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Arts & Humanities

“Stories Provide a Safe Space for Discussion” – A Conversation about African Folktales in Youth Crisis Management

Adolescence means finding your place in the world—facing challenges big and small, even sometimes existential. In times of upheaval, could age-old folktales be part of the answer? In this interview, the editors of a new book on storytelling and youth crisis management in Kenya and Ethiopia make their case.

Academia & Publishing

From Books to Bits

How can academic literacy survive in the era of AI summaries and fragmented attention? What does meaningful reading look like to today’s students? In this new blog series, we’ll meet experts who are tackling this emerging challenge – sometimes with unconventional solutions.

Arts & Humanities

Design lehren heißt Zuhören lernen: Sven Ingmar Thies im Gespräch

Was zeichnet guten Designunterricht aus – und warum ist ein offenes Ohr dabei mindestens genauso wichtig wie ein gutes Auge? Sven Ingmar Thies von der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien teilt seine Einsichten über die Bedeutung des aktiven Zuhörens und berichtet, was er aus 24 Gesprächen mit internationalen Lehrenden gelernt hat.

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