On Water WasserWissen in Berlin

Without water, there is no life, they say. But the opposite is also true: too much water can be devastating and destructive. It all depends on the right balance. However, as soon as you move into other dimensions and regions, water becomes a challenge – also for sciences. Water is not a passive object of research, but a powerful counterpart that calls for new and different ways of thinking about scientific and social practices.

Embedded in a parcours from the sea to the stars, from vortices to artificial icebergs, the exhibition On Water. WaterKnowledge in Berlin presents research projects from the Berlin University Alliance that deal with the element of water. As different as the research projects are, they all represent attempts to learn from the amazing properties of water and to use it to find ways to meet the challenges of the present and the future.

Context

The present is characterized by too much or too little water: cycles and systems that have long been taken for granted are shifted, irritated and vulnerable.The disruption of the aquatic balance also challenges science. The exhibition On Water shows that no science alone would be able to grasp the complexity of the interrelationships associated with it. It is often the interaction of the most diverse forms of knowledge that leads to an understanding and new solutions. This includes learning from each other, whether it be hard sciences or the exchange and discussion with people who have lived through traditions and experiences and bring their own form of knowledge. One of the great challenges of the future is to establish forms of dialog and cooperation that are suitable for meeting each other at eye level.

- Language: English, German
- Free admission
- wheelchair accessible