On June 17th and 18th, about 35 Master students of HMKW Berlin and Cologne, accompanied by their professors Dr. Ingo Knuth and Dr. Boris Alexander Becker, went on a virtual field trip to the Cities of Hamburg and Cologne.
According to HMKW lecturer Ramzi Fatfouta and Yulia Oganian from the University of California, mouth and nose covers, as they are currently worn, have a considerable influence on decisions in negotiation situations. In their preprint of the study, they have published the first astonishing results on this new phenomenon.
Creativity knows no boundaries: Despite lockdown and quarantine blues, our graphic and communication designers have been bubbling over with ideas this semester. The most outstanding works and projects were shown at the virtual exhibition of HMKW Berlin, which took place on Friday via Zoom.
Project week with a difference: This semester, students of the Department of Psychology will re-enact, conduct and evaluate three classic psychological experiments - in Second Life instead of on the real campus.
Data protection has been a highly topical and much-discussed issue at least since the launch of the Corona-Warn-App. On 25 June 2020, Dr. Volker Wodianka visited lecturer Sophie Carls in the lecture "Digital Economy" and spoke with the students about data protection in the digital world.
On June 22, 2020, the internationally renowned photographer and author Maria Schiffer was a guest speaker in the lecture "Interculturalism" at the HMKW Berlin, where she visited lecturer Sophie Carls to present her story cookbook "EATING WITH AFRICA", published by DK-Verlag.
Students of B.A. Media and Event Management have launched three more creative online events under the direction of Prof. Dr. Lorenz Pöllmann. Whether it's a wild rave party, a strengthening home workout or an inspiring cooking show - the events will take place this week and are free of charge for all HMKW students.
Media activism has been a burning issue at least since the recent protests of the "Black Lives Matter" movement. This semester, Dr. Philipp Budka is leading the seminar "Media Activism" in the course of studies M.A. Visual and Media Anthropology and he immediately picked up the current developments there. We talked to him about his approach to the topic, the emergence of media activism and upcoming student projects.
On June 4, Michel Achenbach, Head of Business Development at Bitkom Akademie, gave an exciting lecture in the online lecture "Digital Economy" with lecturer Sophie Carls at HMKW Berlin. Achenbach gave insights into the work of Bitkom e.V. and presented relevant job profiles of tomorrow in the digital economy to the students.
Digital workshop talks: On Monday, 8 June, a design conference was held for the first time at the HMKW via Zoom. Four exceptional international designers from Paris, Barcelona and San Francisco talked about their work, presented current projects and gave the students helpful advice on how to enter the design industry.