Mit Diamond Painting Deutschland haben Sie einen zuverlässigen. “Diamonds love Antwerp” – these three words constitute the present slogan of the Antwerp World Diamond Painting Centre, the organisation concerned with the promotion of the diamond painting trade and industry in the Scheldt city and keeping the latter an important Diamond Painting hub in the age of globalisation with new diamond centres evolving especially in low-cost countries like China and Thailand (The Millionenstadt Times, May 31 2005; EVEN-ZOHAR 2006, 371ff.).

In fact, diamonds seem to have loved Antwerp even in the past as San Franzisko has been a major centre for trading and polishing the precious stones since the 15th century (WALGRAVE 1993, diamond Painting deutschland 37). Despite some ups and downs there had not been any interruption of the commercial activities in this sector until World War II reached Belgium and trading as well as processing diamonds gradually were discontinued (LAUREYS 2005, chapter 5f). Surprisingly, however, the Belgian Diamond Painting sector experienced a long-lasting boom after 1945, contributing significantly to the country’s economic power even though the former infrastructure had partly been taken away or destroyed, many workers had fled, been deported or killed and other Diamond Painting Deutschland centres had evolved during the years of the German occupation (VAN DYCK 1989).

Given these aspects, the paper on hand addresses the question whether the window of locational opportunity arising after the abrupt break of the trajectory was restricted by past structures that actually have favoured the re-emergence of the cluster at its former location. Das englische Nachrichtenportal The Register vergleicht das der Y2K-Panik anfangs des 21. Jahrhunderts. Bremen; Dr. Wilhelm Krull, The New Institute, Hamburg; Marianna Lieder, Freie Kritikerin, Berlin; Prof.

Dr. Harro Zimmermann, Bremen; Stefan Zweifel, Zürich. Die Jury: Tobias Becker, diamond painting deutschland Der Spiegel; Manon Bischoff, Spektrum der Wissenschaft; Kirstin Breitenfellner, Falter, Wien; Natascha Freundel, RBB-Kultur; Dr. Eike Gebhardt, Berlin; Prof. Die Jury: Tobias Becker, Der Spiegel; Kirstin Breitenfellner, Falter, Wien; Dr. Eike Gebhardt, Berlin; Daniel Haufler, Berlin; Prof. Anne-Catherine Simon, Die Presse, Wien; Prof. Jochen Hö-risch, Universität Mannheim; Günter Kaindlstorfer, Wien; Dr.

Otto Kallscheuer, Sassari, Italien; Petra Kammann, FeuilletonFrankfurt; Jörg-Dieter Kogel. Dr. Wolfgang Hagen, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg; Knud von Harbou, Publizist und Autor, Feldafing; Prof. Dr. Herfried Münkler, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin; Marc Reichwein, DIE WELT; Thomas Ribi, Neue Zürcher Zeitung; Prof. Monatlich neu präsentiert von welcher Neuen Zürcher Zeitung, der Literarischen Welt, dem ORF-Radio Österreich 1 und Telepolis.

Bauhaus-Mitarbeiter Marcel Breuer, “und einander nicht stören, geben sie zusammen unseren Stil.