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Images of Terror: How to “See” Trauma in Literary Texts?
No full textTerrorizing Images: Trauma and Ekphrasis in Contemporary Literature untersucht, wie Bilder, die Trauma darstellen, neue Wege zum Verständnis von Ekphrasis, der verbalen Darstellung von Bildern in Literatur, eröffnen. Anstatt Ekphrasis im konventionellen Kampf zwischen dem Visuellen und dem Verbalen zu verwurzeln, bietet der Sammelband neue Aspekte für die Praxis, Bilder des Schreckens in literarische Texte einzubauen. Folglich wird Ekphrasis mit neuen Inhalten und Funktionen versehen — und bleibt so ihrem sich ständig wandelnden Wesen treu.Terrorizing Images: Trauma and Ekphrasis in Contemporary Literature explores how images of trauma open new ways of understanding the phenomenon of ekphrasis, the verbal representation of images in literature. Instead of rooting ekphrasis in the conventional rivalry between the visual and the verbal, the volume offers fresh points of view of the practice of incorporating images of terror in literary texts. As a result, ekphrasis is provided with new subjects and functions — thus remaining true to its ever-changing nature
Between Roman Authority and Greek Ritual: The Turbulent History of the Uniate Church at the End of the Eighteenth Century
No full textDisunion within the Union ist eine überarbeitete Fassung eines Artikels des Autors, der bereits 1984 veröffentlicht wurde. Larry Wolff, der führende Wissenschaftler und Historiker auf dem Gebiet der Mittel- und Osteuropa Forschung des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts, greift das Thema erneut auf und reichert seine früheren Ausführungen dazu mit neuen Erkenntnissen an. Das Ergebnis ist eine fesselnde Studie über die Geschichte der Unierten Kirche in den turbulenten Zeiten der Teilungen von Polen-Litauen.Disunion within the Union is a revised study of the author’s article published in the journal of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University in 1984. Larry Wolff, the leading scholar and historian in the field of eighteenth century Central and Eastern Europe, has decided to return to the subject and enrich his earlier engagement with it with new insights. The result is an engaging study of the history of the Uniate church during the turbulent times of the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Reclaiming: How to Reveal Discrimination as an Act of Empowerment
No full textIn dem theoretisch fundierten und gleichzeitig praxisorientierten Sammelband Reclaim! Postmigrantische und widerständige Praxen der Aneignung, herausgegeben von Jara Schmidt und Jule Thiemann, werden gegenhegemoniale Praxen analysiert. Dies erfolgt nicht nur interdisziplinär und international, sondern auch anhand verschiedener Datentypen. Den Autor_innen gelingt es, die Diskriminierungsformen zu offenbaren, ohne die Handlungsfähigkeit der Betroffenen eingeschränkt darzustellen.The theory-based and at the same time practice-oriented volume Reclaim! Postmigrantische und widerständige Praxen der Aneignung, edited by Jara Schmidt and Jule Thiemann, analyzes counterhegemonic practices. The contributions are not only interdisciplinary and international but also based on different types of data. The authors succeed in revealing the forms of discrimination without restricting the agency of those who face discrimination
Critical Traces of the Future in Exhibition Projects About Migration: The Case of the Project Meinwanderungsland
Full text linkUsing parts of the praxeographic and network-based approach of a knowledge regime analysis, this article looks at future-making practices in exhibition projects about migration in Germany. Using the example of the outreach project Meinwanderungsland (my immigration country) (2018–2020) and its critical practice of imagination and anticipation, the article argues that future-making practices in exhibition projects transform the knowledge production of migration. The article not only examines the project’s critical practice, it also looks at the after-effects of critique within the exhibitionary complex of migration. Critique is not understood here as a total withdrawal from museum spaces and institutions, but as an intervention. It can be shown that Meinwanderungsland used para-institutional practices, narratives, and networks for a different musealization of migration
"This Notebook, Your Letter": The Future Reader and the Pivotal Present in Louise Erdrich’s Future Home of the Living God
Full text linkThis article proposes epistolarity as a productive critical framework for exploring the concept of ‘present futures.’ The analysis focuses on Louise Erdrich’s novel Future Home of the Living God with the aim to demonstrate how letter writing can help us conceptualize the complex interrelations between the present moment and the future. Cedar, the Ojibwe narrator, writes a letter to her unborn child during unprecedented evolutionary and climate crises. The present moment is fraught with uncertainty, and the future is difficult to imagine. Through her epistolary efforts, Cedar writes against apocalyptic future narratives. Her letter creates a space for present and future encounters between the writer and her addressee even if the world as we know it has ceased to exist. In the novel, I argue, key elements of epistolarity such as the central role of the reader, the significance of the present moment of writing, and temporal polyvalence disrupt the conventional notion of time as a linear progression. Whereas linear time moves from past to present to future, the act of letter writing in Erdrich’s novel directs our attention to the future as a vital and vivid presence in the present moment. In the novel, the ‘you’ being addressed is also already a part of ‘me,’ the narrator. This epistolary bond between a mother and her unborn child in the novel extends the biological connection between them into the realms of culture and history
An Introduction to Disability Discourses in Kenya
No full textDisability Studies, soziale Gerechtigkeit und Aktivismus sind eng miteinander verbunden. Diese Aufsatzsammlung begann 2017 als Symposium in Nairobi und ist eine erfrischende Perspektive des globalen Südens zu dem Themenfeld. Die vier Teile des Buches verknüpfen unterschiedliche Disziplinen (Jura, Sozialwissenschaften, Sonderpädagogik, Medienwissenschaften) und liefern wichtige Daten für weitere Diskussionen. Den Herausgeber_innen Nina Berman und Rebecca Monteleone gelingt es verschiedene Stimmen miteinander zu verbinden und unterschiedliche Diskurse zu reflektieren.Disability Studies is closely linked to social justice and activism. This collection of contributions began at a symposium in 2017 in Nairobi and is a refreshing perspective from the Global South in the field. The four parts of the book bridge different disciplines (law, social sciences, accessible education, media studies) and provide important data for further discussion. The editors Nina Berman and Rebecca Monteleone powerfully connect different voices and reflect on the variety of discourses involved
Forms of Study — Or How to Interpret Black Music
No full textIn seinem Buch analysiert Dhanveer Singh Brar Phänomene der Black music. Er schließt an Debatten über undercommons, aesthetic sociality und Blackness an, und entwickelt darauf aufbauend das Konzept der sonic ecology. An drei Fallbeispielen zeigt der Autor, wie sich musikalisch-soziale Praktiken gegen die rassifizierte Realität des frühen 21. Jahrhunderts auflehnen.In his book, Dhanveer Singh Brar analyzes phenomena of Black music. He contributes to debates about undercommons, aesthetic sociality, and Blackness, and develops the concept of sonic ecology. Using three case studies, the author shows how musical-social practices mediate and counter the racialized reality of the early 21st century
Report on ESSCS/TransHumanities Joint Summer School 2023 “Bouncing Forward: Future Narratives, Scenarios and Transformation in the Study of Culture”
No full textOn the Verge of Collapse: The German Economy during World War I
No full textEin fundiertes Überblickswerk, das seinem wissenschaftlichen Anspruch gerecht wird: Marcel Boldorf präsentiert mit seinem Handbuch zur deutschen Wirtschaft im Ersten Weltkrieg nicht nur die aktuellen Forschungsergebnisse, sondern zeigt anhand der verschiedenen Wirtschaftssektoren auf, dass der deutsche Staat zwischen 1914 und 1918 eine neue Rolle übernahm. In den 23 Beiträgen geben die Autor_innen Einblicke in einen der krassesten Strukturbrüche der europäischen Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Lesenswert!A well-founded overview that does justice to its scientific value: With his handbook on the German economy in World War I, Marcel Boldorf not only presents the latest research results, but also shows, based on the various economic sectors, that the German state took on a new role between 1914 and 1918. In 23 well-written articles, the authors provide insights into one of the most blatant structural breaks in European economic history. Worth reading