ASIEN – Nr. 168/169 Juli/Oktober 2023 Transnational Dynamics: The Social Activism of Korean Immigrants and Their Descendants in GermanyIssue Editor Florian Pölking, Dr. Jaok Kwon und and Sang-hui Nam
Editorial Team Carmen Brandt, Anna Julia Fiedler, Wiegand Körber, Julia Christine Marinaccio, Florian Pölking und and Diana Schnelle
Editorial Manager Jeanette Gerhardt
Editorial Assistant Leo Maximilian Koenig und and Timon Kempe

• Nr. 168/169 (2023) Editorial 7–23 {:en}Transnational Dynamics: The Social Activism of Korean Immigrants and Their Descendants in GermanyBasch, Schiller, and Szanton-Blanc coined the term “transnationalism,” defining it as “the process by which immigrants forge and sustain multi-stranded social relations that link together their societies of origin and settlement” (1994, 6). Recent scholarly perspectives view transnational migration as occurring within dynamic social contexts continually reshaped by those who are simultaneously rooted in more … von by Dr. Jaok Kwon und and Sang-hui Nam
• Nr. 168/169 (2023) Artikel Article 24–49 {:de}Arbeitsverhalten und Widerstand in den kollektiven Erzählungen südkoreanischer Bergarbeiter in WestdeutschlandThis article examines the working behavior and resistance of South Korean miners sent to West Germany in the 1960s and 1970s as guest workers. Drawing on Alf Lüdtke’s scholarship (1989, 1993), the concept of „Eigen-Sinn“ is applied to illustrate the nature of these miners’ behavior, examining whether and in what contexts it is linked to … von by Sang-hui Nam
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• Nr. 168/169 (2023) Artikel Article 50–73 {:en}Transnational Aspirations and the May 18 Spirit: The Legacy and Social Remittance of Korean Immigrants in GermanyThis paper examines the transnational impact of the May 18 Democratic Movement on Korean immigrants in Germany, focusing on concepts of “transformation,” “social remittance,” and “aspiration.” Through extensive ethnographic research, including participant observation and in-depth interviews, explored is how the spirit of May 18 has gone beyond its origins in 1980s Gwangju to influence the … von by Jin-Heon Jung
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• Nr. 168/169 (2023) Artikel Article 74–94 {:en}Contested Transnational Memory Space of “Comfort Women”: The Korean Diaspora’s Civic Engagement in GermanyOn December 14, 2011, the first P’yŏnghwaŭi Sonyŏsang, also known as the “Statue of a Girl for Peace,” was built in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. Since then, replicas have been installed in global cities such as Berlin, New York, Shanghai, Sydney, and Toronto. The bronze memorial represents Korean “comfort women” … von by Ah-Hyun Angela Lee
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• Nr. 168/169 (2023) Artikel Article 95–116 {:en}“Who Are Us and Them Today?” Dynamics of Korean Migrant Identity Revealed via an Online Social Movement in GermanyThe nature of Koreans’ migration to Germany has become increasingly diverse over the decades, encompassing varying age groups, purposes, socioeconomic statuses, and durations of stay. This process aligns with the concept of “superdiversity” in the landscape of international migration, eliciting the complex sociocultural transformations that lead to dynamic shifts in group identity. The paper aims … von by Sunyoung Park
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• Nr. 168/169 (2023) Artikel Article 117–47 {:en}How Laos was Represented in the East German Newspaper Neues Deutschland, 1946–1990Even though the East German communist party newspaper Neues Deutschland, or ND, can be called a controversial propaganda instrument, it may still help provide a fuller picture of Second World–Third World relations during the Cold War. In its pursuit of greater international recognition in the Cold War rivalry with West Germany, the East German government … von by Peter Gutter
• Nr. 168/169 (2023) Asien Aktuell 148–72 {:de}Zur Geschichte des Druck- und Verlagswesens in TaiwanDie hier übersetzten Aufsätze stammen aus dem Buch Die verlegte Insel. Eine Geschichte des Verlagswesens in Taiwan (出版島讀。臺灣人文出版的百年江湖), herausgegeben von Chang Li-hsüan (張俐璇), einer jungen Professorin an der Nationalen Universität von Taiwan (國立台灣大學). Der reich illustrierte Band erschien im Januar 2023 beim Kulturverlag der Aktuellen Zeitung (時報文化出版社)… Aus dem taiwanischen Mandarin übersetzt von Thilo Diefenbach. von by Thilo Diefenbach
• Nr. 168/169 (2023) Forschung und Lehre Research and Teaching 173–78 {:en}What Does “Critical” Mean in Critical Area/Development Studies?In 2021, Martina Padmanaban, Samia Dinkelaker, Maraike Hoffmann, Dimas Laksama, Siti Maimunah, Elena Rudakova, Enid Still, and Friederike Trotier published a “minifesto” on Principles of Critical Development Studies in ASIEN 160/161. Unlike a manifesto, which would be based on a grand theory, the minifesto aimed at presenting “a collection of small but significant ideas” (Padmanaban … von by Timo Duile
• Nr. 168/169 (2023) Konferenzen Conferences 179–81 {:en}“Social Worlds Workshop”During the last weekend in January 2023, Björn Alpermann (University of Würzburg) and Elena Meyer-Clement (University of Copenhagen) hosted the annual workshop of their ongoing research project “Social Worlds: China’s Cities as Spaces of Worldmaking” at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften in Bad Homburg. Located at the University of Würzburg, the project is part of “Worldmaking from … von by Ryanne Flock
• Nr. 168/169 (2023) Konferenzen Conferences 182–84 {:en}YSG Workshop 2024 – DGA Young Scholars Group Theory Workshop 2024 “Nation and Religion”The biannual DGA Young Scholars Group (YSG) workshop took place in Freiburg from June 14th to 16th. Young academics with backgrounds in Asian Studies gathered to learn about and discuss the application of theories in their research, as well as the differences between theory-driven anddriven research. The workshop was opened on Friday evening by the … von by Anastasia Kostromina
• Nr. 168/169 (2023) Rezensionen 185–89 {:de}Kritik und Reflexion verflochtener Geschichten: Neuere Beiträge zu China und dem Westen in transnationaler PerspektiveJoanne Miyang Cho und David M. Crowe (Hgg.): Germany and China. Transnational Encounters since the Eighteenth Century. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. 304 S., US$ 90,00 Janick Marina Schaufelbuehl und Marco Wyss und Valeria Zanier (Hgg.): Europe and China in the Cold War. Exchanges Beyond the Bloc Logic and the Sino-Soviet Split. Leiden/ Boston: Brill, … von by Stefan Messingschlager
• Nr. 168/169 (2023) Rezensionen 190–93 {:de}Wang, Dong (Hg.): Tse Tsan Tai (1872-1938): An Australian-Cantonese Opinion Maker in British Hong Kong.Heuchelheim: Longtai Verlag, 2024. 390 S. Mit Wang Chonghuis bleibendes Erbe legt Thomas Weyrauch eine gleichermaßen instruktive wie akribisch recherchierte Studie vor, die eine der einflussreichsten Per- sönlichkeiten der chinesischen Moderne in den Mittelpunkt stellt. Wang Chonghui (1881–1958), Jurist, Diplomat und politischer Visionär, stand im Zentrum zahlrei- cher Wendepunkte der chinesischen Geschichte – von den … von by Thomas Weyrauch
• Nr. 168/169 (2023) Rezensionen 196–98 {:en}You, Ziying: Folk Literati, Contested Tradition, and Heritage in Contemporary China. Incense is Kept Burning.Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2020. 276 pp., ISBN 978-0-253-04636-9 (paperback). You Ziying’s monograph investigates how various actors and institutions engage with efforts to preserve and continue cultural traditions on the ground in northern rural China. Particularly, You focuses on the important role of folk literati, “a group of people who are skilled in classical Chinese, … von by Bai Yusheng
• Nr. 168/169 (2023) Neuere Literatur 199–218 {:de}Neuere Literatur über AsienDie Mitglieder der DGA sind herzlich aufgefordert, ihre neuesten Veröffentlichungen der Redaktion zu melden. von by Uwe Kotzel

Anlässlich des 140. Jahrestages der Aufnahme diplomatischer Beziehungen zwischen Deutschland und Korea fanden zahlreiche kulturelle Veranstaltungen und akademische Diskurse statt. Seit 1883 haben sich die bilateralen Beziehungen über die wirtschaftliche Ebene hinaus zu einem umfassenden politischen, kulturellen und gesellschaftlichen Austausch entwickelt. Vor diesem Hintergrund rücken in diesem Sonderheft Jaok Kwon und Sang-Hui Nam die bislang in der deutsch-koreanischen Einwanderungsgeschichte wenig beleuchtete Rolle der koreanischen Migrantenbewegung in Deutschland in den Fokus. Dabei wird die Transnationalität des sozialen Aktivismus koreanischer Immigranten aus soziologischer Perspektive analysiert. Sowohl die historische Bedeutung der Akteure als auch die Wechselwirkungen sozialer Bewegungen werden im Hinblick auf den Transnationalismus untersucht.

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