POINTS Potsdam Inernational Network for TransArea Studies
Mission Statement
Beyond Area Studies,
TransArea Studies point out mobile conceptions of spaces and places.
Beyond spatial history,
TransArea Studies emphasize vectorial dynamisms and processes.
Beyond traditional comparative studies,
TransArea Studies focus on border-crossing, on entanglements and multiple logics.
Beyond interdisciplinary studies,
TransArea Studies intensify transdisciplinary approaches and perspectives.
Beyond international relationships,
TransArea Studies analyze translocal, transregional, transnational and transcontinental phenomena.
Beyond international relationships,
TransArea Studies analyze translocal, transregional, transnational and transcontinental phenomena.
Beyond continuous territorial conceptions,
TransArea Studies design innovative discontinuous and fractal forms of understanding: internal and external relations of archipelagic and transarchipelagic patterns.
For TransArea Studies, spaces and territories are made out of movements and vectorizations: frontiers are understood by their criss-crossings at a global scale: circulations of knowledge in specific historical periods of accelerated globalization: transcultural landscapes translated into new prospective horizons.
Researchers International Cooperations








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Publications Editions & Monographs

TransArea. Eine literarische Globalisierungsgeschichte
Monographie (Deutsch)

TransArea. A Literary History of Globalization
Monographie (English)

TransArea. Une histoire littéraire de la mondialisation
Monographie (en Français)

El Caribe como paradigma
Sammelband

Paisajes sumergidos, Paisajes invisibles
Sammelband

Paisaje Vitales
Sammelband

Trans(it)Areas
Sammelband

Nach der Hybridität
Sammelband

TransPacífico
Sammelband

New Orleans and the Global South
Sammelband

Visualisierung, Visibilisierung und Verschriftlichung
Sammelband

Horizonte der Humboldt-Forschung
Sammelband

Landschaften und Kartographie
Sammelband

Lebenslang Lebenslust
Sammelband

Alexander von Humboldt and the Americas
Sammelband

Imaginarios del miedo
Sammelband

Viellogische Philologie
Monographie