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Behind the scenes: Technology

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:56:10 +0000

Since we’re all connected to City University, we thought we’d do a video for Chris Brauer’s online journalism lecture to explain a little bit about what we do and why. Feel free to tweet us further questions at @berlinproject

Gallery: Celebrations at the Gate

alex — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:13:16 +0000

Audio: Rain at the Gate

alex — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:00:13 +0000

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Audio: A child’s perspective

alex — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:54:37 +0000

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Audio: The big day

sheena — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:44:55 +0000

20 years today. Listen to how we’ll be covering the Berlin Wall celebrations.

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Video: Will Berlin’s Turkish community celebrate?

marco — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:49:48 +0000

For many of Germany’s two million Turks, reunification is not a pleasant memory.

In the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Turkish migrants were largely over looked by the government and targeted by radicals, as Germany struggled to reunite.

What does November 9th mean to Berlin’s Turkish community 20 years on? Marco Woldt investigates…

Video: East Side Arts

alex — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:24:51 +0000

Mobile Video: Political protest under control

admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:47:26 +0000

Streamed by Berlin Project. More at qik.com

Gallery: Football Turkiye

alex — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:37:28 +0000

Turkiyemspor Berlin is a football and project aimed at encouraging greater integration from the Turkish-German community. The Berlin Project checked out a local derby while interviewing the club’s president about how the wall coming down affected Turks. Here’s some of the shots from the game.

Video: Ostalgie: Longing for the GDR?

alex — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:31:11 +0000

Twenty years after the fall of the wall, many former East Germans are longing for what once was but is no more. It’s a sentiment known as Ostalgie, or nostalgia for the East.

Immediately after unification, East Germans were quick to embrace Western culture; today East German products like Vita Cola and the Trabant car are making a resurgence thanks to Ostalgie.

But is it simply a case of East Germans celebrating some elements of their past? Or is a deeper lack of identification with Western values at the heart of this sentiment?

Sheena Rossiter has more

Gallery: East Side Story

alex — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:40:04 +0000

Painters and artists were invited to renovate sections of the wall as part of a project at the East Side Gallery. But the launch party was interrupted by protestors who used the stage to tell the world about rising rent prices and inequality in former East Germany.

Alex interviewed one of the protesters to find out more.

Audio: Protest at the east side gallery

marcus — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:56:11 +0000

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Berlin Project Teaser

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:50:52 +0000

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Mobile video: Zur Firma

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:53:24 +0000

Zur Firma (”the firm”) has modeled its decor after the secret East German police known as the Stasi. Alex gives us a snapshot of this controversial bar here in Berlin.

Gallery: Stasi Bar

sheena — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:13:46 +0000

Images shot inside Zur Firma (”the firm”) a controversial bar which is a stone’s throw away from the former headquarters of East Germany’s feared secret police.

Gallery: Ampelmann Shop

alex — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:37:06 +0000

Explore the world of the little green (or red) man who helps you cross the road… Alex gets behind the lens to bring you some treats from the Ampelmann shop.

Gallery: The Wall Tour

alex — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:19:29 +0000

The Wall Ride Tour is a new, interactive sightseeing experience here in Berlin. The tour takes visitors along the wall and to the locations of unification. The best part of all is that you can drive yourself in a fifty year old Trabi [car] giving you a chance to experience what it would be like to be behind the wheel of one of these in East Germany back in the day, while being guided through history. The Berlin Project was given an exclusive tour before the public launch.

Mobile video: How to drive a Trabi

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:55:24 +0000

One of the tour guides gives a [quick] lesson in how to use the gear shift…

Streamed by Alex Wood in Berlin, Deutschland. More at qik.com

Audio: Wall Ride Trabi Tour

sheena — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:55:23 +0000

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The Berlin Project Trailer

marcus — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:15:23 +0000

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