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Publication Access status: Open Access , Kämpfe um Fiktionen. Mithu Sanyals „Identitti“ zwischen Populärem Realismus und Postautonomie(2026-05-07)This article examines the tension between authorship and identity in works of Popular Realism, using Mithu Sanyal’s novel “Identitti” as a case study. At its core is the question of the extent to which the identity of authors and their (potential) experience of and exposure to marginalization function as a criterion for legitimacy and as a determinant of popularity. The starting point for these reflections is a critical engagement with Moritz Baßler’s concepts of Popular Realism and New/Modern Midcult. A brief analysis demonstrates how these concepts can be applied to Sanyal’s novel, and the points of criticism identified in this context – particularly the insufficient separation of ethics and aesthetics – lead to a plea for a post-autonomous perspective. In this perspective, the intertwining of ethics and aesthetics as well as the authorization to narrate are recognized as a specific potential of contemporary literature.Source Type:BookSeries:Transformationen des Populären. Working Paper Series des SFB 1472Volume number:2332 119 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Publication Access status: Open Access , „Es wird passiert sein werden“. Juan S. Guses „Tausendmal so viel Geld wie jetzt“ als Aktualisierung des New Journalism im Zeitalter der ‚Factions‘(2025)Juan S. Guse’s “Tausendmal so viel Geld wie jetzt” (2025) presents a striking paradox: while its paratextual elements suggest a research-based text, the publisher S. Fischer categorizes it as fiction. Read against the backdrop of the “New Journalism” movement that emerged in the United States in the 1960s, the work blurs the boundaries between fact and fiction. As in his previous novels “Lärm und Wälder” and “Miami Punk,” Guse draws on and disrupts established genre traditions. Through literary techniques that immerse readers in the worlds of his protagonists, he seeks not merely to present facts but to “stage authenticity.” At the same time, this mode of writing functions as a diagnostic tool for our present: through the example of the crypto industry, Guse renders perceptible a world in which fact and fiction can no longer be clearly separated – an indistinction that itself becomes legible as a narrative principle within the text.Source Type:BookSeries:Transformationen des Populären. Working Paper Series des SFB 1472Volume number:2139 127 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Publication Access status: Open Access , Trump, populism, and social media(2025)This essay explores Donald Trump’s political communication as a paradigmatic shift toward media-driven populism. Focusing on Twitter, it examines how Trump bypassed traditional institutional channels, using social media for direct and polarizing engagement. Drawing on thinkers like Habermas, Luhmann, and Schmitt, the article argues that Trump’s strategy reflects a logic of “occasio” rather than “causa”: seizing moments for maximum visibility rather than pursuing consistent policy. Popularity—measured through likes, retweets, and reactions—becomes the sole currency of political legitimacy. The study challenges conventional distinctions between supporters and critics, showing how both contribute to Trump’s media presence. It concludes that Trump’s approach marks a lasting transformation of the public sphere: from deliberative reason to disruption, affect, and spectacle.Source Type:BookSeries:Transformationen des Populären. Working Paper Series des SFB 1472Volume number:20168 433 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Publication Access status: Open Access , Umkehr der BeweislastUmkehr der Beweislast (reversal of the burden of proof), a central term of the CRC 1472 Transformations of the Popular, describes the shift from an axiological framework of asymmetrical ‘high’/‘low’ semantics to a distinction between ‘popular’ and ‘non-popular’. What used to be validated through its affiliation to high culture may face new pressures to legitimize itself in a system focused on being noticed by many. Popularity thus functions as a resource that can enhance or challenge evaluation standards. This is illustrated and concretized through five case studies: from the Schiller-Nicolai debate in the 18th century, to Popliteratur around 2000, and digital platforms such as the official Perry Rhodan forum, the social-reading-platform Wattpad, or Instagram as a space for local political communication. It indicates that popularity does not replace existing hierarchies but rather creates tensions between ‘high’ and ‘low’ in new regimes of valuation and valorization. The Umkehr der Beweislast describes dynamic processes that combine qualitative and quantitative approaches. Therefore, a multi-perspective analysis is crucial for understanding power structures as well as legitimization and evaluation mechanisms.Source Type:BookSeries:Transformationen des Populären. Working Paper Series des SFB 1472Volume number:193 3 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Publication Access status: Open Access , Komplotte und Konspirationen(2025)The essay argues that Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code represents a unique blend of medievalism and the popularization of science, framed within the context of a modern thriller. The so-called “secret” of the Grail, which was once shrouded in mystery and reserved for a select few, is effectively depopularized and decanonized by the Catholic Church. In doing so, the novel presents science not as a force of disenchantment, but as a means of re-enchanting the world. This popularization of knowledge aligns with the figure of the autodidact, who finds in The Da Vinci Code an awakening experience, further contributing to the novel’s widespread appeal. The theme of conspiracy in The Da Vinci Code is integral to its narrative, with the conflict between the Opus Dei faction (from an Enlightenment perspective) and the Priory of Sion (from a Catholic standpoint) serving as the backdrop. Both conspiracies rely on the manipulation of “half-truths,” which help maintain the story’s internal coherence. Ultimately, the essay also explores the significance of medieval knowledge in contemporary literature, reflecting on how such themes are woven into the fabric of modern narrative and literary history.Source Type:BookSeries:Transformationen des Populären. Working Paper Series des SFB 1472Volume number:18222 531 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Publication Access status: Open Access , Die Vermessung des Populären?The explorative project analyses the quantifiable linguistic traces of the popular in large text corpora, such as press articles, forum posts and company websites. The starting point of the study is the assumption that recurrent patterns of language use – such as catchwords or fixed word combinations – both constitute social practices and reflect discourse mentalities. The article analyses the extent to which high-frequency linguistic patterns indicate the effectiveness of the popular in discourses and how changes in language use can be interpreted as an indicator of a change in mentalities.Source Type:BookSeries:Transformationen des Populären. Working Paper Series des SFB 1472Volume number:17327 164 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Publication Access status: Open Access , Developing educational spaces for new communities of practices: Ghanaian highlife at a German university(2024)This paper reflects on a pedagogical intervention with Ghanaian students who taught highlife music at a German university as part of a workshop. The reflection is based on empirical data from participant observation, conversations with the participants and reflection reports from the German students at the end of the workshop seminar. From the perspective of the German students, cultural differences were observed with regard to group learning, memorising music and orientation towards structures. The repeated references to the absence of sheet music reveal the continuing dominance of notation in music education in Germany. The article discusses the concept of shared educational spaces for decolonial approaches to learning popular music and for critical reflection on high/low differences.Source Type:BookSeries:Transformationen des Populären. Working Paper Series des SFB 1472Volume number:16325 265 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Publication Access status: Open Access , Patient-generated data as intervention into doctor-patient relationships?Health data generated by apps and devices are becoming increasingly popular and are expected to affect various aspects of doctor-patient relationships. No longer confined to medically authorised and certified health technologies, a range of biomedical data – from heart rate to blood pressure or oxygen saturation – are captured and processed by consumer health devices. In this article, we compare the practices of physicians and chronically ill patients of integrating, resisting, or neglecting data from popular consumer devices in clinical situations and consider how the data may challenge or reify a doctor’s medical authority. Our study is based on semi-structured interviews with doctors and chronically ill patients in Germany between 2021 and 2023. By contrasting cases from general practice, diabetology, sleep disorder, cardiology, and obesity, we explore when, how, and for what reasons different medical specialists and patients with different chronic illnesses consider patient-generated data (PGD) from consumer devices in clinical situations. While some resist PGD that seem to compete with their diagnostic activities, others incorporate the data more readily into their diagnostic practices. This suggests nuanced strategies for navigating the demarcation between expert and lay knowledge, whereby consumer data can either be ascribed health-relevant meaning or not.Source Type:BookSeries:Transformationen des Populären. Working Paper Series des SFB 1472Volume number:151 7 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Publication Access status: Open Access , Zur Reflexivität des Populären und seinen historischen ErmöglichungsbedingungenIn its research program, the CRC 1472 ‘Transformations of the Popular’ has argued that “the long conceptual and problematic history before 1950 should be conceived as a prefigurational space of the popular” (Döring et al. 2021: 19). In this working paper, our interdisciplinary group of scholars addresses the question of how the historical dimensions of the transformations of the popular were already evident before the transformation stage around 1950. We propose to better understand the corresponding observations not as ‘prefigurations’, but as enabling conditions for the transformations of the popular. The plausibility of these assumptions is illustrated by examples from the projects of the Collaborative Research Centre, which explore the phenomena of pop, popularization, and populism not only from the mid-20th century but already from around 1800.Source Type:BookSeries:Transformationen des Populären. Working Paper Series des SFB 1472Volume number:141 2 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Publication Access status: Open Access , Listen bei politischen Wahlen(2024)The question of how election results were published in German newspapers at the beginning of the 20th century and how these representations changed until around 1950 has not been given any attention so far. In order to gain an initial impression, various newspaper archives were used to systematically examine in regional daily newspapers how and according to what criteria the results of political elections were made accessible to the public. Newspapers from different parts of Germany were examined with regard to the published lists, tables, texts and graphic representations. It was found that a hierarchical listing according to the number of votes won, as is common today, was only seen in the majority of cases after the end of the Second World War. Before that, the lists were organized according to other criteria, such as the order of the parties on the ballot papers.Source Type:BookSeries:Transformationen des Populären. Working Paper Series des SFB 1472Volume number:13363 188
