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tv   Arts and Culture  Deutsche Welle  October 18, 2019 11:45pm-12:01am CEST

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trotting down the paris catwalks to see all the latest autumn winter fashion trends . in recent years there's been lots of talk about former colonial powers returning cultural gems mostly taken from africa though were looted in the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century in germany's case we're talking about thousands of objects currently in german museums that were mostly taken from namibia which was a german colony until 950 the namibians want what they rightly considered as return and this week germany has created a central office to deal with the restitution of such cultural abbots assets not only for namibia but it is then that the wounds of the colonial rule of the deepest . the german colonial era has left deep scars in the maybe and artifacts from that country are still held in german newseum including the remains
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of people who had been brutally to humanize. the remains of people into objects through the boiling of corpses down to bone at the side of the grave of the stuffing of the corpse into a battle of salt in the history of museum collecting indigenous people. are turned into objects through serialization and quest if occasion. the pain left by this violence is omnipresent in many african cultures people's ancestors live on and that means their remains do as well the getting them back is complicated there are 7000 museums in germany and most of the exhibits from the colonial era have no documentation to even extend the view museums have the federal government sitting at the table with it's usually museums where the federal states are involved so there isn't one single national museum as there often are in african countries but rather
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a greater diversity of museums unified while restitution of human remains is moving ahead things are going more slowly with ethnological examines african experts are outraged by european suggestions that the continent lacks proper newseum to display those objects there are some things that are supposed to die there are some things that are holding us spiritually there are some things that really were created not to live and we hope museum is them and we have kept them posted years and some communities i think give us a block so that they can go so that we can have peace because we're having problems if you do we need to be colonized and it is our problem if we want them to keep them in the forest or what would be good but of them it is all. ringback the german . military stole a bible and a whip from enrichment maybe as national hero their restitution lyndon museum in early 2900 sparked a debate over whether exhibits are absolutely necessary to define
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a museum. that is what we think that it's important we give to our children for the future so it's a so and is it an opt it or is it a story that in the museum doesn't have the bible and the whip but it has an incredible amount of stories of controversy debates that tells a lot about how human beings who are. museum conversations are deliberately being held without politicians in an intimate tent and university landscape in a township of in her. to go to institute has created a strong network of experts which will be faced challenging as. there's questionable and not much we're talking about countries with different tribes for a number of years there are 13 or 14 things that other countries have 50 or 60 different tribes living together people who belong together who have a common language and culture and so i see a big role for museums to play in africa more actively supervising this combining
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a kind of nation. the museum conversations are a laboratory of exchange amid an emotional minefield they've not yet come up with answers to the big questions of restitution but they have resulted in improved mutual understanding and trust and there will be further conversations. frankfurt is host to the biggest sport fair in the world at the moment and one of the biggest topics being talked about around the world right now is ply mint change so this is naturally a topic of the book fair to. climate fiction is booming melting glaciers and rising sea levels a great plot material for novelists but with extreme weather affecting us all it's also a topic for nonfiction authors writing about the dangers the world is facing. increasingly
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writers are addressing the climate crisis a new book by bestselling author jonathan some from 4 is titled we are the weather saving the planet begins at breakfast it's an appeal to all of us to change our eating habits. it doesn't always look or feel big often looks and feels quite modest. i'm going to have oatmeal or so i know in my coffee instead of cow's milk all right that doesn't work well on a bumper sticker or a t. shirt nobody you know raise the fist to the sky and says oh no but if we all did it if we all made changes just like that. we would save the planet. along with nonfiction books there's also a growing genre of what's called climate fiction it includes the novel the history of bees by norwegian writer maya lund it's starting point is the startling decline in global b populations. and she's just published the 3rd book in
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her climate quartet which is about the survival of a rare horse breed and about taking responsibility for both humans and nature. oh yeah we understood on the. objective level that we should change the way we live because our planet meet needs it but now we start to understand more deeply and i think if novels can be a way to get that understanding at least that's what it did readers tell me. the topic of the climate has never before been so prominent at the book fairs german language section especially in the form of nonfiction and self-help books revenues for books on the topic have risen 10 percent this year the demand for information seems endless the book fair has responded with panel discussions on the relationship between man and nature and the climate. crisis is definitely helping to sell books. and publishing houses are trying to do their bit by improving
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sustainability. some have done away with plastic packaging and the heights and publishing group has resolved to reduce its c o 2 footprint. option and it was by far the greatest problem is the paper producing it consumes lots of energy and that makes up 70 percent of our series 2 for print and another part comes from transporting the paper and the books together that's amounts to another 20 percent and we also consider the ciro to output of our business trips and our employees commutes to. have ties and. the company is showing the way forward for the industry and taking a big step toward greater environmental responsibility. a smaller publisher meanwhile has gone completely climate friendly with notebooks made of crafts paper that's fully compostable environmental awareness has arrived in the world of books
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and published. on a lighter note now a look at the latest fashion specifically what's fashionable heading into this winter here in europe leather is old vogue again and color wise it's 50 shades of beijing i would say so we've got a kind of fashion called hours of the autumn paris shows for you including some hollywood stars looking for the latest trends. rock n roll into a massive system in one hour actress jennifer lawrence likes it too this autumn and winter a mix of masculine and feminine elements or trendy such as delicate girly dresses with chunky bits says fashion journalist spastic. it's a mixture of between a rock n roll girl which is usually in black and quite strong but it can also be that sort of bow has. the print kind of fabric 'd
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a larger maybe rock falls and you can mix the 2 together wherever you look like they're not just in black but also red. and speech. jackets trousers dresses and even jumpsuits as worn by influence or a livia palermo and parisian designer cecile cartels. going to cuba and i love the feel what color the smell of leather it's essential for you in the season leather is a really big if you don't have something a lab or you don't have anything so you really should have at least a pair of leather pallets which can be very slow or very large as well the color for winter this year is be along with all shades of brown german model stephanie is a fan. i listen to be a brown cocky rich earthy towns that every woman needs them and every man to
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i love it from head to toe all in. austrian pop singer in t.v. show host victoria's for sporting 2 hot trends the color big and checks and. i really like to check back now as we know their 1st novel right now this one especially because the square has a surprise again small ones are also in but for me this big pac-man super. bowl check prints are indeed everywhere. from chanel and brown and white and black and white. to deal or where they come in black and red and black and green. and those daring enough should go for it this winter lengths are allowed short months. and long feelingly or fluffy as. we haven't seen capes on the runways for a while there were a lot of capes in the seventy's and capes are back and capes are great for the day
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for the evening it's sort of that. she kind of bores. maybe a little sailor all. style. down they go well with boots. over the name. cowboy style. or chunky ornament pants or dresses. british actress helen mirren is always stunning even in bare feet she's no slave to the fleeting whims of fashion. fashion is moving i think true false don't think you know. trends should have time to develop and you know slowly become something else rather than ok it was that last last not even last year. 3 months ago it was that so let's do something else either way the world fashion these does are now ready for winter bring it on. and
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not me we all have to rush out to the shops and go play football on the wide spectrum but his. just go to our website. culture. you'll find something that. personal budgets are. for me and told the crew here about. in.
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w.'s talk show choosing to clear positions from the international perspective what happened to never again that's a question many here in germany are posing following last week's young kapoor attack on a synagogue in holland how deadly is germany's far right to find out on to the point above violence that was the camp 30 minutes on the w. above . unity and justice and freedom the 1st words of the german national my own body and the 3 central values that fund the foundation of this country. above all have these values developed and
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most want your absurd is it to live by and defend the principles of justice and freedom and i work every day mavs. our german 3 our series stars our total 21st d.w. . the power of sports but where i come from i never saw the sun where it could. going up in brazil in the sun was always the man since the portuguese word 1st sign of its mask and it when i moved to germany as a 10 year old i wanted to do it on t.v. that would change how i see the world because into the son of his family can. see now what the side of a good is so much time with a ponytail instead of a deep voice exterminate the guy seemed absolutely incredible. i realised how language shapes thinking how definition far not only in mentality may just put our
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own home 1st have to come off the role. inside save my life and was one of the reasons i became a journalist i'm a storyteller and i use my words to help with intercultural in this campaign my name in the one way you and i were in 2000. this is deja vu news these are top stories file and clashes have rocked the catalogue capital barcelona on the 5th day of unrest following the jailing of independence leaders the violence came after more than a half 1000000 people joined peaceful demonstrations and unions called for a general strike. fighting is continuing in a key border town in northern syria despite a 5 day cease fire deal turkey is denying accusations that he has continued to attack.

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