Dissertations / Theses: 'Culture, Germanic'

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Hagen, Alexandra S. "Rhetoric of Ruin: 9/11 in German Literature, Film and Culture." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1470672178.

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Fleischer, Ulrike. "Siegfried Kracauer and Weimar culture : modernity, flânerie, and literature." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2001. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12045/.

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This thesis is concerned with Siegfried Kracauer’s response to the challenges of modernity as exemplified by the Weimar Republic and its culture. A consideration of the literary dimension of Kracauer’s work is a central aspect of my approach. Beginning with a brief examination of Kracauer s early, epistemological writings, which adopt an anti-modem tone, my thesis then examines his shift towards a materialist critique of modernity. Using his essay 'Das Ornament der Masse' as a key example, I argue that Kracauer assumes the stance of a flâneur vis-à-vis the culture he examines. While this is consistent with his role as a Feuilleton journalist, the flâneur's detachment compromises Kracauer's political position. Here, and throughout the thesis, Kracauer's narrative approach and its effects are drawn out through comparisons with contemporary literary texts. In the remaining three chapters of my thesis, I analyse the novels Ginster and Georg, as well as the sociological study Die Angestellten. Here, I suggest, Kracauer attempts to transcend the limitations imposed by the flâneur's detachment. In Ginster he critically reflects on his own personal and political development while Die Angestellten is an attempt at social intervention. In Georg, finally, Kracauer returns to exploring crucial factors of Weimar (political) culture and considers his own role, as a journalist, within them.

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Psujek, Jennifer Lauren. "The Intersection of Gender, Religion, and Culture in Nineteenth-Century Germanic Salons." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1276962447.

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Haman, Brian. "Perpetuum mobile? : literature, philosophy, and the journey in German culture around 1800." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2012. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/55510/.

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Scholarly interest in travel literature has increased substantially in recent years. However, there has been a lack of sustained, cohesive commentary on the journey motif in German Romantic culture, particularly its origins and manifestations in literature and philosophy. My doctoral research fills this gap through a philosophically- and historically-informed reading of German Romanticism. The thesis examines 1) the paradigmatic template of the literary journey established by Goethe in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, 2) metaphors of movement and mobility within the Idealist philosophy of Kant and Fichte and their role, 3) the manner in which these metaphors migrate into the theoretical and prose writings of Novalis, 4) Tieck’s notion of the sublime and its relevance for the Romantic journey, and 5) the late Romantic satirization of the journey motif within Eichendorff’s prose. Additionally, the thesis serves to show how philosophical discourse of the Enlightenment had reached something of an impasse in its use of the journey motif, with the subject unable to evolve and renew itself beyond the strictures of particular models of subjective cognition. The Romantics thought literary practice was to supersede philosophy and it was mobility in the form of the journey as both metaphor and process, which helped bring about this transition and created a flexible self-authoring and self- renewing model of the subject. The study also recounts a particular history of Romanticism which charts, via the history of the journey, the movement’s youthful idealism, the fear of the pitfalls of human subjectivity, and its eventual self-distanciation through parody.

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Bridges, Elizabeth G. "Die mensch-maschine technologies of replication and reproduction in German-language literature and culture /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2005. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3198895.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2005.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-12, Section: A, page: 4396. Chair: Claudia Breger. Title from dissertation home page (viewed Oct. 11, 2006).

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Ennis, Michael J. "The M.S. Wilhelm Gustloff in German Memory Culture: A Case Study on Competing Discourses." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1396530744.

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Smail, Deborah Maria Olive. "White-collar workers, mass culture and 'Neue Sachlichkeit' in Weimar Berlin : a reading of Hans Fallada's 'Kleiner Mann Was Nun? Erich Kastner's Fabian and Irmgard Keun's 'Das Kunstseidene Madchen'." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.243340.

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Jones, Emily Erin. "Verschachtelte Räume: Writing and Reading Environments in W. G. Sebald." Thesis, Harvard University, 2012. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10296.

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This dissertation focuses on the construction of the narrated environment in W. G. Sebald's Die Ausgewanderten, Die Ringe des Saturn, and Austerlitz. Drawing on a constellation of ecocritical theories, I examine the ways in which memory and history are embedded in images of the built environment and how, in turn, this spatialization of the past contributes to a criticism of traditional linear narration. Sebald's texts create postmodern textual environments, urban, domestic, faux-pastoral, and heterotopian, that unite disparate times and spaces, demonstrating the need for innovative narrative in untangling and portraying complex, sometimes contradictory layers of history. An examination of the labyrinth and garden in Die Ringe des Saturn and of urban spaces in Austerlitz demonstrates the potential of the environment to seize agency and exert force on the human subject in the environment. The domestic environment also contains this potential, but in Austerlitz, the protagonist reclaims agency and uses the domestic environment as a medium for recovering memory. Finally, drawing on theories from Michel Foucault and Marc Augé, I examine the effect heterotopian spaces have on the characters experiencing them in all three of Sebald’s major prose works. More importantly, I demonstrate the way in which Sebald exploits the heterotopian potential of the text itself, creating a textual “environment” that pushes back against the reader, reinforcing the meaning of its content, but also drawing attention to the textual structures it deploys to create meaning.

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Lloyd, Alexandra Louise. "Growing up in the Third Reich : representations of childhood under Nazism in post-1990 German culture." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a35b7004-9f5f-4cce-abef-e14f2b2100e7.

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This thesis examines post-1990 representations of growing up in the Third Reich within German culture. It has two primary aims: to demonstrate how childhood is recalled, represented, and imagined by those with, and without first-hand experience of Nazism; and to situate these narratives as a central part of the post-Unification discourse about identity in the Berlin Republic. The material is organised into five chapters: it begins with an analysis of recent museum displays and exhibitions, followed by German cinema (Hitlerjunge Salomon, NaPolA: Elite für den Führer); autobiographical works, by former members of the Hitler Youth (Günter de Bruyn, Martin Walser, Günter Grass) and by Jewish children (Ruth Klüger, Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt, Günter Kunert); and finally, imagined accounts of growing up in the Third Reich (W.G. Sebald, Binjamin Wilkomirski, Gudrun Pausewang). Through close readings of primary sources, and analysis of their reception, including the public debates which they sparked, this study shows how these narratives interact with historical and contemporary notions of childhood. They are informed by the concern, embedded within post-Unification discourse, that the wealth of documentary and technical accounts of Nazism obscures the individual’s understanding of those events and what it was like to experience them. I argue that because of the close conceptual association between childhood and origins, these narratives contribute to a discourse about how the Third Reich is to be remembered, performing a 'search for a usable childhood'. This is situated within the context of Harald Welzer's notion of 'gefühlte Geschichte'; that is a mode of historical discourse focused on experience, rather than 'factual knowledge', and which appeals to emotions. In assessing narratives of growing up – which take a developmental view of childhood – this study seeks to open up previously rigid categorisations of childhood as found in literary studies which focus on the function of the child’s perspective as a literary device. Thus within a crowded research area the present study offers a differentiated treatment of these works.

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Ashby, Wendy. "Authoring the German "other": A semiotic,narrative discourse analysis of the culture box in beginning L2 German textbooks." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280250.

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Recent trends in immigration to the German speaking countries have contributed to a new multi-cultural demographic in the "culture boxes" of L2 German textbooks. A close analysis of their content, however, reveals a racist discourse that promotes and reinforces a power-based, hegemonic majority culture at the expense of minorities, as well as materials that reinforce U.S. American cultural values at the expense of German ones by imagining a community of German speakers that meets U.S. national identity needs. Utilizing tools from the fields of semiotics, critical discourse analysis and cultural studies, the dissertation demonstrates how both racism toward the German "Other" and U.S. American ethnocentrism are promoted by discourse strategies including but not limited to: narration, indexicality, myth, metaphor and metonym. This dissertation views and comments on the L2 German textbook from the perspective of text itself, the culture therein represented, and the users of the materials, proposing that "reading" the L2 German textbook from a Cultural Studies perspective effectively addresses current theories about culture teaching and disciplinarity while bringing basic language learners into a much-advocated arena of critical thinking about the self and others. Such activities align basic language instruction more closely with beliefs about the responsibilities and goals of Humanities and General Education teaching in the United States.

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Kurash, Jaclyn Rose. "Mechanical Women and Sexy Machines: Typewriting in Mass-Media Culture of the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1440348446.

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Zell, David. "Major cultural commemorations and the construction of national identity in the GDR, 1959-1983." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8118/.

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My thesis asks whether cultural commemorations helped the GDR to build a distinct national identity, and examines the role of political and cultural actors involved in them. Covering different strands of German cultural heritage, the aims, implementations and outcomes of anniversary commemorations are investigated as a longitudinal series of case-studies: Schiller (1959); Kollwitz (1967); Beethoven (1970); and Luther (1983). Substantial evidence from largely unpublished sources exposes recurring gaps between the theory and practice of these commemorations, essentially attributable to manifest examples of agency by commemoration stakeholders. Each commemoration produced some positive legacies. But driven mainly by demarcation motives versus West Germany, the appropriation of these German cultural icons as socialist role-models to promote national identity was mostly unsuccessful in three commemorations. Kollwitz was the exception as the GDRˈs claimed linkage to her political life was already undisputed in both German states. These research results are both new and important. They address a gap in both memory studies and GDR history scholarship regarding the relationship between commemorations and national identity. Furthermore, the findings of agency offer an original contribution to historiographical debates, by enhancing a ˈconsensusˈ- /ˈparticipatoryˈ dictatorship model of the GDR in preference to a top-down totalitarian system.

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Benes, Kveta E. "German linguistic nationhood, 1806-66 : philology, cultural translation, and historical identity in preunification Germany /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10455.

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Crasselt, Jost. "Transmitting Culture and Language - A New German Cultural Institute for Washington D.C." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46197.

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Making the decision to live abroad means departing from a known culture and language. I know the culture and language of my home country Germany, and living here makes it easy to learn the culture and language of the United States. But for one who does not have the opportunity to live abroad learning the culture and language of a foreign country is a challenge. Germany is relatively well represented in Washington D.C.: the German embassy and its information center on Foxhall Road, the Goethe-Institut on 7th Street NW, the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies on Massachusetts Avenue, and the German Historical Society on New Hampshire Avenue. But as one can see from the list the institutes are spread throughout the city. The Goethe-Institut is the most public institution, and I therefore chose it to be the main user of the planned German Cultural Center. I am seeking to bring all of the named institutions together into one building, with the exception of the embassy itself. Through this effort a center of language and culture will be made, where one can go to learn and experience a foreign country within another country. The institutions themselves will profit from the collaboration with each other, minimizing their financial obligations and at the same time profiting from the collaboration with the other institutes. This thesis project seeks to prove that it is possible to represent a country with its language and culture through a good building. Germany has much more to offer than the typical cliches and the New German Cultural Institute will be the place to experience this other side of the country.
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Windsor, Tara Talwar. "Dichter, Denker, Diplomaten : German writers and cultural diplomacy after the First World War (1919-1933)." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2013. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/4166/.

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This thesis examines the role(s) played by German writers as cultural ambassadors after the First World War, at a time when culture was seen as increasingly important in Germany’s international relations. It focuses on the development and activities of the German branch of the International PEN Club and the international engagement of four writers from across Weimar Germany’s cultural and political spectrum: Hans Friedrich Blunck, Thomas Mann, Heinrich Mann and Ernst Toller. By exploring the agendas pursued by writers on the international stage and their direct and indirect interactions with state and non-state institutions, the thesis illuminates a spectrum of approaches to cultural diplomacy in the Weimar years. The thesis demonstrates how attempts to use varying conceptions of culture to diverse diplomatic ends were underpinned by manifold understandings of Germany’s position in the European and international orders; illustrates the differing negotiations of the sensitive relationship between culture and politics; and traces a range of expressions of nationalism, internationalism, patriotism and cosmopolitanism. This study of writers’ contributions to German foreign affairs sheds new light on the selected case studies and on the openness and contingency of the period, bringing new perspectives to bear on the complexities of the cultural politics and ideological landscape of the Weimar Republic.

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Plumly, Vanessa D. "BLACK-Red-Gold in “der bunten Republik”: Constructions and Performances of Heimat/en in Post-Wende Afro-/Black German Cultural Productions." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439562438.

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Albu, Stefana Maria. "What is German? : migrating identities in Turkish-German literature : an analysis of cultural Influences on German national identity /." Norton, Mass. : Wheaton College, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/15117.

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Hill, Kevin L. "Re-inventing German security and Defense policy : a struggle to be understood /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Jun%5FHill.pdf.

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Baumann, Steffen. "Political Culture in West and East Germany at the TIme of Reunification: Revisiting the Civic Culture." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1997. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278781/.

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Studies of political culture have often focused on the impact of political institutions on political culture in a society. The scientific community has accepted the position that institutions shape beliefs and attitudes among the citizens towards the system they live in. This study tests this hypothesis by using survey data collected during the fall of 1990 in the United States, Great Britain, Italy, West, and East Germany.

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Griffin, George William III. "Ernst Jäckh and the Search for German Cultural Hegemony in the Ottoman Empire." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1245518955.

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Villalba, Babiloni Teresa Encarnación. "Recepción del legado clásico griego en la cultura alemana de finales del siglo XVIII y principios del XIX." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Jaume I, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/396658.

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El objetivo del presente trabajo es la investigación de la recepción de la cultura clásica en la cultura alemana del último tercio del siglo XVIII y la primera mitad del siglo XIX, principalmente desde el punto de vista de la evolución de concepto. Es decir, como se produce la transformación de la imagen de la Antigüedad que en un primer momento fue utilizado como sinónimo de ideal de bondad, verdad y belleza, hasta llegar a demonizarse, convirtiéndose en expresión de todo lo inhumano. Para intentar demostrar lo apuntado utilizaremos métodos propios tanto de la disciplina de Historia Antigua como de Filología Clásica y Germánica y de la Historia de la Filosofía, por entender que son las ciencias de origen del mundo antiguo y del mito clásico, a la vez que la cultura alemana, sobre todo la literatura y la filosofía, será el punto de recepción.
The aim of the dissertation is the research of the classical culture rcception in the German culture in late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century, from de point of view of the concept evolution. That is, the way in what occurs the image transformation of antiquity ,which was used at first as an ideal synonym of goodness, truth and beauty, up to demonise, becoming an expression of all inhuman things. In order to prove this hypothesis, I will use methodologies based in Ancient History, Classical Languages, Modern Languages (especially German), History of Philosophy and Art History, because I interpret that we can find there the Ancient World basis and the fundament of classical myths. Whereas that the German culture, particularly its literature and philosophy, will be the receiving point.

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Wolfart, J. C. "Political culture and religion in Lindau, 1520-1628." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1993. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272382.

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Hutfilz, William George. "Pastoral politics : German pastoral literature and court culture, 1200-1800 /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9950.

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Imhoof, David Michael. "Guns, opera, and movies : local culture in interwar Germany, Göttingen, 1919-1938 /." Digital version, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p9983241.

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Wong, Kwok-kui. "Representing crises in German culture in Doctor Faustus /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2026317X.

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Crawford, Meredith. "The past in the present : the emergence and implications of a "Montagsdemo culture" in Leipzig, Germany." Connect to online version, 2006. http://ada.mtholyoke.edu/setr/websrc/pdfs/www/2006/173.pdf.

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Chokder, Rafiul Abedin, and Tapia Paulina Vanessa Díaz. "The role of corporate culture in managing cultural diversity - A case study on a German multinational company." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-29275.

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Research Aim: Our aim is to understand how multinational companies integrate cultural diversity of employees in their corporate culture. To achieve this objective, we compare the employees’ perception with the company's view on the topic. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative case study is conducted with three sets of questionnaires. Two sets of questionnaires were designed for the foreign and the local employees. The third set was created for the department of human resource management who represented the company’s view. Analysis is done by comparing the theories with empirical findings of the study. Findings: The findings revealed that corporate culture is inspired by the national culture. By implementing a proper recruiting process, socialization and teamwork, multinational companies can integrate cultural diversity successfully in their corporate culture. Several tools such as offering language courses, announcements in both languages, a welcoming at the new country booklet, mentors, anonymous feedback on cultural issues and sports or cultural outings are proposed to manage cultural diversity. These tools can be used for both the foreign and the local employees. The integration relies on both employees and the companies. However, upper management should support the department of human resources management to find solutions for the integration of a culturally diverse workforce. Practical implications: Contemporary studies propose tools like mentoring programs that are costly and may ignite stereotyping while managing cultural diversity. This study proposes tools that are cost-effective and functional in integrating and managing cultural diversity of employees. Originality/Value: Previous studies do not emphasize the role of corporate culture in integrating cultural diversity of employees. This study focuses on the empirical gap of employees’ perception on the role of corporate culture in integrating cultural diversity. It proposes, that to manage cultural diversity, companies should only focus on the national and corporate culture of the company and not necessarily of the employee’s culture.
Syftet: Vårt mål är att förstå hur multinationella företag integrerar kulturellt mångfald i deras företagskultur. För att uppnå detta mål jämför vi medarbetarnas uppfattning med företagets syn i ämnet. Design / metod / tillvägagångssätt: En kvalitativ fallstudie genomförs med tre uppsättningar av frågeformulär. Två av frågeformulären utformades för utländska och lokala anställda. Den tredje uppsättningen skapades för personalavdelningschefen som representerade företagets uppfattning. En analys görs genom att jämföra teorierna med det empiriska resultatet av studien. Resultat: Resultatet visade att företagskulturen är inspirerad av den nationella kulturen. Genom att implementera en organiserad rekryteringsprocess, socialisering och lagarbete, kan multinationella företagen integrera kulturell mångfald framgångsrikt i sin företagskultur. Flera verktyg så som att erbjuda språkkurser, utskick på bägge språken, ett välkomshäfte för det nya landet, mentorer, anonym feedback om kulturella frågor och sport eller kulturutflykter föreslås för att hantera kulturell mångfald. Dessa verktyg kan användas för både utländska och lokala anställda. Integrationen bygger på både de anställda och företaget. Högre befattningar bör dock stödja personalavdelningen för att hitta lösningar för integration av en multikulturell arbetskraft. Praktiska åtgärder: Samtidsstudier som verktyg så som mentorprogram är kostsamma och kan skapa fördomar samtidigt när man vill behandla ämnet. Den här studien föreslår verktyg som är kostnadseffektiva och funktionella för att integrera och hantera kulturella mångfald hos de anställda. Bidrag: Tidigare studier betonar inte företagskulturens roll i att integrera kulturell mångfald hos anställda. Denna studie fokuserar på det empiriska gapet av medarbetarnas uppfattning om företagskulturens roll för att integrera den kulturella mångfalden. Det föreslås, för att hantera kulturell mångfald bör företagen bara fokusera på den nationella kulturen och företagskulturen och inte nödvändigtvis på medarbetarens kultur.

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Wolfe, John Frederick Jr. "Berlin as metropolis: an exploration of Weimar Berlin's metropolitan culture." Thesis, Boston University, 2003. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/27801.

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Boston University. University Professors Program Senior theses.
PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
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Brook, Madeleine E. "Popular history and fiction : the myth of August the Strong in German literature, art, and media." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:cb7df46e-ab52-4f27-a084-41d7fab5b54e.

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This thesis concerns the function of fiction in the creation of an historical myth and the uses that that myth is put to in a number of periods and differing régimes. Its case study is the popular myth of August the Strong (1670-1733), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, as a man of extraordinary sexual prowess and the ruler over a magnificent, but frivolous, court in Dresden. It examines the origins of this myth in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, and its development up to the twenty-first century in German history writing, fiction, art, and media. The image August created for himself in the art, literature, and festivities of his court as an ideal ruler of extremely broad cultural and intellectual interests and high political ambitions and abilities linked him closely with eighteenth-century notions of galanterie. This narrowed the scope of his image later, especially as nineteenth-century historians selected fictional sources and interpreted them as historical sources to present August as an immoral political failure. Although nineteenth-century popular writers exhibited a more varied response to August’s historical role, the negative historiography continued to resonate in later history writing. Ironically, the myth of August the Strong represented an opportunity in the GDR in creating and fostering a sense of identity, first as a socialist state with historical and cultural links to the east, and then by examining Prusso-Saxon history as a uniquely (East) German issue. Finally, the thesis examines the practice of historical re-enactment as it is currently employed in a number of variations on German TV and in literature, and its impact on historical knowledge. The thesis concludes that, while narrative forms are necessary to history and fiction, and fiction is a necessary part of presenting history, inconsistent combinations of the two can undermine the projects of both.

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Phipps, Alison M. "South west German Naturheater : an investigation into expressions of cultural identity." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319423.

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Templeton, Inez H. "What's so German about it? : cultural identity in the Berlin hip hop scene." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/75.

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Literature on the appropriation of hip hop culture outside of the United States maintains that hip hop engenders local interpretations no longer reliant on African-American origins, and this research project is an attempt to determine the extent to which this is the case in a specific local context. My thesis is an effort to move beyond the rhetoric of much of what constitutes the debates surrounding globalisation, by employing a research strategy combining theoretical analysis and direct engagement with the Berlin hip hop scene. My project not only aims to uncover the meanings young people in Berlin give to their hip hop practices, but intends to do so within a framework that does not ignore the discursive spaces in which these young people are operating. This is particularly relevant because of the complex ways in which race and ethnicity are related to German national identity. Furthermore, this thesis is concerned with the ways in which the spaces and places collectively known as Berlin shape the cultural practices found there. While hip hop belongs to global culture, it is also the case that the city of Berlin plays a significant role in determining how hip hop is understood and reproduced by young people there.

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Koontz, Christopher N. (Christopher Noel). "The Cultural Politics of Baldur von Schirach, 1925-1940." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278546/.

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Hartmann, Patrick Alexander. "A cross-cultural comparison of the Portuguese and German Generation Y in terms of power distance, uncertainty avoidance and future orientation." Master's thesis, reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/26199.

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The cross-cultural literature is undecisive about the durability of previously measured national culture dimensions. There are doubts whether the scores are stable and representative in today’s globalized societies and whether these converge over time. The purpose of this study was to examine the Portuguese and German Generation Y cohort regarding their values in terms of Power Distance, Uncertainty Avoidance and Future Orientation, and compare the data with previously researched national culture scores by GLOB. Primary data was collected with a quantitative online survey. The identical GLOBE questionnaire was used to obtain the data from the Generation Y cohort. 1) The measured cultural dimension scores by Generation Y were, as hypothesized, different towards the previously obtained GLOBE scores. Interestingly, the German culture scores changed more than the Portuguese. 2) The measured cultural dimension scores of the German and Portuguese Generation Y participants have diverged, which was the contrary to the hypothesized cultural convergence. It is however unclear whether the participants can be representative for the entire Generation Y as the age group was not well distributed within Generation Y’s defined date of birth between 1980-1999. With this study, organizations can gain an understanding about the cultural similarities and differences of the Portuguese and German Generation Y cohort. To the author’s knowledge this is the first research regarding the cross-cultural comparison of the Portuguese and German Generation Y regarding the cultural dimensions Power Distance, Uncertainty Avoidance and Future Orientation.
A literatura cross-cultural é ambígua em relação à actualidade das dimensões nacionais de cultura. Deste modo, existem questões quanto stabilidade e confiabilidade desses mesmos resultados antigos nos dias de hoje, dado que a globalização poderá ter levado à convergência das diferentes dimensões. Esta dissertação propõe – se a analisar a geração Y da população alemã e portuguesa considerando os seus valores, em relação às dimensões de Distância ao Poder, Evitar a Incerteza e Orientação para o Futuro, de forma a comparar com o estudo previamente conduzido pela GLOBE relativamente às dimensões culturais nacionais. De modo, a encontrar uma resposta à qual esta dissertação se propõe, dados primários foram recolhidos através de um questionário online quantitativo que teve por base o questionário original GLOBE. Os resultados desta análise mostraram que as dimensões culturais estudadas relativamente à geração Y são divergentes do estudo original. Nomeadamente, os resultados referentes às dimensões da cultura alemã que tiveram maior alteração que as dimensões da cultura portuguesa. Além disso, o estudo revela que as dimensões culturais estudadas da geração Y destes dois países divergiu ao longo dos anos. Contrariamente, ao que seria proposto como hipótese inicial deste estudo, que previa a convergência das dimensões culturais dos dois países ao longo dos anos. Esta dissertação tem algumas limitações, nomeadamente o grupo de participantes não ser uma representação sólida da geração Y, dado que não foi possível obter uma recolha rigorosa da distribuição de idades de pessoas nascidas entre 1980 e 1999. Em termos práticos, as resoluções deste estudo possibilitam às organizações um maior conhecimento e compreensão das dimensões culturais propostas da geração Y, em particular as semelhanças e diferenças existentes destes dois países. Durante o período de pesquisa e análise, o autor desta tese não conseguiu encontrar nenhum estudo que se foque na análise e comparação da geração Y de Portugal e da Alemanha relativamente às dimensões culturais estudadas.

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Bennett-Ruete, Jackie. "A social history of Bad Ems : spa culture and the welfare state in Germany." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1987. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/66766/.

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This thesis is about the spa town of Bad Ems in West Germany - its social and economic development. It analyses the town's rise to fame as a fashionable centre for relaxation and recuperation and the emergence of a 'spa culture' in the nineteenth century. It also studies the impact of the gradual 'democratisation' of cures i.e. how spa towns like Bad Ems changed in this century with the increase in the number of cure-guests funded by the statutory insurance bodies. This inevitably involves an examination of the system of national health provision from the late 19th century and the incorporation of spa treatment into benefit schemes. The subsequent analysis of medical knowledge and opinion, with particular reference to spa remedies and treatment considers both medical practitioners in Bad Ems and the development of the science of balneology over the past one hundred and fifty years. This analysis includes the debates and arguments about the modern cure and the growing concern since the Second World War with the efficiency and effectiveness of social insurance cures. Finally, this study looks at the cure-takers themselves, both in their relationship with the medical profession and their experience of spa life. Because no comprehensive study of Germany's spas has been attempted, this thesis aims to bring together different perspectives adopted by various disciplines. However, given the present state of research, it seemed that the only viable approach would be through a case study which analyses the town of Bad Ems at a grass-root level, though without ignoring the impact of national events and policies in Germany on cure-taking and spa culture. The findings of the research indicate that the introduction of cures as a benefit of national welfare policies ensured the survival of spas as health centres. No less importantly, today a cure is no longer the preserve of a wealthy elite as in the 19th century but available to all Germans. The success of cures in Germany today would also seem to reflect a culturally specific attitude to health and illness which stands in marked contrast to that in this country where spas have declined and where there is little interest in the forms of treatment offered by mineral springs and thermal waters.

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Hartmann, Patrick Alexander. "A cross-cultural comparison of the Portuguese and German Generation Y in terms of power distance, uncertainty avoidance and future orientation." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/24831.

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Objetivo – A literatura cross-cultural existente está em desacordo se a Geração Y pode ser caracterizada com atributos que sugerem que o grupo é igualmente cultural para além de fronteiras. O desacordo da literatura levou a este estudo que pretende responder à questão se portugueses e alemães da Geração Y apresentam diferenças empíricas e culturais significantes no que diz respeito ás dimensões culturais do projeto GLOBE: Distância ao Poder, Evitar a Incerteza e Orientação para o Futuro. Metodologia – De modo, a encontrar uma resposta à qual esta dissertação se propõe, dados primários foram recolhidos através de um questionário online quantitativo que teve por base o questionário original GLOBE. Resultados – A dissertação confirmou diferenças evidentes e significantes entre a geração Y portuguesa e alemã nas três dimensões culturais estudadas. Limitações – Esta dissertação tem algumas limitações, nomeadamente o grupo de participantes não ser uma representação sólida da Geração Y, dado que não foi possível obter uma recolha rigorosa da distribuição de idades de pessoas nascidas entre 1980 e 1999. Aplicabilidade do trabalho – Em termos práticos, as resoluções deste estudo possibilitam às organizações um maior conhecimento e compreensão das dimensões culturais propostas da Geração Y, em particular as semelhanças e diferenças existentes destes dois países. Originalidade – Durante o período de pesquisa e análise, o autor desta tese não conseguiu encontrar nenhum estudo que se foque na análise e comparação da Geração Y de Portugal e da Alemanha relativamente às dimensões culturais estudadas.
Purpose – Existing cross-cultural literature is indecisive as to whether Generation Y can be characterized with attributes that suggest the group to be culturally equal across borders. The literature’s disagreement led to this study’s purpose to answer the question whether the Portuguese and German Generation Y have significant and empirical cultural differences regarding GLOBE’s defined cultural dimensions Power Distance, Uncertainty Avoidance and Future Orientation. Methodology – Primary data was collected with a quantitative online survey. The identical GLOBE questionnaire was used to obtain the data from the Generation Y cohort. Findings – The dissertation confirmed evident and significant differences between the Portuguese and German Generation Y within each of the three researched cultural dimensions. Research limitations – It is unclear whether the participants can be representative for the entire Generation Y as the age group was not well distributed within Generation Y’s defined date of birth between 1980-1999. Practical implications – Organizations can gain an understanding about the cultural similarities and differences of the Portuguese and German Generation Y cohort. Originality – To the author’s knowledge this is the first research regarding the cross-cultural comparison of the Portuguese and German Generation Y regarding the cultural dimensions Power Distance, Uncertainty Avoidance and Future Orientation.

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Whitner, Claire Chandler. "The visual culture of surface Berlin modernism and the pictorial public /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1481673671&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Morgado, Nuno. "Império Germânico: desígnio anulado ou a renascer?: uma perspectiva geopolítica." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/3678.

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Dissertação de Mestrado em Estratégia
Esta dissertação visa reflectir sobre uma noção de poder germânico, ensaiando compreender se este foi apenas histórico e se está anulado ou se, pelo contrário, se encontra em renascimento. Para isso, estabelece-se uma estrutura baseada, primeiramente, na Avaliação do Potencial Estratégico da Alemanha para depois se analisar a matéria, e responder à questão de partida, sob a perspectiva da Geopolítica. Nesse âmbito, expõe-se a base clássica do pensamento geopolítico germânico e teoriza-se sobre a questão das fronteiras no espaço germânico. No campo específico da Política Externa, desvelam-se os núcleos da política externa histórica germânica e as directrizes da política externa actual do Estado alemão, afunilando a temática na política externa actual alemã no âmbito cultural, recorrendo, para esse último estudo, a uma breve observação da cultura germânica.
The objective of this essay is analyse an idea of german power, in other words, enquiry if the german power was merely historical and no longer exists, or on the contrary if it will rises once more. Therefore, to achieve an answer for the question, the dissertation is organized in accordance with the following methodology: first a Strategical Evaluation of the German Potential and subsequently the proper analysis on the Geopolitics perspective. In this context, the thesis approaches the german geopolitical thought and theorizes about the borders of the german space. In the specific field of Foreign Policy, exposes the kernels of historical foreign policy and as well the orientation of the foreign policy of nowadays, paying a particular attention on the foreign policy in the cultural sphere by an observation of the german culture too.

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Landqvist, Magnus. "The Impact of Culture on Perceived Employer Attractiveness." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-70440.

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As the years go on the struggle to attract the most talented people has gotten increasingly fierce for organisations all over the world. In order to help them win this struggle organisations have developed a tool. This tool is employer branding, which is when an organisation implements marketing strategies to human resource activities. A branch of employer branding which deals specifically with the ability to attract employees is employer attractiveness. Studies on what makes an organisation particularly attractive as an employer has been conducted all over the world, and they have reached different conclusions. There has been speculation that the cultural differences between countries is the underlying cause to these differences in the findings, but not enough research has been conducted in the area to say for certain. The purpose of this thesis is to explain that apparent connection between what makes and employer attractive to someone and that person’s cultural values, as well as seeing if culture has an impact on what someone finds attractive in an employer. The best way of doing so was to conduct a quantitative, explanatory study, where questionnaires were sent to university students in two countries, Sweden and Germany. The questionnaire contained both elements related to employer attractiveness as well as to culture. The data was then analysed using statistical tests such as correlation and regression in order to fulfil the purpose of the study. After the analysis was conducted it was clear that there is a significant connection between employer attractiveness and culture, and that a person’s culture has an impact on what they find attractive in a potential employer. However, not all aspects of employer attractiveness perfectly correspond with all aspects of culture, but enough do to state that a connection and impact does exists. These findings are of value for organisations wanting to better target their strategies of attracting employees. The findings are especially relevant for organisations operating in a multinational environment, where impact of difference between cultures have to be taken into account to an even greater extent.

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Rogan, Clare I. "Desiring women : constructing the lesbian and female homoeroticism in German art and visual culture, 1900-1933 /." View online version; access limited to Brown University users, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3174666.

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Masson, Grégoire. "Asclépios/Esculape et Hygie en Gaule et dans les Germanies." Grenoble 2, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007GRE29022.

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Ce travail s'est attaché à définir tous les aspects et réalités de l'implantation, de la réception et des particularités d'Asclépios/Esculape et d'Hygie en Gaule et dans les Germanies. Les inscriptions recensées désignent le dieu-médecin sous son théonyme grec ou latin, mais ne l'accompagnent jamais d'une quelconque épiclèse "indigène" ou topique. Le dieu invoqué est donc bien l'Asclépios/Esculape gréco-romain, parfois associé à d'autres divinités, mais romaines, dans les Germanies. Sa fille Hygie apparaît, elle aussi, sur les inscriptions. Seize hommes ou femmes, en Gaule et dans les Germanies, sont porteurs de théophores basés sur le théonyme Asclépios et dix-sept sur le théonyme Hygie. La recension des sources iconographiques a conduit à la réalisation d'un corpus iconographique totalement inédit. Pour Asclépios/Esculape, c'est un ensemble de soixante-quatorze monuments et objets qui est relevé ; pour Hygie, de cinquante-et-un monuments et objets. La réalisation d'une cartographie thématique détaillée, basée sur l'ensemble des témoignages, définit une géographie de l'implantation d'Asclépios/ Esculape et d'Hygie en Gaule et dans les Germanies. Comme dans d'autres régions du monde romain, Asclépios/Esculape subissait la "concurrence" de divinités exerçant une fonction iatrique. L'étude des rapports entre la médecine en Gaule et ces divinités montre qu'elles étaient connues et honorées par des praticiens et que certains de ces hommes versés dans l'art de guérir croyaient en "l'efficacité" du dieu et de sa parèdre en matière de guérison oculaire, comme le démontre, entre autres, la présence conjointe d'Asclépios/Esculape, d'Hygie et de cachets à collyres
This thesis aims to define all the aspects and realities of Asclepius/Aesculapius and Hygiea's presence in Gaul and Germania, the way in which they were received there and their distinctive characteristics. The inscriptions recorded refer to the God of Healing by his Greek or Latin theonym without any accompanying "native" or local epithet. The god invoked is therefore definitely the Greco-Roman Asclepius/Aesculapius, sometimes associated with other deities (Roman in this case) in Germania. His daughter Hygiea is also mentioned in the inscriptions. 16 men or women, in Gaul and Germania, bear theophorics names based on the theonym Asclepius and 17 on the theonym Hygiea. The inventory of the iconographical sources has led to the creation of a completely new iconographical "corpus". For Asclepius/Aesculapius, a total of 74 monuments and objects has been recorded; for Hygiea, 51 monuments and objects. The detailed thematic cartography compiled from the total number of references found, defines the geographical limits of Asclepius/Aesculapius and Hygiea's cult in Gaul and Germania. As in other regions of the Roman world, Asclepius/Aesculapius was "in competition" with other deities whose activities were linked to healing. The study of the relationship between medicine in Gaul and these deities shows that they were known and honoured by medical practioners and that some of these learned healers believed in the efficiency of the god and his partner in healing occular complaints, as shown by, inter alia, the joint presence of Asclepius/Aesculapius and Hygiea, and colyrium seals

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Bunge, Hans-Henning. "GERMANY'S CULTURAL IDEOLOGY OF BILDUNG1870-1945." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1437738095.

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Guidali, Fabio [Verfasser]. "Uomini di cultura e associazioni intellettuali nel dopoguerra tra Francia, Italia e Germania occidentale (1945-1956) / Fabio Guidali." Berlin : Freie Universität Berlin, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1048327361/34.

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Wilds, Karl. "Identity creation and the culture of contrition : reconfiguring national identity in the Berlin Republic." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2000. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14625/.

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The thesis examines the reconfiguration of concepts of national identity in postunification Germany in three broad sections. Section one examines the discourse of identity of neoconservatives and critical thinkers between the 1960s and 1980s. Neoconservatives advocated a return to conventional national identity based upon the patriotic identification with indigenous national traditions. Critical thinkers argued for a post-national Constitutional Patriotism based upon the critical reflection of national traditions. Both these approaches are located within the context of conflictual attitudes towards the concepts of "compensation" and "emancipation" in past and present and towards the experience of the National Socialist past. Section two examines the reception of unification within the liberal conservative and neue Rechte milieu. Liberal conservatives sought to synthesise the technocratic Westernisation of the post-war FRG with a traditional national concept. Neue Rechte conservatives rejected "Western" values and perceived in the collapse of Communism the discrediting of both the "utopia" of radical social alternative and also of the Kleinutopie of civil society. The post-Cold War constellation signified for these thinkers the opportunity for a return to pre-1945 traditions of German nationalism and offered an opportunity to relativise the national socialist past. Finally, section three offers an analysis of the reconfiguration of national identity which synthesises the concern for "national" identity with the left-liberal concept of "postnational" identity. The "Westernisation" of the concept of the German nation perceived positive antecedents in the bourgeois emancipation movements of the pre-national nineteenth century. The final chapter elaborates the thesis of a "culture of contrition" for the national socialist past which formulates a radical, "post-national" identity with emancipatory aspirations. The thesis perceives in this latter discourse of "broken" identity an attempt to reconfigure a sense of national "normality" in the present which is predicated upon the acknowledgement of "abnormality" in the past.

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Glatte, Sarah. "Sex and the party : gender policy, gender culture, and political participation in unified Germany." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:117e7b70-e1ba-402e-acb2-59cf1b916d2b.

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This thesis explores the relationship between gender policy, gender culture, and political participation in unified Germany. It investigates the extent to which political regimes shape citizens' attitudes towards gender roles and examines the effect of such attitudes on women's participation in politics. The thesis is divided into three parts: The first part explores the differences in gender regime types between the former German Democratic Republic and Federal Republic of Germany during the Cold War period. Building on existing studies, the analysis considers how generations that were socialised in the divided Germany differ in their attitudes toward gender roles. It finds that citizens from West Germany are more socially conservative than citizens from the East. The second part of the thesis tests the effects of these traditional gender attitudes on citizens' participation, focusing on party membership. The analysis highlights that gender gaps in formal political participation in unified Germany still exist, but that these gaps are smaller in the new federal states. The investigation further shows that traditional gender attitudes exert a negative effect on women’s political engagement beyond the predictive power of socio-economic and demographic factors. The final part of this thesis casts a critical look at the political controversy in Germany over the introduction of a cash-for-care subsidy (the so-called Betreuungsgeld). It explores the normative assumptions and ideas about gender roles that have been promoted by Germany's main political parties throughout the policy negotiation process. Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, the research presented in this thesis draws on, and contributes to, studies on gender, welfare states, political socialisation, and political participation.

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Karyekar, Madhuvanti. "Translating observation into narration| The "sentimental" anthropology of Georg Forster (1754-1794)." Thesis, Indiana University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3621890.

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This dissertation explores the nature of the anthropological writings of Georg Forster (1754-94), the German world-traveler (who accompanied Captain Cook on his second voyage in the South-Seas 1772-75), cultural-historian and translator in the late eighteenth century, showing how his anthropology proposes an "ironic" or "sentimental" (in the Schillerian sense) mode of narration. Although many others at the time were exploring what it is to be human, my dissertation argues that Forster's anthropology concerned itself primarily with what it means to write about humanity when one supplements the empirical-rational method of observation with an emphasis on "self-reflexive" and "ironic" (à la Hayden White) modes of writing anthropology, or the story of humanity. This study therefore focuses on those writings gathered around three salient concepts in his anthropological understanding, to which he returns frequently: observation, narration, and translation, presented in three chapters. The thesis not only undertakes close readings of Forster's texts centering on observation, narration, and translation but, crucially, places them within the historical context of late eighteenth century aesthetic and anthropological discourses in Germany. This study ultimately underscores the manner in which Forster's concepts of "sentimental" – i.e. self-reflexive, ironic, and striving towards the goal of perfectibility – observation and narration allow him to accept the fragmentary, exploratory, and temporary nature of knowledge about humanity. At the same time, his "aesthetic" – sentient and open to testing – translation allows him to engage and educate his readers' tolerance towards a provisional, composite and temporal truth in anthropology. In highlighting the self-reflexive as well as an open-to-testing attitude of Forster's anthropology, this dissertation underscores the mutual interaction between eighteenth century aesthetic and anthropological modes of thought.

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Gurnari, Marta <1996&gt. ""Material culture and ecocriticism in the Exeter Book riddles: a new perspective on Old English enigmatic texts."." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/19240.

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"The purpose of this paper is to interpret the riddles of the Exeter Book by reconsidering previous and modern research, claiming that the descriptions of many subjects through different devices offer the reader an insight into Anglo-Saxon sense of playfulness, material culture, literary and ecological consciousness. First chapter analyses riddle genre starting with a historical approach, showing how it could be considered one of the most ancient kinds of literature. In chapter two Anglo-Saxon riddle production and its circulation is investigated. Third chapter has its focus on how the range of different subjects of the Exeter Book riddles provides insight into social relationships. Chapter four and five take into consideration two different approaches, anthropocentrism and ecocriticism, focusing on the meaning of material culture, how Anglo-Saxon interacted with things (non-human objects but also nature) and how interactions affected the concepts of time and modification. The aim is to achieve some knowledge regarding Anglo Saxon perception of life, what it meant for them being inhabitants of the natural world. As a literary genre built upon metaphor, riddles are a perfect example to show how all things shift shape as time unfolds. Riddles solutions have long been object of study and still are under investigation, it is important to not forget the main characteristic of the genre: the fact that it is difficult to solve since it was meant to be a way of entertaining people through the intricacy of the given question. In fact, sometimes riddles do not have a ‘right’ answer, they simply allow for deeper thinking regarding a topic or issue, acknowledging other questions to arise in a critical reading, interrogating many aspects on different levels. "

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Saadat, Beheshti Changiz, and Cecilia Jensen. "Different countries different cultures : Germany vs Sweden." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-11449.

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Title: Different countries – different cultures Level: Thesis for Bachelor Degree in Business Administration Authors: Cecilia Jensen and Changiz Saadat Behesthi Supervisor: Lars Ekstrand Date: 2011 – 12 Our study is based on two countries, Sweden and Germany, and is aiming to find out if the cultural differences between the two countries have a major impact when doing business together or not.Cross-cultural management is a modern topic and can help transnational companies deal with problems that occur due to different cultures in the organization, but is it really necessary to spend huge amount on intercultural training? We used a qualitative method and did a survey through a convenience sampling among six managers in the two countries. We analyzed the answers sorted by country and then compared them to each other. The result of the survey was that Swedish managers inform and include their staff in decisions to a bigger extend than German managers. Other than the preferences of a more democratic leadership the differences were, according to us, insignificant to perform any cultural training between the two countries. For further studies we suggest a deeper research method with a field study at every workplace, to conclude that the manager’s answers concurred to the actual outcome. We also think that interviewing more managers, and within the same branch, would increase the creditability of the study. The result indicates that the money spent on intercultural training between Sweden and Germany is quite unnecessary and that the differences are smoothing out.

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Madary, Sheila. "Home Abroad." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2011. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1380.

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Comprised of four essays, this collection of creative nonfiction focuses on facets of daily life and culture in Germany. The author recounts her experiences as she and her family assimilate into a foreign culture and adapt to using its language. The first essay tells of the family’s unexpected but rewarding sojourn in Germany after losing everything to Hurricane Katrina. The subsequent essays display a broader range of experiences and cultural observations upon the family’s return to Germany four years later. These include a narrative of the family’s move to a small town in central Germany, an interview with a local asparagus farmer and an account of the author’s children’s efforts to learn German.

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Le, Bar Ann Catherine. "Musical culture and the origins of the Enlightenment in Hamburg /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10377.

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Griffin, George. "Ernst Jäckh and the search for German cultural hegemony in the Ottoman Empire." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1245518955.

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