@phdthesis{Vu2012,
  author    = {Vu, Thi Thanh Van},
  title     = {Local government on the way to good governance},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-93943},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {vii, 254},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Bad governance causes economic, social, developmental and environmental problems in many developing countries. Developing countries have adopted a number of reforms that have assisted in achieving good governance. The success of governance reform depends on the starting point of each country - what institutional arrangements exist at the out-set and who the people implementing reforms within the existing institutional framework are. This dissertation focuses on how formal institutions (laws and regulations) and informal institutions (culture, habit and conception) impact on good governance. Three characteristics central to good governance - transparency, participation and accountability are studied in the research. A number of key findings were: Good governance in Hanoi and Berlin represent the two extremes of the scale, while governance in Berlin is almost at the top of the scale, governance in Hanoi is at the bottom. Good governance in Hanoi is still far from achieved. In Berlin, information about public policies, administrative services and public finance is available, reliable and understandable. People do not encounter any problems accessing public information. In Hanoi, however, public information is not easy to access. There are big differences between Hanoi and Berlin in the three forms of participation. While voting in Hanoi to elect local deputies is formal and forced, elections in Berlin are fair and free. The candidates in local elections in Berlin come from different parties, whereas the candidacy of local deputies in Hanoi is thoroughly controlled by the Fatherland Front. Even though the turnout of voters in local deputy elections is close to 90 percent in Hanoi, the legitimacy of both the elections and the process of representation is non-existent because the local deputy candidates are decided by the Communist Party. The involvement of people in solving local problems is encouraged by the government in Berlin. The different initiatives include citizenry budget, citizen activity, citizen initiatives, etc. Individual citizens are free to participate either individually or through an association. Lacking transparency and participation, the quality of public service in Hanoi is poor. Citizens seldom get their services on time as required by the regulations. Citizens who want to receive public services can bribe officials directly, use the power of relationships, or pay a third person - the mediator ("C{\`o}" - in Vietnamese). In contrast, public service delivery in Berlin follows the customer-orientated principle. The quality of service is high in relation to time and cost. Paying speed money, bribery and using relationships to gain preferential public service do not exist in Berlin. Using the examples of Berlin and Hanoi, it is clear to see how transparency, participation and accountability are interconnected and influence each other. Without a free and fair election as well as participation of non-governmental organisations, civil organisations, and the media in political decision-making and public actions, it is hard to hold the Hanoi local government accountable. The key differences in formal institutions (regulative and cognitive) between Berlin and Hanoi reflect the three main principles: rule of law vs. rule by law, pluralism vs. monopoly Party in politics and social market economy vs. market economy with socialist orientation. In Berlin the logic of appropriateness and codes of conduct are respect for laws, respect of individual freedom and ideas and awareness of community development. People in Berlin take for granted that public services are delivered to them fairly. Ideas such as using money or relationships to shorten public administrative procedures do not exist in the mind of either public officials or citizens. In Hanoi, under a weak formal framework of good governance, new values and norms (prosperity, achievement) generated in the economic transition interact with the habits of the centrally-planned economy (lying, dependence, passivity) and traditional values (hierarchy, harmony, family, collectivism) influence behaviours of those involved. In Hanoi "doing the right thing" such as compliance with law doesn't become "the way it is". The unintended consequence of the deliberate reform actions of the Party is the prevalence of corruption. The socialist orientation seems not to have been achieved as the gap between the rich and the poor has widened. Good governance is not achievable if citizens and officials are concerned only with their self-interest. State and society depend on each other. Theoretically to achieve good governance in Hanoi, institutions (formal and informal) able to create good citizens, officials and deputies should be generated. Good citizens are good by habit rather than by nature. The rule of law principle is necessary for the professional performance of local administrations and People's Councils. When the rule of law is applied consistently, the room for informal institutions to function will be reduced. Promoting good governance in Hanoi is dependent on the need and desire to change the government and people themselves. Good governance in Berlin can be seen to be the result of the efforts of the local government and citizens after a long period of development and continuous adjustment. Institutional transformation is always a long and complicated process because the change in formal regulations as well as in the way they are implemented may meet strong resistance from the established practice. This study has attempted to point out the weaknesses of the institutions of Hanoi and has identified factors affecting future development towards good governance. But it is not easy to determine how long it will take to change the institutional setting of Hanoi in order to achieve good governance.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Traifeh2023,
  author    = {Traifeh, Hanadi},
  title     = {Design Thinking in the Arab world},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-59891},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-598911},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {ix, 196},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {Design Thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation that has become increasingly popular globally over the last decade. While the spread of Design Thinking is well understood and documented in the Western cultural contexts, particularly in Europe and the US due to the popularity of the Stanford-Potsdam Design Thinking education model, this is not the case when it comes to non-Western cultural contexts. This thesis fills a gap identified in the literature regarding how Design Thinking emerged, was perceived, adopted, and practiced in the Arab world. The culture in that part of the world differs from that of the Western context, which impacts the mindset of people and how they interact with Design Thinking tools and methods. A mixed-methods research approach was followed in which both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed. First, two methods were used in the quantitative phase: a social media analysis using Twitter as a source of data, and an online questionnaire. The results and analysis of the quantitative data informed the design of the qualitative phase in which two methods were employed: ten semi-structured interviews, and participant observation of seven Design Thinking training events. According to the analyzed data, the Arab world appears to have had an early, though relatively weak, and slow, adoption of Design Thinking since 2006. Increasing adoption, however, has been witnessed over the last decade, especially in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. The results also show that despite its limited spread, Design Thinking has been practiced the most in education, information technology and communication, administrative services, and the non-profit sectors. The way it is being practiced, though, is not fully aligned with how it is being practiced and taught in the US and Europe, as most people in the region do not necessarily believe in all mindset attributes introduced by the Stanford-Potsdam tradition. Practitioners in the Arab world also seem to shy away from the 'wild side' of Design Thinking in particular, and do not fully appreciate the connection between art-design, and science-engineering. This questions the role of the educational institutions in the region since -according to the findings- they appear to be leading the movement in promoting and developing Design Thinking in the Arab world. Nonetheless, it is notable that people seem to be aware of the positive impact of applying Design Thinking in the region, and its potential to bring meaningful transformation. However, they also seem to be concerned about the current cultural, social, political, and economic challenges that may challenge this transformation. Therefore, they call for more awareness and demand to create Arabic, culturally appropriate programs to respond to the local needs. On another note, the lack of Arabic content and local case studies on Design Thinking were identified by several interviewees and were also confirmed by the participant observation as major challenges that are slowing down the spread of Design Thinking or sometimes hampering capacity building in the region. Other challenges that were revealed by the study are: changing the mindset of people, the lack of dedicated Design Thinking spaces, and the need for clear instructions on how to apply Design Thinking methods and activities. The concept of time and how Arabs deal with it, gender management during trainings, and hierarchy and power dynamics among training participants are also among the identified challenges. Another key finding revealed by the study is the confirmation of التفكير التصميمي as the Arabic term to be most widely adopted in the region to refer to Design Thinking, since four other Arabic terms were found to be associated with Design Thinking. Based on the findings of the study, the thesis concludes by presenting a list of recommendations on how to overcome the mentioned challenges and what factors should be considered when designing and implementing culturally-customized Design Thinking training in the Arab region.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Schmider2021,
  author    = {Schmider, Stephan},
  title     = {Was ist HipHop?},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-52375},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-523759},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {225},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Es handelt sich bei der vorliegenden Dissertation um eine investigative Forschungsarbeit, die sich mit dem dynamisch wandelnden HipHop-Ph{\"a}nomen befasst. Der Autor erl{\"a}utert hierbei die anhaltende Attraktivit{\"a}t des kulturellen Ph{\"a}nomens HipHop und versucht die Tatsache der stetigen Reproduzierbarkeit des HipHops genauer zu erkl{\"a}ren. Daher beginnt er mit einer historischen Diskursanalyse der HipHop-Kultur. Er analysiert hierf{\"u}r die Formen, die Protagonisten und die Diskurse des HipHops, um diesen besser verstehen zu k{\"o}nnen. Durch die Herausarbeitung der genuinen Eigenschaft der Mehrfachkodierbarkeit des HipHops werden g{\"a}ngige Erkl{\"a}rungsmuster aus Wissenschaft und Medien relativiert und kritisiert. Der Autor kombiniert in seiner Studie kultur- und erziehungswissenschaftliche Literatur mit diversen aktuellen und historischen Darstellungen und Bildern. Es werden vor allem bildbasierte Selbstinszenierungen von HipHoppern und Selbstzeugnisse aus narrativen Interviews, die er selbst mit verschiedenen HipHoppern in Deutschland gef{\"u}hrt hat, ausgewertet. Neben den narrativen Interviews dient vor allem die Bildinterpretation nach Bohnsack als Quelle zur Bildung der These der Mehrfachkodierbarkeit. Hierbei werden zwei Bilder der HipHopper Lady Bitch Ray und Kollegah nach Bohnsack (2014) interpretiert und gezeigt wie HipHop neben der lyrischen und der klanglichen Komponente auch visuell inszeniert und produziert wird. Hieraus wird geschlussfolgert, dass es im HipHop m{\"o}glich ist kontr{\"a}re Sichtweisen bei gleichzeitiger Anwendung von typischen Kulturpraktiken wie zum Beispiel dem Boasting darzustellen und zu vermitteln. Die stetige Offenheit des HipHops wird durch Praktiken wie dem Sampling oder dem Battle deutlich und der Autor erkl{\"a}rt, dass durch diese Techniken die generative Eigenschaft der Mehrfachkodierbarkeit hergestellt wird. Damit vertritt er eine Art Baukasten-Theorie, die besagt, dass sich prinzipiell jeder aus dem Baukasten HipHop, je nach Vorliebe, Interesse und Affinit{\"a}t, bedienen kann. Durch die Vielfalt an Meinungen zu HipHop, die der Autor durch die Kodierung der gef{\"u}hrten narrativen Interviews erh{\"a}lt, wird diese These verdeutlicht und es wird klar, dass es sich bei HipHop um mehr als nur eine Mode handelt. HipHop besitzt die prinzipielle M{\"o}glichkeit durch die Offenheit, die er in sich tr{\"a}gt, sich stetig neu zu wandeln und damit an Beliebtheit und Popularit{\"a}t zuzunehmen. Die vorliegende Arbeit erweitert damit die immer gr{\"o}ßer werdende Forschung in den HipHop-Studies und setzt wichtige Akzente um weiter zu forschen und HipHop besser verst{\"a}ndlich zu machen.},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Raiser2014,
  author    = {Raiser, Christoph},
  title     = {Kompromisse im Europ{\"a}ischen Parlament : eine kultursoziologische Analyse von Entscheidungsprozessen in einer supranationalen Institution},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-86956-283-4},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-69560},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {xxiii, 313},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Das Europ{\"a}ische Parlament ist zweifelsohne die m{\"a}chtigste parlamentarische Versammlung auf supranationaler Ebene. Das provoziert die Frage, wie Entscheidungen in diesem Parlament gef{\"a}llt werden und wie sie begr{\"u}ndet werden k{\"o}nnen. Darin liegt das Hauptanliegen dieser Arbeit, die zur Beantwortung dieser Frage auf soziologische Ans{\"a}tze der Erkl{\"a}rung sozialen Handelns zur{\"u}ckgreift und damit einen neuen Zugang zur Beobachtung parlamentarischen Handelns schafft. Dabei arbeitet sie heraus, wie wichtig es ist, bei der Analyse politischer Entscheidungsprozesse zu beachten, wie politische Probleme von Akteuren interpretiert und gegen{\"u}ber Verhandlungspartnern dargestellt werden. An den Fallbeispielen der Entscheidungsprozesse zur Dienstleistungsrichtlinie, zur Chemikalien-Verordnung REACH und dem TDIP (CIA)-Ausschuss in der Legislaturperiode 2004-2009, wird der soziale Mechanismus dargestellt, der hinter Einigungen im Europ{\"a}ischen Parlament steckt. Kultur als Interpretation der Welt wird so zum Schl{\"u}ssel des Verst{\"a}ndnisses politischer Entscheidungen auf supranationaler Ebene.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Pinsdorf2020,
  author    = {Pinsdorf, Christina},
  title     = {Romantischer Empirismus im Anthropoz{\"a}n. A. v. Humboldts und F. W. J. Schellings Ideen f{\"u}r die Environmental Humanities},
  series = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies},
  volume    = {XXI},
  journal   = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies},
  number    = {40},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {1617-5239},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-47355},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-473555},
  pages     = {59 -- 97},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Im Anthropoz{\"a}n wird eine naturphilosophischethische Neubestimmung des vorherrschenden Mensch-Natur-Verh{\"a}ltnisses virulent. Die Interdependenz von Natur und Kultur ist mehr denn je offensichtlich und die durch den Menschen verursachte {\"o}kologische Krise samt Klimawandel und massivem Artensterben hat sich zur umfassenden Bedrohung auch f{\"u}r die menschliche Lebensform selbst ausgewachsen. In der letzten Dekade hat hierauf insbesondere das interdisziplin{\"a}re Forschungsfeld der Environmental Humanities reagiert. Im Sinne dieser Forschungsausrichtung werden der Naturforscher A. v. Humboldt und der Naturphilosoph F. W. J. Schelling beleuchtet und auf ihre Relevanz f{\"u}r die Auseinandersetzung mit aktuellen {\"o}kologischen Problemstellungen {\"u}berpr{\"u}ft. Anleitend hierf{\"u}r ist die Annahme, dass beide Wissenschaftler die Position eines romantischen Empirismus vertreten haben, der ideengebendes Potenzial f{\"u}r eine Revision des Mensch-Natur-Verh{\"a}ltnisses birgt.},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Muehlenhoff2017,
  author    = {M{\"u}hlenhoff, Judith},
  title     = {Culture-driven innovation},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-104626},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {143},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {This cumulative dissertation deals with the potential of underexplored cultural sources for innovation. Nowadays, firms recognize an increasing demand for innovation to keep pace with an ever-growing dynamic worldwide competition. Knowledge is one of the most crucial sources and resource, while until now innovation has been foremost driven by technology. But since the last years, we have been witnessing a change from technology's role as a driver of innovation to an enabler of innovation. Innovative products and services increasingly differentiate through emotional qualities and user experience. These experiences are hard to grasp and require alignment in innovation management theory and practice. This work cares about culture in a broader matter as a source for innovation. It investigates the requirements and fundamentals for "culture-driven innovation" by studying where and how to unlock cultural sources. The research questions are the following: What are cultural sources for knowledge and innovation? Where can one find cultural sources and how to tap into them? The dissertation starts with an overview of its central terms and introduces cultural theories as an overarching frame to study cultural sources for innovation systematically. Here, knowledge is not understood as something an organization owns like a material resource, but it is seen as something created and taking place in practices. Such a practice theoretical lens inheres the rejection of the traditional economic depiction of the rational Homo Oeconomicus. Nevertheless, it also rejects the idea of the Homo Sociologicus about the strong impact of society and its values on individual actions. Practice theory approaches take account of both concepts by underscoring the dualism of individual (agency, micro-level) and structure (society, macro-level). Following this, organizations are no enclosed entities but embedded within their socio-cultural environment, which shapes them and is also shaped by them. Then, the first article of this dissertation acknowledges a methodological stance of this dualism by discussing how mixed methods support an integrated approach to study the micro- and macro-level. The article focuses on networks (thus communities) as a central research unit within studies of entrepreneurship and innovation. The second article contains a network analysis and depicts communities as central loci for cultural sources and knowledge. With data from the platform Meetup.com about events etc., the study explores which overarching communities and themes have been evolved in Berlin's start up and tech scene. While the latter study was about where to find new cultural sources, the last article addresses how to unlock such knowledge sources. It develops the concept of a cultural absorptive capacity, that is the capability of organizations to open up towards cultural sources. Furthermore, the article points to the role of knowledge intermediaries in the early phases of knowledge acquisition. Two case studies on companies working with artists illustrate the roles of such intermediaries and how they support firms to gain knowledge from cultural sources. Overall, this dissertation contributes to a better understanding of culture as a source for innovation from a theoretical, methodological, and practitioners' point of view. It provides basic research to unlock the potential of such new knowledge sources for companies - sources that so far have been neglected in innovation management.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{KnoblochPaesslerGarciaCruzetal.2020,
  author    = {Knobloch, Eberhard and P{\"a}ßler, Ulrich and Garc{\´i}a Cruz, C{\´a}ndido Manuel and Krumpel, Sebastian and M{\"a}nnl, Ingrid and Pinsdorf, Christina and Schladebach, Marcus},
  title     = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz},
  volume    = {XXI},
  number    = {40},
  editor    = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {2568-3543},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-46903},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-469033},
  pages     = {117},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {-Eberhard Knobloch, Ulrich P{\"a}ßler: Ein unbekannter Brief Alexander von Humboldts an Friedrich August Wolf (1817) -C{\´a}ndido Manuel Garc{\´i}a Cruz: Alexander von Humboldt y los f{\´o}siles inorg{\´a}nicos de las islas canarias -Sebastian Krumpel: Zur quantitativen Auswertung der intertextuellen Bez{\"u}ge Humboldts in seinem Essai politique sur le royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne -Ingrid M{\"a}nnl: „… durch die Bereisung der dargestellten Gegenden der Wissenschaft und ihrer Nation ein so sch{\"o}nes Denkmal gesetzt …". Zu Friedrich Georg Weitschs Gem{\"a}lde, das Alexander von Humboldt und Aim{\´e} Bonpland vor dem Chimborazo zeigt -Christina Pinsdorf: Romantischer Empirismus im Anthropoz{\"a}n. A. v. Humboldts und F. W. J. Schellings Ideen f{\"u}r die Environmental Humanities -Marcus Schladebach: Alexander von Humboldt als V{\"o}lkerrechtler},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Ette2004,
  author    = {Ette, Ottmar},
  title     = {Die Ordnung der Weltkulturen},
  series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies},
  volume    = {V},
  journal   = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies},
  number    = {9},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {2568-3543},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-35069},
  pages     = {8 -- 29},
  year      = {2004},
  abstract  = {Im Vordergrund dieser Untersuchung, die Alexander von Humboldts Vues des Cordill{\`e}res et Monumens des peuples indig{\`e}nes de l'Am{\´e}rique (1810 - 1813) im Kontext des gesamten Humboldtschen Oeuvre zu verstehen sucht, steht die Frage, inwieweit sich in diesen »Ansichten der Kultur« nicht nur ein neuer und folgenreicher Amerika-Diskurs, sondern dar{\"u}ber hinaus die Umrisse einer neuen Ordnung der Weltkulturen abzeichnen. Das {\"a}sthetisch sicherlich radikalste Buch Alexander von Humboldts wird als mus{\´e}e imaginaire der Weltkulturen verstanden und aus transregionaler Perspektive in seiner r{\"a}umlichen, zeitlichen, sozialen, literarischen, friktionalen, genrebezogenen und spezifisch kulturellen Dimension untersucht. Dabei erweisen sich die Vues als transmediales Kaleidoskop eines fraktalen Entwurfs der Kulturen der Welt in der zweiten Phase beschleunigter Globalisierung.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{BiermannEtteKnoblochetal.2004,
  author    = {Biermann, Kurt-Reinhard and Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard and Lindquist, Jason H. and Lubrich, Oliver and Weigl, Engelhard},
  title     = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz},
  volume    = {V},
  number    = {9},
  editor    = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {1617-5239},
  doi       = {10.18443/hinvol5iss092004},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-35157},
  pages     = {92},
  year      = {2004},
  abstract  = {- Kurt-R. Biermann (hg. von I. Schwarz): Ein „politisch schiefer Kopf" und der „letzte Mumienkasten" - Humboldt und Metternich - Ottmar Ette: Die Ordnung der Weltkulturen : Alexander von Humboldts Ansichten der Kultur - Eberhard Knobloch: Naturgenuss und Weltgem{\"a}lde : Gedanken zu Humboldts Kosmos - Jason H. Lindquist: threats to the European subject in Humboldt's personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of the New Continent - Oliver Lubrich: Sobre la disoluci{\´o}n del clasicismo en la Relaci{\´o}n hist{\´o}rica de un viaje a las regiones equinocciales del Nuevo Continente - Engelhard Weigl: Wald und Klima: Ein Mythos aus dem 19. Jahrhundert},
  language  = {de}
}