Articles in magazines and books

ESCHER, A. (2022): Oulad Sidi Ahmed ou Moussa and Moroccan Acorbats: Wanderers between the Worlds. In: Side Magazine 6 An Acrobats, 24-35.

ESCHER, A., M. KARNER and H. RAPP (2021): Cinematic cruising: Reel and real spaces between imagination and experience. In: Research Outreach, 126. online: https://doi.org/10.32907/RO-126-1870901183

Escher, A. and M. Karner (2021): EXPO 2020 in Dubai – the most sustainable world exhibition ever? In: Geographische Rundschau 73 (9): 46-51.

Escher, A. (2021): Pandora (lexicon). In: the blue rider. Journal for Philosophy, 88-89.

Escher, A. (2021): “Science is not a concert of wishes”. Reflections on the responsibility of (cultural) geography. In: M. Dickel and H. J. Böhmer (eds.): The responsibility of geography. Orientation for reflexive research. Bielefeld, 211-228.

Escher, A., M. Karner and H. Rapp (2021): Cinematic cruising: Reel imagination and real experience for pleasure on the high seas. In: Tourism and Hospitality Research 21(3): 374-385. Online: https://doi.org/10.1177/14673584211011711

Escher, A. (2021): “We are still here!” American Indians, Indian Tribes and Indian Nations in the USA. In: V. Wilhelmi, E. Theveßen and F. Pfeil (eds.): Geographies of Violence: The USA at the Turning Point – Geographical Perspectives. Mainzer Kontaktstudium Geographie 19, Mainz, 72-97 [Information on ordering].

Escher, A. (2020): Interpretations of “space and place” for a theoretically inspired and empirically based cultural, human and social geography. In: Reports. Geography and regional studies. Published on behalf of the Deutsche Akademie für Landeskunde e.V. and the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Volume 39, Issue 4, 293-298.

Karner, M. and Escher, A. (2019): Global (diaspora) communities at the beginning of the 21st century. “Kfarsghabis” in Kfarsghab/Lebanon, Sydney/Australia, Easton/USA and Providence/USA. In: Gamerith, W. and Scharfenort, N. (eds.): People, Migration and Mobility. Passauer Kontaktstudium Geographie 15. Passau, 63-83.

Escher, A. and Stiglegger, M. (2019): Medial and real topographies. In: Stiglegger, M. and Escher, A. (eds.): Mediale Topographien. Contributions to media cultural geography. Wiesbaden, V-XVI.

Escher, A. (2019): Rick’s Café Américain, a nightclub in New York City? In: Stiglegger, M. and Escher, A. (eds.): Mediale Topographien. Contributions to media cultural geography. Wiesbaden, 157-187.

Escher, A.; Karner, M. and Rapp, H. (2019): “Cinematic Cruising” – with the “dream ship” on the high seas. In: Plien, M. (ed.): Learning to see feature films geographically – cinematic narratives from scientific and didactic perspectives. Mainzer Kontaktstudium Geographie 15, Mainz, 31-53 [Information on ordering].

Arnold, G.; Boos, T; Escher, A. and Karner, M. (2019): Is the future diasporic? Conceptual reflections on global communities as new forms of social order . In: Robertson-von Trotha, C. Y. (ed.): Diaspora. Networks of global communities. WIKA-Report 3, ifa-Edition Kultur und Außenpolitik. Stuttgart and Berlin, 23-30.

Escher, A.; Karner, M. and Rapp, H. (2019): Ernest Hemingway in Cuba. The commodification of the US writer in the socialist Caribbean state. In: Geographische Rundschau 7-8, 62-63.

Escher, A. (2019): Eugen Wirth (1925-2012) – Geographer of the “Oriental City” in North Africa and the Near East. In: Middle East – Topics & Arguments 12 (1): Urban Development, 122-126.

Escher, A. and Petermann, S. (2019): In search of a better life. The old town of Marrakech as a neo-colonial paradise for lifestyle migrants? In: Pelizaeus, L. (ed.) (2019): World heritage images. Change and persistence of images of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. From Morocco to the Danube Valley – from the late Middle Ages to the present day. Münster, 339-356.

Escher, A.; Karner, M. and Rapp, H. (2019): Booming cruise tourism industry. Made paradise or created inferno on the high seas? In: Geographische Rundschau 4, 40-45.

Escher, A.; Petermann, S. and Arnold, G. (2018): The new Marrakech – a materialization of the myth of One Thousand and One Nights? In: Geographische Rundschau 7/8, 52-57.

Escher, A. and Karner, M. (2018): Obsolete Romanticism and the Postmodern Transformation of Urban Cultures and Traditions in Mediterranean Medinas. In: Woertz, E. (ed.): “Wise Cities” in the Mediterranean? Challenges of Urban Sustainability. Colección Monografías. Barcelona, 35-52.

Escher, A. (2018): “Culture is an Imperative” A perspective on lifeworld orientation in other cultures. In: Escher, A. and Spickermann, H. C. (eds.): Perspectives on interculturality. Research fields of a controversial term. Intercultural Studies. Publication series of the Center for Intercultural Studies 1 . Heidelberg, 85-107.

Escher, A. and Petermann, S. (2018): The myth of Marrakech. Geographical Review 3, 56.

Escher, A. and Sommerlad, E. (2018): Intercultural concepts in geography. In: Gogolin, I.; Georgi, V. B.; Krüger-Potratz, M.; Lengyel, D. and Sandfuchs, U. (eds.): Handbuch Interkulturelle Education. Bad Heilbrunn, 150-152.

Alt, K. and Escher, A. (2018): Notes on the difference between “migration and lifestyle” in the city of Mainz. In: Matheus, M. (ed.): The people’s mill of Europe. Migrations on the Rhine and Moselle. Mainz Lectures 20, Stuttgart, 147-165.

Escher, A. and Karner, M. (2017): Understanding interculturality instead of spatial coexistence as a response to terrorism? In: Wilhelmi, V.; Theveßen, E. and Pfeil, F. (eds.): Global Terrorism. Analyses, perspectives and didactic impulses. Mainzer Kontaktstudium Geographie 16, Mainz, 30-47 [Information on ordering on page 3].

Escher, A.; Sommerlad, e. and Karner, M. (2017): “King’s Landing is real!” – film-induced journeys into imagined worlds. In: Board of the Marburg Geographical Society e.V. in conjunction with the Dean of the Faculty of Geography at the Philipps University (ed.): Yearbook 2016. Marburg, 157-163.

Escher, A. and Eckstein, M. (2017): Indian Gaming in the USA. The cultural revitalization of the Indian Nations through state gambling. In: Geographische Rundschau 6 (69), 44-49.

Escher, A.; Karner, M.; Kerz, C.; Rapp, H. and Sommerlad, E. (2016): The Atmospheric Grid of Cruising on the High Seas. In: Geography 70 (4), 313-321.

Escher, A. and Karner, M. (2016): Syrian and Lebanese communities in the Caribbean states. In: Geographische Rundschau 10 (86), 20-29.

Escher, A.; Karner, M.; Kerz, C.; Rapp, H. and Sommerlad, E. (2016): Movement as the Basic Atmospheric Dimension of Cruising on the High Seas. In: Rémy, N. and Tixier, N. (eds.): Ambiances, tomorrow. Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Ambiances. Volos, 213-218. (Link to the conference page)

Escher, A. (2016): Driving the Cheyenne Dream. The Hero’s Journey Dreamed by Philbert Bono a.k.a. “Whirlwind Dreamer” in the Feature Film “Powwow Highway”. In: Banerjee, M. (ed.): Comparative Indigenous Studies. Heidelberg, 267-302.

Escher, A. (2016): Geography of the Islamic region. In: Brunner, R. (ed.): Islam. Unity and diversity of a world religion . Stuttgart, 11-43.

Schindler, M. and Escher, A. (2015): “We are all New Zealanders now”. Reconciliation, Apology and Reparation in Aotearoa / New Zealand. In: Banerjee, M.; Blätter, A. and Escher, A. (eds.): Re-ethnicization, representation of indigeneity and lived biculturalism, Intercultural Studies. Publication series of the Center for Intercultural Studies 2 . Heidelberg, 89-114.

Escher, A. and Petermann, S. (2014): Marrakesh Medina. Neocolonial paradise of lifestyle migrants? . In: Janoschka, M. and Haas, H. (eds.): Contested Spatialities. Lifestyle Migration and Residential Tourism Abingdon, New York, 29-46.

Becker, G. and Escher, A. (2013): Field research. In: Frietsch, U. and Rogge, J. (eds.): Über die Praxis des kulturwissenschaftlichen Arbeitens. A hand dictionary. Bielefeld, 146-150.

Escher, A. (2013):Naturaneignung durch Hollywood? Notes on the social significance of fantastic nature in feature films. Avatar – Departure to Pandora. In: Krebühl, J. (ed.): Food for thought. Landschaftsperspektiven 10. Mainz, 36-47 (Reprinted from: Kirchhoff, T.; Vicenzotti, V. and Voigt, A. (eds.) (2012): Longing for nature. On the urge to go outside in today’s leisure culture. Bielefeld, 237-261).

Escher, A. and Petermann, S. (2013): Facteurs et acteurs de la gentrification touristique à Marrakech, Essaouira et Fès. In: Coslado, E.; McGuinness, J. and Miller, C. (eds.): Médinas immuables?. Gentrification et changement dans les villes historiques marocaines (1996-2010). Rabat, 101-130.

Escher, A. and Petermann, S. (2013): 6 Du jet-setter au retraité : parcours et profils des habitants étrangers des médinas de Marrakech et d’Essaouira. In: Coslado, E.; McGuinness, J. and Miller, C. (eds.): Médinas immuables?. Gentrification et changement dans les villes historiques marocaines (1996-2010). Rabat, 101-130.

Escher, A. (2012): Comments on the article “Netzwerk(analys)e in der deutschen Humangeographie”. In: Glaser, R.; Schenk, W.; Vogt, J.; Wießner, R.; Zepp, H. and Wargenda, U. (eds.): Berichte zur deutschen Landeskunde. Network analysis of human geography 86, Leipzig, 359-367.

Escher, A. (2012): Observations sur les “villes nouvelles” de l’époque du Protectorat dans le Royaume du Maroc du XXIe siècle. In: Popp, H. and Ait Hamza, M. (eds.): L’héritage colonial du Maroc. Bayreuth, 181-202.

Escher, A. (2012):Appropriation of nature by Hollywood? Notes on the social significance of fantastic nature in feature films. Avatar – Departure to Pandora. In: Kirchhoff, T.; Vicenzotti, V. and Voigt, A. (eds.): Sehnsucht nach Natur. On the urge to go outside in today’s leisure culture. Bielefeld, 237-261. (Reprinted In: Krebühl, J., Stiftung Natur und Umwelt Rheinland-Pfalz (eds.) (2013): Food for thought: Landscape Perspectives 10. Mainz, 36-47).

Escher, A. (2012): Global Diaspora Sphere – the Arab Experience: The Success Story of a Syiran Village. In: Hornung, A. and Kohl, M. (eds.): Arab American Literature and Culture. Heidelberg, 265-287.

Escher, A. and Petermann, S. (2011): Marrakech: Gentrification and Cosmopolitanism. In: Gertel, J. and Breuer. i. (eds.): Everyday mobilities. The departure of Moroccan lifeworlds. Bielefeld, 357-372.

Escher, A. (2011):Die geographische Gestaltung des Begriffs Orient im 20. Jahrhundert. In: Schnepel, B., G. Brands and Schöning, H. (eds.): Orient – Orientalistik – Orientalismus. History and topicality of a debate. Bielefeld, 123-149.

Escher, A. and Wüst, M. (2010): Couscous, tajine and bastila. An experiment in Moroccan cuisine. In: Schütze, I. (ed.): Über Geschmack lässt sich doch streiten. Ingredients from cuisine, arts and science. Berlin, 61-81.

Escher, A. and Zimmermann, S. (2009): The power of ritual.Thanksgiving in Gurinder Chadha’s feature film What’s Cooking? In: Escher, A. and Koebner, T. (eds.): Ist man, was man isst? Eating rituals in Film. Munich, 31-46.

Escher, A. (2009): Rehabilitation of the Mediterranean Medina in Morocco. In: Micara, L., Petrucciolo, A. and Vadini, E. (eds.): The Mediterranean Medina. Roma, 345-350.

Escher, A. (2008): The Arab American Way: The Success Story of an American Family from a Syrian Village in Global Diaspora. In: American Studies Journal 52.

Escher, A. (2008): The global network of Syrian families in the Caribbean. In: Schamp, E. (ed.): Handbuch des Geographieunterrichts. Global Entanglements 9, Cologne, 164-175.

Escher, A.; Riempp, E. and Wüst, M. (2008): In the Footsteps of Jedi Knights and Sea Pirates. Hollywood Movies and Tourism in Tunisia. In: Geographische Rundschau 4 (3), 46-52.

Escher, A.; Riempp, E. and Wüst, M. (2008): Sur les traces des guerriers des étoiles et des pirates: l’impact hollywoodien sur le tourisme en Tunisie. In: Popp, H. (ed.): Les pays du Maghreb: contributions de la géographie humaine allemande. Bayreuth, 94-103.

Escher, A.; Riempp, E. and Wüst, M. (2008): On the trail of star warriors and sea pirates. The impact of Hollywood films in Tunisia. In: Geographische Rundschau 60 (7-8), 42-48.

Escher, A. and Schepers, M. (2008): Revitalizing the Medina of Tunis as a national Symbol. In: Geography 62 (2), 129-141.

Escher, A. (2008): The atmosphere of the oriental bazaar. In: The Old City. Vierteljahreszeitschrift für Stadtgeschichte, Stadtsoziologie, Denkmalpflege und Stadtentwicklung. Focus: City and Atmosphere 35 (2), 161-174.

Escher, A. and Lahr, M. (2007): “Explosive powder keg” Middle East. In: DIERCKE 360 Grad. The World Atlas closed stacks 4, Brunswick, 8-11.

Escher, A.; Lahr, M. and Petermann, S. (2007): Matters of an intercultural geography. In: Nature & Spirit. The Research Magazine of the Johannes Gutenberg University 23 (1), 39-41.

Escher, A. (2006): The Geography of Cinema – A Cinematic World. In: Geography 60 (4), 307-314.

Escher, A. and Zimmermann, S. (2006): Visualizations of the landscape in feature films. In: Franzen, B. and Krebs, S. (eds.): Mikrolanschaften. Landscape Culture on the Move. Microlandscapes. Münster, 254-264.

Escher, A. (2006): “I am Jamaican, I have a Syrian passport, and I have a British passport, too”. In: Glasze, G. and Thielmann, J. (eds.): “Orient” versus “Occident”? On the relationship between culture and space in a globalized world. Mainz Contact Studies in Geography 6, Mainz, 53-64.

Bauer, S.; Escher, A. and Knieper, S. (2006): Essaouira, “The Wind City” as a “Cultural Product”. In: Geography 60, 25-39.

Escher, A.; Lahr, M.; Pies, J. and Ratter, B. (2006): Environmentally relevant values in modern societies. In: Nature & Spirit. The research magazine of the Johannes Gutenberg University 22, (2), 52-55.

Escher, A. (2006): “Riads” and foreigners. In: Studienkreis für Tourismus und Entwicklung e.V. (ed.): Sympathie Magazin. Understanding Morocco. Ammerland, 62-63.

Escher, A. (2005): Arab world, Islamic world or Orient? A plea for “Arab World” and “Islamic World” versus “Orient”. In: Praxis Geographie 35 (3), 4-11.

Escher, A. and Petermann, S. (2005): Living like a pasha in the medina of Marrakech. In: Därr E. and Därr, A. (eds.): Agadir, Marrakech and Southern Morocco. Handbook for individual discovery. Bielefeld, 288-289.

Escher, A. and Zimmermann, S. (2005): Three rites for Cairo. How Hollywood creates the city of Cairo. In: Escher, A. and Koebner, T. (eds.): Mythos Ägypten. West-East Media Perspectives II. Remscheid, 162-175.

Escher, A. and Zimmermann, S. (2005): Feature film, geography and borders. Crossing borders using the example of Fatih Akin’s feature film “Gegen die Wand”. In: Grenzräume-Raumgrenzen. Reports on German regional studies 79 (2/3), 265-276.

Zimmermann S. and Escher, A. (2005): “Cinematic Marrakech”. A cinematic city. In: Escher, A. and Koebner, T. (eds.): Mitteilungen über den Maghreb. West-Eastern Media Perspectives I. Remscheid, 60-74.

Escher, A. (2004): Amar-al Hosn, the mothervillage and the newborn overseas village. A global community with shared locality and segmentary diaspora identity. In: Monheim, R. (ed.): Transcontinental migration in the Mediterranean region. Bayreuth Geoscientific Papers 24, Bayreuth, 183-208.

Escher, A. and Petermann, S. (2004): Gentrification in the old towns of the Kingdom of Morocco. In: Meyer, G. (ed.): The Arab World in the Mirror of Cultural Geography. Mainz, 154-162.

Escher, A. and Zimmermann, S. (2004): Hollywood’s true North African cities. In: Meyer, G. (ed.): The Arab World in the Mirror of Cultural Geography. Mainz, 162-167.

Escher, A. and Pfaffenbach, C. (2004): Malula/Syria – from farming village to summer resort. In: Meyer, G. (ed.): The Arab World in the Mirror of Cultural Geography. Mainz, 230-241.

Escher, A. (2004): Circus acrobats from Morocco: the sons of Sidi Ahmed ou Moussa. In: Meyer, G. (ed.): The Arab World in the Mirror of Cultural Geography. Mainz, 297-301.

Escher, A. (2004): The global network of Syrian families in the New World. In: Meyer, G. (ed.): The Arab World in the Mirror of Cultural Geography. Mainz, 466-471.

Escher, A. and Weick, C. (2004): “Raum und Ritual” im Kontext von Karten kultureller Ordnung . In: Berichte zur deutschen Landeskunde 78 (2), 251-268.

Escher, A. (2003): The Sacred Place is the “No-Place”. Theoretical Reflections Using the Marabout Sidi cAbd ar-Rahman in Casablanca, Morocco, as an Example. In: Dickhardt M. and Dorofeeva-Lichtmann, V. (eds.): Creating and Representing Sacred Spaces. Göttingen Contributions to Asian Studies 2-3, Göttingen, 57-70.

Escher, A. and Petermann, S. (2003): The revitalization of the medina of Marrakech. In: The Islamic City. La Ville Islamique 17, 17-22.

Escher, A. and Pfaffenbach, C. (2002): Malula/Syria – from farming village to summer resort. In: Geographische Rundschau 54 (2), 36-42.

Escher, A. and Zimmermann, S. (2001): Geography meets Hollywood. The role of landscape in feature films. In: Geographische Zeitschrift 89 (4), 227-236.

Egner, H. and Escher, A. (2001): Nature – What is it? In: Egner, H. (ed.): Natursport – Schaden oder Nutzen für die Natur? TrendSportWissenschaft 7, Hamburg, 21-30.

Zimmermann, S. and Escher, A. (2001): Géographie de la “cinematic city Marrakech”. In: Heller-Goldebberg, L. (ed.): Visions d’une ville MARRAKECH. Cahier d’Etudes Maghrébines. Journal for programs of study in Maghreb 15. Cologne, 113-123.

Escher, A. (2001): Globalization in the old cities of Damascus and Marrakech? In: Roggenthin, H. (ed.): City – the living space of the future? Current spatial processes in densely populated areas of the world. Mainz Contact Studies in Geography 7, Mainz, 23-38.

Escher, A.; Petermann, S. and Clos, B. (2001): Gentrification in the Medina of Marrakech. In: Geographische Rundschau 53 (6), 24-31.

Escher, A. (2001): Atlas of the world’s cultures as a demystification of globalization? In: Geographische Rundschau 53 (6), 62-63.

Escher, A. (2001): Construction of the Public Sphere in the Middle Eastern Medina. In: Korsholm Nielsen, H. and Skovgaard-Petersen, J. (eds.): Middle Eastern Cities 1900 – 1950. Public Places and Public Spheres in Transformation. Proceedings of the Danish Institute in Damascus I. Aarhus, 164-175.

Escher, A. (2000): Arab networks in Latin America. Theoretical considerations with empirical comments on the example of Venezuela. In: Loimeier, R. (ed.): The Islamic world as a network. Possibilities and limits of the network approach in the Islamic context. Mitteilungen zur Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte der Islamischen Welt 9. Würzburg, 355-366.

Escher, A.; Petermann, S. and Clos, B. (2000): Le bradage de la médina de Marrakech?. In: Berriane M. and Kagermeier, A. (eds.): Le Maroc à la veille du troisième millénaire – Défis, chances et risques d’un développement durable. Actes du 6ème colloque maroco-allemand de Paderborn. Publications de la Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines de Rabat. Série: Colloques et Séminaires 93. Paris, 217-232.

Escher, A. and Petermann, S. (2000): Neo-colonialism or Gentrification in the Medina of Marrakesh. In: ISIM Newsletter (5), Leiden, 34.

Escher, A. (2000): The urban development of Damascus in the period of the Syrian Arab Republic. In: Fansa, M.; Gaube, H. and Windelband, J. (eds.): Damascus – Aleppo. 5000 years of urban development in Syria. Oldenburg, Mainz, 157-164.

Escher, A. (1999): The foreign may remain foreign! Pragmatic strategies of “understanding action” in socio-geographical research in the “Islamic Orient”. In: Geographische Zeitschrift 87 (3-4), 165-177.

Barth, J. and Escher, A. (1999): Place perception and place attachment in Mainz-Mombach. A contribution to ‘endogenous urban development’. In: The Earth (130), 279-296.

Escher, A. (1999): The Informal Sector in the Third World. A plea for a critical view. In: Geographische Rundschau 51 (12), 658-661.

Escher, A. and Meyer, F. (1999): “We were like the nomads …”. Mobility and flexibility, the basis for securing the livelihood of “Nawar” in the Syrian Arab Republic. In: Janzen, J. (ed.): Spatial mobility and livelihood security. Fred Scholz on his 60th birthday. Essays – Anthropogeography. Institute of Geographical Sciences FU Berlin 60. Berlin, 201-224.

Escher, A. (1998): Maloula from an agricultural village to a touristic site. In: Al-Majalla al-Joughraphia. Geographical closed stacks. The Syrian Geographical Society. Damascus – Syria, July 1998, 84-90.

Escher, A. (1997): Les acrobates marocains dans les cirques allemands. In: Berriane, M. and Popp, H. (eds.): Migrations internationales entre le Maghreb et l’Europe – les effects sur les pays de destination et d’origine. Actes du 4ème colloque maroco-allemand Munich 1997. Publications de la Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines de Rabat. Série: Colloques et Séminaires 75. Passau: 249-258.

Escher, A. (1998): Les acrobates marocains dans les cirques allemands. In: Berriane M. and Popp, H. (eds.): Migrations internationales entre le Maghreb et l’Europe. Les effects sur les pays de destination et d’origine. Actes du 4ème colloque maroco-allemand de Munich 1997. Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines. Série: Colloques et Séminaires 75. Rabat, 245-254.

Egner, H.; Escher, A.; Kleinhans, M. and Lindner, P. (1998): Extreme Natursportarten – Die raumbezogene Komponente eines aktiven Freizeitstils. In: The Earth (128), 121-138.

Escher, A. (1997): Syrian networks in Venezuela. In: Meyer, G and Timm, A. (eds.): Globalization and Localization. Networks in the Third World. Interdisziplinärer Arbeitskreis Dritte Welt 12. Mainz, 115-137.

Escher, A. (1997): Travel rituals of a social scientist. In: Deutsch, G. and Schimeck, H. (eds.): Odyssey Today. The Athens Conference. Athens, Vienna, 22-24.

Escher, A. (1995): Migrant Network – An answer to contain Desertification. A Case Study of Southern Syria (Gabal al-Arab). In: Puigdefábregas, J. and Mendizábal, T. (eds.): Desertification and Migrations. International Symposium on Desertification and Migrations 9-11 February 1994. Almeria, Logroño: 125-135.

Escher, A.; Hock, S. and Riedel, C. (1995): Economic relations between Alsace and Japan and their significance for regional Economic Policy. In: The Earth (126), 1-17.

Escher, A. (1995): La perception et l’appréciation des touristes allemands par les guides touristiques marocains de la ville de Fès. In: Bendaoud, A. and Berriane, M. (eds.): Marocains et Allemands. La Perception de l’Autre. Faculté des Lettres et des Science. Série: Colloques et Séminaires 44. Royaume du Maroc, 99-112.

Escher, A. (1994): The perception and assessment of German tourists from the perspective of Moroccan “guides” in Fez. In: Popp, H. (ed.): Die Sicht des Anderen. The Germans’ image of Morocco, the Moroccans’ image of Germany. Presentations of the German-Moroccan symposium in Rabat, November 1993, Maghreb programs of study 1, Passau, 261-268.

Escher, A. (1994): The Dallal system. On the vitality of a traditional market organization of urban crafts in the Maghreb. In: Brandstetter, M.; Grohs, G. and Neubert, D. (eds.): Africa helps itself. Processes and institutions of self-organization. Publications of the VAD 15, Münster, 318-328.

Escher, A. (1994): The “Medina of Fez” on the way into the 21st century? In: Trialog. Zeitschrift für das Planen und Bauen in der Dritten 40 (1), 46-51.

Escher, A.; Lindner, P. and Roggenthin, H. (1993): Attempt at instructions for “understanding foreign cultures” on geographical field trips using the example of Morocco. In: Mitteilungen der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft 40, Erlangen, 139-153.

Escher, A. (1993): The Qalamun. Social and economic-geographical sketch of a mountainous region of the Syrian Arab Republic. In: Arnold, W. and Behnstedt, P. (eds.): Arabic-Aramaic language relations in Qalamun (Syria). Eine dialektgeographische Untersuchung mit einer wirtschafts- und sozialgeographischen Einführung von Anton Escher. Wiesbaden, XIII-XLV.

Escher, A. (1992): Fes. In: Nelles, G. (ed.): Morocco. Munich, 101-112.

Anabar, A. and Escher, A. (1991): Irrigated agriculture in the Jordan Valley. The role of kinship in business decisions of farmers in the “East Ghor Canal-Project”/Jordan. In: Mitteilungen der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft 38, Erlangen, 185-209.

Escher, A. (1990): The long-distance villages in Qalamun/Syria. In: Geography 44, 111-123.

Escher, A. (1989): Can the traditional crafts pursued in Moroccan towns be assigned to the “Informal Sector”? The example of the mat weavers of Salé. In: Hohnholz, J. and Bittner, A. (eds.): Applied Geography and Development. A Biannual Collection of Recent German Contributions 33, Tübingen, 93-108.

Escher, A. (1988): Modernization and formalization of traditional crafts in Morocco. For example: the Lebatta in Fez and Marrakech. In: Journal of Economic Geography 32 (2), 120-130.

Escher, A. (1988): Selected action strategies of traditional craftsmen in Moroccan cities. In: Becker, H. and Hütteroth, W. (eds.): Tagungsbericht und Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen. 46th German Geographers’ Conference, Munich, October 12-16, 1987, Stuttgart, 242-248.

Escher, A. (1987): Aspects socio-géographiques des activités artisanales au Maroc. In: Maurin, H. (ed.): La Grande Encylopédie du Maroc. Géographie Humaine. Rabat, 186-194.

Escher, A. (1987): Are traditional crafts in Moroccan cities now part of the ‘informal sector’? For example, the mat weavers of Salé. In: The Earth (118), 79-91.

Escher, A. (1986): Commercial leisure projects in Franconia. An artificial counter-world to everyday life. In: Hopfinger, H. (ed.): Franconia – Planning for a better future? A guide to spatial planning projects. Nuremberg, 391-415.

Escher, A. (1986): Le processus de marocanisation foncière des villes coloniales: I’exemple de Taza. In: Méditerranée (4). 75-92.

Escher, A.; Jurczek, P. and Popp, H. (1982): On the action-spatial behavior and local integration of old and new residents on the edge of densely populated areas. Case study Diepersdorf (district of Nürnberger Land). In: Mitteilungen der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft 27, 28. Erlangen, 351-419.

Escher, A. (1982): Land ownership structure and land mobility in Taza/Morocco. The process of decolonization as reflected in inner-city land ownership. In: Communication of the Franconian Geographical Society 27, 28. Erlangen, 455-574.

Books

Escher, A.; Girndt, T. and Zimmermann, S. (2013): DIERCKE Special. North Africa and the Near East. Brunswick.

Escher, A. and Zimmermann, S. (2009): DIERCKE Special. Dry spaces. Development conditions in North Africa and the Near East . Brunswick.

Escher, A. and Petermann, S. (2009): A thousand and one strangers in paradise: foreigners in the medina of Marrakech. Würzburg.

Escher, A.; Arnold, W. and Pfaffenbach, C. (2004): Malula and M’allōy. Tales from a Syrian village. Würzburg.

Escher, A. and Wirth, E. (1992): The Medina of Fez. Geographical contributions to the persistence and dynamics, decay and renewal of a traditional Islamic city from an action-theoretical perspective. Mitteilungen der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft 39, Erlangen. (with the collaboration of F. Meyer and C. Pfaffenbach, also published in “Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten” 1992 (53)).

Escher, A. (1991): Social-geographical aspects of spatial development processes in mountainous regions of the Syrian Arab Republic. Erlangen Geographical Studies 20 . Erlangen.

Escher, A. (1986): Programs of study on traditional crafts in the oriental city. Economic and socio-geographical structures and processes based on case studies from Morocco. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten 46, Erlangen.

Books (co-)publisher

Stiglegger, M. and Escher, A. (eds.) (2019): Media topographies. Contributions to media cultural geography. Wiesbaden.

Escher, A. and Spickermann, H. C. (eds.) (2018): Perspectives on interculturality. Research fields of a controversial term. Intercultural Studies. Publication series of the Center for Intercultural Studies 1 . Heidelberg.

Escher, A. and Petermann, S. (eds.) (2016): Space and place. Basic geography texts 1. Stuttgart.

Banerjee, M.; Blätter, A. and Escher, A. (eds.) (2015): Re-ethnicization, representation of indigeneity and lived biculturalism. Intercultural Studies. Publication series of the Center for Intercultural Studies 2nd Heidelberg.

Batrouney, T.; Boos, T.; Escher, A. and Tabar, P. (eds.) (2014): Palestinian, Lebanese and Syrian Communities in the World. Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Studies. Intercultural Studies. Publication series of the Center for Intercultural Studies 5. Heidelberg.

Escher, A. and Koebner, T. (eds.) (2009):Death zones. Deserts of sand and snow in the Film. Projections. Programs of study on Nature, Culture and Film 1, Munich.

Escher, A. and Koebner, T. (eds.) (2009): Is one what one eats?. Eating rituals in Film. Projections. Programs of study on Nature, Culture and Film 1, Munich.

Escher, A. and Koebner, T. (eds.) (2005): Myth of Egypt. West-Eastern Media Perspectives II. Remscheid.

Escher, A. and Koebner, T. (eds.) (2005): Mitteilungen über den Maghreb. West-Eastern Media Perspectives I, Remscheid.

Escher, A.; Egner, H. and Kleinhans, M. (eds.) (2000):Trend- und Natursportarten. State of research – Methods – Perspectives ; Symposium at the Geographical Institute of the Johannes-Gutenberg-University Mainz on March 31, 2000. – 1.4.2000. Hamburg.

Escher, A. (ed.) (2000): Foreigners in Germany. Problems of a transcultural society from a geographical perspective. Mainz Contact Study Geography 6.

Series (co-)publishers

Coy, M.; Escher, A. and Krings, T.: Erdkundliches Wissen. Publication series for research and practice. Stuttgart.

Escher, A.; Klinkhammer, G.; Reichmuth, S.; Salvatore, A.; Schiffauer, W.; Stauth, G. and Thielmann, J.: Muslim worlds. Empirical studies on society, politics and religion . Würzburg.

Escher, A.; Lukinbeal, C. and Zimmermann, S.: Media Geography at Mainz (MGM). Stuttgart.

Escher, A.; Dizdar, D.; Hornung, A. and Lamping, D.: Intercultural Studies. Heidelberg.