Between Pop Culture and Politics. Festivals of popular music in the Federal Republic of Germany from the 1960s up to the 1980s

流行音乐节是20世纪60年代至80年代德国青年文化的关键要素。由于它们与政治和文化替代运动有关，该项目认为它们是政治事务和政治文化的重要推动者。在其作为交流中心的职能中，他们强调文化场景和另类运动的历史发展，以及关于另类社会概念和抗议战略的谈判进程。作为一种新颖的青年节日文化形式和引人注目的公共活动，受到了广泛的关注。公众回应的方式可以说明德国社会中关于生活方式和社会、文化和政治价值观和规范的谈判过程。它还提供了审查流行音乐节是否以及如何能够影响政治文化的发展以及政治和文化价值观转变的机会。为了说明节日文化的历史连续性和变化，并分析节日的功能和影响，该项目嵌入了节日在较长时期的发展以及所审查时期的社会、文化和政治背景。

Pop festivals were a key element of german youth culture of the 1960s to 1980s. On account of the fact that they were linked to political and cultural alternative movements, the project considers them to be important agents of political matters and political culture. In their function as communication centres, they emphasised the historic development of cultural scenes and alternative movements as well as negotiation processes about alternative social concepts and protest strategies. As a novel form of youth festive culture and visible public events they attracted wide general attention. The manner in which the public responded can illustrate negotiation processes about lifestyles and about social, cultural and political values and norms in the German society. It also gives the opportunity to examine whether and how popular music festivals can influence the development of political culture and the transformation of political and cultural values. To illustrate both historical continuity and changes in the festival culture, and to analyse the function and effect of festivals, the project embeds their development over a longer period as well as the social, cultural and political context of the period being examined.