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

KALETA, Petr

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

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60101 History

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14410/20:00118053

Organizační jednotka

Pedagogická fakulta

UT WoS

000594633200002

Klíčová slova anglicky

Sorbs; GDR; unified Germany; transformation of institutions

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 28. 1. 2021 14:17, Dana Nesnídalová

Anotace

V originále

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.