How can migration be perceived from a new perspective? In Prof. Nora Bibel's online seminar "Documentary Photography" of the M.A. Visual and Media Anthropology program, photographer Michael Danner gave the students exclusive insights into his project "Migration as Avant-Garde" and the concept for the current exhibition at C/O Berlin.
In October a new professor was appointed to the Department of Psychology at the HMKW Berlin. Also in the Humanities department the university welcomes a new professor as of November 1.
Berlin insiders have known it for a long time: Wedding is the place to be. Now it's official: The famous magazine Time Out has nominated the district around Osloer Straße, Gesundbrunnen and Leopoldplatz as one of the 40 coolest neighborhoods in the world.
The start of a new, initially hybrid semester: The matriculation ceremony for the winter semester 2020/21 took place recently at the three branches Berlin, Cologne and Frankfurt (Main) on site and online via livestream. The university management welcomed the prospective new students and gave a preview of the new semester, most of which will probably take place online.
With immediate effect HMKW joins the university network of the French group AD Education. ADE is an association of French, Italian and Spanish universities with a total of more than 15,000 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.