Working Group Appeals
- Coordination:
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Vogt (B08)
An appeal aimed at bringing about a change in behaviour is a phenomenon with complex social implications. Governments may appeal to their citizens; individuals may appeal to their fellow human beings or even to themselves, in each case with the aim of bringing about specific changes in behaviour. The ‘Appeals’ working group aims, on the one hand, to examine questions relating to the semantics of appeals: How are appeals formulated and their content interpreted? How do they address the issue of vigilance? On the other hand, the working group is dedicated to exploring the social conditions necessary for appeals: What social and political structures or spaces must be in place for appeals to be effective?
Working Group Encyclopaedia & Companion to Vigilance
- Coordination: Prof. Dr. Florian Mehltretter (C03)
The Working Group Encyclopaedia & Companion is setting out key directions for the third funding application phase, in particular for one of the CRCs two core outputs: Encyclopaedia & The Cambridge Companion to Vigilance. In Phase 2, the concept for those both books must be developed; the number, scope and type of articles must be determined and, in some cases, assigned to authors (primarily from outside the working group).
Working Group Latency
- Coordination: Prof. Dr. Michael Waltenberger (A02)
The introduction of the latency model responds to the finding that latent threats of an unclear scale – for which, however, concrete evidence is cited – can mobilise vigilance to an extraordinary degree, even though, or precisely because, the threat remains diffuse and the object of observation underdefined. The working group will refine the concept and develop a pragmatic model of latency for the SFB.
Working Group Organization
- Coordination:
PD Dr. Iryna Klymenko (A07);
Prof. Dr. Ralf Kölbel (A06)
The working group vigilance in organizations aims to systematically examine specific organisation-related contexts of vigilance, for example from the perspective of communicative cohesion and openness, etc. In doing so, it intends to consider both pre-modern and modern forms of organisation, and thus the question of transformation. Furthermore, the working group aims to draw on sociological expertise.
Working Group Setting
- Coordination:
Dr. Magdalena Butz (C01)
Proceeding from the assumption that vigilance is not exercised exclusively by a single subject or individual, the working group focuses on the combinatorial logic of vigilance. The question is how various elements (spatial conditions, human and non-human actors, etc.) can interact to generate and sustain vigilance. On the basis of shared readings, the group will discuss how this interplay can be methodologically conceptualised. The aim, or output, of the working group is to develop the concept for the 2024 CRC Annual Conference on ‘Constellations of Vigilance’ and the resulting anthology.
Working Group Vigilance Blog
- Coordination: Dr. Elke Wienhausen-Knezevic (Research Training Group) & Pia Fuschlberger (C01)
In our Vigilance Blog, researchers from the CRC and guest authors address current issues and ideas arising from public discourse, exploring them through essays and debates drawing on history, ethnology, literary studies and law. The central theme is the shared focus on vigilance.
Working Group Knowledge / Epistemic Constellations
- Knowledge / Epistemic Constellations
Coordination: Prof. Dr. Claudia Olk (C08)
The working group investigates the relationship between knowledge, ignorance and vigilance. Its focus encompasses theoretical texts as well as novels, short stories and plays spanning all historical periods. It examines discourses on knowledge, as well as practices and representations that identify vigilance – for example, in observational contexts – as a constitutive element of epistemic configurations.