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Even well established Ukrainian institutions are struggling to keep culture alive amid ongoing attacks, internet and power outages and disruption to teams. Exhibitions, programmes and festivals have to be planned with an eye on risks, while funding has often vanished overnight.

How can a culture scene keep going under such conditions? Why is art still important in times of war? We asked publishers, curators, theatre and museum managers in a new series of interviews

_{February 2023}

Countless stories from sub-Saharan Africa testify to its buzzing contemporary literature scene. So far this year, African authors have already won a number of important international prizes. 

But how is new literature disseminated across the continent? How do young authors reach out to a global audience? In our collection, several authors from Southern Africa illuminate the reality of writing and publishing. A cooperation with the African Book Festival Berlin

_{July / August 2022}

After eight years of high tension, Russian troops invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. As the toll of death and destruction rises in Ukraine, refugees are teeming across borders to escape. The conflict has left the world reeling, triggering a tectonic shift in international politics. Our dossier of short interviews from across the region includes eyewitness accounts as well as political and historical takes on the war. 

_{May 2022}

Around the world, debates about memory cast a new light on the monuments in our towns and cities. What should societies remember about their past? Which statues should topple to make way for a fairer future? KULTURAUSTAUSCH interviewed writers, experts and journalists worldwide

_{April 2021}

In the spring of 2020, the world had come to a standstill all of a sudden: Due to the corona pandemic, lockdowns had been imposed in many countries. What should one publish at a juncture when people are still struggling to grasp what is going on around them?

In this moment of isolation, KULTURAUSTAUSCH became a literary experimentation lab. We wanted to forge a narrative connection across the continents: sending a story around the world. And so we invited eight writers to create a story together – with only one rule to follow. 

_{June 2020}

Authors from around the European bloc update us on the big issues in their homeland - and the fallout of the pandemic. A collection of articles spanning opinion and reportage from around Europe

_{June 2020}