Representations of a Common Culture

Abstract

The following volume is a compilation of student-produced texts written over the course of a semester-long Q-Team research-based learning class at the Humboldt University of Berlin. The aim of this course was to explore the various understandings and definitions of Yugoslav culture through the prism of its representations found primarily in the archives of the German Foreign Service, compelling the students to design and carry out original research projects in line with their personal academic interests. This exercise has resulted in a series of five co-authored papers treating a multitude of topics addressing the concept of culture in the Yugoslav context, as seen through the eyes of diplomatic staff, based in majoritarily on research conducted in the political archives of the German Foreign Service.