Un/doing Differences. Zur Theorie und Empirie eines Forschungsprogramms

Hirschauer, Stefan; Boll, Tobias

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“…Among the various ways to describe, categorize and deal with differences in the larger social fabric, 2 particularly useful terminological and methodological foundations were laid by sociology. In "Un/doing Differences", the sociologists Stefan Hirschauer and Tobias Boll have recently defined "human differentiation" as a "cultural categorization of people" and, thus, emphasized its status as contingent and processual rather than natural (Hirschauer/Boll 2017). 3 The authors discuss cultural categorizations and their respective logics that make individuals belong to a particular collective.…”

Section: Difference and Differentiationmentioning

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Security makes a difference: An Introduction

Ruby¹

2022

Sicherheit Und Differenz in Historischer Perspektive | Security and Difference in Historical Perspective

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Security and difference -the categories brought together in this volume are huge and multifaceted. We do not intend to define their meaning(s) narrowly -either in advance or in retrospect. We rather seek to explore their coexistence, relationship and interaction in particular historical settings, discourses and circumstances, taking into account different media and also visual culture. Our guiding assumption is that security makes a difference in multiple ways and is ambiguous in this capacity.From an individual point of view and figuratively speaking, it makes quite a difference whether I am safe from physical or mental harm, whether I am securely sheltered and have a space for myself, whether I have access to food and education, whether I am healthy, have a partner, family and friends who care for me, whether I am free from oppression, discrimination and persecution. The question remains to what extent my personal safety needs and their satisfaction endanger the safety of others. This takes the issue of security to another level and concerns the social collective. Security turns out to be a limited resource that tends to be unequally distributed. Its management and distribution are the responsibility of the authorities, usually the government, whose position of power is often reified, legitimized and confirmed. A government must prioritize between more or less needy people, as well as between more or less pressing security issues. The desire for and guarantee of (whose?) security, obviously, are closely connected with differences that are constantly sought, asserted, reasoned and (re)affirmed. The priority given to one security issue will be at the expense of another; relative security of one social group might imply relative insecurity for another. Thus, authoritarian or state security policy is instrumental in creating and maintaining social differences, which in turn have their share in provoking and shaping collective security concerns. From a cultural-historical perspective, these have always 1 I am greatly indebted to Huub van Baar, Anja Krause, Angela Marciniak and Michael Quinn for substantive corrections, ideas, and suggestions for the writing of this introduction. Thanks are also due to Hans-Jürgen Bömelburg, Nicolas de Keyser and Karolina Kluczewska.

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Security makes a difference: An Introduction

Ruby¹

2022

Sicherheit Und Differenz in Historischer Perspektive | Security and Difference in Historical Perspective

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“…phonologischer Muster ein Dimmen (undoing gender; hierzu s. Hirschauer 1994, Hirschauer/Boll 2017, Nübling 2017c. Dass bei der Namengebung die Phonologie von höchster Relevanz ist, bestätigen immer wieder Umfragen, die diachron zunehmend und heute fast ausschließlich den 'Klang', die 'Euphonie', den Rhythmus etc.…”

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Luca und Noah – Das phonologische Degendering von Jungennamen seit der Jahrtausendwende

Nübling¹

2018

Namen Und Geschlechter

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“…First, GSA discovered the theoretical loadedness of empirical data and subsequently enjoyed the empirical loadedness of theory (cf. Hirschauer 2008). It is in the entanglement of empirical data and theory with the help of carefully contextualized concepts and methods that we see an important contribution for world archaeology – be it the approach to self-reflexivity, identity, space, cultural encounter or materiality.…”

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Beyond antiquarianism. A review of current theoretical issues in German-speaking prehistoric archaeology

Hofmann¹,

Stockhammer²

2017

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Whereas German-speaking archaeology (GSA) has long been understood as generally uninterested in theoretical debates, the situation has taken a most interesting development since the year 2000. Archaeologists tried to escape the general decline of the small university disciplines by getting more and more involved in the overarching research questions of cultural studies and in large-scale collaborative projects. The necessity of integrating a clear theoretical and methodological approach for a successful proposal and the subsequent research changed the significance of theoretical discussions. As a consequence, theme-oriented research has developed which aims at addressing overarching themes in the cultural and social sciences. We have chosen five of the most prominent themes in German-speaking archaeologyself-reflexivity, identities, space, cultural encounter and knowledge transfer -as well as material culture, and shed light on their theoretical conceptualization and methodological implementation in recent publications. Despite the lack of dominant schools of thinking, its strong rootedness in the evaluation of empirical sources, and its close link to the discipline of history, current GSA can contribute to the overall theoretical discourse of the discipline.

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Un/doing Differences. Zur Theorie und Empirie eines Forschungsprogramms

Cited by 112 publications

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Security makes a difference: An Introduction

Security makes a difference: An Introduction

Luca und Noah – Das phonologische Degendering von Jungennamen seit der Jahrtausendwende

Beyond antiquarianism. A review of current theoretical issues in German-speaking prehistoric archaeology

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