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European Journal for Minority Issues Vol. 9 No. 1-2 2016
Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag 2016, 526 p., 72 b/w ill., 1 col. Fig., paperback, € 78.10, ISBN: 978-3-8305-3716-8, e-book PDF: € 78.10, ISBN: 978-3-8305-2975-0; ISSN Print: 1865-1089, ISSN Online: 1865-1097.
Matthias Theodor Vogt, Erik Fritzsche, Christoph Meißelbach
with the collaboration of Sebastian Trept, Anselm Vogler, Simon Cremer, Jan Albrecht
with contributions by Siegfried Deinege, Werner J. Patzelt, Anton Sterbling and others.
Foreword by Rita Süssmuth and afterword by Olaf Zimmermann.
Integration policy has a dual focus: the host society and those who are accepted. The publication presented here is the first study in Germany to examine the potentials and difficulties of cultural appropriation in the integration process, focusing on both groups.
The starting point for the one-year research was interviews with twenty decision-makers from business, politics and the arts as well as around two hundred police officers. Further analyses revealed a considerable lack of theory and data on cultural appropriation processes. At the same time, structural weaknesses of the German state became clear. These have become more visible in the political upheavals of the so-called "refugee crisis" and should now be resolved, also in the context of the United Nations' "One World".
A series of recommendations for action show how integration can work, how mental or spatial ghettoization can be avoided and how greater cohesion can be achieved in German society. In the study, the reader will find a variety of perspectives and arguments that go far beyond the previous discussion on immigration, cultural appropriation and integration.
The authors of the study are the cultural policy expert Matthias Theodor Vogt together with the political scientists Erik Fritzsche and Christoph Meißelbach. Individual contributions were made by Lord Mayor Siegfried Deinege, Werner J. Patzelt and Anton Sterbling. Former Bundestag President Rita Süssmuth wrote the foreword and Olaf Zimmermann, Managing Director of the German Cultural Council, the epilogue.
Following the completion of two projects led by Professor Dr. Mario Straßberger (F-W), which dealt with financial policy in Russia and Ukraine, further publications have been published in recent months:
Further information on the projects can be found in the research information system
On 1.11.2017 an interview with Professor Dr. Raj Kollmorgen on employment relationships in the district of Görlitz appeared in the Sächsische Zeitung newspaper
On 17./18.12.2016 the Sächsische Zeitung newspaper published a report on the completion of the project "Improving opportunities for young women to stay in Upper Lusatia" by Julia Gabler, Anita kottwitz, Professor Dr. UIrike Gräßel and Professor Dr. Raj Kollmorgen.
On 16.12.2016 the Sächsische Zeitung published a review about "Ankommen in der deutschen Lebenswelt. Migrant Enculturation and Regional Resilience in One World" by the editors Matthias Theodor Vogt, Erik Fritzsche and Christoph Meißelbach.
On 15.11.2016 an event announcement appeared in the Sächsische Zeitung for the lecture "Die neuen Deutschen. Ein Land vor seiner Zukunft" with Professor Dr. Marina Münkler on 17.11.16 as part of the lecture series "Der Fremde und das Andere" of the Ost-West-Kolleg.
On 20.10.2016 the Sächsische Zeitung published an interview with Professor Dr. Matthias Theodor Vogt on the topic "Culture in the region".
On 20.10.2016 a report appeared in the Sächsische Zeitung about a new research laboratory for cyber security, which is being set up by professors Dr. Jörg Lässig and Dr. Marietta Spangenberg in Görlitz.
On 17.10.2016 a report appeared in the Sächsische Zeitung about the recently launched research project "REFUGIUM" by Professor Ute Pflicke and Eva Pretzsch.
On 04.10.2016 the article "Die doppelte Seite der Integration" by Professor Matthias Theodor Vogt appeared in the "Perspektiven" section of the Sächsische Zeitung.
On 11.05.2016 a report appeared in the Sächsische Zeitung about the research project "Improving the chances of young women to stay in Upper Lusatia" with the two employees Julia Gabler and Anita Kottwitz.
On 01.02.2016 the Sächsische Zeitung published an interview with Professor Dr. Andreas Hoff about rising population figures in Görlitz under the headline "Need jobs for younger and older people".
On 11.01.2016 the magazine agora42 published a interview with Dr. Maik Hosang under the headline "The danger of seduction is far from over".
On 07.10.2015 an article appeared in the Sächsische Zeitung about the research project "Improving the chances of young women to stay in Upper Lusatia" by Professors Gräßel and Kollmorgen
An article about the VATI project by Professors Hoff, Lässig and Thiele appeared in the Sächsische Zeitung on 29.09.2015
A report on the forum "Economy for the common good - an economic model with a future for Upper Lusatia too?", which was organized by Professor Hosang at Gut Pommritz, appeared in the 19/20/09/2015 edition of the Sächsische Zeitung.
