Inimkond: Gareth Hamilton (Läti Ülikool)
08.05.2013 kell 15.00 - 15.00
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Inimkonna seminarisarja järgmine esineja on Gareth Hamilton Läti
ülikoolist, kes räägib teemal "All hand(els) on deck: the rhetoric of
personhood in a socio-economically disadvantaged eastern German city".
Seminar toimub kolmapäeval, 8. mail kl 18-20, ruumis N315.Vaata ka:
https://www.facebook.com/events/308428489290092/AbstractIn this paper I
investigate how representations of persons are used by the administration
and citizens of the eastern German city of Halle an der Salle to embody and
improve the image of the city itself. During the German Democratic
Republic (GDR) and postsocialist period, Halle had developed a somewhat
negative impression. I show how the city administration, in attempts to
counteract this, tries to neutralise the city’s negative personification
as a ‘Grey Diva’ by recasting itself as a ‘Händelstadt’, the place
of birth of its most famous former citizen, the composer Georg Friedrich
Händel (1685–1759).After showing how these efforts are debated and
contentious, I show how the city administration also uses images of local
self-employed people in much the same symbolic way. I move on to show
how those self-employed people themselves are also creative in their use of
Halle’s symbols, including Händel, but also reclaim the Diva in efforts
not only to sell their products, and thus attempt to improve the city’s
perceived self-image as well. Finally, I show how the values connected to
the collectivity of the GDR era are visible in the efforts of both the
town’s administration and its self-employed people, and I argue that
these values continue to be to the fore.KeywordsPostsocialist Germany,
rhetoric, personhood, collectivity, entrepreneurshipAbout the authorGareth
Hamilton is an acting Assistant Professor at the University of Latvia. He
is an Honorary Research Fellow at Durham University, UK, where he has also
taught and completed his PhD on the rhetoric of personhood among the
self-employed in the eastern German city of Halle an der Saale.About the
seminar seriesInimkond: Current issues in anthropology and beyond,
fortnightly on Wednesdays, 18.00 – 20.00.This seminar series features
speakers from anthropology and related fields, and fosters discussion of
their research with a transdisciplinary audience. It aims to contribute to
the culture of academic scholarship and debate at Tallinn University.
Speakers include both local researchers and guests from a variety of
disciplinary backgrounds and with various takes on anthropological theory
and methods. Presentations in the seminar series will be of interest to
staff and students in anthropology, cultural theory, sociology, and
history, among others.
ülikoolist, kes räägib teemal "All hand(els) on deck: the rhetoric of
personhood in a socio-economically disadvantaged eastern German city".
Seminar toimub kolmapäeval, 8. mail kl 18-20, ruumis N315.Vaata ka:
https://www.facebook.com/events/308428489290092/AbstractIn this paper I
investigate how representations of persons are used by the administration
and citizens of the eastern German city of Halle an der Salle to embody and
improve the image of the city itself. During the German Democratic
Republic (GDR) and postsocialist period, Halle had developed a somewhat
negative impression. I show how the city administration, in attempts to
counteract this, tries to neutralise the city’s negative personification
as a ‘Grey Diva’ by recasting itself as a ‘Händelstadt’, the place
of birth of its most famous former citizen, the composer Georg Friedrich
Händel (1685–1759).After showing how these efforts are debated and
contentious, I show how the city administration also uses images of local
self-employed people in much the same symbolic way. I move on to show
how those self-employed people themselves are also creative in their use of
Halle’s symbols, including Händel, but also reclaim the Diva in efforts
not only to sell their products, and thus attempt to improve the city’s
perceived self-image as well. Finally, I show how the values connected to
the collectivity of the GDR era are visible in the efforts of both the
town’s administration and its self-employed people, and I argue that
these values continue to be to the fore.KeywordsPostsocialist Germany,
rhetoric, personhood, collectivity, entrepreneurshipAbout the authorGareth
Hamilton is an acting Assistant Professor at the University of Latvia. He
is an Honorary Research Fellow at Durham University, UK, where he has also
taught and completed his PhD on the rhetoric of personhood among the
self-employed in the eastern German city of Halle an der Saale.About the
seminar seriesInimkond: Current issues in anthropology and beyond,
fortnightly on Wednesdays, 18.00 – 20.00.This seminar series features
speakers from anthropology and related fields, and fosters discussion of
their research with a transdisciplinary audience. It aims to contribute to
the culture of academic scholarship and debate at Tallinn University.
Speakers include both local researchers and guests from a variety of
disciplinary backgrounds and with various takes on anthropological theory
and methods. Presentations in the seminar series will be of interest to
staff and students in anthropology, cultural theory, sociology, and
history, among others.