Although some traditions are recent inventions, many are so deeply ingrained that they form the backbone of entire societies.
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How do you modernise a religious tradition that is more than 1,400 years old? This was the question Dr Mahamoud Bodo Rasch faced in 1974.
Tradition is a way of establishing a set of supposedly authentic customs, literally preserving them. Traditions have also emerged in architecture and design, ideas about the correct way to practise these applied arts. However, these traditions are also regularly broken.
(Re)watch the documentaries and videos from the exhibition From Bauhaus to Mecca here.
From 1850, newly discovered evidence of a prehistoric ice age in Europe led to a widespread debate about the potential causes of climate change. These discussions reinforced the idea that human activities could change the climate. A rock-solid belief in the power of technological progress became...