Publisher's Synopsis
Text in German. Diaries have been scientifically evaluated since 1800. This can be observed repeatedly in the initial phases of new subjects. The intentions of the researchers were different in each case: research on young children in the 19th century and youth psychology from 1920 onwards based authoritative theses on the 'normal course' of human development on personal testimonies. Everyday, social and women's history looked for traces of individual life stories in it from the 1980s onwards. Since then, extensive collections have been created, which today enable differentiated auto / biography research. As actors in this multifaceted history, Li Gerhalter focuses not only on scientists and collectors but also on those people who have made diaries available. With this book on multifaceted diary research, she gives insights into time-bound research practices.
