Imagine you've just picked up your child, you're perhaps on your way to the playground, and suddenly your child starts humming. Heartily and completely innocently, they sing along to the songs they learned in daycare and/or school. Songs that you, too, may have sung as a child. But Read more…
Who the heck is Columbus? In the project "Who the heck is Columbus?", we reworked five children's songs from a critical perspective on colonialism and retold the stories. The participating children sang them with the support of parents, educators, artists, and interns, using beats they had made themselves, and even performed the songs together. Read more…
With fervor and complete innocence, it sings along to the songs it learned in daycare and/or school. Songs you might have sung yourself as a child. But now you have a responsibility to educate it and are astonished, perhaps even saddened, angry, and triggered by the discriminatory words pouring from your child's lips.
