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In Landscapes Between Then and Now, Nicola Brandt examines the increasingly compelling and diverse cross-disciplinary work of photographers and artists made during the transition from apartheid to post-apartheid and into the contemporary era. By examining specific artworks made in South Africa, Namibia and Angola, Brandt sheds light on established and emerging themes related to aftermath landscapes, embodied histories, (un)belonging, spirituality and memorialization. She shows how landscape and identity are mutually constituted, and profiles this process against the background of the legacy of the acutely racially divisive policies of the apartheid regime that are still reflected on the land. As a signpost throughout the book, Brandt draws on the work of the renowned South African photographer Santu Mofokeng and his critical thinking about landscape. Landscapes Between Then and Now explores how practitioners who engage with identity and their physical environment as a social product might reveal something about the complex and fractured nature of postcolonial and contemporary societies. Through diverse strategies and aesthetics, they comment on inherent structures and epistemologies of power whilst also expressing new and radical forms of self-determinism. Brandt asks why these cross-disciplinary works ranging from social documentary to experimental performance and embodied practices are critical now, and what important possibilities for social and political reflection and engagement they suggest.

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Germany wants to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045, which requires a substantial acceleration in emission reduction. The OECD suggests six levers for a successful sustainability transformation. More comprehensive and coherent greenhouse gas pricing, involving a phase out of environmentally harmful subsidies would set better incentives to switch consumption, production and innovation to climate­friendlier products and technologies. Direct revenue refunds to households would avoid overburdening lower­income groups. Furthermore, there are a number of costly and poorly targeted subsidies for the deployment of renewables that can be reduced gradually. This would make room to offer more support for expediting development of green energy technologies and infrastructure. Workers in energy­intensive industries will need support to retrain and potentially move to other industries or places.

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In 2016, the Polish government introduced a large child benefit, called "Family 500+", with the aim to increase fertility and reduce child poverty. It is universal for the second and every further child and means-tested for the first child. We study the impact of the new benefit on female labor supply, using Labor Force Survey data. Based on a difference-in-differences methodology, we find that the labor market participation rates of women with children decreased after the introduction of the benefit compared to that of childless women. The labor force participation rate of mothers showed a drop of 2–3 percentage points by mid-2017 as a result of the "Family 500+" program. The effect was higher among women with lower levels of education and among women living in small towns.

In 2016 the Polish government introduced a large new child benefit, called "Family 500+", with the aim to increase fertility from a low level and reduce child poverty. The benefit is universal for the second and every further child and means-tested for the first child. Increasing out-of-work income significantly, the transfer can reduce incentives to participate in the labour market. We study the impact of the new benefit on female labour supply, using Polish Labour Force Survey data. Based on a difference-in-differences methodology we find that the labour market participation rates of women with children decreased after the introduction of the benefit compared to childless women. The estimates suggest that by mid-2017 the labour force participation rate of mothers dropped by 2-3 percentage points, depending on the estimation specification, as a result of the "Family 500+" benefit. The effect was higher among women with lower levels of education and living in small towns.

Diese Ausstellung präsentiert Performances, multimediale Videoinstallationen, Fotocollagen und historische Fotografien, die sich mit der Komplexität der deutsch-namibischen Verflechtungsgeschichte beschäftigen. Anhand eines Fotobestandes des Museums, der während der deutschen Kolonialzeit in Namibia entstanden ist, nähern sich die Künstler*innen Vitjitua Ndjiharine, Nicola Brandt und Nashilongweshipwe Mushaandja und die Historikerin Ulrike Peters aus verschiedenen Perspektiven den Schatten und Kontinuitäten der kolonialen (Bild)geschichten. Dabei geht es um eine Hinterfragung des kolonialen Blicks, den Genozid und die Vielstimmigkeit der Erinnerungskulturen. Eine Kollaboration zwischen der Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zimmerer und dem Museum am Rothenbaum, mit Unterstützung der Gerda-Henkel Stiftung. Die Ausstellung findet am Museum am Rothenbaum und bei M.Bassy (Schlüterstraße 80) statt und ist gefördert aus Mitteln des Elbkulturfonds der Behörde für Kultur und Medien Hamburg.

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