„Geo“ erlebbar machen

Zusammenfassung  Geoparks sind ausgewiesene R?ume, in denen die Bedeutung geologischer und geomorphologischer Prozesse für die Gestalt der Erdoberfl?che, für die Verteilung natürlicher Ressourcen, aber auch für die Landnutzung sowie die Wirtschafts- und Kulturgeschichte bewusst und erlebbar gemacht wird. Für Deutschland hat es die GeoUnion übernommen, sogenannte Nationale GeoParks zu begutachten und zu zertifizieren. Mit der Geologin Dr. Ulrike Mattig, Vorsitzende der Expertengruppe für Nationale GeoParks Deutschland, sprach Dipl.-Geogr. Ute Christina Bauer über das Geopark-Konzept und seine Umsetzung.     

In the Canine Archives of Sex: Radclyffe Hall,Una Troubridge and their Dogs

How does attention to dogs open up understanding of the queer, and more specifically, the Sapphic, past? This article examines the forgotten enmeshments of lesbian and pedigree dog subcultures in 1920s England. It takes as its case study one of the best-known couples of Sapphic modernity, Radclyffe Hall and Una Troubridge, and their dachshunds, Wotan and Thorgils. Bringing into dialogue scholarship on queer, trans and animal history, it traces the historical footprint of the dogs and considers how what this article calls the ‘canine archive of sex’ – a wide range of documents including show catalogues, newspaper reports, fiction and scientific writing – adds to understanding of the complexities of modern Sapphic history. Sapphic here is used to denote relationships between people assigned female at birth, some of whom may have transed gender norms and expectations. The article argues that the records of Hall's and Troubridge's involvement in the world of dog breeding expand understanding both of Sapphic modernity specifically and the intersections between histories of sexuality and gender and animal history more broadly. They reveal how gender norms, class privilege and racialised practices converged in modern pedigree culture, shaping canine–human relationships as well as the queer subcultures that formed around them.     

REVIEW

The Self-Made Anthropologist. By Tigger Wise. Sydney: George Allen and Unwin, 1985. Pp. vii + 286. Price $14.95.     

How much heterogeneity can the welfare state endure? The influence of heterogeneity on attitudes to the welfare state

Cultural and economic heterogeneity is often seen as a major threat to modern welfare states. This article contributes to the discussion of how much heterogeneity the welfare state can endure by theoretically and empirically focusing on the relationship between different levels of national identity and the support for welfare state policies. We analyse the effect of different types of national identity on attitudes towards taxation and redistribution. We show that it is the subjective aspect of national identity, or social cohesion, that in fact matters for predicting attitudes to the welfare state. In comparison, more objective measures of heterogeneity like the inequality of income distribution, language fractionalisation or the percentage of foreign‐born individuals do not have any effect on attitudes to the welfare state.