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This article explores how the most recent works of the German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein express a Vergangenheitsbewältigung that is not limited to the history of the Nazi regime and divided Germany, but includes a much broader time and geographical frame that extends to Germany's present and future. In particular, the article argues that Rammstein's members confront their own Heimatsehnsucht, push for a new conceptualization of Germany, and forge an individual Germanness, rooted in their personal and political histories and expressed through their works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study tests how the parser adapts to input by considering how multiple redundant cues are integrated in predictive processing. We employ the visual world paradigm to investigate whether German native speakers use case and prosody together to anticipate post-verbal arguments. In Experiment 1, participants heard subject-first and object-first sentences containing either case and prosodic cues or only case cues in a single mixed block. In Experiments 2 and 3, sentences were presented in separate blocks, such that participants heard sentences with prosodic cues in either Block 1 (Experiment 3) or Block 2 (Experiment 2). The results show that participants used prosodic and case-marking cues additively to anticipate post-verbal arguments. Additive effects varied according to the distribution of the cues and their order of presentation. We conclude that the presence of multiple redundant cues facilitates sentence processing and that the parser adapts to the utility of cues based on their availability. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article examines the vulnerability of New Zealand's agriculture and economy to climate disruptions. The issue of climate change and its potential to alter traditional weather patterns is forcing farmers to grapple with the risks and, in some cases, opportunities. As a significant part of New Zealand's gross domestic product, the continued viability of agriculture is of national concern. The author hopes to pinpoint the environmental and economic vulnerabilities of New Zealand farmers, as well as their potential for adaptation.

Barnes has argued that (new) economic geography has moved in to a phase of theory development that he describes as 'hermeneutic' theorising. This epistemological position is characterised by an interpretive, reflexive and open-ended mode of inquiry that recognises the diversity of sources available for theorising and the subsequent conversations that will ensue from such diversity. In a recent deconstruction of the clusters concept in economic geography, and especially that version (or brand) expounded by Michael Porter, Martin and Sunley ask the question as to what added value is delivered by the concept's gatecrashing of academic and policy debates. This paper argues that clusters should not be overendowed as a singular 'brand', but recognised as an emergent set of multiple perspectives in dialogue. From a position of hermeneutic theorising, 'clusters' have the potential to add value by allowing theoretical debate across a wide range of (overlapping and competing) perspectives whose partiality and situatedness are made explicit. The possibilities for theoretical, empirical and policy cross-fertilisation from the difficult act of holding together these threads is one potential drawn from the conversations engendered through hermeneutic theorising in economic geography. Nevertheless, this 'work in progress' must be deepened and extended if the potential of clusters is to be realised. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PINCH S. and HENRY N. (1999) Paul Krugman's geographical economics, industrial clustering and the British motor sport industry, Reg. Studies 33, 815-827. Paul Krugman is one of a growing band of economists who have discovered the importance of the region in stimulating national economic competitiveness. Whilst the early reactions to his ideas by geographers tended to be hostile, there have recently been calls by geographers for a more considered view of his concepts. This paper examines the utility of Krugman's ideas for explaining the geographical cluster of small firms constituted by the British motor sport industry. It is argued that Krugman's emphasis upon accidents of history and external economies of scale provides only partial insights into the reasons for the evolution and maintenance of this industrial agglomeration. Greater insights are provided by an approach which focuses upon the dissemination of knowledge through the concept of untraded interdependencies. PINCH S. et HENRY N. (1999) L'économie géographique d'après Paul Krugman, l'agglomération industrielle et l'industrie du sport automobile en Grande-Bretagne, Reg. Studies 33, 815-827. Paul Krugman fait partie d'un groupe d'économistes de plus en plus nombreux qui ont découvert l'importance de la région en tant que catalyseur quant à la compétitivité économique nationale. Tandis que les premières réactions des géographes à ses idées avaient tendance à être hostiles, plus récemment un avis plus réfléchi de ses idées a été réclamé. Cet article cherchè a examiner l'utilité des idées de Krugman pour expliquer l'agglomération géographique des petites entreprises qui constituent l'industrie du sport automobile en Grande-Bretagne. On affirme que l'accent que met Krugman sur les effets ponctuels et les économies d'échelle externes ne donne que des aperçus partiels sur l'évolution et le maintien de cette agglomération industrielle. Une façon qui porte sur la diffusion des connaissances par l'idée des interdépendances non-commerciales donne des aperçus plus clairs. PINCH S. und HENRY N. (1999) Paul Krugmans geographische Wirtschaftswissenschaft, industrielle Ballung und die britische Autorennsportindustrie, Reg. Studies 33, 815-827. Paul Krugman gehört zu der immer zahlreicher werdenden Schar der Wirtschaftswissenschaftler, welche die Bedeutung der Region bei der Belebung der wirtschaftlichen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit eines Landes entdeckt haben. Obschon anfänglich die Reaktion der Geographen auf seine Ideen meist feindlicher Natur waren, gab es in jüngster Zeit unter ihnen Aufrufe zu abwägenderer Betrachtung seiner Vorstellungen. Dieser Aufsatz untersucht die Nützlichkeit der krugmanschen Ideen zur Erklärung der geographischen Ballung kleiner Firmen, welche die britische Autorennsportindustrie bilden. Es wird die Ansicht vertreten, daß Krugmans Betonung historischer Zufälle und äußerlichen Einsparungen durch gesteigerte Produktivität nur teilweise Einsichten in Gründe für Entwicklung und Fortbestand dieser industriellen Ballung liefert. Vertiefte Einsichten werden durch ein Angehen vermittelt, das sich auf die Vebreitung von Kenntnissen durch das Konzept einer vom Handel nicht berücksichtigten-wechselseitigen Abhängigkeit konzentriert. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]