The heimaten Network continues its collaborative work, which began in 2024, into 2026. In autumn, the network members present the second edition of the decentralized heimaten Festival, comprising a variety of diverse activities taking place in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The programme includes talks and conversations, exhibitions, performances, readings and plays, workshops, concerts, film screenings, guided tours and city walks—all of which explore activism, decolonization, and core issues relating to belonging and participation.

Common Voices Radio, the multilingual radio station for Halle and the surrounding area on Radio Corax 95.9, went live for the second time as part of the heimaten Festival. Reporting from the winter market at Neustädter Passage, the editorial team discussed the heimaten program and the great variety of festive occasions in the wintertime. They spoke with the organizers, guests, and stall operators from the winter market, as well as with Ibou Doup, heimaten co-curator, and Hamze Bytyci, board member of RomaTrial e. V. and part of the heimaten network.

The heimaten podcast Who Does Germany Belong To? came to an end in December 2025 with the release of its eighth episode. You can now listen to Max Czollek examining various perspectives and concepts of belonging in a pluralistic society in full, the episodes featuring conversations with his guests Tahir Della, Ibou Diop, Naika Foroutan, Kelly Laubinger, Jean Peters, Sergej Prokopkin, Raphaëlle Red, Sasha Marianna Salzmann, Linus Westheuser, and Anna Yeboah. The podcast was released alongside a series of talks titled Heimatization—On Belonging and Plurality, which took place from March to November 2025 at Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. It delves into the issues discussed there, opens up new perspectives, and explores how to imagine a society in which everyone, and not just a few, can be at home.