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AI InsightThis data enabled us to determine the extent at which recently changed political circumstances (e.g., migration crisis, xenophobia, growing nationalism, presence of Turkish students at Polish universities) affected the students’ willingness to embrace and accept an “ethnic paradigm shift” in the curriculum of German studies.
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Abstract
The culture of the Turkish diaspora is increasingly becoming an object of research in German studies in Germany and abroad. The number of German studies experts in Poland who analyze this topic from the academic and research perspective has been increasing over the last ten years. This article attempts to present possibilities and problems in the implementation of the German–Turkish culture in academic didactic contexts (i.e., studies on German language and literature) in Poland on selected examples. This article summarizes the cultural and historical aspects of Polish–Turkish relations that can facilitate the inclusion of the German–Turkish culture in German studies in Poland. Due to the steady increase in the influence of German artists of Turkish origin over the development of culture in Germany, discussing their reception and presence in Poland is also necessary. In the analytical section of this paper, 24 diploma theses of students of German studies at Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland, were collected and discussed in subject-related fields. To gain insights into the expectations and competencies of the students, they were surveyed for their opinion on the potential inclusion of the German–Turkish culture in German studies. Data collection was conducted in 2007 and 2020. This data enabled us to determine the extent at which recently changed political circumstances (e.g., migration crisis, xenophobia, growing nationalism, presence of Turkish students at Polish universities) affected the students’ willingness to embrace and accept an “ethnic paradigm shift” in the curriculum of German studies.