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Issue 13 | February 2024

Editorial

During my year at the Wissenschaftskolleg I had a strange experience. For the very first time in my life I fell out of bed while sleeping. When I awoke, I was lying on the floor of our apartment in the Königsallee. I felt this type of mobile dreaming to be a good sign – as thinking with the body. But what would Freud say? Or neurology? Tarot?

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Trajectories

"Chocolate bugs' invasion", Till Westermayer (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Feeding the World with Edible Insects

I was somewhat apprehensive about knocking on her door. “Worst comes to worst, ”I thought, “she would say no.” I was scheduled to give a talk on edible insects and wanted to ask our head of restaurant Dunia if it would be possible to buy cricket cookies and mealworm chips to hand out. As I feared, Dunia’s immediate response was, “No”… followed by: “We will buy the insects and make something ourselves!”

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"fluorescing phosphor", eflon (CC BY 2.0)

Schöner Leben

Mart*in Schüttler (composer in residence 2023/2024): Concert recording of January 21 at Ultraschall Berlin 2024

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Conversation with a Left-Handed Hairdresser: The Cutting-Edge Sociology of Barbara Thériault (Fellow 2023/24)

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Dishes that Raise Questions: Interview with chef de cuisine Sonja Frühsammer

On a rainy afternoon in December, with the Wissenschaftskolleg’s restaurant just now beginning to empty after lunch, the new chef de cuisine Sonja Frühsammer leaves her kitchen and answers questions posed by our editorial team.

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Round and round the Grunewald Lake: Five Years of Wicked Wiko Runners

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Save the Date – Meeting of the Fellows’ Club 2024

“The Future of Future: On the Lure and Limits of Prediction” – Annual Meeting of the Fellows’ Club on June 13 and 14, 2024

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