Translation, transmission, transformation: a century of continuity and change in the Chinese-German university 'collaboration chronotope'
by Ewan G. Dow
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (IJESB), Vol. 33, No. 1, 2018

Abstract: Germany's current PRC university collaborations cannot be seen apart from colonial-era German-Chinese cooperation: from the foundations of Tsingtao and Tongji universities on the Chinese mainland, through to contemporary understandings of the 'Hochschulkolleg' (Foundation College). Translation - of both 'knowledge' and 'practice' - is at the heart of this enterprise, from Sinologist pioneer Richard Wilhelm, to modern DAAD counterparts. 'What are the influences (history, ideology, globalisation, language, InterCulture) on the current wave (2000 to 2010) of Sino-German HEI collaborations?' Combining archival/desktop research, ethnographic observation and discourse analysis of interviews from four case study universities, the author uses a cross-cultural translational approach. Parallels are drawn between first and second waves. Germans are seen as latecomers, both in colonisation and university internationalisation: overcautious, pushed into action by an Anglophone globe, quietly doing things differently in a cultural, rather than a commercial way.

Online publication date: Thu, 14-Dec-2017

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