{"id":1588,"date":"2026-02-02T12:43:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/?page_id=1588"},"modified":"2026-04-15T08:18:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:18:30","slug":"previous-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/de\/previous-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro\u00adjects"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1588\" class=\"elementor elementor-1588\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3088a0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d3088a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1733bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1733bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Projects; Policy and Program Work<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-857f454 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"857f454\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93463bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"93463bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Work<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2408e82 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2408e82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#ppwork\">Go to Policy and Programm Work \u2193<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52e049f elementor-grid-1 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-loop-grid\" data-id=\"52e049f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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elementor-element-26b5e69 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26b5e69\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8136602 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8136602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ce48bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ce48bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Indonesian \"Singers of Tales\" - the 1988 recordings<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fd4f59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9fd4f59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2026-2027<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcdf940 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bcdf940\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSCF6523-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2224\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSCF6523-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSCF6523-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSCF6523-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSCF6523-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSCF6523-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a679bb6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a679bb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5455c88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5455c88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This small project aims at making a &#8220;Guritan&#8221; story from the highlands of Sumatra recorded in 1988 accessible to those interested in oral traditions of Indonesia and the world. &#8220;Guritan&#8221; is an oral epic, often a heroic tale that is sung during an evening or late night gathering. Until the late 20th century, it was still practiced as performative art form, though the singers, or bards, were mostly elderly men with no apprentices.<\/p>\n<p>During the research project on &#8220;Bengkulu markets&#8221;, my fellow researcher Michele Galizia arranged for these recordings to be made. The project will (i) digitalize the content of these recordings (made on then customary MC-tapes), (ii) produce transcriptions and (iii) propose some possible lines of research.<\/p>\n<p>To my knowledge, no prior research exists on &#8220;Singers of Tales&#8221; in the traditionally Rejang-speaking area of Curup, a medium-sized town in the highlands of Bengkulu province. However, for the Pasemah-speaking area south of Curup, there is the work of William Collins (1998), &#8220;The Guritan of Radin Suane: A study of the Besemeh oral epic from South Sumatra&#8221;, which will be an important reference.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"1728\" class=\"elementor elementor-1728 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1754 post-1754 projects type-projects status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d3dda2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0d3dda2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b5e69 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26b5e69\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8136602 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8136602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ce48bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ce48bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Never heard about the Austronesian language family? Read about Renward Brandstetter (1860-1942)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcdf940 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bcdf940\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/05_Brandstetter_1000px-901x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1969\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/05_Brandstetter_1000px-901x1024.jpg 901w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/05_Brandstetter_1000px-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/05_Brandstetter_1000px-768x872.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/05_Brandstetter_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a679bb6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a679bb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5455c88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5455c88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For my research in Indonesia, I had to become fluent in Indonesian. In 2007, I rediscovered the writings of Renward Brandstetter. That was shortly before his 150<sup>th<\/sup> birthday, coming up in 2010. I managed to mobilize a group of former colleagues and researchers for a conference. The objective was to revisit Brandstetter\u2019s work which had given the notion of \u201cAustronesian languages\u201d a systematic depth not reached before.<\/p>\n<p>The conference papers were edited by Robert Blust and myself under the title \u201cA world of words\u201d (2012, out of print). \u00a0For those who read German, there is a related booklet edited by Iwar Werlen and published by the Swiss Academy of the Social Sciences, <em>\u201cRenward Brandstetter (1860-1942). <\/em><em>Beitr\u00e4ge zum 150. Geburtstag des Schweizer Dialektologen und Erforschers der austronesischen Sprachen und Literaturen.\u00bb<\/em> This volume also contains a transcript of his autobiography.<\/p>\n<p>In the years that followed I wrote a biography on Brandstetter that takes a comprehensive approach to his life and idiosyncratic work. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harrassowitz-verlag.de\/Vom_Gebrauch_der_Philologie\/title_6345.ahtml\">The book (in German) was published in 2019 by Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"1728\" class=\"elementor elementor-1728 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1753 post-1753 projects type-projects status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d3dda2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0d3dda2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b5e69 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26b5e69\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8136602 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8136602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ce48bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ce48bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Homegardens and agro-biodiversity<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcdf940 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bcdf940\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/04_homegarden-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1975\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/04_homegarden-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/04_homegarden-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/04_homegarden-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/04_homegarden-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/04_homegarden.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a679bb6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a679bb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5455c88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5455c88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>All over the world, homegardens are spaces densely planted with crops that supply food to households and often serve to maintain significant agro-biodiversity in situ. These are also idea places to study the principles of agro-ecology, an idea elaborated on the example of the Javanese homegarden by Otto Soemarwoto in 1975. I had the privilege to advise on a global program &#8211; led by IPGRI\u2019s Pablo Eyzaguirre \u2013 that brought together agricultural researchers from many countries with the aim to better understand homegardens. One of the fruits of that research was a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianbooks.com\/store\/anthropology-archaeology\/home-gardens-and-agrobiodiversity\/\">book<\/a><\/strong> edited by Pablo and Olga Linares and published by Smithsonian, to which I contributed a chapter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"1728\" class=\"elementor elementor-1728 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2145 post-2145 projects type-projects status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d3dda2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0d3dda2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b5e69 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26b5e69\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8136602 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8136602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ce48bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ce48bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conserving sweet potato varieties in Indonesia, and documenting farmers\u2019 knowledge about local varieties<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcdf940 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bcdf940\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/03_conservation-of-Sweet-potato.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1970\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/03_conservation-of-Sweet-potato.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/03_conservation-of-Sweet-potato-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a679bb6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a679bb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5455c88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5455c88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The 1992 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (the &#8220;Rio Conference&#8221;)\u00a0 adopted, among other important documents, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). This international treaty was ratified by 195 states and the EU, and it gave a framework and an inspiration for a myriad of activities to protect biodiversity &#8211;\u00a0 among which many projects to safeguard and enhance the plant diversity that underpins agriculture, nutrition and our food cultures.<\/p>\n<p>From 1992 to 1995, I had the opportunity to engage in an effort aiming at <strong>the conservation of local sweet potato varieties in Indonesia, and the documentation of farmers\u2019 knowledge about their varieties.\u00a0<\/strong> The research project was carried out by CIP (International Potato Center, Lima), a center of the CGIAR with a mandate to preserve sweet potato genetic diversity. The project received funding from SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) and was implemented by CIP\u2019s regional office in Bogor.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8558909 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8558909\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/de\/projects\/the-conservation-of-local-sweet-potato-varieties-in-indonesia-and-the-documentation-of-farmers-knowledge-about-their-varieties\/\">\u279e Go to Project Page<\/a><\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"1728\" class=\"elementor elementor-1728 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1739 post-1739 projects type-projects status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d3dda2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0d3dda2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b5e69 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26b5e69\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8136602 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8136602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ce48bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ce48bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">People and markets. Economic integration in Bengkulu (Indonesia)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fd4f59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9fd4f59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1987-1990<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcdf940 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bcdf940\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/02_People-and-Markets_1200px-1024x665.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1971\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/02_People-and-Markets_1200px-1024x665.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/02_People-and-Markets_1200px-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/02_People-and-Markets_1200px-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/02_People-and-Markets_1200px.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a679bb6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a679bb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5455c88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5455c88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This large research project &#8211; funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation &#8211; supported five Ph.D. students. Under the guidance of Prof. Wolfgang Marschall, the group carried out joint research into the market system of a highland region in Sumatra, followed by individual research on specific aspects of economic development and political integration in that area. The results were published in a series of five monographs.<\/p>\n<p>My research focused on the transformation of rice agriculture through intensification programs in the 1970s and 1980s, and its impact on the farming system and farming households (Ph.D. thesis, published in 1995, \u201cFrom Upland to Irrigated Rice\u201d, Reimer, Berlin).<\/p>\n<p><em>As a group and individually, we came out of this multi-year research effort much enriched, professionally and personally. As the saying goes: <\/em><em>\u201canthropologists are made during their fieldwork\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"1728\" class=\"elementor elementor-1728 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1726 post-1726 projects type-projects status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d3dda2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0d3dda2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b5e69 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26b5e69\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8136602 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8136602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ce48bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ce48bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Proto-statistical historical sources in the Canton of Berne<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fd4f59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9fd4f59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1980-1984<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcdf940 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bcdf940\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/01_Proto-statistics-1024x731.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1972\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/01_Proto-statistics-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/01_Proto-statistics-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/01_Proto-statistics-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/01_Proto-statistics.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a679bb6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a679bb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5455c88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5455c88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This research project was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and carried out by collaborators of the Historical Institute, University of Berne under Prof. Beatrix Mesmer. We worked both at the central historical archives of the Canton of Berne, as well as in the district archives to establish an inventors of early statistical sources (16<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 early 19<sup>th<\/sup> centuries) before modern centralized statistics were established (which was in the first half of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, in most European states). Contributing to contemporary research \u2013 local histories, quantitative methods.<\/p>\n<p><em>It was important to get into the depth of these source materials and to see how the early modern state, in the case of Berne, was counting \u2013 population, households, epidemics etc. <\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed56c1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ed56c1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"ppwork\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cab83ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cab83ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Policy and program work<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69df77d elementor-grid-1 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-loop-grid\" data-id=\"69df77d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;template_id&quot;:1728,&quot;columns&quot;:1,&quot;row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:60,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:5,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_skin&quot;:&quot;post&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;edit_handle_selector&quot;:&quot;[data-elementor-type=\\&quot;loop-item\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;row_gap_widescreen&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_laptop&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_tablet_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_mobile_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"loop-grid.post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-loop-container elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"1728\" class=\"elementor elementor-1728 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1867 post-1867 projects type-projects status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d3dda2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0d3dda2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b5e69 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26b5e69\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8136602 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8136602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ce48bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ce48bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cohesion \/ Swiss contribution<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcdf940 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bcdf940\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/08_Cohesion_1920px-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1967\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/08_Cohesion_1920px-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/08_Cohesion_1920px-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/08_Cohesion_1920px-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/08_Cohesion_1920px-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/08_Cohesion_1920px.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a679bb6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a679bb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5455c88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5455c88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cohesion policy is part of the EU\u2019s approach to reduce disparities \u2013 in economic and social terms \u2013 between regions. Since 2005, Switzerland contributes to EU cohesion with funding from a separate framework credit implemented bilaterally with selected member countries of the EU. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europa.eda.admin.ch\/en\/second-swiss-contribution\">second period of funding<\/a> running from 2019-2029 is currently implemented in 13 countries, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eda.admin.ch\/countries\/czech-republic\/en\/home\/schweizer-beitrag\/second-swiss-contribution\/projekte.html\">Czech Republic<\/a> (CHF 76.9 mio) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eda.admin.ch\/countries\/slovakia\/en\/home\/schweizer-beitrag\/second-swiss-contribution\/projekte.html\">Slovakia<\/a> (CHF 44.2 mio). I served for three years in our Embassies in Bratislava and Prague to set up the operations. Our partner ministries developed programs in sectors like health, environment or research, which I then steered through the approval process. At the end of 2024, all seven programs for the two countries had been formally approved and were ready for implementation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"1728\" class=\"elementor elementor-1728 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1866 post-1866 projects type-projects status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d3dda2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0d3dda2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b5e69 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26b5e69\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8136602 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8136602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ce48bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ce48bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">OECD\u2019s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and the international system<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcdf940 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bcdf940\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/07_OECD_DAC.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1973\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/07_OECD_DAC.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/07_OECD_DAC-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a679bb6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a679bb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5455c88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5455c88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While we are currently seeing a disruption and defunding of international cooperation, or \u201caid\u201d to use the classic word, it is important to remember that the development cooperation and relevant policies have evolved in a globally coordinated way since 1960 when the DAC as established at OECD\u2019s headquarters in Paris. The DAC has played an important role in establishing statistics on aid, policy standards and a shared space for learning and assessing the international cooperation system of fellow DAC member states through \u201cpeer reviews\u201d. For example, during my time as a delegate for Switzerland to the DAC, our country was \u2013 with the Netherlands \u2013 reviewing the Czech Republic. Peer reviews are very useful in assessing a sectoral policy of a country, and they provide recommendations on how to improve or adjust policies and institutional set-ups. It then depends on the government and agencies concerned to work on the recommendations, and show achievements when the next review comes up.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"1728\" class=\"elementor elementor-1728 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1865 post-1865 projects type-projects status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d3dda2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0d3dda2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b5e69 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26b5e69\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8136602 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8136602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ce48bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ce48bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The economic development co-operation program between Switzerland and Indonesia <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fd4f59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9fd4f59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2010-2014<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcdf940 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bcdf940\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/06_Econ-development-Indonesia_1440px-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1968\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/06_Econ-development-Indonesia_1440px-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/06_Econ-development-Indonesia_1440px-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/06_Econ-development-Indonesia_1440px-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/06_Econ-development-Indonesia_1440px.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a679bb6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a679bb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5455c88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5455c88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seco-cooperation.admin.ch\/de\/indonesien\"><strong>The economic development co-operation program between Switzerland and Indonesia<\/strong><\/a> is part of Switzerland\u2019s development cooperation and is running since 2010. I served as head of the cooperation office in our Jakarta Embassy from 2010-2014 to set up operations and build the program from very few activities into an annual program of roughly 20 million CHF. The program is now in its fifth four year programme cycle (2025-2028).<\/p>\n<p><em>In the challenging institutional and physical environment of the Indonesian capital, the multiple tasks of programme identification, coordination, management and networking needed to be tackled in a spirit of prioritization, efficiency, and trust-building with potential partners.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rese\u00adarch Pro\u00adjects; Poli\u00adcy and Pro\u00adgram Work Rese\u00adarch Work Go to Poli\u00adcy and Pro\u00adgramm Work \u2193 Poli\u00adcy and pro\u00adgram work<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1588","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1588"}],"version-history":[{"count":79,"href":"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2362,"href":"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1588\/revisions\/2362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jurgschneider.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}