GRK 1956: Transfer of Culture and "Cultural Identity". German-Russian Contacts in the European Context

IGK是建立在弗莱堡大学人文学院与莫斯科RGGU艺术与人文系成功合作的丰富经验之上的。它还建立在长期双边结构的基础上，这一结构在过去几年中由于弗莱堡和莫斯科之间富有成效的合作而得到加强。在第二个资助期，IGK“文化转移和‘文化认同’——欧洲背景下的德俄接触”越来越多地致力于将德俄/俄德文化接触的国家、双边和国际研究的悠久传统转变为跨学科和国际文化转移研究的创新概念。我们的目标是发展一种新的中心方法论辩论，它整合了现有的国际理论方法，同时扩大了德俄文化接触的研究范围，特别是关于其对“文化”和“民族”身份建构的影响。我们的研究理念预见了研究生院国际化的科学理论基础的发展，这不仅证明了国际合作的合理性，而且表明后者是必不可少的。IGK强调联合科学元反思的重要性，即研究生院内代表的特定文化研究传统之间的相互作用。在第二个资助期，我们的目标是完善转型和适应过程分析的理论框架：定性网络分析方法应该增强我们对中介人物和制度之间相互作用的理解。我们还更加强调对外文化政策的作用，以及机构、出版公司和多边文化转移进程的重要性。通过关注特定的文化领域，我们试图强调微观历史研究的生产价值。尤其是由于最近的政治发展，1956年IGK承认大学“第三使命”的重要性，并寻求在文化转移过程中发挥积极作用。通过组织公共项目和活动，IGK旨在将德俄关系的积极例子引入公众辩论，以抵消对抗性的政治话语。

The IGK is founded on a wealth of experience deriving from the successful cooperation between the Faculty of Humanities at the ALU Freiburg and the RGGU Arts and Humanities Department in Moscow. It also builds on longstanding bilateral structures, which were strengthened over the past few years thanks to the fruitful cooperation between Freiburg and Moscow.In the second funding period, the IGK “Cultural Transfer and ‘Cultural Identity’ - German-Russian Contacts in the European Context” increasingly aims to transform the long tradition of national, bilateral and international research on German-Russian/Russian-German culture contact into an innovative concept of interdisciplinary and international cultural transfer research.Our goal is to develop a new central methodological debate, which integrates existing international theoretical approaches and at the same time widens the scope of research on German-Russian cultural contact, especially with regard to its repercussions on the construction of ‘cultural’ and ‘national’ identity.Our research concept foresees the development of a scientific-theoretical groundwork for the internationalization of the graduate school, which not only justifies international cooperation, but also shows that the latter is essential. The IGK places an emphasis on the importance of joint scientific metareflection on the interaction of the culture specific research traditions represented within the graduate school.In the second funding period, we aim to refine the theoretical framework for the analysis of processes of transformation and adaptation: Qualitative network analysis approaches should enhance our understanding of the interaction between mediating figures and institutions. We also put a stronger emphasis on the role of foreign cultural policy, as well as on the importance of institutions, publishing companies and processes of multilateral cultural transfers. By focusing on particular cultural areas, we seek to underline the productive value of microhistorical research.Not least because of recent political developments, the IGK 1956 acknowledges the importance of the “Third Mission” of universities and seeks to take on an active role in cultural transfer processes. Through the organisation of public programmes and activities, the IGK aims to introduce positive examples of German-Russian relations into the general public debate in order to counterbalance confrontational political discourse.