Make it yourself

About the weddings of the Qashqai nomads in the Fars province

No two specimens have the same song: The bellbird from Costa Rica is almost never seen, but can be heard all the better

Very convenient: when someone moves house, everyone helps. About a special parade in the Philippines

In the north of Norway, citizens are protesting against a planned copper mine

Homo sapiens are not the only ones who can observe and learn. Jane Goodall recalls her research on Chimpanzees in Tanzania

Welket Bungué, born in Xitole in the south of Guinea-Bissau in 1988, is an actor and filmmaker. After living and working in Portugal and Brazil, he now lives in Berlin. 

Curator Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung reflects on the meaning we give to the things we make. A conversation

From flawless craftsmanship to clumsy do-it-yourself: our ideas of “homemade” are wide ranging.

Israeli designer Ronen Kadushin explains, why he makes his designs freely available on the internet. A conversation

Why it’s high time for society to rethink its throwaway culture

Cultural history rarely commemorates home-made objects – even though they often have extraordinary tales to tell.

The Sámi from Scandinavia know how to build a house. For 4,000 years they have been building goahtis to withstand the harsh climate

How organic rubbish is turned into tableware in Bangkok. 

How a traditional Chinese technique of building boats has won over tourists from around the globe.

Weaving with flax is a traditional Māori handicraft which remains popular today.

Debbie Barberee and Holly Cypret from Florida turn plastic bags into mattresses for sleeping. A conversation.

How to turn discarded household appliances into new furniture.

Cooking and baking with solar energy: An oven that needs neither electricity nor fuel.

Make an instrument that sounds like the sea: a mbira.

While politicians in the USA and Europe discuss herd immunity and booster shots, many African countries are still lacking vital vaccines. Once again, the West looks the other way

Radio host and journalist Waheedulaah Orya reported from the Afghan city of Mazar e-Sharif – until the Taliban threatened his life. From his exile in Greece he describes watching in disbelief as they recaptured his home country. A conversation

For a year, thousands of farmers converged at the gates of the Indian capital, demonstrating against the government’s agricultural reform. Their tenacity finally paid off, with the surprise announcement that three controversial farm laws would be withdrawn

Whether shares, ETFs or cryptocurrencies: During the corona pandemic, young people have flocked to investing. Will this lead to a rude awakening - or a secure pension?

No qualifications but you still want to study? The “Socrates” project in Berlin, Vienna and Budapest makes it happen

A majority of Bolivians support the government’s plan to take control of lithium production. But the plan has yet to bear fruit

Today, people with disabilities have access to more spheres of life than they did a generation ago. However, ableist attitudes are still pervasive, observes Andy Marso

Can the climate crisis still be halted? Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac, authors of the Paris Agreement, are determined to keep looking forward.

The author Sergei Lebedev talks about Russia’s internal conflicts, fear as a form of political pressure, and the craft of writing

The Vietnamese author Nguyen Phan Que Mai tells a family tale from her war-ravaged land

Louise Erdrich talks about resistance by indigenous peoples in 1950s America