Everyone bears a responsibility for the energy transition – from the personal level to the political and international levels. Philosopher Prof. Dr. Michael Quante is the co-publisher of “Energy Responsibility”, a publication which appeared just recently. In this interview he talks about approaches, both large and small, to finding solutions.

The Institute of Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology is once again organising a one-week practical course on current topics and tasks of museums together with the LWL-Freilichtmuseum Detmold, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Alltagskultur. Participants will gain in-depth insights into the museum as a field of practice, as a place of research, as a collection and educational institution and much more.

The traditional parliamentary mechanisms and well-practised rules of western liberal democracy seem to be slipping. The discourse on manifestations of a democratic crisis is almost omnipresent. There has been much talk of the “end of the people’s parties”, a “crisis of party democracy” or even a “crisis of representation” – to name just the most common buzzwords. Silke Mende outlines the challenges and necessary differentiations.

Too much and too little water – both can pose an existential threat. The idyllic view of the sanctuary of Hera at Perachora may not suggest that the temple district suffered from a permanent lack of water. However, even in ancient Greece, people experienced too much and too little water. And despite technological progress, people still experience this today – and not just in distant regions of the world.