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\r\n Gathering, not hunting: a new story of humankind <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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What if humanity began not with the spear but with the bag? Ursula K. Le Guin turns history on its head and makes the bag a symbol of what it means to be human.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n The world’s largest Playmobil collection: 400,000 figures <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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It all began in a child’s bedroom \u2013 today Oliver Schaffer owns the world’s largest Playmobil collection, with more than 400,000 figures. A visit to his high-bay warehouse.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n The library of rescued East German books <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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How a pastor in Lower Saxony saved thousands of East German books from destruction \u2013 and why one of them gave space research a crucial lead.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n The king of biros: 200,000 ballpoint pens in one collection <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Clicky pens, special editions, promotional freebies: Heinz-Hermann has them all. The story of the biro, from Budapest to Brockel.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Staging mortality: two photographers in a coffin <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Two photographers lie down in a coffin and photograph each other. What sounds like breaking a taboo is an exploration of commerce and ritual \u2013 and of the question: is this allowed?<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Cigarette cult and cancer romance: a photobook about smoking <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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On cigarettes, addiction and smoking biographies: \u2018Pleasure to Burn\u2019 glorifies smoking \u2013 and is only half serious about it.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Everyday self-care: breathing, in spite of everything <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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The world is getting louder, young people more exhausted \u2013 and self-care is becoming a privilege. Where young people still find strength in their daily lives.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Hannover’s hidden source of raw materials: recycling at the Nordhafen <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Uncertain trade routes, wars and new regulations are putting the recycling industry to the test. At the TSR site in Hannover’s Nordhafen, a whole sector can be seen changing.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Habibi Funk: on exploitation and musical heritage <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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What does cultural responsibility mean in the music business? A Berlin label is giving forgotten Arabic music a stage \u2013 and asking who that heritage belongs to.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n The architecture of the data trade <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Few systems are as invisible \u2013 and at the same time as far-reaching \u2013 as the trade in user data. What we click on, search for or visit becomes a signal in a global market that sorts people into categories and targets information at them.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Nuclear waste in Asse II: what remains <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Nuclear waste lies deep inside Asse II \u2013 dumped carelessly, barely secured. Now water is getting in. A region has been waiting decades for answers, and the country for a permanent repository.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n \u2018Magic Nordhessen!!!\u2019: a Kassel shop full of collections for almost 100 years <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Kassel, Vorderer Westen: a shop where things have been collected for almost a century. We took a look inside.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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We all collect something.<\/strong> Memories, things, data, debts. But what drives people to stack 400,000 Playmobil figures in a high-bay warehouse or to guard 200,000 ballpoint pens like treasure?<\/p>\n

The stories in our tenth focus topic follow a pastor in Lower Saxony who saved thousands of East German books from the dustbin of history. A Berlin label that brings forgotten music from Arab countries back into the light \u2013 and asks who cultural heritage actually belongs to. And Asse II, a mine where Germany buried its nuclear waste and now watches the problem grow.<\/p>\n

Collecting is never innocent. It is remembrance and a fantasy of control, a hobby and an obsession \u2013 sometimes all at once.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

\n TO THE MAGAZINE HOMEPAGE<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n
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