Research field: Transformation Research
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Transformations in internationally comparative perspective
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This research field is tasked with the comparative and interdisciplinary study of transformation processes in (East) Germany and East Central Europe, taking into account simultaneous transformation processes in Western Europe (of the so-called ‘co-transformation’). In our research, we not only center on the system change of 1989/90 but on transformation processes in Europe throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. We aim at developing a transnational and diachronic perspective on political caesuras and processes of profound social change from the First World War up to the present day. Our work particularly focuses on the transformation processes after 1918, 1945, 1989 and 2020 and their diverse effects on the societies and people affected. A central aim lies in analyzing the specific experiences of different ages, especially of the life phases of ‘childhood’ and ‘old age’.
As an interdisciplinary and international team, we employ biographical and qualitative research methods. We also increasingly make use of digital humanities methods. In addition to an innovative methodological approach, our research field pursues a transnational comparative approach to transformation processes in (East) Germany and Eastern Europe.
The work of our research field is currently divided into three thematic areas: 1) ‘Work and Everyday Life’: Here we are researching ‘transformation regimes’ through the nationalization and privatization of economic and industrial enterprises in East German and in East Central European societies. 2 ‘Age and Care’: The focus here lies on examining the impact of political caesuras on different ages (especially of children and the elderly) as well as the respective care discourses and practices; 3. ‘Political Action and Self-Organization’: This focus illuminates the possibilities and limits of political action and various forms of self-organization in times of accelerated change in social, political and economic systems. The projects in these three areas and the resulting conference and publication projects aim to contribute to diachronic and comparative research into political ruptures and their long-term social consequences.
Coordination: PD Dr Friederike Kind-Kovács
Researchers: Dr. Agnes Anna Arndt, Dr. Maren Hachmeister, PD Dr. Friederike Kind-Kovács, Teresa Lindenauer, Dr. Klará Pinerová, Josephine Starke