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Exklusive Authentizität? Reenactment als Form performativer Geschichtsdarstellung
Full text linkIn den aktuellen Auseinandersetzungen über populäre Repräsentationen des Mittelalters geraten zunehmend auch performative Darstellungsformen in den Blick der Forschung. Im Umfeld der florierenden Mittelaltermärkte, aber auch parallel dazu, entwickeln sich verschiedene Formate von Geschichtstheater, die u. a. einen Schwerpunkt auf die theatrale Vermittlung von Wissen legen. Dieser Artikel möchte Reenactment, als eine Ausprägung des Geschichtstheaters, genauer untersuchen. Dabei wird Reenactment als eine Form der populärkulturellen Aneignung von Wissen betrachtet, und als kulturelle Praxis der Gegenwart greifbar, die auf ihre gesellschaftlichen Kontexte und diskursiven Implikationen befragt werden kann
Vom Archiv in die Vitrine: Zur Vermittlung mediävistischer und genderhistorischer Inhalte in universitärer Lehre und Public History
No full textDer Beitrag bietet einen Praxisbericht mit methodisch-didaktischen Reflexionen zu einem Seminar, das sich mit den Handlungsräumen und Lebenswelten einer spätmittelalterlichen Fürstin auseinandersetzte. Erörtert werden dabei der inhaltliche wie methodische Rahmen der Seminarkonzeption, die konkrete Umsetzung unter Einsatz von Digital Humanities sowie die Chancen und Herausforderungen einer spezialisierten forschungsgeleiteten Lehrveranstaltung
A Survey Mode of the Future? Investigating Respondents’ Willingness to Participate in Self-Administered Video-Based Web Surveys
Full text linkWeb surveys convince through low costs, save interviewer time, and provide respondents with a high level of flexibility, but often struggle with achieving high response rates and data quality. One way to mitigate these problems might be to conduct video-based web surveys, in which at least one of the two interview components (i.e., questions or answers) is based on video communication technology. However, few studies have investigated respondents’ willingness to participate in such web surveys. Therefore, we examine the extent to which respondents are willing to participate in video-based web surveys and the reasons for their hypothetical (non)willingness. This also includes the investigation of characteristics of respondents and video-based web surveys that are associated with (non)willingness. The results of two experimental web surveys conducted in non-probability online panels in Germany reveal that a majority of respondents is
willing to participate in web surveys with video-based questions and predefined answer options or open textual answers. Less respondents are willing to participate in web surveys with voice or video-based answers. While respondents mostly mention convenience and time flexibility as reasons for their willingness, the main reasons given for their nonwillingness are excessive effort regarding video-based questions and privacy and data security concerns regarding video-based answers. Video-based web surveys generally appeal to younger, male, and extraverted respondents as well as respondents who rate the survey as more interesting. This article provides researchers and practitioners with new insights into respondents’ hypothetical willingness when it comes to video-based web surveys, including empirical-driven survey design recommendations
Interaktive Geschichtsvermittlung mit Actionbound®
Full text linkMithilfe der App Actionbound® hat eine Projektgruppe aus Studierenden der Universität Mannheim eine digitale Schnitzeljagd durch die Kleinstadt Frankenthal entwickelt, die anlässlich des 300. Geburtstags des pfälzischen Kurfürst Carl Theodor dessen Einfluss auf die Stadt thematisiert. Der Artikel stellt dabei die App, die Vorgehensweise bei der Entwicklung sowie die damit einhergegangenen Herausforderungen vor
Mother Tongue or Non-Native Language? – The Influence of Language on Response Behavior in Surveys
Full text linkToday, an increasing number of surveys offer respondents the choice of which language they want to answer the questionnaire. In later data analysis, however, the language in which the respondent answers the questions is often ignored, and no distinction is made regarding whether that language is the respondent’s mother tongue. Several psychological theoretical considerations and empirical observations indicate that respondents’ answering behaviors are influenced by whether the questions are presented in their mother tongue or a non-native language. Therefore, the extent to which these mechanisms and effects of language used are also applicable and relevant in social science studies remains unclear. Based on models of cognitive load, satisficing, and language-dependent memory, the influence of language nativeness on response behavior is explained from a theoretical point of view. The research question will be answered by analyzing the data from the refugee study ReGES (Refugees in the German Educational System). The results of the analyses show that there is a difference in response behavior depending on whether a question is answered in a mother tongue or a non-native language. The implications, both from a survey methodological point of view and for further research, will be discusse
Improving Understanding of Survey Questions with Multimodal Clarification
Full text linkIf survey respondents do not interpret a question as it was intended, they may, in effect, answer the wrong question, increasing the chances of inaccurate data. Researchers can bring respondents’ interpretations into alignment with what is intended by defining the terms that respondents are at risk of misunderstanding. This article explores strategies to increase alignment between researchers’ intentions and respondents’ answers by taking advantage of the unique affordances of online surveys compared to paper or other analog formats. Web surveys are often text-based, but allow for the seamless integration of embedded audio material so that users may read, listen to, or both read and listen to survey instructions. Unimodal definitions are either spoken or textual, while multimodal definitions are both spoken and textual. Further, definitions can be designed to take advantage of the affordances of each mode. While mode-invariant definitions contain the same words irrespective of whether they are textual or spoken, mode-optimized definitions are designed to take advantage of the affordances of written and spoken communication. For example, definitions optimized for textual presentation use fewer words than corresponding mode-invariant definitions and are designed so the key information is visually salient, while definitions optimized for spoken presentation are shorter and more colloquial than corresponding mode-invariant definitions. In this study, both mode-optimized and mode-invariant formats improved alignment. Multimodal, mode-optimized definitions produced improved alignment over both types of unimodal definitions. This study suggests that multimodal definitions, when thoughtfully designed, can improve data quality in online surveys without negatively impacting respondents
Researching the Moment of Truth: An Experiment Comparing In-the-Moment and Conventional Web Surveys to Investigate Online Job Applications
Full text linkUnderstanding how people seek and apply for jobs online is crucial for addressing social inequality, discrimination, and aiding companies in attracting suitable candidates. Conventional surveys struggle to capture the nuances of online job searches that, as many online events, are characterized by repetition, low distinctiveness, and limited emotional impact. These characteristics can lead to memory-related errors, becoming more likely as the time between the event and the survey increases. Passively collected data, such as metered data provided by online panel members who install tracking software on their browsing devices, offer an alternative. While these data provide objective insights into online job searches, they suffer other types of errors, and cannot capture subjective information and all potential objective data of interest. This paper explores an alternative approach: sending surveys to individuals in a metered panel shortly after an event of interest is detected through metered data. These “in-the-moment” surveys aim to fill in missing information not obtainable through passive data collection while reducing memory-related errors that affect conventional surveys. To assess the feasibility and benefits of this method, an experiment comparing in-the-moment surveys triggered by online job applications with conventional surveys was conducted in an opt-in online panel in Spain to research how people apply for a job online. The results reveal that metered panelists accept well in-the-moment surveys, displaying high participation levels and positive evaluations regarding effort and satisfaction, without perceiving an increased privacy risk. Moreover, the data indicate positive impacts on data quality, with longer and more detailed responses to open-ended questions. However, not all aspects saw substantial improvements, with the reduction of non-recall being weaker than expected, possibly due to participants’ overconfidence in their memories. The significant disparities observed in substantive results between both types of surveys also suggest that participants are not fully aware of what they do not remember
Numerical Simulation of Plastic Pyrolysis
Full text linkPyrolysis of plastic waste for base chemical production is a pivotal technology for closing the carbon cycle and advancing sustainable energy transition. This work presents an overview of research activities conducted at the Institute for Technical Chemistry (ITC) at KIT, focusing on the simulation of plastic pyrolysis to develop efficient and cost-effective recycling technologies. A key objective of this research is to elucidate the physicochemical behavior during pyrolysis through high-fidelity numerical simulations, leveraging high-performance computing resources. These simulations provide fundamental insights essential for process design and optimization. Several ongoing studies are discussed, systematically spanning from fundamental single-particle analyses to fully resolved laboratory-scale fluidized bed reactors. These investigations evaluate the impact of key operating conditions and reactor design parameters on pyrolysis performance, demonstrating how numerical simulations can streamline and optimize the design process
bwFDM – The Federal State Initiative for Research Data Management in Baden-Württemberg
Full text linkThis paper provides an overview of the federal state initiative for research data management in Baden- Württemberg (bwFDM) and its multi-faceted approach to addressing the challenges and opportunities presented by research data. bwFDM’s activities include the establishment of networks and collaborations, the dissemination of information and knowledge, the expansion of information services, the provision of training and consultation opportunities, and the organisation of the conference series E-Science-Tage. Overall, bwFDM’s activities emphasise the importance of collaboration, information dissemination, and training in shaping the present and future of research data management within and beyond Baden-Württemberg