»Mulholland Drive« (2001) von David Lynch ist ein Filmklassiker und ein Stück Popkultur. Seine Attraktion beruht vor allem auf der bedeutungsoffenen und »verrätselnden« Erzählweise, welche Zuschauende zur Interpretation einlädt. Christine Lang legt in einer detaillierten Studie dar, wie sich diese Rezeptionsbeziehung realisiert. Sie analysiert die narrative Struktur und die ästhetischen Strategien mit Methoden und Begriffen der Dramaturgie und macht den Film und seine avancierte Erzählweise dadurch auch inhaltlich nachvollziehbar.
"Mulholland Drive" (2001) von David Lynch ist ein Filmklassiker und ein Stück Popkultur. Seine Attraktion beruht vor allem auf der bedeutungsoffenen und "verrätselnden" Erzählweise, welche Zuschauende zur Interpretation einlädt. Die Autorin legt in einer detaillierten Studie dar, wie sich diese Rezeptionsbeziehung realisiert. Sie analysiert die narrative Struktur und die ästhetischen Strategien mit Methoden und Begriffen der Dramaturgie und macht den Film und seine avancierte Erzählweise dadurch auch inhaltlich nachvollziehbar.
Abstract This article investigates the role of ethnic and racializing differentiations in recruitment practices of public administrations in a context of demands to employ more staff of immigrant origin. Drawing on a qualitative study of local administrations in Berlin, I show how figures of "(un)suitable candidates" are constructed, in which ethnic/racializing differentiations intersect with gendered and spatial differentiations. This serves both to justify low recruitment numbers and established routines and to showcase openness to diversity.
Employment in the municipal workforce is a key area in which cities shape the inclusion of their population of immigrant origin. While many European cities have developed policies aiming to foster the employment of staff of immigrant origin, little is known about the drivers and barriers of their implementation. Based on a comparative case study of local administrations in one German regional state and drawing on organizational theory, this article explores the role of organizational factors. It shows how the interplay of mainly two factors matters: support from the administrative leadership and the pragmatic recruitment rationalities of the human resources practitioners. Additionally, the findings suggest that the local identity as municipality more or less shaped by immigration also informs practices. The article argues that to understand the implementation of policies promoting workforce diversity organizational structures and rationalities must be considered.
Einleitung -- Beschäftigung von Einwanderern und ihren Nachkommen in städtischen Verwaltungen: Annäherungen an den Untersuchungsgegenstand -- Die Ko-Produktion von Diversität in städtischen Verwaltungen – eine organisationssoziologische Konzeption -- Empirische Vorgehensweise und Methoden -- 'Mehr Migranten in den öffentlichen Dienst!': Genese und Wandel eines politischen Problems in Berlin -- Die Auswahl von Auszubildenden in Berliner Verwaltungen -- Verwaltung A: Kontinuität etablierter Rekrutierungsroutinen -- Verwaltung B: Temporärer Wandel der Einstellungspraxis -- Verwaltung C: Normalisierung der Einstellung – Normalität von Diversität? -- Fazit: Organisationaler Wandel in der städtischen Migrationsgesellschaft
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In: Schiller , M , Lang , C , Schönwälder , K & Moutselos , M 2020 , ' Vielfalt and diversité : how local actors in France and Germany evaluate immigration and socio-cultural heterogeneity ' , Comparative Migration Studies , vol. 8 , no. 1 , 48 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00205-1 , https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00205-1
In both Germany and France, perceptions of immigration, diversity and their societal consequences have undergone important transformations in the past two decades. However, existing research has only partially captured such processes. The "grand narratives" of national approaches, while still influential, no longer explain contemporary realities. Further, analyses of national politics and discourses may not sufficiently reflect the realities across localities and society more broadly. While emerging in different national contexts, little is known about how diversity is actually perceived by political stakeholders at the urban level. Given the key role of immigration and diversity in current conflicts over Europe's future, it is imperative to assess present-day conceptualisations of migration-related diversity among important societal actors. This article investigates perceptions and evaluations of socio-cultural heterogeneity by important societal actors in large cities. We contribute to existing literature by capturing an unusually broad set of actors from state and civil society. We also present data drawn from an unusually large number of cities. How influential is the perception of current society as heterogeneous, and what forms of heterogeneity are salient? And is socio-cultural and migration-related heterogeneity evaluated as threatening or rather as beneficial? Based on an original data set, this study explores the shared and contested ideas, the cognitive roadmaps of state and non-state actors involved in local politics. We argue that, in both German and French cities, socio-cultural heterogeneity is nowadays widely recognized as marking cities and often positively connoted. At the same time, perceptions of the main features of diversity and of the benefits and challenges attached to it vary. We find commonalities between French and German local actors, but also clear differences. In concluding, we suggest how and why national contexts importantly shape evaluations of diversity.
