Tag: Indigenous peoples
Australia: The Truth Bomb
On the coronation day of Charles III. the indigenous star journalist Stan Grant speaks of the brutal oppression of the Aborigines and is met with hatred. What he then does…
Architecture Film Days in the Munich Film Museum – Munich
The Bolivian city of El Alto is known for the highest international airport in the world. But it could also be known for its “Cholets”: The name of this candy-colored…
Edward Norton is said to be related to Pocahontas – Panorama
Actor Edward Norton now knows who his great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother is. The TV presenter Henry Gates revealed it to him in front of the camera on…
Tipping point reached in the Amazon. Over a quarter of Amazonia deforested. – Knowledge
Around a quarter of the forest in the Amazon Basin has been severely degraded or cleared, and parts of the region may have already passed a tipping point. NGOs are…
Isolated Races: The Last Tanaru
In the rainforests of South America there are still indigenous people who live completely isolated. Little is known about their culture. The lonely man who Brazilians found dead in his…
World’s loneliest person dies in Brazil
The man apparently lived alone in the Brazilian jungle for more than 25 years. He was the latest in a group of indigenous people who had been attacked by ranchers…
Winnetou and washcloths: how the Germans repress war and climate – opinion
comment by Kia Vahland What will Germans be doing in the summer of 2022? Necessarily with the climate, the war, the – self-inflicted – gas dependence. But I prefer to…
Debate about children’s books: Ravensburger and “The Young Chief Winnetou” – culture
Of Kathleen Hildebrand If you want to get to the origin of the current argument about racism, cultural appropriation and Winnetou, you have to scroll for about ten minutes. That’s…
Energy Policy: In the Shadow of the Derricks
The raw material Europe is craving for is stored in the Argentine wasteland. You are sitting on one of the largest gas deposits in the world, but if you think…
Protests in Ecuador: the situation is coming to a head – politics
For a moment it looked as if the situation in Ecuador could ease: For almost two weeks, the country in north-western South America has been practically paralyzed by large-scale demonstrations.…