Travelling Concepts for the Study of Culture (Concepts for the Study of Culture (CSC), 2) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3110488523 ISBN 13: 9783110488524

Publisher: De Gruyter, 2016

Synopsis

Bringing together innovative and internationally renowned experts, this volume provides concise presentations of the main concepts and cutting-edge research fields in the study of culture (rather than the infinite multitude of possible themes). More specifically, the volume outlines different models for the study of culture, explores avenues for interdisciplinary exchange, assesses key concepts and traces their travels across various disciplinary, historical and national contexts. To trace the travelling of concepts means to map both their transfer from one discipline, approach or culture of research to another, and also to identify the transformations which emerge through these processes of transfer. The volume serves to show that working with (travelling) concepts provides a unique strategy for research and research design which can open up a wide range of promising perspectives for interdisciplinary exchange. It offers an exemplary overview of an interdisciplinary and international approach to the travelling concepts that organize, structure and shape the study of culture. In doing so, the volume serves to initiate a dialogue that exceeds disciplinary and national boundaries and introduces a self-reflexive dimension to the field, thus affording a recognition of how deeply disciplinary premises and nation-specific research traditions affect different approaches in the study of culture.

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About the Author

Birgit Neumann and Ansgar Nünning, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany.

Edition details

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 3110488523
• ISBN 13: 9783110488524
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 427
• Editor: Neumann Birgit, Nünning Ansgar