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| Leo Frobenius (1873 - 1938) |
The Frobenius-Institut focuses anthropological and historical research, since its foundation mainly in Africa, but also including South and Southeast Asia, Australia, South and North America and Oceania. More recently, its activity has been concentrated on research of cultural appropriation processes within the context of globalisation.
As Germany's oldest anthropological research institution, the Frobenius Institute holds four scientific collections and a number of scientific legacies. The holdings are the product of a collecting and documentation activity which started in 1898 and continued well after the death of the Institute's founder, Leo Frobenius, in 1938. One of the most remarkable features were the Institute's numerous research expeditions during which great importance was given to visual documentation. This lead to the creation of a large pictorial archive quite unique in Europe (online image database) . Affiliated to the Frobenius-Institut is the Anthropological Library which has been founded in 1898 as a research library and which today counts among the most important libraries with focus on anthropology (catalogue).
As an autonomous institution, the Frobenius-Institut is associated to the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University and works in close collaboration with the Institut für Ethnologie (Institute for Ethnology), as well as with the Weltkulturen Museum (Museum of World Cultures) in the city of Frankfurt am Main.
Prof. Dr. Chris Gregory (Canberra)
"On the pursuit of wealth and happiness": Some lessons from Central India
12. Juni bis 17. Juli 2017
jeweils montags 18.15 bis 19.45 Uhr
Raum 1.811, Casino-Gebäude, Campus Westend
Prof. Dr. Georg Pfeffer: "Engagement, Ethnographie und Gesellschaftstheorie: Das Vermächtnis von Lewis Henry Morgan"
Freitag, 07. Juli 2017, 18.15 Uhr im Gästehaus der Goethe-Universität, Frauenlobstrasse 1, Frankfurt am Main
Sein allgemein ausgerichtetes Hauptwerk von 2016 trägt den Titel: VERWANDTSCHAFT ALS VERFASSUNG - Unbürokratische Muster öffentlicher Ordnung; Nomos Verlag 2016
A cooperation letter has been signed on 20 April 2017 by the Director of the Frobenius Institute, Professor Roland Hardenberg, and Professor Olayemi Akinwumi, representative of the Vice-Chancellor of Nasarawa State University in Keffi, Nigeria.
Both institutions are excited about this opportunity to develop relations with each other and look forward to warm and productive conversations.
Jean-Louis Georget, Hélène Ivanoff und Richard Kuba (Hrsg.)
Kulturkreise - Leo Frobenius und seine Zeit
(Studien zur Kulturkunde Bd. 129), Berlin, Reimer-Verlag 2016
ISBN: 978-496-01558-3
Karl-Heinz Kohl, Richard Kuba und Hélène Ivanoff (Hrsg.)
Kunst der Vorzeit. Felsbilder aus der Sammlung Frobenius
München, London, New York: Prestel, 2016
ISBN:978-3-7913-5503-0
Karl-Heinz Kohl, Richard Kuba, Hélène Ivanoff und Benedikt Burkard (Hrsg.)
Kunst der Vorzeit. Texte zu den Felsbildern der Sammlung Frobenius
Frankfurt, Frobenius-Institut, 2016
ISBN: 978-3-9806506-8-7
Sabine Dinslage (Hrsg.)
Günther Tessmann: Mein Leben - Tagebuch in 12 Bänden (Teil 3)
Lübecker Beiträge zur Ethnologie Bd. 4, 2015
ISBN: 978-3795052263
Holger Jebens (Hrsg.)
Storibuk Pairundu. Tales and legends from the Kewa (Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
Collected by Alex Yapua Ari
Berlin: Reimer Verlag 2015
ISBN: 978-3-496-01549-9
Wolbert G.C. Smidt, Sophia Thubauville (Hrsg.)
Cultural Research in Northeastern Africa. German Histories and Stories
Mekelle University, Frobenius Institute Frankfurt am Main, 2015
Ulrich Braukämper
Afrika 1914–1918: Antikolonialer Widerstand jenseits der Weltkriegsfronten
(Studien zur Kulturkunde, Bd.130), Berlin, Reimer-Verlag 2015
ISBN 978-3-496-01548-2
PAIDEUMA. Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde
W. Kohlhammer: Stuttgart, Berlin, Köln
ISSN 0078-7809
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