globale° heimaten

In the organizer's words:

heimaten means activism, anti-fascism, decolonization, belonging. heimaten means defending spaces. It means creating a new home and insisting that this home has always been shaped by many. heimaten means that society draws its strength from this plurality, in every federal state, every canton and every city. That the art, the commitment, the vitality of a society arises from this polyphony. That this necessarily includes criticism and controversy.

From September to December 2025, the heimaten festival for plural democracy will bring together numerous protagonists and initiatives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland who have committed themselves to this attitude and are collectively claiming space and visibility in the face of current political developments.

In Bremen, globale° - Festival for Literature Across Borders and the Weserburg Museum of Modern Art are bringing together authors Maryam Aras, Artur Becker, Marica Bodroľić, Olga Grjasnowa and Khue Pham, among others, for this evening's discussion. The participants will discuss how a new form of transculturality and togetherness is possible in times of new borders and reactionary politics.

A cooperation between globale - Festival für grenzüberschreitende Literatur e.V. and the Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst as part of the heimaten Festival für plurale Demokratie. The heimaten network is an initiative of Haus der Kulturen der Welt within the framework of heimaten, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media on the basis of a resolution of the German Bundestag.