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The Europeans was devised
by the Europeans. But who devised the Europeans? Since when does the Homo
Europaeus – as an ideal type, as an average person, as a general
representative – populate the minds of those who consider
themselves to be the inhabitants of a constructed Europe? Which
cultural techniques are employed to ascribe a physical and psychological
essence to the European, to his/her appearance and his/her character?
The project “Imagined Europeans: The scientific construction
of the Homo Europaeus” aspires to identify the conceptions
of the European that are commonly held in everyday life, in industrial
research and in governmental policy-making. We focus specifically
on those concepts that are formulated and employed by scientific
research communities. In our understanding, generally held concepts
not only influence scientific research but are re-formulated in
the process of knowledge production. Subsequently, these re-formulated concepts are applied
as proven facts in further areas of research, in engineering, in
matters of education and public health.
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