Germany

Geschlechterdarstellung in den Nachrichten: Monitoring, Quoten und Befunde

by Birgit Wolf

In: Medien — Politik — Geschlecht
2008, Part 3, 66-78, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-531-91096-3_5

Ob Realität oder Fiktion, medial vermittelte Inhalte sind Teil einer Wirklichkeitskonstruktion. Für die... more Ob Realität oder Fiktion, medial vermittelte Inhalte sind Teil einer Wirklichkeitskonstruktion. Für die Nachrichtenberichterstattung werden Informationen selektiert, strukturiert und in Interpretationsrahmen eingebettet (vgl. Hall 1989: 135). Das gilt auch für die Bedeutungszuweisungen entlang des Geschlechterdualismus von Medien und Medienhandelnden durch Codierungsprozesse in der Nachrichtenpraxis. Medien haben demnach eine machtvolle und wirkmächtige Position inne, sie können bestehende Stereotypisierungen und Verhältnisse von Diskriminierung bzw. Marginalisierung unterschiedlicher Genus-Gruppen, Klassen, Ethnizitäten etc. zementieren oder aufbrechen. Medien sind demnach als Akteurinnen am Prozess des doing gender beteiligt.

Intercontinental Embarrassment for Berlin: Grand Opening of BER Berlin-Brandenburg Airport Delayed (in Italian)

by Denis Bocquet

Published in: Il Giornale dell'Architettura, n.106, p.14, June 2012

A reaction to the announcement of the impossibility for the authorities in charge of the construction and management... more A reaction to the announcement of the impossibility for the authorities in charge of the construction and management of the new BER Berlin-Brandenburg airport to open on time.

Key words:
BBI, BER, Schönefeld, Tegel, Berlin, Germany, Germania, aeroporto, delay, fiasco, Willy Brandt, Rainer Schwarz, Klaus Wowereit, Matthias Platzeck, Bosch, Siemens, Hartmut Mehdorn, SPD, CDU, SXF, TXL, One World, Air Berlin, Lufthansa, Easyjet,

Alman Üniversitelerinde Sosyoloji Eğitimi

by Cüneyd Dinc

Co-authored with M. Fazıl Baş

Almanya’daki sosyoloji eğitimi bir yandan yaklaşık iki yüzyıllık bir temel üzerinde şekillenerek bugüne gelmiş ve... more Almanya’daki sosyoloji eğitimi bir yandan yaklaşık iki yüzyıllık bir temel üzerinde şekillenerek bugüne gelmiş ve özellikle Wilhelm von Humboldt’un eğitim reformu bu temelde önemli bir rol oynamıştır. Fakat diğer yandan bugünün daha globalleşmeye ve ulusaşırı bütünleşmeye dayalı anlayışı eğitim alanında da kendisini göstererek üniversite eğitimini ulusal farkları sindiren bir şekilde standardize etmeye çalışmaktadır. Bologna süreci bunda önemli bir etkiye sahiptir. Bu makalede son on yılda geçmiş ile bugün arasındaki bu çekişmede yeniden şekillenmekte olan Almanya’daki sosyoloji eğitiminin müfredatı mevcut eğilimler çerçevesinde incelenmektedir.

German Sociology After Reunification

by Cüneyd Dinc

Since the 1990s German sociology is confronted with a lost of its “supremeness of interpretation” of societal trends... more Since the 1990s German sociology is confronted with a lost of its “supremeness of interpretation” of societal trends and processes to other academic disciplines, like biology or anthropology. This may be surprising, if one compares the situation in the 1960s and 1970s, where Sociology in Germany was a leading science, analyzing the problems and contradictions of German society and was important for the academic and intellectual socialization of a generation of young students and scholars. The aim of this article is to give a brief overview about contemporary German sociology, describe the current situation of Sociology in Germany and to give an answer for its actual problems and lost of influence.

Alman Üniversitelerinde Sosyoloji Eğitimi

by Cüneyd Dinc

Co-authored with M. Fazıl Baş

Almanya’daki sosyoloji eğitimi bir yandan yaklaşık iki yüzyıllık bir temel üzerinde şekillenerek bugüne gelmiş ve... more Almanya’daki sosyoloji eğitimi bir yandan yaklaşık iki yüzyıllık bir temel üzerinde şekillenerek bugüne gelmiş ve özellikle Wilhelm von Humboldt’un eğitim reformu bu temelde önemli bir rol oynamıştır. Fakat diğer yandan bugünün daha globalleşmeye ve ulusaşırı bütünleşmeye dayalı anlayışı eğitim alanında da kendisini göstererek üniversite eğitimini ulusal farkları sindiren bir şekilde standardize etmeye çalışmaktadır. Bologna süreci bunda önemli bir etkiye sahiptir. Bu makalede son on yılda geçmiş ile bugün arasındaki bu çekişmede yeniden şekillenmekte olan Almanya’daki sosyoloji eğitiminin müfredatı mevcut eğilimler çerçevesinde incelenmektedir.

From “Gastarbeiter” To “People With Migration Background”: A Critical Overview Of German Migration Sociology

by Cüneyd Dinc

Migration as a social fact was neglected by German society and public bodies until the 1990s. Hence as sub-discipline... more Migration as a social fact was neglected by German society and public bodies until the 1990s. Hence as sub-discipline migration sociology was a research area which received little attention. Only when the interest of German society on migration rose, migration sociology in Germany became important. The result was a explosion of academic publications on migrations and the problems of migrants. The aim of this article is to give a concise and critical overview about German migration sociology. It will draw its basic characteristics and the methodological and interpretative problems Migration sociology must deal with. By neglecting the fact that the contend of German migration sociology is shaped by means of public demand and discussion, the researchers with non migration background are faced with a lack of self reflexivity, which biased their results and gives a wrong picture of migration and migrants.

An Analysis of the Headscarf Issue in Feminist Debates in Germany

by Uluslararası İlişkiler

Berrin Koyuncu Lorasdağı, Hilal Onur İnce, "An Analysis of the Headscarf Issue in Feminist Debates in Germany", Uluslararası İlişkiler, Cilt 6, Sayı 24 (Kış), 2009

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Almanya’da başörtüsü meselesini feminist tartışmalar üzerinden incelemektir. Önemli ölçüde... more Bu çalışmanın amacı, Almanya’da başörtüsü meselesini feminist tartışmalar üzerinden incelemektir. Önemli ölçüde Müslüman göçmen barındıran Almanya, İkinci Dünya Savaşı sonrasında kültür-odaklı millet anlayışının hâkim olduğu tarihsel arkaplanına yeniden dönmesiyle, Avrupa’da başörtüsü tartışmaları içerisinde istisnai bir yere sahiptir. Bazı Alman eyaletlerinde İslami başörtüsünün yasaklanması, bu tarihsel arkaplan çerçevesinde ‘çoğunluk Alman toplumu’ ile ‘azınlık Türk toplumu’ arasındaki problemli ilişkiyi ortaya çıkarmaktadır. Bu makalede Almanya’nın “kültür-ulusu” mirasının 2000’lerde başörtüsü “kavgasının” feminist tartışmaları – hem başörtüsü yasağını benimseyen hem de ona karşı olan- belirlediği ve bu nedenle Almanya örneğinde başörtüsü tartışmalarının kültür meselesine indirgenerek ele alındığı iddia edilmektedir.

Student’s Perceptions of Time Management and Deadlines: A Special Challenge in E-Learning-based Cross-Cultural Education

by Thomas Richter

Richter, T. (2012). Students’ Perceptions of Time Management and Deadlines: A Special Challenge in E-Learning-based Cross-Cultural Education. In: Proceedings of the World Conference on Educational Mul-timedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2012, Chesapeake, VA: AACE. (forthcoming in June 2012)

This paper addresses the students’ cultural understanding of time management. In our study, which was conducted... more This paper addresses the students’ cultural understanding of time management. In our study, which was conducted between 2010 and 2012 and mainly took place in the academic context of Germany and South Korea, we found out that the students’ perception of time management is strongly related to their culture. When edu-cation takes place in cross-cultural settings, which related to Internet-based education in future will be the stan-dard-setting, this particular difference can lead to major frustration as well for the learners as also for the educa-tors. Particularly in the e-Learning scenario, where learners rarely communicate upcoming conflicts, and where ongoing motivation needs to be understood as a crucial condition to succeed (Richter & Adelsberger, 2011a, p.1600), this issue needs to be targeted. In this paper, after introducing the relevant theoretical background, we first present our study setting and finally discuss the results.

On the myth of a general national culture: Making visible specific cultural characteristics of learners in different educational contexts in Germany

by Thomas Richter

Richter, T. & Adelsberger, H. (2012). On the myth of a general national culture: Making visible specific cultural characterist-ics of learners in different educational contexts in Germany. In Sudweeks F., Hrachovec, H., & Ess, C. (Eds.), CATaC'12 Proceedings (Aarhus, Denmark): Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication, School of In-formation Technology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia, forthcoming (June 2012)

The Paper is published under the CC license; thanks to the editors that I additionally can place it here for the public

The concept of a few values that can characteristically explain all units of culture (Schneider 1968, p.1-2) within... more The concept of a few values that can characteristically explain all units of culture (Schneider 1968, p.1-2) within any national context generally sounds promising. In order to take design-oriented decisions on culture-specific research questions, such characteristic values, particularly if already determined for many countries, would allow a massive reduction of effort. However, we were unsure if the contexts of academic and professional education allowed the adoption of such values without loosing the characteristic information, which are crucial for designing context-sensitive e-Learning contents. In both educational scenarios we investigated the subcultures ‘faculty’, ‘university’, ‘enterprise’, and ‘nation’. In this paper, we exemplarily discuss our study’s results regarding one selected topic from our questionnaire, i. e. the ‘role of the lecturer’. Actually, we found major differences between the investigated scenarios. Thus, we came to the conclusion that in our context, adapting, e. g. Hofstede’s national values, would not lead to a learning design that takes the context-specific cultural differences into consideration.

Corporate global culture as competitive advantage: learning from Germany and Japan in Alabama and Austria?

by Gerhard Apfelthaler

To Segregate or to Separate? Special Education Expansion and Divergence in the United States and Germany

by Justin J.W. Powell

THE STRATEGIC REPERTOIRE OF PUBLISHERS IN THE MEDIA CRISIS

by Edda Humprecht

Michael Brüggemann, Frank Esser & Edda Humprecht (2012): THE STRATEGIC REPERTOIRE OF PUBLISHERS IN THE MEDIA CRISIS, Journalism Studies, DOI:10.1080/1461670X.2012.664336

Germany could be considered a deviant case in the comparative study of the current transformations in media markets as... more Germany could be considered a deviant case in the comparative study of the current transformations in media markets as publishers continue to be profitable despite painting a gloomy picture of the possibility of there being a ‘‘media crisis.’’ What is specific about the German case is the strong economic position and political lobbying of the publisher associations. Combining different sources of primary and secondary data, this article investigates five strategies of crisis management (‘‘the five Cs’’): media companies may react to the current changes by cutting down costs and creating new products. They may further try to influence the general framework conditions by complaining about their plight in public (discursive strategy), taking competitors to court (legal strategy) and wooing politicians through lobbying and campaigning (political strategy). The article concludes that the sustainable provision of journalistic value benefits the most from creative, productive strategies.

Ankara ve Berlin’in Bosna Savaşı’na Yönelik Politikaları: Karşılaştırmalı Bir İnceleme

by Uluslararası İlişkiler

Birgül Demirtaş Coşkun, " Ankara ve Berlin’in Bosna Savaşı’na Yönelik Politikaları: Karşılaştırmalı Bir İnceleme ", Uluslararası İlişkiler, Cilt 4, Sayı 13 (Bahar), 2007

Bu çalışmada Bosna-Hersek’te 1992-1995 yılları arasında yaşanan savaş sırasında Türkiye’nin ve Almanya’nın izlediği... more Bu çalışmada Bosna-Hersek’te 1992-1995 yılları arasında yaşanan savaş sırasında Türkiye’nin ve Almanya’nın izlediği dış politika karşılaştırmalı olarak incelenmektedir. İki kutuplu sistemin yıkılmasıyla birlikte her iki ülkede de kimlik krizleri ortaya çıkmıştır; Türkiye Soğuk Savaş sırasındaki konumunu birdenbire kaybetmiş, Almanya ise beklenmedik bir şekilde yeniden birleşmesini sağlayabilmiştir. Bosna’da başlayan çatışmalar tam da bu döneme denk gelmiştir. Geleneksel kuramlar Türkiye’nin yeni dönemde yaşadığı iç sorunlar nedeniyle daha çok iç politikaya yöneleceğini; Almanya’nın ise, Türkiye’nin aksine, birleşmenin kazandırdığı dinamizmle dış politikada daha aktif bir tutum sergileyeceğini öngörmüştür. Ancak Bosna örnek olayında bunun tam tersinin gerçekleştiği gözlenmiştir. Bu çalışmanın temel argümanı iki ülkenin Bosna’ya yönelik dış politikalarının oluşumundaki temel faktörlerden birinin eski devlet kimliklerini yeni dönemde de sürdürme amacı olduğudur.

Az alap-, illetve középfokú oktatásból kimaradók továbbképzése Németországban – különös tekintettel Berlinre (2002)

by Gabor Tomasz

Kutatási beszámoló

A szakakadémia – a harmadfokú intézmények egy kevéssé ismert típusa I + II. (2002)

by Gabor Tomasz

Magyar Felsőoktatás, 2002/3 + 2002/4

Roots of diversity in a Linearbandkeramik community: isotope evidence at Aiterhofen (Bavaria, Germany)

by Penny Bickle

Penny Bickle, Daniela Hofmann, R. Alexander Bentley, Robert Hedges, Julie Hamilton, Fernando Laiginhas, Geoff Nowell, D. Graham Pearson, Gisela Grupe & Alasdair Whittle
Published in Antiquity 85, 1243–1258
Abstract written by Martin Carver

The early Neolithic in northern Central Europe ought to be the theatre in which
incoming farmersmeet local... more The early Neolithic in northern Central Europe ought to be the theatre in which
incoming farmersmeet local hunter-gatherers, with greater or lesser impact. By way of contrast, the authors use isotope analysis in a cemetery beside the Danube to describe a peaceful, well-integrated community with a common diet and largely indigenous inhabitants. Men and women may have had different mobility strategies, but the isotopes did not signal special origins or diverse foodproducing roles.Other explanations attend the variations in the burial rites of individuals and their distribution into cemetery plots.

The Special Education Profession and the Discourse of Learning Disability in Germany

by Justin J.W. Powell

Draußen vor der Tür: Die Arbeitsmarktsituation von Menschen mit Behinderung [On the outside: The labor market situation of people with disabilities]

by Justin J.W. Powell

The Youth Participation in the Labour Market in Germany, Spain and Sweden

by Francesco Pastore

Co-authored with Floro Ernesto Caroleo.
In T. Hammer (ed.), Youth Unemployment and Social Exclusion in Europe, The Policy Press, Bristol, Ch. 7: 115-141.

Building a more attractive Europe: the Blue Card experience

by Silvia Mosneaga

To be published mid-June 2012.

In search of a comprehensive approach to legal immigration, in 2009 the European Union (EU) introduced the Blue Card –... more In search of a comprehensive approach to legal immigration, in 2009 the European Union (EU) introduced the Blue Card – a horizontal directive establishing a single permit and a single procedure for immigrants from third countries willing to work in the EU. In this respect, this paper will mainly analyse to what extent the implementation of the Blue Card Directive makes EU attractive for highly qualified migrants. Considering the challenges the EU faces in attracting highly skilled professionals to its member states, this essay will also estimate whether the introduction of the Blue Card could possibly solve the demographic problems resulting from the ageing population. Thereupon, the paper will assess the effects that the Blue Card directive could have on national labour markets. Taking into account the distinctive European demographics, labour markets or the particular domestic labour capacity, Germany and Spain will be considered as case studies. Based on the results of this analysis, this study will then determine whether the Blue Card is indeed a response to the EU prospective.