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Refugee reception in Germany is a primarily municipal task that relies heavily on neighborhood-based volunteering. This paper asserts that there are fundamental spatial mismatches between municipal policies and neighborhood-based approaches that place additional burden on all of the stakeholders involved. Drawing from the case of Frankfurt-Rödelheim, which is a socially and ethnically mixed neighborhood in Frankfurt am Main, I show how the way the municipality accommodates refugees disregards the politically embraced work of neighborhood-based volunteers and how the ideal of neighborhood-based inclusion creates a spatial fetish that fails the living reality of the refugees. The findings are based on my ethnographic fieldwork as volunteer in a neighborhood-based welcome initiative.
The bluebottle blow fly Calliphora vicina is a common species distributed throughout Europe that can play an important role as forensic evidence in crime investigations. Developmental rates of C. vicina from distinct populations from Germany and England were compared under different temperature regimes to explore the use of growth data from different geographical regions for local case work. Wing morphometrics and molecular analysis between these populations were also studied as indicators for biological differences. One colony each of German and English C. vicina were cultured at the Institute of Legal Medicine in Frankfurt, Germany. Three different temperature regimes were applied, two constant (16°C & 25°C) and one variable (17–26°C, room temperature = RT). At seven time points (600, 850, 1200, 1450, 1800, 2050, and 2400 accumulated degree hours), larval lengths were measured; additionally, the durations of the post feeding stage and intrapuparial metamorphosis were recorded. For the morphometric and molecular study, 184 females and 133 males from each C. vicina population (Germany n = 3, England n = 4) were sampled. Right wings were measured based on 19 landmarks and analyzed using canonical variates analysis and discriminant function analysis. DNA was isolated from three legs per specimen (n = 61) using 5% chelex. A 784 bp long fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene was sequenced; sequences were aligned and phylogenetically analyzed. Similar larval growth rates of C. vicina were found from different geographic populations at different temperatures during the major part of development. Nevertheless, because minor differences were found a wider range of temperatures and sampling more time points should be analyzed to obtain more information relevant for forensic case work. Wing shape variation showed a difference between the German and English populations (P<0.0001). However, separation between the seven German and English populations at the smaller geographic scale remained ambiguous. Molecular phylogenetic analysis by maximum likelihood method could not unambiguously separate the different geographic populations at a national (Germany vs England) or local level.
The spider fauna active on the bark of trees in forests on eight sites in different regions in Germany was investigated. Trunk eclectors at about 2-4 meters height on living trees were used in different regions of Germany (SW Bavaria, Hesse, Brandenburg) between 1990 and 2003. In Hesse eclectors were also used on dead beech trees (standing and lying). In this study data, mainly from beech (Fagus sylvatica) and spruce (Picea abies), from May to October are compared – whole year samples (including winter) are only available from Hesse. A total of 334 spider species were recorded with these bark traps, i.e. about one third of the spider species known from Germany. On average, each of the eight regions yielded 140.5 (± 26.2) species, each single tree 40.5 (± 12.2) species and 502 (±452) adult spiders per season (i.e. May to Oct.). The 20 most abundant species are listed and characterised in detail. Six of the 20 species were not known to be abundant on bark, three prefer conifers and three beech/broadleaf. Even in winter (December-March) there was a remarkably high activity on the trunks. However, only a few species occur exclusively or mainly in winter. Finally, the rarity of some bark spider species is discussed and details (all known records in Germany, phenology) of four of them are presented (Clubiona leucaspis, Gongylidiellum edentatum, Kratochviliella bicapitata, Oreonetides quadridentatus). The diversity and importance of the spider fauna on bark in Central Europe is still underestimated.
New projects, services and collaborations have recently brought the infrastructural services for African Studies a big step forward. This report gives an account of new subject gateways and digitisation projects. It discusses recent European cooperation ventures in the field of librarianship. Additionally, new developments and services of the Africa Collection at Frankfurt University Library are presented, which help to address the changing needs of researchers and to handle information overload, while keeping up with the latest developments. Nevertheless, the fragmentation and compartmentalisation of the different services still hinder more integrated information services.
In Ergänzung zu früheren Veröffentlichungen (z. B. Pedersen & Weber 1993) wird eine aktualisierte Übersicht über die Brombeerflora (Rubus L. subgen. Rubus) von Niedersachsen und Bremen gegeben. Bis jetzt sind 169 Arten der Sektionen Rubus und Corylifolii in diesem Gebiet nachgewiesen. Davon gehören 117 zur Sektion Rubus und 52 zur Sektion Corylifolii. Fünf Arten der Sektion Rubus sind Gartenflüchtlinge und inzwischen völlig eingebürgert: Rubus allegheniensis, R. armeniacus, R. canadensis und R. laciniatus. Selten und zufällig eingeschleppt wurden Rubus bifrons und R. ulmifolius. Somit besteht die Brombeerflora in Niedersachsen und Bremen aus 162 einheimischen Arten, von denen 52 (= 32%) zur Sektion Corylifolii gehören.
Bu çalışmanın amacı Almanya'da yaşayan Türk çocuklarının Türkçe yazma becerilerini incelemek ve yaptıkları yazım hatalarını belirlemektir. Çalışmada nitel yöntem tercih edilmiştir. Çalışmada yer alan veriler durum çalışması ile elde edilmiştir. Verilerin analizinde ise betimsel içerik analizi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın evrenini Almanya’da yaşayan Türk çocukları, örneklemini ise Almanya'nın Hessen Eyaletinde Türkçe dersi alan 11-15 yaş arası rastgele seçilen 20 Türk öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmaya katılan öğrencilerin yazılı anlatım beceri düzeylerini belirlemek için uzman görüşleri de alındıktan sonra iki ayrı konudan tercih ettikleri biri hakkında kompozisyon metinleri yazdırılmıştır. Sonuç olarak Almanya'da yaşayan Türk çocuklarının yazdıkları metinlerde ağırlıklı olarak alfabe farklılığından kaynaklanan yanlışlar, büyük-küçük yazımından kaynaklanan yanlışlar, bitişik-ayrı yazımından kaynaklanan yanlışlar ile konuşulan dilin yazı diline aktarımından kaynaklanan yanlışlar belirlenmiştir. Çalışmanın sonunda elde edilen bulgulara yönelik öneriler sunulmuştur.
An unexpected new subgenus and species of Campodeidae (Diplura), Plusiocampa (Pentachaetocampa) inopinata subgen. et sp. nov., a troglobitic species found in Schallsinger Höhle in an isolated karstic region in southwestern Germany is described. The new taxon shows two unique characters for the genus Plusiocampa: five dorsal femoral macrosetae and the presence of g1-glandular setae in females. Two other Plusiocampa species have been studied and taxonomic remarks made for them; both are also cave dwelling species from Germany: Plusiocampa dobati Condé in Dobat, 1975 studied from eight caves in the Swabian Alb, and one unnamed species of Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) from four caves in the Franconian Alb. The biogeographical and taxonomic affinities among Plusiocampa species of Central Europe are discussed. The distribution of Plusiocampa species in Central Europe runs alongside the frontier of the Pleistocene glaciations, with non-troglomorphic Plusiocampa species adjacent to the glacial limits and troglomorphic Plusiocampa species below. Worthy of note is the presence only in the northeast of the Central Alps of two relict Plusiocampinae species, the already known Hystrichocampa pelletieri Condé, 1948 and the new species P. (P.) inopinata subgen. et sp. nov.
In Germany, a grave labor shortage in the nursing and elderly care sectors has prompted the response of recruiting skilled nursing staff from abroad in recent years. This article analyzes these recruitment practices as forms of “migration management”: German migration policy has changed according to this paradigm to attempt utilitarian control over migration processes and mediate between labor market concerns on the one hand and isolationist, politico-cultural seclusion on the other. Based on original research through interviews and document analysis, we identify four relevant levels of analysis in researching migration management in the context of the recruitment of skilled nurses: (1) Definition of problem areas: How is migration programmatically legitimized as a solution to social problems? (2) Categorization of migration: How are migration processes classified? (3) Change in statehood: How are sites and actors of migration control being privatized and diversified? (4) Technologies: By means of which procedures, legal foundations and political instruments does migration management take place in the everyday? We believe that taking these four foci as points of departure would be beneficial for further inquiries in critical migration research.
A female specimen of the cribellate spider species Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867) was found in a 'do-it-yourself-store' in Berlin. The species is of Australian origin and has been introduced into New Zealand, Japan, Uruguay and California. This is the first record of a representative of the family Desidae from Europe. B. longinqua lives in and around houses and is apparently capable of establishing itself in Europe.
Bestätigung von Homalenotus quadridentatus (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae) für die Fauna Deutschlands
(2013)
Homalenotus quadridentatus (Cuvier, 1795), seit langem bekannt in der Nähe der Grenze zu Deutschland, wird für das Land bestätigt. Mehrere Exemplare wurden in einem kleinen städtischen Garten in der Stadt Aachen beobachtet und gesammelt, was auf eine erhebliche Bevölkerung schließen lässt. Die Erkenntnisse werden kurz diskutiert, und allgemeine Bemerkungen über die Verteilung, Ökologie und Erhaltung der Art zur Verfügung gestellt.