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The Pitcairn Islands are one of the last British overseas colonies, lying in the middle of the Pacific, 5,000 kilometres away from New Zealand and 5,400 kilometres away from South America. Despite many efforts to settle more people on the island, there are now only 50 residents, all of them directly descended from mutineers on HMS Bounty.
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We are the DDB: MONAliesA - Feminist Library and Archive
MONAliesA was founded in the years of the upheaval 1989/90 in Leipzig. Since then it has been used as a library, meeting place, archive and venue for literary and political education and exchange, especially by women, lesbians and transpersons of different generations.
We are the DDB: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore in Dresden
The Institut für Sächsische Geschichte und Volkskunde (ISGV) was founded in 1997 by a resolution of the Sächsischen Landtags (Saxon State Parliament). As a research institute representing the disciplines of folklore/cultural anthropology and regional history, it has the task of exploring Saxon history in its historical spaces.
We are the DDB: Die Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen Mannheim
The Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen Mannheim is an internationally operating museum complex, an outstanding exhibition location and an established research centre. Its origins date back to the 18th century,
We are the DDB: Kunstbibliothek (Art Library), State Museums of Berlin
The Kunstbibliothek der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin is an art and visual sciences institute with a history going back more than 150 years. Today it includes one of the largest libraries on art and culture as well as unique museum collections on architecture, book art, graphic design, photography and fashion.
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