Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha
Robertson-von Trotha (born 22 February 1951 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish sociologist and cultural scientist, working in Germany.
Robertson-von Trotha completed her training in hotel management and was awarded with the gold medal of the Oban Hotel Association in 1967. Two years later, she came to Germany and studied sociology, philosophy, and history at the Universities of Heidelberg and Karlsruhe (TH). With the support of a grant from the Peter Fuld Foundation, she received her PhD in 1990 after completing a dissertation on the topic 'Ethnic Identity and Political Mobilisation'.
In 2004 she habilitated on 'The Dialectics of Globalisation' at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Karlsruhe.[1] In 2007 she was appointed as an adjunct professor by the rector of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), formerly University of Karlsruhe (TH).
She was a founding member of the Interfacultative Institute for Cultural Studies (IAK) at the University of Karlsruhe (TH), and from 1990 to 2002 served as its director. Since 2002, she has been founding member and director of the successor institution, the ZAK | Centre for Cultural and General Studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).[2] In 2011, she was significantly involved in drafting the strategy paper 'Alliance for Integration' of the Stuttgart City Council.
Robertson-von Trotha's research focuses on globalisation and cultural change, multiculturalism and integration policy, cultural heritage, and the theory and practice of public science.
Her memberships in numerous committees, commissions, and facilities include the 'Netzwerk Integrationsforschung' (Network Integration Research) of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry for Integration,[3] the 'impromptu EU Focus Working Group on Science and Culture', as well as the Culture Committee of the German UNESCO Commission.[4]
As the director of the ZAK, Robertson-von Trotha's primary concern is to communicate science to the public and to promote the exchange of ideas among civil society. The ZAK offers research and teaching, interdisciplinary General Studies, and public science. At its annual Karlsruhe Dialogues, the ZAK has presented speakers such as Alice Schwarzer, Andrew Keen, and Daniel Domscheit-Berg.[5] A further focus of the ZAK is internationalisation and intercultural understanding.
Robertson-von Trotha is currently responsible for the co-ordination of the German Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation.[6] Additionally, she is spokeswoman of the KIT competence area 'Technology, Culture, and Society', as well as spokeswoman of the KIT competence field 'Cultural Heritage and Dynamics of Change'.[7]
She has been head of various research projects, including the DFG project 'Public Science in Collaborative Research Centres',[8] and the Interdisciplinary Center of Digital Tradition (CODIGT).[9]
Robertson-von Trotha is the editor of three scientific series: ‘Kulturwissenschaft interdisziplinär/Interdisciplinary Studies on Culture and Society’ (published by Nomos in Baden-Baden), ‘Problemkreise der Angewandten Kulturwissenschaft’, and ‘Kulturelle Überlieferung – digital’ (published by KIT Scientific Publishing in Karlsruhe).
List of works
Books
- Dialektik der Globalisierung. Kulturelle Nivellierung bei gleichzeitiger Verstärkung kultureller Differenz, Karlsruhe 2009, ISBN 978-3-86644-359-4
- Ethnische Identität und politische Mobilisation. Das Beispiel Schottland, Baden-Baden 1991, ISBN 978-3-7890-2540-2
Scientific articles
- Öffentliche Wissenschaft im Spiegel der Web 2.0-Kultur, in: ibid./Jesús Muñoz Morcillo (eds.): Öffentliche Wissenschaft und Neue Medien. Die Rolle der Web 2.0-Kultur in der Wissenschaftsvermittlung, Karlsruhe 2012, pp. 19–35, ISBN 978-3-86644-844-5
- Rechtsextremismus in Deutschland und Europa. Einleitende Anmerkungen, in: ibid. (ed.): Rechtsextremismus in Deutschland und Europa. Rechts außen – Rechts ‚Mitte‘? (= Kulturwissenschaft interdisziplinär, Vol. 7), Karlsruhe 2011, pp. 11–18, ISBN 978-3-8329-5817-6
- Europe: Insights from the Outside. An Introduction, in: ibid. (ed.): Europe: Insights from the Outside (= Kulturwissenschaft interdisziplinär/Interdisciplinary Studies on Culture and Society, Vol. 5), Karlsruhe 2011, pp. 9–17, ISBN 978-3-8329-5583-0
- Cultural Heritage: Dilemmas of Preservation in the Midst of Change, in: Oliver Parodi/Ingacio Ayestaran/Gerhard Banse (eds.): Sustainable Development – Relationships to Culture, Knowledge and Ethics (= Karlsruher Studien Technik und Kultur, Vol. 3), Karlsruhe 2011, pp. 175–186, ISBN 978-3-86644-627-4
- Kulturerbe – Dilemmata des Bewahrens im Wandel, in: Oliver Parodi/Gerhard Banse/Axel Schaffer (eds.): Wechselspiele: Kultur und Nachhaltigkeit. Annäherungen an ein Spannungsfeld, Berlin 2010, pp. 263–274, ISBN 978-3-89404-585-2
- Ist der Tod bloß der Tod? Tod und Sterben in der Gegenwartsgesellschaft – ein thematischer Umriss, in: Schulmagazin 5–10, 11, 2009, pp. 7–9, ISSN 0947-2746
- Schlüsselqualifikationen revisited. Ein altes Thema in Zukunftskontexten, in: ibid. (ed.): Schlüsselqualifikationen für Studium, Beruf und Gesellschaft (= Problemkreise der Angewandten Kulturwissenschaft, Vol. 14), Karlsruhe 2009, pp. 17–58, ISBN 978-3-86644-375-4
Editor
- Celebrity Culture. Stars in der Mediengesellschaft (= Kulturwissenschaft interdisziplinär, Vol. 9), Baden-Baden 2013, ISBN 978-3-8329-6998-1
- Organised Crime. Dark Sides of Globalisation (= Kulturwissenschaft interdisziplinär/Interdisciplinary Studies on Culture and Society, Vol. 8), Baden-Baden 2012, ISBN 978-3-8329-5818-3
- (with Jesús Muñoz Morcillo): Öffentliche Wissenschaft und Neue Medien. Die Rolle der Web 2.0-Kultur in der Wissenschaftsvermittlung, Karlsruhe 2012, ISBN 978-3-86644-844-5
- (with Robert Hauser): Neues Erbe. Aspekte, Perspektiven und Konsequenzen der digitalen Überlieferung (Kulturelle Überlieferung – digital 1), Karlsruhe 2011, ISBN 978-3-86644-737-0
- Rechtsextremismus in Deutschland und Europa. Rechts außen – Rechts ‚Mitte‘? (= Kulturwissenschaft interdisziplinär, Vol. 7), Karlsruhe 2011, ISBN 978-3-8329-5817-6
- 60 Jahre Studium Generale und 20 Jahre Angewandte Kulturwissenschaft an der Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Karlsruhe 2009, ISBN 978-3-86644-439-3
- Tod und Sterben in der Gegenwartsgesellschaft. Eine interdisziplinäre Auseinandersetzung (= Kulturwissenschaft interdisziplinär, Vol. 3), Baden-Baden 2008, ISBN 978-3-8329-3171-1
- Die Dialektik der Globalisierung. Kulturelle Nivellierung bei gleichzeitiger Verstärkung kultureller Differenz, Karlsruhe 2009, ISBN 978-3-8329-3171-1
External links
Notes
- ↑ Profile of Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha on the website of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- ↑ Homepage of the ZAK | Centre for Cultural and General Studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- ↑ Homepage of the ‘Netzwerk Integrationsforschung’ (Network Integration Research) of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry for Integration
- ↑ Culture Committee of the German UNESCO Commission website
- ↑ Karlsruher Gespräche website
- ↑ German Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation website
- ↑ KIT Competence Area "Technology, Culture, and Society" website
- ↑ InsideScience – Public Science in the Collaborative Research Projects website
- ↑ Centre of Digital Tradition – CODIGT website
References
- CV of Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha on the website of the ZAK | Centre for Cultural and General Studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Profile of Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha on the website of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Profile of Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha on the AWWK (Akademie für Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung Karlsruhe) website
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