Browsing by Author "Von Maltzan, Carlotta"

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    Perpetuating the Third World? evaluating knowledge production in the field of German Studies in an African context
    (Stellenbosch University, Department of General Linguistics, 2016) Von Maltzan, Carlotta
    This paper critically revisits and examines the seemingly outdated concept of the ‘Third World’ by tracing its historical origins with reference to the Three Worlds Theory, and investigates the reasons for the persistent implied or direct usage of the term in public and scientific discourse when referring to contexts which are typically considered to be underdeveloped. Of particular interest is the way in which knowledge production in German Studies functions in an African context which, as is argued, is influenced by complex relations that straddle the divide between a so-called “Western” and a so-called “African” perspective of the African continent, given that these perspectives are essentially determined by asymmetrical relations of wealth and power. To this end, the paper evaluates the self-perception of two academic journals in the field of German Studies published in West Africa and Southern Africa, respectively, by querying whether they participate in the postcolonial project of ‘writing back’ or rewriting colonialism in order to develop a new understanding of their participation in knowledge production.
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    Regarding the case of Elfriede Jelinek
    (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005) Von Maltzan, Carlotta
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    Sprachenpolitik und die Rolle der Fremdsprachen (Deutsch) in Südafrika
    (Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University, 2009) Von Maltzan, Carlotta
    Taking multilingualism in South Africa into account, this paper investigates language policy, language usage and the role of foreign languages, especially German, within the context of processes of transformation at universities since 1994, i.e. after the end of Apartheid. It is argued that foreign languages find themselves caught in the battle between ideology and practice and have to forge a new direction for themselves.