WG Appeals
- Appeals
Coordination: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Vogt (B08)
Next meeting: t.b.a.
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?
- Atlas
Coordination: Dr. Alexander Zons (Z)
The Atlas of the Cultures of Vigilance is the second long-term synthesis project of the SFB. The plan is to create an interactive online platform that presents various questions and phenomena relating to vigilance. It is modelled on the Feral Atlas of the Anthropocene and, like that project, will be accessible via an interface featuring artistic design and partial animation. It will provide links to a range of interviews, podcasts, images and film clips, as well as to the results of scientific research, presented in a concise manner and, in some cases, illustrated with animations. The working group will focus on the conceptual design of the Atlas and, with the support of experts, will develop the technical framework to implement this innovative science communication project.
WG Manual
- Manual
Coordination: Prof. Dr. Florian Mehltretter (C03)
Next meeting: t.b.a.
The Handbook Working Group is setting out key directions for the third funding application phase, in particular for one of the Research Training Group’s two core outputs: the handbook ‘Vigilance Cultures’. In Phase 2, the concept for this handbook 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); the first articles should already be written and edited.
WG Latency
- Latency
Coordination: Prof. Dr. Michael Waltenberger (A02)
Next date: t.b.a.
Next meeting: t.b.a.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.
WG Organization
- Vigilance in Organisations
Coordination: PD Dr. Iryna Klymenko (A07); Prof. Dr. Ralf Kölbel (A06)
Next Meeting: t.b.a.
The working group 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.
WG Setting
- Setting
Coordination: Dr. Magdalena Butz (C01)
Next Meeting: t.b.a.
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.
WG Blog
- Vigilance Blog
Coordination: Dr. Elke Wienhausen-Knezevic (Research Training Group) & Pia Fuschlberger (C01)
In our blog, researchers from the CRC and guest authors draw on current topics from public discourse to inform their essays and debates in the fields of history, ethnology, literature, and law, all with a shared focus on vigilance.
Next meeting: t.b.a.
WG 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.