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Creator: Heger, Tamara

Title: Deutschland-Analysen: seeing Germany from inside and outside

Subtitle: An interview with Marcus Hahn and Frederic Ponten

DOI: 10.15457/frictions/0009

Description

Regensburg German studies scholars Marcus Hahn and Frederic Ponten discuss with American studies researcher Tamara Heger Deutschland-Analysen, a longue-durée analytical lens that views Germany and Germanness from both the inside and outside. In this interview they consider Germany as an area, with global, transimperial and transregional perspectives contributing to the reconfiguration of national and language-centred conceptions of culture. They address how they negotiate the legacies of Nazi-era appropriations of concepts such as Lebensraum and Heimat, which have made applying spatialized approaches to ‘Germany’ difficult.

Date of publication: 2021-07-28

URL: https://frictions.europeamerica.de/current-debates-deutschland-analysen-seeing-germany-from-inside-and-outside-interview-hahn-ponten-heger/

Subjects: German studies, Heimat, Research Module 4, area studies, current debates, knowledge production, research module 5, transregional

Section: Current Debates

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