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Re:Inventing the Future – A Talk with Léontine Meijer-van Mensch

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Lisa from LeipGlo had the chance to interview the new head of the Grassi Museum of Ethnology about her work, the challenges of the ethnological field and rethinking old structures away from the post-colonial top-down perspective.

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American primary season: Iowa, New Hampshire… Leipzig?

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Americans living in Leipzig will now have the chance to vote in the upcoming United States presidential primary.

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African Connections: destination Congo

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"There is more to DRC than the poverty and war rhetoric that is dominant in 'the West.' And Leipzig offers us a beautiful lens into the land that gave us Lumumba." @ Grassi Museum

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Together! The Grassi’s exhibit on communal living

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"With the increasing demand for housing in big cities dictating property prices, and less space available for adequate housing, communal housing cooperatives offer a viable alternative to many families, as well as young or older people who can’t afford to - or choose not to - live alone."

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Polynesia and the accidental tattoo model

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On her transition into adulthood, she lent a French Polynesian tattoo artist a piece of her skin for his art, and ended up part of the living archive at Leipzig's Grassi Museum - connecting with her own history and others' in ways she couldn't have imagined.

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