„Des Deutschen Vaterland“. Heimatkunde in Children’s Rooms and School Lessons. A German-German comparison (C02)

• Subject Area: Modern and Contemporary History
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 517096657

The subproject investigates constructions and models of home and how they are conveyed to and appropriated by children of primary and elementary school age. It focusses regionally on the two Germanys from the occupation until the early 1960s. By analyzing texts and objects as well as normative and autobiographical sources historically it is shown, how political and social conditions influenced the modeling of homes and their appropriation in the school, club and children’s rooms.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1671: Home(s): Phenomena, Practices, Representations
• Applicant Institution: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Katja Patzel-Mattern