News
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Reportage: Seit fast 30 Jahren kümmert sich Peter Steigerwald um das fotografische Bildarchiv
Der berühmte Ethnologe Leo Frobenius (1873–1983) hat von seinen Reisen in ferne Länder viel mit nach Hause gebracht. Vor allem über die Kopien von Felsbildern aus der ganzen Welt war in den vergangenen Jahren häufig zu lesen; Ausstellungen in Berlin, Mexico City, Zürich und Frankfurt zogen ein großes Publikum an. -
The wax and gold of hairstyles in Ethiopia
From June 2nd, 2022, the South Omo Research Center in Jinka will show the photo exhibition
"The wax and gold of hairstyles in Ethiopia"
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Sommersymposium 2022
The Frobenius Institute is pleased to present the program of this year's Sommersymposium on June 9 and 10, 2022. With its annual Sommersymposium, the Frobenius Institute offers young researchers at German-speaking ethnological institutes the opportunity to present their latest research work related to social and cultural anthropology to an interested audience and to exchange ideas with other scholars.
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Call for Applications: Masterclass 2022 with Prof. Dr. Nurit Bird-David
Prof. Dr. Nurit Bird-David (Haifa) is our guest of this year´s Ad.E.Jensen-Gedächtnisvorlesung 2022 with the title: "Connectivity: insights from hunter-gatherer cultures". -
Paideuma and Déjà Lu
Paideuma ist mit dem Aufsatz „Ein erwünschter Staat? Dezentralisierung im urbanen Java als Staatsbildung ‚von unten‘“ von Tim Pöhlmann, erschienen 2020 in Band 66:101–126, im Jubiläumsheft 10 der vom World Council of Anthropological Associations herausgegebenen Zeitschrift Déjà Lu vertreten.
https://www.waunet.org/wcaa/archive/downloads/wcaa/dejalu/dejalu10/Paideuma.pdf
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Interview with Holger Jebens: "Acquisition and display ethics"
Holger Jebens was interviewed for the "Oral History Archive" of the Institute for History and Theory of Architecture (ETH Zurich) and asked about the Frobenius Institute's Ethnographic Collection. A transcription of the interview can be found here:
https://www.oralhistoryarchiv.ch/docs/interviews/Interview-Holger-Jebens.pdf
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Online Workshop "Saving and Being Safe Away from Home"
Saving and Being Safe Away from Home
7-8 April 2022
The workshop is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and organized by the research project “On the saf(v)e side: informal economic associations and future aspirations in the Ethiopian diaspora”.
