Comparing and Change: Orders, Models, Perceptions

Open Access Published by Bielefeld University Press 2024

Comparing and Change

Orders, Models, Perceptions

Edited by: Antje Flüchter , Kirsten Kramer , Rebecca Mertens and Silke Schwandt
Funded by: SFB 1288

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839472668

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About this book

Comparisons affect various ways of perceiving and interpreting the world, characterized by distinct legitimization strategies and knowledge application routines by different actors. The contributors to this volume explore the link between change and practices of comparing, focusing on order, representation, and models. They delve into how comparing influences knowledge production, but also focus on persisting orders of knowledge. This collection centers on the role of models and modeling in relation to practices of comparing, thus highlighting the representational and operational force of comparing as a way to form and organize reality.

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Antje Flüchter is spokesperson of the collaborative research center 1288 »Practices of Comparing« and a professor of early modern history at Universität Bielefeld. Her primary focus lies in the interconnected history between Asia, especially India, and Europe, in the early modern period, as well as in history of religiosity, political history, gender history and the theory of history.
Kirsten Kramer is principal investigator in the collaborative research center 1288 »Practices of Comparing« and a professor of comparative literature and Romance studies at Universität Bielefeld. Her main areas of research include literature and globalization, (travel) literature and ethnography, actor-network theory and visual studies.
Rebecca Mertens is a postdoctoral researcher in the collaborative research center 1288 »Practices of Comparing«. Her research interests cover the role of analogies, models and forms of comparison in the history of the life sciences.
Silke Schwandt is principal investigator in the collaborative research center 1288 »Practices of Comparing« and a professor of digital history at Universität Bielefeld. Her expertise lies in digital history, encompassing methods and theories of digital historical research.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Acknowledgments Open Access Download PDF	7
Modeling and Change The Productive Force of Practices of Comparing Antje Flüchter and Kirsten Kramer Open Access Download PDF	9
Modeling, Ordering, Comparing Mediating Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Evidence in History Silke Schwandt Open Access Download PDF	35
Making Use of Models Perspectives in Historical Research Jacob Bohé, Charlotte Feidicker, Angela Gutierrez, Frederic Kunkel, Maria Laura Niewöhner and Malte Wittmaack Open Access Download PDF	49
World Travel Literature Ethnography and the Rise and Fall of Comparative Practices Walter Erhart Open Access Download PDF	71
Stadial Change and the Emergence of Comparative Studies in German-Speaking Europe Around 1870–1900 Hugo von Meltzl Reads Wilhelm Scherer Angus Nicholls Open Access Download PDF	93
Modeling Diversity, Comparability, and Change Transformations of Evolutionism and the Comparative Method in French Ethnography After 1900 (Victor Segalen) Kirsten Kramer Open Access Download PDF	121
World Political Change Three Storytelling Practices Mathias Albert and Thomas Müller Open Access Download PDF	147
“Models of the World”—“Talking about Change”? Practices of Comparing in Texts about History, States, the Economy of Salvation and Health Antje Flüchter Open Access Download PDF	167
Rethinking the Model and Modeling Through Comparative Practices in Late Medieval Piety Maximilian Benz Open Access Download PDF	207
Grounds for Comparison Investigating Before-and-after Satellite Images Daniel Eschkötter Open Access Download PDF	231
A Contingency-sensitive Theory of Global Change Practices of Comparing as the Driving Force of Globalization/s Angelika Epple Open Access Download PDF	251
Authors Open Access Download PDF	277

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Language: English
Publisher: Bielefeld University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 282
Keywords: Models; Knowledge; Strategies of Legitimation; Change; Science; Cultural History; Global History; Art History; Social History; Bielefeld University Press

eBook

Published: April 27, 2024
ISBN: 9783839472668