Science, Education and Periodical Publications of the Sorbs in the German Democratic Republic and Immediately Following the Fall of Communism

KALETA, Petr. Science, Education and Periodical Publications of the Sorbs in the German Democratic Republic and Immediately Following the Fall of Communism. CZECH - POLISH HISTORICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL JOURNAL. BRNO: MASARYK UNIV, FAC EDUCATION, 2020, roč. 12, č. 1, s. 14-24. ISSN 1803-6546. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cphpj-2020-002.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: Science, Education and Periodical Publications of the Sorbs in the German Democratic Republic and Immediately Following the Fall of Communism
• Autoři: KALETA, Petr (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí).
• Vydání: CZECH - POLISH HISTORICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL JOURNAL, BRNO, MASARYK UNIV, FAC EDUCATION, 2020, 1803-6546.

Další údaje

• Originální jazyk: angličtina
• Typ výsledku: Článek v odborném periodiku
• Obor: 60101 History
• Stát vydavatele: Česká republika
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• WWW: URL
• Kód RIV: RIV/00216224:14410/20:00118053
• Organizační jednotka: Pedagogická fakulta
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cphpj-2020-002
• UT WoS: 000594633200002
• Klíčová slova anglicky: Sorbs; GDR; unified Germany; transformation of institutions
• Příznaky: Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Anotace

The political changes in 1989/1990 affected all of East German society, including in particular the country's ethnic Sorbs. Sorbian institutions that had enjoyed a relatively regular influx of financial resources in the GDR now found themselves in an uncertain situation. The new democratic and liberal society did not guarantee Sorbs their previous certainties in the fields of science, education, culture, and other areas. This article looks at selected institutions to provide an idea of how the transformation process took place. One educational institution that did not survive the collapse of the GDR is the Zentrale sorbische Sprachschule Milkel (Sorb.: Centralna serbska recna sula w Minakalu), which provided language instruction and an overview of Sorbian history and culture for many people who subsequently went on to work for Sorbian institutions. By comparison, one organization that weathered the changes was the Sorbian Institute, although the dissolution of the Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR necessitated a change in legal form (e. V.). One new institution, whose main task is to distribute financing to the most important Sorbian organizations, is the Foundation for the Sorbian People. Smaller changes affected the Sorbian print media at this time as well.