It’s a balmy late summer evening in New York – or let’s say Braunschweig – when I suddenly find myself in a situation so bizarre that it could have almost been romantic… if it weren’t for the question of trust and a blind date looming over everything. It all starts with a photo. A harmless photo, taken in front of
There is a tower on a country road between Groß Gleidingen and Broitzem. The fact itself might not be something special. But for me it is. The building fascinated me from the first encounter because it reminds me the “bagdirs” I have seen on the Arabian Peninsula. Most probably the tower here is just a silo but for me it
In preparation of my doctoral thesis on discourse and intercultural education I came across the methodology of ethnographic content analysis on the one hand and a research document titled “Peering Beneath the Veil: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Islam as Portrayed on The 700 Club Following the September 11th Attacks” by Eric Gormly on the other hand. Discourse analysis is
Denn in dem recht kurzen und mit Plattitüden (“unzählige Geländewagen und Luxuskarossen sind unterwegs – ach?”) gespickten Artikel, erfährt der neugierige Leser weder etwas über das Land Oman, noch überraschenderweise über das Projekt.