Cultural encounters are often being stylized not only as experiences of uncontrollability and unpredictability par excellence, but also as challenges to planning and predicting. The history, the different forms and the consequences of this phenomenon are the main issues discussed in this volume. The contributions show that chaos and control are not mutually exclusive in the "contact zone" (Mary Louise Pratt); on the contrary, they stand in relation to each other – be it as a competence or as an interpretive scheme.

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The Emergence and Domestication of Chaos in the Contact Zone. “The Rusty Giant from Rostock” or the “Koloss von Züros”
The “Jewish Indian Theory”. The Problem of the Origin of the American Populations
On the Cultural Coding of Skin Colour in Early Modern Contact Zones
Islands in the Maelstrom. East German Families’ Coping with Chaos in the Unification Contact Zone
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood. Stories of Misunderstandings, Concepts of Culture and the Process of European Expansion
Walking Backwards to the Future, Facing the Past. The Conception of Time in Andean Philosophy
Many Worlds, Many Stories. Towards a Multiplication of Perspectives on Early Modern Cultural Encounters
The Contingency of Cultural Negotiations in Cross-Border Networks. The BRICS Case
Unexpected Outcomes of the Portuguese Encounter in Sri Lanka. Innovation and Hybridity
Enriching Repertoires. Code-Blending and Linguistic Transfer in the Contact Zone
From Early Country Blues to Rap
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