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Learning by Doing: Einige Bemerkungen zur Erarbeitung des Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History Ausgehend von einer kurzen Zusammenfassung der historischen Forschung zum Phänomen «Transnationalismus» liefert dieser Artikel Anknüpfungspunkte, um die sich abschwächende Euphorie über transnationale Forschung verständlich zu machen. Der Artikel stellt heraus, in welch starkem Maße Phänomene, die heute unter dem Begriff Transnationalismus firmieren, bereits Bestandteil älterer Forschungstraditionen waren. Darüber hinaus werden, aufbauend auf Erfahrungen bei der Erarbeitung des 2009 erscheinenden Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History Probleme und Möglichkeiten transnationaler Geschichtsschreibung be - leuchtet und noch offene Fragen identifiziert. Hierzu gehört das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen dem Bedürfnis, sich von einer staatszentrierten Herangehensweise zu lösen, und der Notwendigkeit, eine Geschichte mit und nicht gegen oder gar ohne Nationen zu schreiben. Zudem, argumentiert der Artikel, darf die Geschichte globaler Netzwerke des «Bösen» nicht ausgeklammert werden.

Building from the papers and discussions presented
at the Transnational History Symposium (Canberra,
Australian National University, September 2004), this article
offers a view into some of the current developments and
discussions that take place while historians are grapping
with the 'transnational take'. In a discipline that has been
closely connected with the birth of the nation states, this developing
attention for the flows, circulation and connection
across borders is not without its risks, pitfalls and difficulties.
But there is a promising bunch of studies and interests
that are developing within the historical community, all
suggesting that they can contribute to the contextualisation
and understanding of global networks.

Globalisation, the buzzword of the late twentieth century, calls for the attention of historians. As others have already suggested, one way to contribute to the historicisation of the phenomena encapsulated in this idiom is to pay attention to connections over long periods. Connections between municipal governments and exchanges about the subject have both been neglected by historical scholarship for various reasons, but they can contribute to the history of the 'construction of the universal'. Indeed, the information systems of municipal connections – their vectors, actors and structures – have defined, intersected with, nourished or undergone a series of would-be universalist 'transboundary formations'. These formations are shifting combinations of values, collective actions, practices, rules, organisations and individuals, all of which are advanced as possible futures for mankind. By examining some of these discourses of 'social order' and 'world order' and the way in which they combine with municipal connections, this article attempts to produce the 'municipal contribution' announced in its title.

The international town planning milieu forms an intriguing web of people, books, exhibitions, congresses and ideas. Exploring it can add to our nationally oriented understanding of the ways in which the urban scene was conceived in the twentieth century. This article aims to place this exploration in the wider context of the 'Urban Internationale' the sphere dedicated to the declensions of 'urban issues' such as town planning, housing and urban government. It suggests that the Urban Internationale can be structured around three areas of focus: voluntary associations, international institutions and the big US philanthropic foundations. The development of those areas and the relationships between them shaped the way in which 'urban issues' were defined and treated.Le milieu international de 'l'urbanisme' forme une trame fascinante d'individus, ouvrages, expositions, conférences et idées. L'explorer peut enrichir notre appéhension nationalisée des manières selon lesquelles la scène urbaine a été conçue au XXe siècle. L'article place cette exploration dans le contexte plus large de 'l'Internationale Urbaine', sphère dédiée aux déclinaisons des 'problèmes urbains' tels que urbanisme, logement et gouvernement urbain. Il suggère que l'Internationale Urbaine peut se structurer autour de trois pôles: les associations de bénévoles, les institutions internationales et les grandes fondations philanthropiques américaines. Le développement de ces pôles et leurs relations mutuelles ont fa??onné les modalités de définition et de traitement des 'problèmes urbains'.