualizes Anthropocene geology in an interdisciplinary conversation across geochemistry, science studies and artistic practice.