Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows
Directorate: Barbara Mittler, Thomas Maissen, Axel Michaels.
The Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows" at the University of Heidelberg is part of the Excellence Initiative of the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Science and Research Council (Wissenschaftsrat). The objective of the Cluster is to examine processes of cultural exchange with a strong focus on interdisciplinary research. Established in October 2007 in cooperation with renowned international institutions, the Cluster provides excellent academic facilities and prospects especially for young scholars. The aim of the Cluster is to analyse shifting asymmetries in cultural flows. The nongeographical use of both Asia and Europe and the concept of cultural flows are key elements of innovative theoretical debates on cultural exchange from the Bronze Age up to the present. The Cluster intends to develop innovative as well as sustainable concepts of research by the combination of different skills and approaches. A broad network of partner institutions, most of them in Asia and the United States, will foster the educational exchange and ensure the Cluster's international reputation within the scientific community.
Members of the Institute of East Asian Art History are involved in the following subprojects:
Research Area B: Public Spheres
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B4 “Transcultural Visuality Learning Group”
Koordination: Christiane Brosius, Barbara Mittler -
B8 “Rethinking Gender, Sexuality and the Body in a Transcultural Art World”
Koordination: Melanie Trede -
B16 Parcours Exhibition in Heidelberg: “Becoming Intense – Becoming Animal – Becoming …”
Koordination: Melanie Trede and Martina Koeppel-Yang
Research Area D: Historicities & Heritage
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D1 “Historicizing the experience of violence without frontiers. Influence and importance of shifting asymmetries. The example of the Mongolian invasions in the thirteenth century.”
Koordination: Stefan Weinfurter, Bernd Schneidmüller, Susanne Enderwitz, Melanie Trede, Stefan Burkhardt
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D4 Conservation of Architectural Heritage: Cultural Values in Perspective (Asymmetrical cultural flows regarding concepts of ‘authenticity’ / a transcultural approach, referring to in Japan, China, Nepal, India and Germany)
Koordination: Niels Gutschow, Lothar Ledderose
Heidelberg Research Architecture
Interdisciplinary Research Groups
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MC4 Frames and Framings in Transcultural Interactions
Koordination: Joachim Kurtz, Melanie Trede, Hans Harder -
MC4.1 En-Framing Objects in Cultural Exchange Processes between Japan, Europe, and China
Koordination: Melanie Trede
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