Cultural Transfer Studies

La fíbula de Sainte Colombe: Un pastiche?

by Raimon Graells i Fabregat

Forthcoming
Graells ep.: R. Graells, La fíbula de Sainte Colombe: Un pastiche?,
Cypsela.

Design and Geographically Liberated Difference

by Ashley Hall

Design Principles and Practice, Rome, Italy, 2011
Co-authored with Prof. Tom Barker

The concept of geographically liberated difference has emerged from the overlap of cultural studies and economics as a... more The concept of geographically liberated difference has emerged from the overlap of cultural studies and economics as a critique of the effects of globalisation on cultures through the manufacturing and distribution of artefacts with unique differences across diverse territories. Although this concept is known in the domains of cultural studies and economics, very little has been written on its effect and understanding within design, especially industrial design. Industrial design has vast influence on the production and distribution of products across the globe from small scale to mass production of millions of units. The mechanisms by which design influences the evolution of cultures through the concept of geographically liberated difference are important for future development. Research by the authors indicates parallel streams of both digital and analogue methods supporting successful models of geographically liberated difference in design practice. Examples of these approaches are discussed to uncover the operable mechanisms and arguments concerning the future value and influence of this feature of globalisation.

Law of the Worlds - Towards an Inter-Systemic Theory

by Poul F. Kjaer

PP 159 - 75 in Stefan Keller und Stefan Wiprächtiger (Hrsg.): Recht zwischen Dogmatik und Theorie. Marc Amstutz zum 50. Geburtstag (Zürich: Dike Verlag, 2012) .

Departing from systems theory, Marc Amstutz has developed a refined theory of world law. In the course of developing... more Departing from systems theory, Marc Amstutz has developed a refined theory of world law. In the course of developing this theory he has, however, reformulated or changed the status of a number of central system theoretical concepts, including the concepts of (co-)evolution, interpenetration and function. At first glance, these changes appear to be relatively inconsequential but at second glance they amount to a radical reformulation of systems theory because the focus is systematically shifted away from system internal processes and towards inter-systemic processes. Although Amstutz departs from a legal perspective, his theory is in fact projecting a mirror image of the wider society. Amstutz has, in other words, not just developed a theory of world law, but rather a central contribution to a novel inter-systemic theory of society as such.

Charlemagne in medieval East Central Europe (ca. 800 to ca. 1200)

by Florin Curta

Canadian Slavonic Papers 53 (2011), nos. 2-4, pp. 181-208 (together with Jace Stuckey)

Jiří Grusa: "Die Kunst des Altwerdens" zwischen Tschechien und Deutschland. In: Koschmal, W. - Dobiáš, D. - Huber, P.: Modelle des Kulturwechsels. München 2003.

by Dalibor Dobias

Perron, M. 2010. "Koinè ionisante ou mobilité artisanale? Regard sur les influences de la Grèce orientale en Macédoine aux VIe et Ve siècles av. J.-C." in P. Rouillard (dir.), Portraits de migrants, portraits de colons II, Actes du 6e colloque international de la Maison René-Ginouvès, Colloques de la MAE 6, Paris, De Boccard, 13-50

by Martin Perron

Résumé

Par le biais de l’étude du mobilier d’inspiration gréco-orientale découvert en Macédoine et du... more Résumé

Par le biais de l’étude du mobilier d’inspiration gréco-orientale découvert en Macédoine et du contexte historique de l’Asie Mineure, cet article se propose d’examiner le rôle du commerce et des mouvements migratoires comme principaux vecteurs de transfert de l’élément micrasiatique dans le nord de l’Égée au cours de la seconde moitié du VIe siècle av. J.-C. Il visera en outre l’identification des transformations sociales et artisanales qui ont pu favoriser l’emprunt culturel et la mise en place d’une koinè ionisante en Macédoine. La conquête de l’Asie Mineure par les Perses en 545 av. J.-C. pourrait avoir provoqué la mobilité, forcée ou volontaire, de plusieurs artisans, commerçants et familles ayant généré la diffusion, l’introduction et le maintien des influences gréco-orientales sur le territoire. Or, en raison de la vaste distribution et de la grande quantité des objets d’inspiration mis au jour en Macédoine, il est légitime de croire que les artisans locaux ont aussi participé à la production de ces biens. La réceptivité de l’élément gréco-oriental dans l’artisanat de Macédoine et l’abandon des traditions ancestrales de l’âge du Fer semblent s’expliquer par le désir de combler un besoin fonctionnel engendré par une combinaison de facteurs économiques, démographiques et sociaux ayant soudainement généré de nouvelles habitudes de consommation dans la région.

Mots-clés: Macédoine, période archaïque, transferts culturels, commerce, mobilité artisanale, Guerres Médiques

Abstract

Based on the study of the East Greek imitation artifacts uncovered in Macedonia and the historical context of Asia Minor, this paper aims to investigate the role of trade and migration as the main agents of cultural transfer of the Ionian influences in the northern Aegean during the second half of the sixth century BC. This paper will also focus on the social changes that occurred within the Greeks cities of Macedonia and that might have encouraged the cultural borrowings and the establishment of a local “ionizing” koine in the region. The Persians conquest of Asia Minor in 545 BC probably caused the mobility, forced or voluntary, of several craftsmen, traders and families which could have facilitated the dissemination, the introduction and the maintenance of the East Greek influences in Macedonia. Because of the wide distribution of the East Greek imitation material throughout the territory, it is legitimate to believe that local artisans also participated to the production of these objects by adopting the eastern Greek models inside their workshops. The receptivity of the East Greek influences and the abandonment of the former Iron Age traditions by the local craftsmen find explanation in the desire to fill functional needs created by a combination of economic, demographic and social factors which generated new patterns of consumption in the region.

Key words: Macedonia, Archaic period, cultural transfers, trade, craftsman mobility, Persian Wars

Mittelalterliche deutsche Literatur auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Rumänien. Plädoyer für eine überlieferungsorientierte, regional perspektivierte und interdisziplinäre Literaturgeschichte, in: Interdisziplinarität in der Germanistik. Annäherungen in der Literatur-, Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaften. Beiträge der II. Germanistischen Konferenz, Miskolc/Ungarn 2010 (Publicationes Universitatis Miskolcinensis. Sectio philosophica, Bd. 15, Heft 3), S. 325-340

by Balázs J. Nemes

Das vorgestellte Projekt verfolgt das Ziel, die in den Bibliotheken und Archiven Rumäniens befindlichen... more Das vorgestellte Projekt verfolgt das Ziel, die in den Bibliotheken und Archiven Rumäniens befindlichen mittelalterlichen deutschen Handschriften zu erschließen, um auf dieser Basis und in einer regional vornehmlich auf Siebenbürgen bezogenen Perspektive die Geschichte der deutschen Literatur des Mittelalters auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Rumänien in Form von Fallstudien zu beschreiben. Methodisch gilt es dabei […] einem ausschließlich dem Autor und Werk verpflichteten Konzept von Literaturgeschichtsschreibung eine stärker überlieferungsorientierte und regional ausgerichtete Literaturhistoriographie entgegen[zu]setzen, um auf dieser Weise den Literaturbetrieb einer bestimmten Region zu erfassen. Eine regional vornehmlich auf Siebenbürgen ausgerichtete Literaturgeschichte wird sich indes nicht nur auf die deutschsprachige Literatur beschränken, sondern sich für einen interdisziplinären Zugang öffnen und auch die ungarische und vor allem die lateinische Literaturproduktion und -rezeption im untersuchten Gebiet in ihre Überlegungen mit einbeziehen, um möglichen literarischen Interferenzen Rechnung zu tragen. Der Vorteil einer solchen, nicht einer bestimmten ‚Nationalliteratur’ verpflichteten Sicht auf die Literaturgeschichte ist, dass sie ermöglicht, Aussagen über den Literaturbetrieb einer Region (hier vor allem Siebenbürgen) als Ganzes zu treffen.

Mittelalterliche deutsche Handschriften in rumänischen Bibliotheken. Eine vorläufige Bestandsübersicht, in: Manuscripta germanica. Deutschsprachige Handschriften des Mittelalters in Bibliotheken und Archiven Osteuropas, hg. von ASTRID BREITH, CHRISTINE GLAßNER, KLAUS KLEIN, MARTIN SCHUBERT und JÜRGEN WOLF (Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum und deutsche Literatur, Beihefte, Bd. 15), Stuttgart 2012, S. 61-72

by Balázs J. Nemes

http://www.staff.uni-marburg.de/~wolf2/2011-09-Presseblatt%20ZfDA-1.pdf
http://www.hirzel.de/titel/58935.html
http://www.literaturkritik.de/public/rezension.php?rez_id=16357

Während der Bestand der Bibliotheca Batthyaneum in Karlsburg/Alba Iulia als relativ gut erforscht gelten darf, weiß... more Während der Bestand der Bibliotheca Batthyaneum in Karlsburg/Alba Iulia als relativ gut erforscht gelten darf, weiß man über die deutschsprachigen Codices in den Bibliotheken
und Archiven in Heltau/Cisnǎdie, Hermannstadt/Sibiu und Bukarest relativ wenig. Einige Bestandslisten kann Nemes durch Handschriftenfunde ergänzen, die er im Zuge eines eigenen Projekts, einer rumänischen Literaturgeschichte, und
durch Hinweise von Kollegen (wieder-)entdeckt hat

Proiectul enunţat îşi asumă obiectivul de a reuni într-un catalog manuscrisele medievale de limbă germană aflate în bibliotecile şi arhivele din România, o lucrare pe a cărei bază se conturează – dintr-o perspectivă regională axată asupra Transilvaniei – istoria literaturii germane medievale de pe teritoriul actual al României. Din punct de vedere metodologic este esenţială racordarea la direcţiile actuale de cercetare promovate în cadrul medievisticii cultivate de germanişti, tendinţe, care opun conceptului de istorie a producţiei literare, concept organizat exclusiv în jurul autorului şi operei, o viziune literar-istoriografică circumscrisă regional şi orientată pregnant în sensul identificării transmiterii textuale, modalitate prin care poate fi cuprinsă producţia literară dintr-o arie geografică determinată. O istorie a literaturii din perspectivă regională, cu o atenţie sporită îndreptată asupra Transilvaniei, nu se va opri exclusiv asupra expresiei germane, ci îşi va lărgi orizontul într-un efort interdisciplinar, prin cooptarea în analiză şi a producţiei, respectiv a receptării scrisului în limba maghiară, dar în special în latină, ţinând seama astfel de eventualele interferenţe literare. Avantajul unei astfel de perspective asupra istoriei literaturii, netributară unei anumite „literaturi naţionale”, este faptul că se deschide calea în direcţia unor concluzii care privesc producţia literară a unui areal (multi)cultural în ansamblu său.

Mittelalterliche deutsche Handschriften in Rumänien. Erschließung, Katalogisierung und Verwertung für eine regional orientierte Literaturgeschichte (Eine Projektidee), in: Deutsch im interkulturellen Begegnungsraum Ostmitteleuropa. Symposion Budapest 2009, hg. von ERNEST W. B. HESS-LÜTTICH u.a., Frankfurt a. M. usw. 2010 (Cross Cultural Communication, Bd. 19; Publikationen der Gesellschaft für interkulturelle Germanistik, Bd. 14), S. 169-196

by Balázs J. Nemes

The present essay outlines a project, which aims to catalogue and tap the potential of medieval German manuscripts in... more The present essay outlines a project, which aims to catalogue and tap the potential of medieval German manuscripts in the collections of both church and secular libraries and archives in Romania. The project complements current efforts to catalogue and explore medieval German manuscripts in Eastern European
countries. At the same time, the project prepares the ground for a regionally oriented literary history of Transylvania. Here, too, the aim is to build on current trends in medieval German studies in particular. Instead of a concept of literary history based almost exclusively on individual authors and their work, these trends advocate a literary historiography that turns to regional factors and manuscript transmission in describing literary activity in a particular area

Making sense of the Social Forum: On the local framing of a fashionable global symbol

by Henrik Nordvall

Published (2009) in Journal of Contemporary Ethnography [SAGE publications] 38 (4): 435-464.

The worldwide emergence of Social Forums (SF), originating from Porto Alegre (Brazil) in 2001, is a key element in the... more The worldwide emergence of Social Forums (SF), originating from Porto Alegre (Brazil) in 2001, is a key element in the movement for global justice. A growing body of literature on the forums concerns its function as a transnational venue for civil society and a global symbol for resistance against neoliberalism. However, little empirical research is carried out on the local meanings of the widespread SFs. This article reports on a case study on the organizational process of a local forum in a Swedish town. The analysis focuses on intra-coalitional interaction among activists from the labor movement, Attac and a local cultural institution. The importance of considering local framing processes and the often-neglected influence of fashion, when studying the emergence of social forums is emphasized. Findings show how the dichotomy the Old vs. the New became crucial in the framing process. Framed as a novelty contrasted with “old” socialist values, the SF was rejected by the labor movement activists as just another expression of a contemporary neoliberal trend of depolitization. Implications for the study of the social forum phenomenon are discussed.

Paradoxes of Solidarity: Democracy and Colonial Legacies in Swedish Popular Education.

by Henrik Nordvall

Co-authored with Magnus Dahlstedt. Published in Adult Education Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 3, August 2011, pp. 244-261.

Over the years, there have been several attempts to spread the “Swedish model” of popular education, that is, study... more Over the years, there have been several attempts to spread the “Swedish model” of popular education, that is, study circles and folk high schools, to countries in other parts of the world. In this article, the authors analyze the large-scale project of establishing folk development colleges in Tanzania in the 1970s and 1980s, by emphasizing the ways in which Swedish popular educators have described the folk development college project. Theoretically, the article is based on a postcolonial framework, highlighting the continuing importance of the legacies of colonialism in today’s society. One of the main conclusions in the article is that in the process of “exporting” the idea of popular education to other parts of the world, there is an ongoing formation of national self-images in contrast to images of the Other, where there is a constant risk of reproducing ideas from a colonial past.

Het Comité de vigilance des intellectuels antifascistes

by Maaike Koffeman

Verschenen in H. van den Braber & J. Gielkens (red.), In 1934. Nederlandse cultuur in internationale context. Querido, 2010.

In februari 1934was Parijs het toneel van felle antiparlementaire onlusten en linkse tegendemonstraties. Aanleiding... more In februari 1934was Parijs het toneel van felle antiparlementaire onlusten en linkse tegendemonstraties. Aanleiding was de Stavisky-affaire, maar de diepere oorzaak lag bij de economische crisis en de onmacht van de regering om adequaat op te treden.Uit onvrede met de bestaande verhoudingen zochten veel Fransen hun heil bij extremistische ideologieën,
zodat het publieke debat sterk polariseerde. Het land verkeerde op de rand van een burgeroorlog en veel intellectuelen voelden de behoefte collectief te ageren tegen het fascisme. In maart was de oprichting van het Comité de vigilance des intellectuels antifascistes (CVIA) een feit.

"Claudel est une croyance". La réception de Paul Claudel aux Pays-Bas.

by Maaike Koffeman

In Marie-Victoire Nantet (Ed.), Claudel et la Hollande (pp. 217-244). Besançon: Poussière d'Or.

Francophonie and its Romanian entanglements: a review article

by Silviu Hariton

Balkanistica, vol. 24, 2011, pp. 265-284