Rapid global developments challenge our local everyday cultures. Which breaking tests do they have to survive? How can they co-exist? These questions will be in the focus of the 17th Karlsruhe Talks organized by ZAK | Center for Applied Cultural Science and Studium Generale of KIT. The talks under the heading of “Die Zwischengesellschaft: Tradition und Moderne im Widerspruch” (The Intermediate Society: Tradition and Modernity) will take place from February 22 to 24, 2013. The event will be opened by the Member of Afghan Parliament Shinkai Karokhail and the journalist Alice Schwarzer. They will speak about women between tradition and modernity.
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