(this site is still under construction. pdfs and links are going to be updated on a regular basis)
Here’s the place to read papers and stuff by Yussi. You’ll find Academic Papers, political texts, my spec TV scripts and various other texts. Also there’s the White Paper Series on Political Communications in the Web 2.0.
Academic Papers
Serial Narration in Children’s Literature. Thesis, 2009. (German, pdf)
In this thesis, I create a typology of children’s book series. I analyze series from four different countries: the Italian “Adventures of Pinocchio,” the Austrian “Die Knickerbocker-Bande,” the German “Die Wilden Fußballkerle” and the American “The Spiderwick Chronicles”
Austrokoffer. Authors fight canonizing? Seminar Paper and Presentation for the Seminar “The literature canon”, Fall Term 2008 (German, pdf)
In this paper, I look at the history of the anthology Austrokoffer under the perspective of canonizing.
Emma Adler. The attempt to classify her as a proletarian author. Seminar Paper and Presentation for the Seminar “Children’s Literature” at the University of Vienna, Summer Term 2007. (German, pdf)
In this paper, I analyse the work of Emma Adler, author of childrens books and wife of social democratic leader Victor.
Literature in German as a Foreign Language Cultural Teaching. Seminar Paper and Presentation for the Seminar “Cultural Learning in German as a Foreign Language Classes” at the University of Vienna, Fall Term 2007. (German, pdf)
In this paper, I write about the use of literature in cultural learning.
Politics
Americanizing Austrian Universities? Yes please, but accurately. Presentation and paper at the Conference “Momentum 08” by the Department for Society and Social Policies, University of Linz. Hallstatt, Sept. 25th to 28th 2008. (German, pdf)
In this paper, presented on the Momentum Congress 08, I plead for a rethinking of copying the American University system for Austria. So far, I argue, the wrong things have been copied, while some aspects that would improve Austrian universities were not implemented.
A Campus Left From The Center. Primaries at a College Campus. Article for “Der Standard”, March 4th, 2008. (German)
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European Volunteers in the US Election Campaign. Panel Discussion. Bertelsmann-Foundation, April 15th 2008. (NYT Article, April 17th 2008)
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Die Uni lässt dich nicht gewinnen. Unique, Monthly Newspaper of the Vienna University Students Union, Issue 06/09. (German, pdf)
I was asked to write an article on the basis of my two blogposts on Red Tape at the University of Vienna (Why am I surprised and The empire strikes back). Here’s the result in German.
10 Thesen für eine bessere Uni. Manifesto for a better university. (German, pdf)
In the process of finishing school in Vienna, I reflected on how to make universities in Austria better. The 10 cases for a better university started as a series on this blog and became a paper that was distributed among various university officials, among them University of Vienna’s Vice President Schnabl.
Serveral blog posts at the Sektion 8 blog. (Her mit dem Religionunterricht; Schüler und Lehrer gegen…)
Argentinierstraße 30a
Projektskizzen (German, pdf)
Season 1.01: Pilot (German, pdf)
Karaoke 1.02: Karaoke (German, pdf)
Argentinierstraße 30a is a TV show I wrote on spec. It’s about a group of co-workers/friends at an indy, public radiostation. The first document is an overview over characters, plots, quotes, etc. The second and third are screenplays of the first and second episode.
Other
Being a Fulbright Teaching Assistant, Q&A at the Predeparture Orientation for the TAs 08/09, June 2008.
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Pick sieht fern. Squibs on TV.In: SIGN Magazine for students, politics and culture. (German, selection: pdf)
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Blaha, Barbara, et. al: 60 years Austrian National Students Union, 2008 (pdf)
I was in the reditorial team responsible for concept and photos for this brochure on the 60th aniversary of the Austrian Students Union.
