Beyond Cultural Boundaries

Europe and Asia have long been communicating with each other, in an intensive and high-tension relationship – as always when two cultures encounter one another. The Cluster’s researchers do not see difficulties that may arise as a shortcoming, but rather take them as a starting point for their studies. Intensive cooperation with partners from Asia makes it possible to analyse the existing asymmetries from both directions and to overcome a Eurocentric perspective.

In the four research fields: governance and administration, public and media, health and environment, and history and cultural heritage, scientists with an historical and contemporary orientation from Asia and Europe-related disciplines study phenomena that arise between individual cultures, language areas, countries and corresponding subjects. In the course of this, theoretical concepts combine with field research and the study of sources – including previously, hardly considered audio-visual media.