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Acknowledgements
forallhishelp;andmany,manyotherscholars,whoworkedatorvisitedMPIDR:
eachclassItook,eachpresentationIattendedandeachdiscussionwasvaluable.
MygratitudegoesofcoursetomanypeoplebeyondtheMPIteam:toInge
Hutterforraisingmystandardsinqualitativeresearch,andforherwarmsupport
formywork;toBartdeBruijnforgivingmeanopportunitytoattendhisexcel-
lentcourseonfertilitytheories,whichstronglyinfluencedmythinkingonthis
matter;andofcoursetoProfessorElżbietaAranowskaformakingoneveryim-
portantphonecallinMay2003,andforherconfidenceinme.
IamalsoextremelygratefultomycolleaguesfromtheIndependentResearch
Group:ChristinLöffler(Schröder),AndreasKlärner,andHolgervonderLippe
fornumerousdiscussionsaboutmyresearchandfortheircriticalbutalways
kindandhelpfulcommentsonmywork.IoweveryspecialthankstoSylvia
Keimforstrugglingthroughtheprocessofdissertation-writingtogetherwith
me;forourlongtalksaboutourdoubts,concerns,andsuccesses;forourhighly
interestingchatsonourresultsandresearchplans;but,mostofall,forherdear
friendship.
Furthermore,mythanksgotootherfriendsandcolleagueswhosupportedme
insomanyways:toNadjaMilewskiforourenjoyabletripsandallherhelp;to
KamilSienkiewiczforhelpingmetofindmywayaroundRostockandtheInsti-
tuteandforansweringmillionsofmyquestions;toFannyJanssenforlongwalks
andlongtalks;andtoMichaelaPotančokováforherenthusiasmandsupport.
And,mostofall,toAnnaMatysiak,agreatresearcherandadearfriend,forher
tremendousemotionalsupportandfornumerousacademicandnon-academic
discussionsthatmademelookatmanythingsinadifferentway.
Finally,IneedtoadmitthatIamprofoundlyindebtedtomyfamilyandfriends
inPoland,whohavebeenexceptionallypatientandsupportiveinrecentyears.
Beingawayfromthemforsolongwasthehardestthing.Iam,however,happy
tosaythatmytieswiththemhavenotloosenedduringthistime,butinstead
becamestronger.
Iamgratefultoallmyfriends,whotooklotsofeffortstokeepintouchwith
me,whileIwasaway.IamespeciallythankfultoAnetaandŁukaszfortheirlove
andsupportinsomanyways;toMichałforalwaysbeingthereforme;and,of
course,toJolantaRytel,myteacherandmyfriend,formanyenrichingdiscus-
sionsandforallherpatience.AndforhavingknownthatIwouldwritethisdis-
sertationlongtimebeforeIknewitmyself.
Andtomyparentssimplyforeverything.
Rostock,May2009/Warsaw,November2009