Being popular means getting noticed by many. Since the early modern period, the scope and reach of the popular have grown – slowly at first, then rapidly and explosively in the 20th century.
How does this trans­form the social stand­ing of the pop­ular? And conver­sely, how does the pop­ular reshape society itself?
The Colla­bora­tive Research Centre 1472 “Transformations of the Popular” addresses these ques­tions through three research areas encom­passing 20 sub­projects, along­side inter­disci­plinary work­ing groups and research work­shops.