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Gender Change in Academia
Editors’ Foreword The fundamental changes currently taking place in the national and international science landscapes can no longer be overlooked. Within those changes, reforms do not go ‘as planned’ but, as is always the case with processes of rationali- tion, have a series of unintended effects. At the same time it becomes incre- ingly clear who in this process are the winners and who are the losers, although this is still subject to fluctuation and change. This can be illustrated by two - amples from current events: Where the range of taught courses is concerned, as part of the Bologna Process the new structuring of student study paths and their organisation is aimed at unifying the...
Exiled in East Germany
The presence of Africans in the German Democratic Republic is very rarely thought of in connection with the experience of exile. Instead, Africans in the GDR are predominantly viewed through the prism of educational and labor migration. While such research has undoubtedly produced valuable insights, it often fails to adequately account for the implicit Eurocentrism, methodological nationalism, and anti-communist bias inherent in Western knowledge production. This study offers a different approach. Through biographical portrayal, it unfolds the life stories of African freedom fighters who lived in exile in the GDR and, ultimately, remained in reunified Germany, with the main case study being ...
The Routledge International Handbook of Valuation and Society
The Routledge International Handbook of Valuation and Society builds on the growing research interest in practices of valuation throughout contemporary society, providing an up-to-date overview of the different facets of research in the sociology of valuation. The handbook is divided into five major sections with attention to the treatment of valuation in major areas of sociological theory, as well as its key concepts, discourses, and approaches: Part I: Theoretical perspectives Part II: Central valuation practices in societal spheres Part III: Cross-cutting valuation practices Part IV: Valuation and societal change Part V: Reflections Together, the chapters in this book characterize distinc...
The Third Wave in Science and Technology Studies
This book analyzes future directions in the study of expertise and experience with the aim of engendering more critical discourse on the general discipline of science and technology studies. In 2002, Collins and Evans published an article entitled “The Third Wave of Science Studies,” suggesting that the future of science and technology studies would be to engage in “Studies in Expertise and Experience.” In their view, scientific expertise in legal and policy settings should reflect a consensus of formally-trained scientists and citizens with experience in the relevant field (but not “ordinary” citizens). The Third Wave has garnered attention in journals and in international workshops, where scholars delivered papers explicating the theoretical foundations and practical applications of the Third Wave. This book arose out of those workshops, and is the next step in the popularization of the Third Wave. The chapters address the novel concept of interactional experts, the use of imitation games, appropriating scientific expertise in law and policy settings, and recent theoretical developments in the Third Wave.
Stem Cell Transplantations Between Siblings as Social Phenomena
This open access book offers insights in short- and long-term experiences from families with bone marrow transplantations between minor siblings. It is based on the first extended qualitative study with 17 families about experiences with recent transplants and experiences with transplants up to 20 years in the past. It covers reflections of donors, recipients and other family members, as well as family interactions. Transplantation of bone marrow from one sibling to another who is ill with a blood cancer (such as Leukemia) is a life-saving therapy. Young children however are not in a position to give consent themselves. How should they be adequately included, depending to their age? Which ethical questions are raised for the parents both at the time of treatment and afterwards, and for the medical professionals in clinical and regulatory contexts? For an in-depth discussion of the findings the books brings together a group of leading scholars from the fields of bioethics, family sociology and philosophy of medicine.
Edinburgh German Yearbook 14
Examines the heightened role of politics in contemporary German and Austrian cultural productions and institutions and what it means for German Studies.
How Memory Divides
This book examines the paradox of collective identity in eastern Germany in the wake of German reunification. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall, citizens of the former German Democratic Republic were confronted with a dilemma: Were they already Germans without qualification, like their compatriots in the West? Or did they remain "East Germans" for the time being, with an identity tied to their distinct past, as if they were foreigners who had migrated without leaving home? How Memory Divides shows that these questions remain unresolved even today, less because of any "incomplete unity" between Germans in West and East, than because of the contradictory ways in which "easterners" themselves have remembered their past. Drawing on a unique study spanning two decades, the author reveals how divergent biographical memories have given rise to life stories with a diverse array of genres and storylines at odds with official accounts of the GDR and its demise. Over time, efforts to effect unity between West and East have reproduced divisions within the East. This book will appeal to scholars and students of sociology and politics with interests in memory, heritage, and identity.
Constructions of Victimhood
The post-war Federal Republic of Germany faced the task of addressing the plight of the victims of state socialism under the Soviet occupation of eastern Germany and in the German Democratic Republic, many of whom fled to the west. These victims were not passive objects of the West German state’s policy, but organized themselves into associations that fought for recognition of their contribution to the fight against communism. After German unification, the task of commemorating and compensating these victims continued under entirely new political circumstances, yet also in the context of global trends in memory politics and transitional justice that give priority to addressing the fate of ...
Die Konstruktion des Eigenen im Verhältnis zum Anderen
Mediale Diskurse über Asyl sind häufig emotional, polarisiert und erzeugen Bedrohungsgefühle. Außerdem bilden sie einen wesentlichen Raum für die Aushandlung des eigenen Selbstverständnisses und berühren Fragen von Humanität, Solidarität und Zugehörigkeit. Aus einer postkolonialen Perspektive sagen die meist binären Konstruktionen über die echten und unechten Flüchtlinge mehr über das Eigene als über die Ankommenden aus. Über den Zeitraum von 1977-1999 betrachtet Nadine Sylla, wie der Asyldiskurs der Bundesrepublik Konstruktionen des Eigenen hervorbringt. Sie untersucht, welche Beziehungsverhältnisse, Deutungsmuster und Wissensordnungen über Migration vorherrschen und wie sich diese über die Zeit verändern.
E-Book 121-130
Diese Serie von der Erfolgsschriftstellerin Viola Maybach knüpft an die bereits erschienenen Dr. Laurin-Romane von Patricia Vandenberg an. Die Familiengeschichte des Klinikchefs Dr. Leon Laurin tritt in eine neue Phase, die in die heutige moderne Lebenswelt passt. Da die vier Kinder der Familie Laurin langsam heranwachsen, möchte Dr. Laurins Frau, Dr. Antonia Laurin, endlich wieder als Kinderärztin arbeiten. Somit wird Antonia in der Privatklinik ihres Mannes eine Praxis als Kinderärztin aufmachen. Damit ist der Boden bereitet für eine große, faszinierende Arztserie, die das Spektrum um den charismatischen Dr. Laurin entscheidend erweitert. E-Book 1: Millionär gesucht! E-Book 2: Die große Unbekannte E-Book 3: Simon ist verliebt! E-Book 4: Eine Trennung kommt selten allein E-Book 5: Erst Streit – dann Liebe! E-Book 6: Verwirrung der Gefühle E-Book 7: Du bist nicht mehr berühmt! E-Book 8: Wenn der Zufall Liebe macht E-Book 9: Alissa braucht Hilfe! E-Book 10: Der geheimnisvolle Nachbar
