After the Wall: Reconstructing and Representing the GDR

柏林墙之后：重建和代表东德

• 批准号: AH/G000026/1
• 负责人: Anna Saunders
• 金额: $ 3.25万
• 依托单位: Bangor University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2009 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FG000026%2F1
• 关键词: After; Wall; Reconstructing; Representing; GDR

Almost 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the unification of Germany, the memory of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) is experiencing an ever increasing boom. As physical signs of German division disappear from the united landscape, new sites of memory are being created, ranging from consumer-orientated Ostalgie (nostalgia for the GDR) to the documentation of political oppression. The diversification of this memory landscape / in both content and form / and the conflicting nature of many narratives has led not only to an apparent blurring of boundaries between history and memory ('myth'), but also to a reappraisal of the longer-term legacy of the GDR in unified Germany. The way that the past is remembered, reconstructed and commemorated has become a major area of scholarship, across a range of disciplines, such as Cultural Studies, History, Anthropology, Political Science, Media and Film Studies. There have been significant studies concerning remembrance of the Holocaust and the National Socialist past, particularly concerning concepts of 'normalisation' and 'victimhood'. In contrast, however, work on GDR remembrance remains limited; nor is there much work on the remembrance of the comparatively recent past in the literature generally, since attention has been mainly focused on war and its aftermath. This network will address this situation by providing a rare forum for scholars from a variety of fields who are working on memories and representations of the GDR, allowing for novel interaction and the generation of new ideas. The central aims of the research are threefold:1) to further understand the role of the GDR past in shaping contemporary Germany and the changing nature of east German distinctiveness (whether real or assumed);2) to investigate the extent to which different art forms and remembrance projects (e.g. film, literature, photography, museums, monuments) condition the type of memory that is reconstructed;3) to advance our theoretical understanding of collective memories, by bringing the work of a number of established memory theorists to the East German context.The network is intended to begin in 2009 in order to interact with numerous anniversary events due to take place in the UK and Germany to mark the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Wall. Continuing into 2010, however, it will crucially also facilitate reflection on these events, themselves important markers in the development of representation, memory and form.Through three thematically organised workshops, each of which will address different elements of the above research agenda, and a larger conference, the network also intends to: 1) encourage interaction with those outside the academic community, such as practitioners in the heritage industry, writers and artists, who will be invited to speak at and participate in all four events;2) encourage the participation of postgraduate students at all stages and develop fresh postgraduate projects;3) provide the basis for larger collaborative projects concerning the memory and remembrance of other dictatorships and periods of conflict, both in the post-socialist world and elsewhere, enabling exploratory theses and theoretical understandings to be tested on a larger scale, and enhancing our understanding of system-specific and regional distinctions;4) draw together and consolidate existing and diverse research in the field, in order to trace the trajectory of various stages of GDR remembrance within the unification process. This approach will be reflected in the research outputs of the network, which will aim to present new research findings and provide a synoptic view for those working in the field, as well as facilitate dissemination to non-specialists, particularly through the network website.

柏林墙倒塌和德国统一已近 20 年，对德意志民主共和国 (GDR) 的记忆正在不断升温。随着德国分裂的物理迹象从统一的景观中消失，新的记忆场所正在被创建，从以消费者为导向的 Ostalgie（对东德的怀旧）到政治压迫的记录。这种记忆景观的多样化（在内容和形式上）以及许多叙述的相互冲突的性质不仅导致了历史和记忆（“神话”）之间界限的明显模糊，而且还导致了对统一德国东德长期遗产的重新评估。记忆、重建和纪念过去的方式已成为学术的一个主要领域，涉及文化研究、历史、人类学、政治学、媒体和电影研究等一系列学科。关于纪念大屠杀和国家社会主义的过去，特别是关于“正常化”和“受害者”的概念，已经有重要的研究。然而，相比之下，纪念东德的工作仍然有限。一般来说，文学中也没有太多关于纪念相对较近的过去的著作，因为注意力主要集中在战争及其后果上。该网络将通过为致力于东德记忆和表征的各个领域的学者提供一个难得的论坛来解决这一问题，允许新颖的互动和新思想的产生。这项研究的中心目标有三个：1）进一步了解东德过去在塑造当代德国中的作用以及东德独特性（无论是真实的还是假设的）性质的变化；2）调查不同的艺术形式和纪念项目（例如电影、文学、摄影、博物馆、纪念碑）在多大程度上影响了重建的记忆类型；3）通过将作品引入到集体记忆中，推进我们对集体记忆的理论理解。 该网络计划于 2009 年启动，以便与英国和德国为纪念柏林墙倒塌二十周年而举办的众多周年纪念活动进行互动。然而，进入 2010 年，它也将至关重要地促进对这些事件的反思，它们本身是表征、记忆和形式发展的重要标志。通过三个专题组织的研讨会（每个研讨会都将讨论上述研究议程的不同要素）和一次更大的会议，该网络还打算：1）鼓励与学术界以外的人士互动，例如遗产产业的从业者、作家和艺术家，他们将被邀请在 并参加所有四项活动；2）鼓励研究生在各个阶段参与并开发新的研究生项目；3）为有关后社会主义世界和其他地方的其他独裁政权和冲突时期的记忆和纪念的大型合作项目提供基础，使探索性论文和理论理解能够在更大范围内得到检验，并增强我们对特定系统和区域的理解 4）汇集并整合该领域现有的多样化研究，以追踪统一进程中东德纪念各个阶段的轨迹。这种方法将反映在该网络的研究成果中，该网络的研究成果旨在展示新的研究成果，为该领域的工作人员提供概要观点，并促进向非专业人士传播，特别是通过网络网站。

项目成果

Remembering and Rethinking the GDR: Multiple Perspectives and Plural Authenticities

记住并重新思考东德：多重视角和多重真实性

• 发表时间: 2012
• 作者: Saunders, Anna;Pinfold, Debbie
• 通讯作者: Pinfold, Debbie

Thinking through Transition. Liberal Democracy, Authoritarian Psts, and Intellectual History in East Central Europe After 1989

通过过渡进行思考。

• 发表时间: 2015
• 作者: Mark, J.