Janne Günter
Janne Günter (born Marianne Spilker in Blomberg on October 1, 1937 ) is a social scientist, journalist and pioneer in saving workers' settlements in the Ruhr area from demolition.
Career
Janne (Marianne) Günter grew up in Löhne (Westphalia) and Duisburg. She first studied pharmacy in Bonn (1958–1962). In 1963 she married Roland Günter . In addition to her involvement in citizens' initiatives against deforestation in Bonn, Janne Günter completed another degree, this time in social sciences. Since 1972 she has been working alongside Roland Günter in the Ruhr area with the citizens 'initiatives that fought for the preservation of around 1000 workers' settlements. In 1974 the family moved with their two daughters to Oberhausen in the Eisenheim settlement in order to fight for its preservation on site in the oldest workers' settlement in the Ruhr area. In Eisenheim, Janne Günter also took part in the conversion and operation of the previously empty wash houses into people's houses based on the Italian model (casa del popolo). They served as a meeting place and for celebrations (the first guest was Robert Jungk with a future workshop ). In the children's home z. B. Homework help.
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Not only in her practical work, but also in her sociological work, Janne Günter focuses on the question of how the living environment and urban space must be designed in order to offer a high level of quality of life for residents and users. Janne Günter was involved in the development of a method of qualitative social research in which the spatial and temporal use of a manageable area is recorded by means of participant observation. In 1972 a research group to which Janne Günter belonged applied this "spatial activity mapping" for the first time on the island of Burano in the Venetian lagoon. In 1978, together with Roland Günter and Wessel Reinink, an investigation into the use and architectural qualities of the Spanish Steps in Rome followed. In Janne Günter's monograph “Leben in Eisenheim”, she expands on this process and works out the architectural qualities of the small-scale workers' settlements in contrast to the large settlements of complex urban renewal that are widely propagated. With her sociological analysis she underpins the work of the workers' initiatives.
In addition to the spatial research approaches, Janne Günter devotes herself to the living conditions of the residents of the workers 'settlements historically and contemporary as well as the analysis of communication in the workers' settlements. She does not see worker language as reduced, as the theorists of the elaborate code do, but emphasizes its specific qualities in body language and emphasis. While researching the history of the workers' settlements, Janne Günter began to conduct and publish interviews on everyday history . She was one of the first to practice oral history in Germany . She also uses this biographical method in her investigation of East German résumés to show that “no cliché is right”.
Fonts
- with Roland Günter: Cologne. Polyglot travel guide. Cologne 1967.
- with Karin Dellemann and others: Burano . Communication, socio-economy, urban planning. A city observation method for assessing the quality of life. Bonn 1972.
- Worker language as an expression of specific qualities. Oberhausen 1974.
- with Klaus Spitzer and Roland Günter: playground manual. Berlin 1975.
- with Roland Günter: Architectural elements and behavior of the residents. In: Ina Maria Greverus (ed.): Monument spaces - habitats: Hessian sheets for folk and cultural research. NF 2/3, Giessen 1976, pp. 7/56.
- with Roland Günter and Paul Hofmann: The Ruhr area on film. 2 volumes. Oberhausen 1978.
- with Roland Günter and Wessel Reinink: Rome - Spanish Steps . Hamburg 1978.
- Life in Eisenheim. Work, communication and socialization in a workers' settlement. Weinheim / Basel 1980.
- with Roland Günter: Careful, photo! What is behind the pictures. Reinbek 1982.
- Oral historiography. Old people in the Ruhr area tell stories they experienced. Mülheim / Ruhr 1982.
- with Roland Günter: The unknown Oberhausen. Wuppertal 1983.
- with Roland Günter and Gitta Günter: From Rimini to Ravenna. A travel book. Giessen 1988.
- with Roland Günter: “Talking Streets” in Eisenheim. Essen 1999.
- WendeZeit: “No cliché is right” - East German résumés in self-drafts. Essen 2001.
- as editor: Marianne Weber, women on the run. From the estate of Max and Marianne Weber. Bielefeld 2005.
- with Roland Günter and Peter Liedtke: Industrial forest and landscape art in the Ruhr area. Handbook on the relationships between forest, industrial forest and landscape art. Food 2007.
Web links
- Literature by and about Janne Günter in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Günter, Janne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Günter, Marianne (real name); Spilker, Marianne (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German social scientist and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blomberg |