The project builds on established hermeneutic research traditions on the subject of trauma transmission and Holocaust research, combining these in an innovative way with quantitative methods of text and video analysis. This is the first time that this clinically and socially significant topic has been explored using a mixed-methods approach. The working group led by Dr. Grünberg and Dr. Markert at the Sigmund Freud Institute in Frankfurt am Main is examining eyewitness and second-generation interviews from a hermeneutic perspective. In this dissertation project at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, they are independently supplemented by a quantitative analysis of the videotaped interview material at the transcript and videography level using lexical analyses based on the TCM model (Erhard Mergenthaler, Ulm) and motion analysis MEA (Fabian Ramseyer, Bern).
These largely interpretation-free approaches serve to identify discursive turning points and describe significant interactions that can be regarded as correlates of “scenic memory.” After completion of the analyses, they will be combined with the hermeneutic findings. The work allows for the identification and expert-supported interpretation of “moments of meeting” in contemporary witness interviews as a significant result. It represents an important contribution to conversation research as well as to dream transmission research.
Original language: German