Blog Archives - Worlds of Related Coercions in WorK https://worck.eu/category/blog/ WORCK represents a radical change of perspective on labour history Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:45:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://worck.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-Logo-gros-32x32.png Blog Archives - Worlds of Related Coercions in WorK https://worck.eu/category/blog/ 32 32 In the Aftermath of Disaster: Death, Destruction, and the Emergence of a new Precariat (Virtual Mobility Grant) https://worck.eu/2023/11/30/in-the-aftermath-of-disaster-death-destruction-and-the-emergence-of-a-new-precariat-virtual-mobility-grant/ Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:22:55 +0000 https://worck.eu/?p=5388 This photo story collection was curated after the devastating earthquake that struck a significant area in Syria and Turkey on February 6, 2023. The project aimed to lend an ear to the narratives of those who survived the earthquake and draw attention to the emerging new precarity in the aftermath of the disaster. The [...]

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]]> Beyond Multilingualism: Constructing Common Language and Database Terms to Write Comparative and Entangled Histories. A Response. https://worck.eu/2023/08/14/beyond-multilingualism-constructing-common-language-and-database-terms-to-write-comparative-and-entangled-histories-a-response/ Mon, 14 Aug 2023 14:50:31 +0000 https://worck.eu/?p=5214 By Justus Hillebrand (Independent Scholar/Digital History Consulting) I remember sitting in a session at the Rural History conference in 2017 in Leuven, Belgium. After presentations on fertilisers and state building from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century, the discussion became increasingly muddled. Scholars from across Europe struggled to find the right terms [...]

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]]> Solidarity with Iranian Women https://worck.eu/2022/09/30/solidarity-with-iranian-women/ Fri, 30 Sep 2022 10:00:36 +0000 https://worck.eu/?p=4878 By the Società Italiana delle Storiche (Italian Society of Women Historians)  The Società Italiana delle Storiche (Italian Society of Women Historians) is following the recent events in Iran with admiration and concern in equal measure: admiration for the courage of women of all ages, who are challenging on the front line a regime [...]

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]]> Projektemacherei und Diskursimperialismus statt Kooperation und Innovation? Ein Erfah-rungsbericht aus der europäischen Forschungslandschaft https://worck.eu/2021/11/18/projektemacherei-und-diskursimperialismus-statt-kooperation-und-innovation-ein-erfah-rungsbericht-aus-der-europaischen-forschungslandschaft/ Thu, 18 Nov 2021 17:37:12 +0000 https://www.worck.eu/?p=4010 English Von Peter-Paul Bänziger (Universität Basel) In einem 2017 geführten Gespräch geht Tuğrul Erbaydar, Arzt und Gründungsmitglied von AİDS Savaşım Derneği (Verein für den Kampf gegen Aids) auf die Geschichte von Aids und HIV in der Türkei der 1990er Jahre ein. Unter anderem stellt er fest: »Eine weitere parallele Entwicklung – [...]

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]]> Project-making and discourse imperialism instead of cooperation and innovation? Some re-flections on my experiences in the European research area https://worck.eu/2021/11/18/project-making-and-discourse-imperialism-instead-of-cooperation-and-innovation-some-re-flections-on-my-experiences-in-the-european-research-area/ Thu, 18 Nov 2021 17:34:55 +0000 https://www.worck.eu/?p=4007 German By Peter-Paul Bänziger (University of Basel) In a 2017 interview, Tuğrul Erbaydar, a physician and founding member of AİDS Savaşım Derneği (Association for the Fight against AIDS), explored the history of AIDS and HIV in 1990s Turkey. Among other things, he stated: Another parallel development – and this may be [...]

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]]> Knowledge and Power: The Languages of Academia https://worck.eu/2021/11/05/knowledge-and-power-the-languages-of-academia/ Fri, 05 Nov 2021 11:08:40 +0000 https://www.worck.eu/?p=3953 Italian By Christian De Vito (Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies) This text was originally written 2019 in Italian, and published under the title Sapere e potere: le lingue dell’accademia in the journal Zapruder, no. 52 (2020): 193–200. It is re-published here with editorial consent from Zapruder. As I was [...]

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]]> Ermächtigung neuer Akteur*innen und Homogenisierung der Perspektiven? Ein Beitrag zu den ambivalenten Auswirkungen der europäischen Forschungsförderung im Bereich der Agrargeschichte. https://worck.eu/2021/10/29/ermachtigung-neuer-akteurinnen-und-homogenisierung-der-perspektiven-ein-beitrag-zu-den-ambivalenten-auswirkungen-der-europaischen-forschungsforderung-im-bereich-der-agrargeschichte/ Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:36:10 +0000 https://www.worck.eu/?p=3945 English Von Peter Moser (Archiv für Agrargeschichte, Bern) Quasi parallel zum Aufstieg der Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte fand an vielen Universitäten und Archiven in den 1970/80er Jahren eine Marginalisierung der agrarhistorischen Forschung und der Sicherstellung und Erschliessung von Quellen zur ländlichen Gesellschaft aus dem 19. und 20. Jahrhundert statt. Allerdings wurde das [...]

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]]> Empowerment of new actors and homogenisation of perspectives? The ambivalent effects of European research funding on academic work in the field of rural and agrarian history. A call for a debate. https://worck.eu/2021/10/29/empowerment-of-new-actors-and-homogenisation-of-perspectives-the-ambivalent-effects-of-european-research-funding-on-academic-work-in-the-field-of-rural-and-agrarian-history-a-call-for-a-debate/ https://worck.eu/2021/10/29/empowerment-of-new-actors-and-homogenisation-of-perspectives-the-ambivalent-effects-of-european-research-funding-on-academic-work-in-the-field-of-rural-and-agrarian-history-a-call-for-a-debate/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:34:06 +0000 https://www.worck.eu/?p=3941 German By Peter Moser (Archives of Rural History, Bern) Somewhat parallel to the rise of economic and social history, a marginalisation of agricultural historical research and the securing and indexing of sources relating to rural society from the 19th and 20th centuries took place at many universities and archives in the [...]

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]]> https://worck.eu/2021/10/29/empowerment-of-new-actors-and-homogenisation-of-perspectives-the-ambivalent-effects-of-european-research-funding-on-academic-work-in-the-field-of-rural-and-agrarian-history-a-call-for-a-debate/feed/ 1 Dlaczego publikowanie po angielsku może być najlepszym wyborem? Doświadczenia badaczki historii płci z Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej https://worck.eu/2021/10/22/dlaczego-publikowanie-po-angielsku-moze-byc-najlepszym-wyborem-doswiadczenia-badaczki-historii-plci-z-europy-srodkowo-wschodniej/ Fri, 22 Oct 2021 09:52:41 +0000 https://www.worck.eu/?p=3932 English Natalia Jarska (Instytut Historii, Polska Akademia Nauk, Wydział Studiów Społecznych, Uniwersytet Masaryka w Brnie) Pisząc te słowa, przypominam sobie ostatnie wypowiedzi polskiego Ministra Edukacji i Nauki na temat publikowania w języku polskim, uprawiania „polskiej” nauki i bronienia jej przed niepożądanymi lewicowymi wpływami z Zachodu. „Polska nauka jest dla Polski” – [...]

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]]> Why publishing in English can be the best choice: Experiences of a gender history scholar from Central and Eastern Europe https://worck.eu/2021/10/22/why-publishing-in-english-can-be-the-best-choice-experiences-of-a-gender-history-scholar-from-central-and-eastern-europe/ Fri, 22 Oct 2021 09:50:05 +0000 https://www.worck.eu/?p=3929 Polish By Natalia Jarska (Institute of History, Polish Academy of Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno) As I am writing this blog entry, I recall the recent statements by the Polish Minister of Education and Science about publishing in Polish, doing “Polish” scholarship, and defending Polish science against [...]

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