Popu­lisms

Populisms, in our understanding, are conflict discourses in the medium of the popular. Populisms arise when institutions demonstrate resilience or resistance to unwanted but demonstrably popular criticism, or become accommodative.

Subprojects

Fabri­ca­ting “the people” – Nego­tia­ting Claims of Repre­sen­ta­tion in Social Media in Post-Gezi Turkey

C01

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Digi­tal Body Know­ledge. Fault Lines of Proble­ma­tic Popu­la­rity in Health Care

C02

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The ‘Popu­lar of the Others'. The Vulgar Between Norma­ti­vity and Attri­bu­tion

C03

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“One of us” – Discur­sive Construc­ti­ons, Media of Parti­ci­pa­tion and Lingu­i­stic Prac­ti­ces of Mayoral Commu­ni­ca­tion in the Crisis of Poli­ti­cal Repre­sen­ta­tion

C04

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Afri­can Musics and Poli­tics: Nego­tia­ting Violence in South Afri­can Popu­lar Music

C05

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‘Self-made reli­gi­on’? Trans­for­ma­ti­ons of Popu­lar Theo­lo­gi­cal Discour­ses in the Mirror of the Recep­tion of Publi­ca­ti­ons by Johann Hein­rich Jung-Stil­ling

C06

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Zwischen Volk und Forsa – Situa­tive Popu­la­ri­tät und ihre Folgen für die reprä­sen­ta­tive Demo­kra­tie

C07 (seit 2025)

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Prekäre Popu­la­ri­tät: Poli­ti­scher Popu­lis­mus als Dele­gi­ti­mie­rung admi­nis­tra­ti­ver Verfah­ren

C08 (seit 2025)

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Titelbild C08. Foto: Funke Medien Thüringen / Alexander Volkmann