Der visuelle Turn in der Südosteuropaforschung – kommt er oder kommt er nicht? Ein Forschungsbericht
The Visual Turn in Southeast European Studies – Will It Occur or Not? A Research Report

Summary/Abstract: Since the middle of the 1990s the so-called pictorial turn or visual turn in human, cultural and social sciences has been in full swing. After two decades, we recognize the emergence of new research centres in visual studies, the foundation of pertinent journals and the conception of interdisciplinary university courses and doctoral programs on visual culture. The humanistic, cultural and social science research on and in Southeast Europe has reacted to the challenge of the visual rather reservedly. Therefore, the question whether the visual turn will establish itself in Southeast European Studies or not is not merely rhetorical. My prognosis is that it will occur because it has to occur. The digital age will not pass by without having touched Southeast European Studies and without having relieved them from the responsibility to study historical, social and religious practices and performances as well as the power and cogency of the visual.

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