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The Unicorn: On Magical Misunderstandings, Virgins and Jesus Christ
By Julia Fernow (Research Associate)
A world of glitter and rainbow and a white unicorn with a pink tail leaps in the middle. Where does this creature come from, which has been...
Ostracised, Persecuted, Destroyed – “Degenerate Art” in National Socialism
Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Paul Gauguin, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Käthe Kollwitz, Pablo Picasso – many important artists who are indispensable in the art and cultural history of...
From the collections: Kusakabe Kimbei – Pictures of Japan in the late 19th century
The most beautifully 19th-century coloured photographs come from Japan. Techniques taken from traditional Japanese craftsmanship make these pictures look especially realistic and give...
Coding da Vinci Ost³: New scholarship projects focus on German history
Coding da Vinci hat vier neue Stipendiat*innen. Insgesamt hatten sich zwölf Stipendienanwärter*innen im Nachgang von Coding da Vinci Ost³ um die Förderung beworben. „Freiheit DIY“ und...
Wir sind die DDB: The Heinrich-Barth-Institut e.V.
Das Heinrich-Barth-Institut unternimmt und unterstützt Bemühungen und Maßnahmen, die dem Erhalt und der Pflege des kulturellen und natürlichen Erbes Afrikas sowie der Schaffung dazu...
Coding da Vinci: Festive awards ceremony as grand finale in Stuttgart
Was wäre, wenn wir das zerstörte Troja in einem Computerspiel wieder aufbauen können? Macht eine Anwendung an der Schnittstelle von Mode und Augmented Reality moderne Kunst für Besucher...
We are the DDB: The Archive of Women and Music
Since its foundation in 1979, Das Archiv Frau und Musik has been dedicated to documenting the history of women's music and promoting women who create music. Das Archiv, which is located...
#FREIRÄUMESCHAFFEN (CLEARING SPACE)– The German Digital Library at the Library Congress in Leipzig
Unter dem Motto #FreiräumeSchaffen hat der Kongress zur Auseinandersetzung mit aktuellen Herausforderungen und wichtigen Zukunftsfragen des Bibliotheks- und Informationssektors...
DDBspotlight: Solstices – Of Sky Disks, Polar Nights and Midsummer Festivals
The fact that the earth is a sphere is a fact that few people dispute today. The Greek philosopher and mathematician Aristotle realised this about 2,300 years ago, based on an amazingly...
Films, Cultural Treasures and Yesterday's News : The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek at Digitaltag 2022
Films from the 1920s, ancestors online, stickers made from cultural treasures and yesterday's news from historical newspapers - the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek is participating in the...
Save the Date: Coding da Vinci Abschlusskonferenz
With the end of funding on 31 December 2022, Coding da Vinci will also come to an end - at least as we know it so far. This is because we are already planning how to build on what we...
Wir sind die DDB: Die Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt in Halle
Die Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt in Halle (ULB) is the largest scientific library in Sachsen-Anhalt and contains a correspondingly extensive old stock of historical...
Women's brass bands - presenting a treasure of the Archives Women and Music
This month we are especially pleased to present you a contribution by Susanne Wosnitzka which was originally published on the blog Archives of Women and Music, which is well worth...
Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek at the 8th Library Congress and 110th German Librarians' Day in LeipzigUnder the title #FREIRÄUMESCHAFFEN the 8th Library Congress will be held at the Congress Centrum Leipzig from
Under the title #FREIRÄUMESCHAFFEN (#CREATEFREESPACE), the 8th Library Congress will be held at the Congress Centrum Leipzig from 31 May to 2 June 2022, which is also the 110th German...
From the collections: Wilhelm Dreesen – The Forgotten Photographer
He travels and photographs the world. He is an appointed court photographer, on-board photographer of the shipping line Hapag and wins awards at the Paris and Chicago World Expositions...
#cdvbw22: More than 20 project ideas after the kick-off at the ZKM Karlsruhe
After cultural institutions from Baden-Württemberg were last involved in Coding da Vinci Süd in 2019 , the time had finally come on 7 May: Coding da Vinci 2022 was "in the Länd" with...
Coding da Vinci Lower Rhine Country 2021: Scholarship Update
Während die Bewerbungsfrist für vier neue Stipendien nach der Preisverleihung von CdV Ost³ 2022 in Dresden bereits läuft, sind unsere Stipendiat*innen aus dem Hackathon Nieder.Rhein...
DDBspotlight: Bookplates - of book curses, book collectors and small works of art
Do you put your name on your books? Do you write dedications in books you give away or are you more interested in the first, supposedly blank page of a book at the flea market because...
Save the Date: Coding da Vinci final conference (and celebration!)
Eight years ago, our first nationwide cultural data hackathon took place in Berlin. The initial skepticism of some data suppliers gave way ("... we don't work with hackers!") to a great...
During the day on the Reeperbahn (Rope track) - historical and extinct professions in the German Digital Library
We celebrate Labour Day this year with a feature on historical occupations. Here, wires are pulled, ropes are struck and lanterns are lit - and by the way, we also explain what the...