Die Situation der Sorben in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart
Abstract: Economic modernisation and structural changes, the dominance of German-speaking communication in almost all areas of life and declining demographic development have caused the bilingual region in Upper Lusatia (in the east of Saxony) and...
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Abstract: Economic modernisation and structural changes, the dominance of German-speaking communication in almost all areas of life and declining demographic development have caused the bilingual region in Upper Lusatia (in the east of Saxony) and Lower Lusatia (in the south-east of Brandenburg) to shrink since 1990. At the turn of the millennium, there were hardly any more than 40,000 Upper and 20 000 Lower Sorbs (called ”Serbja” or ”Serby” in Sorb and also called “Wends” in German). Their ancestors, the ”Surbi” who were mentioned in 631 for the first time in the chronicle of Fredegar, once farmed a territory ten times greater (approximately 40,000 km2 between the Elbe and Saale Rivers in the west and the Oder, Bober and Queis Rivers in the east). At the end of the Great Invasions they made their way from their original home north of the Carpathian Mountains along the northern edge of the low mountain range or the Moravian gate to the Elbe and Saale Rivers. Since the Elbe River Slavs had no
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Regional Data
Abstract: Spatiality is an increasingly important dimension in the social sciences, as a new wave of recent publications shows. Intra-national comparisons have proved to be as fruitful as the better known inter-national analysis. Regional...
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Abstract: Spatiality is an increasingly important dimension in the social sciences, as a new wave of recent publications shows. Intra-national comparisons have proved to be as fruitful as the better known inter-national analysis. Regional characteristics are found to have considerable influence on individual behaviour. This movement was fostered by methodological advances, e.g. in multi-level techniques. On the data side spatial analysis is supported by a good basic infrastructure in official and semiofficial information, often provided in the way of easily usable DVDs. In addition, both scientific researchers and commercial marketing firms collect valuable information, partly on a very detailed local level of only a handful of households.However, there is ample room for improvement. Huge existing datasets (e.g. PISA E) are not open for spatial oriented scientific purposes; in many cases regional information is not sufficiently available (e.g. on criminal behaviour); systematic over-sampling
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Jeunes et anciens, pour le renouveau de la Bessarabie. Conflit generationnel et politique dans le milieu des ecrivains bessarabiens de l'entre-deux-guerres
Abstract: The paper examines the making of a Romanian national and regional identity in Bessarabia after the union with Romania in 1918 by taking in the issues and conflicts moulding the Bessarabien literary milieu in the interwar period. Based on...
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Abstract: The paper examines the making of a Romanian national and regional identity in Bessarabia after the union with Romania in 1918 by taking in the issues and conflicts moulding the Bessarabien literary milieu in the interwar period. Based on detailed case studies and constantly addressing the enlarged political and historical context of Greater Romania, it investigates the distinctions and tensions between the two generations active in the cultural arena, the "Elders" and the "Young", with theirs different cultural background and contradictory affiliations and sensibilities, with theirs divergent views on the role of the Bessarabien culture and politics
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Fiktive Verortungen in der Welt: Images der Stadt Chemnitz
Abstract: Images sind öffentliche Ressourcen (lokaler) Gemeinschaften. Sie formulieren einen gemeinsam getragenen Anspruch auf einen bestimmten Platz in der Welt und konstituieren Zugehörigkeiten zur Diskursgemeinschaft. Sie werben um die Anerkennung...
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Abstract: Images sind öffentliche Ressourcen (lokaler) Gemeinschaften. Sie formulieren einen gemeinsam getragenen Anspruch auf einen bestimmten Platz in der Welt und konstituieren Zugehörigkeiten zur Diskursgemeinschaft. Sie werben um die Anerkennung der Ansprüche in verschiedenen Systemen der Verteilung von Aufmerksamkeit und Zuwendung. Im exemplarischen Fall strukturieren sich die apellativen Diskurse in einer regionalen Dimension des Vergleichs der drei sächsichen Großstädte, in der Dimension des Landes Sachsen, in der Dimension des Nationalstaates und in einer globalen Dimension
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