Doctoral Dissertation Research, Architects and the Puzzle of State Socialist Modernization: Architectural Discourse in Hungary and East Germany After the Second World War

本论文调查了1950年至2000年间匈牙利和东德的主要建筑争论。分析社会主义现实主义、公共住房和后现代主义等问题，揭示建筑师的社会角色随时间和国家的变化。主要目标是展示专家知识的产生是如何受到专家从事其贸易的政治、文化和经济条件的影响。该项目还将研究威权国家与专业知识之间复杂的相互作用：国家对专业行为的权威以及国家主导地位受到专业人士挑战或合法化的方式。本研究使用了1)档案材料，如建筑期刊和法律法规；2)对建筑师的采访；3)辅助统计数据，如建筑师的人口普查数据。

This dissertation investigates major architectural debates in Hungary and East Germany between 1950 and 2000. Issues such as Socialist Realism, Public Housing, and Postmodernism are analyzed to uncover changes over time and across countries in the social role of the architect. The principal goal is to show how the production of expert knowledge is shaped by the political, cultural, and economic conditions in which experts practice their trade. The project will also examine the complex interaction between authoritarian states and professional knowledge: both the authority of the state over professional conduct and the ways in which state predominance was challenged or legitimated by professionals. The research uses 1) archival materials such as architectural journals and legal regulations, 2) interviews with architects, and 3) secondary statistical data such as census data on architects.