21. May 2026
Internal workshop on exhibition planning
On May 7 and 8, 2026, the project teams met for a two-day workshop at our project partner, the Weltkulturen
Activities
21. March 2026
Digitized files from TP2 go into long-term archiving
In cooperation with the Lower Saxony project “Landesinitiative Langzeitarchivierung” (LiLa) supervised by the TIB-Leibniz Information Center, digitized material from KOSTIMA
2. March 2026
Subproject 2 – Digitization of the tapes completed
At the start of the project, only the tapes of the pieces “The Kiss of Judas” and “Timothy” that had
21. December 2025
Lecture on the Mainz KOSTIMA Subproject at the Frobenius Institute, Frankfurt a. M.
On December 8, 2025, Antonia Fendt, Hauke Dorsch and Nico Nassenstein presented the Mainz KOSTIMA subproject as part of the
12. December 2025
Participation in conference on evidentiality in Macao and lecture on Lingala at the University of Hong Kong (HKU)
In November 2025, Antonia Fendt and Nico Nassenstein went on a week-long conference trip to Macau and Hong Kong. From
24. November 2025
Workshop “Shared Heritage and Digital Repatriation”, Mainz 12-14.11.2025
From November 12-14, 2025, a workshop organized by the KOSTIMA project entitled “Shared Heritage and Digital Repatriation” took place at
20. October 2025
Participation in status meeting in Bonn
On September 18/19, 2025, the status conference of the funding guideline “Networking – Development – Research. Alliance for University Collections
25. June 2025
Exchange on the planned virtual exhibition (scrollytelling)
On June 12, 2025, all three subprojects were given an inspiring insight into a central element of the joint project
7. June 2025
Participation in the 37th Swahili Colloquium at the University of Bayreuth
From May 30 to June 1, 2025, the 37th Swahili Colloquium (Kongamano la Kiswahili la 37, Uhuru na Ubunifu) took
15. April 2025
Research trip of Subproject 1 to Congo-Brazzaville, Rwanda and Kenya in spring 2025
In March and April 2025, Hauke Dorsch, Antonia Fendt and Nico Nassenstein undertook a four-week research trip to Congo-Brazzaville, Rwanda