Joseph Imorde

Peter Probst

An in-depth and nuanced look at the complex relationship between two dynamic fields of study. While today we are experiencing a revival of world art and the so-called global turn of art history, encounters between art historians and anthropologists remain rare. Even after a century and a half of interactions between these epistemologies, a skeptical distance prevails with respect to the disciplinary other. This volume is a timely exploration of the roots of this complex dialogue, as it emerged worldwide in the colonial and early postcolonial periods, between 1870 and 1970. Exploring case studies from Australia, Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, and the United States, this volume addresses connections and rejections between art historians and anthropologists—often in the contested arena of “primitive art.” It examines the roles of a range of figures, including the art historian–anthropologist Aby Warburg, the modernist artist Tarsila do Amaral, the curator-impresario Leo Frobenius, and museum directors such as Alfred Barr and René d’Harnoncourt. Entering the current debates on decolonizing the past, this collection of essays prompts reflection on future relations between these two fields.

Modern Encounters, 1870–1970

Art History and Anthropology

Raymond Silverman

George Abungu

National Museums in Africa brings the voices of African museum professionals into dialogue with scholars and, by so doing, is able to consider the state of African national museums from fresh perspectives. Covering all regions of the continent, the volume’s thirteen chapters allow for a deep and nuanced understanding of the intricate interplay between past and present in contemporary Africa. Taking stock of the shifting museum landscape in Africa, with new players like China and South Korea challenging the conditions of cultural exchange, the book demonstrates that national museums are being rediscovered as important sites of political engagement and cultural negotiation. This is the first book to critically examine the roles national museums in Africa have played in the societies in which they are situated, but it is also the first to consider the roles that national museums might play in current debates concerning the restitution and repatriation of cultural patrimony taken from Africa during the colonial era. Informed by a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective, this ground-breaking book will appeal to anyone interested in museums in Africa. It will be particularly useful to scholars and students working in the areas of museum and heritage studies, African studies, anthropology, archaeology, history, art history and cultural studies.

Identity, History and Politics

National Museums in Africa

bestirnter Himmel und moralisches Gesetz : zum geschichtlichen Horizont einer These Immanuel Kants

Kant

Gerd Spittler

Be it the vitality of African popular culture, the vitality of religious ideas or the vitality of artistic forms of expressions - invoking the notion of vitality has become a common practice in Africanist discourses. Most often, the purpose of invoking this notion is to emphasize the unexpected and astonishing power and strength of certain cultural fields in Africa. But what is really meant with the notion of local vitality beyond its metaphorical usage, beyond the underrated and unforeseen? The present volume brings together a number of essays exploring the answers to these questions from different perspectives and disciplines. Based upon an international conference on Local Vitality and the Globalization of the Local organized by the Humanities Collaborative Research Centre at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, the contributions discuss the various dimensions of vitality in the context of debates about identity and self-assertion, locality and appropriation, and rivalry and resista

Explorations of Local Vitality in Africa

Between Resistance and Expansion

Jürgen Kehrer

Peter Godazgar

Nina George

Lucie Flebbe

Ralf Kramp

Jürgen Banscherus

Rita Falk

Erwin Grosche

Edda Minck

Joe Bausch

Marie-Luise Marjan

Alexandra Kui

Norbert Horst

Thomas Hackenberg

René Kollo

Volker Kuscher

Sunil Mann

Frank Göhre

Jürgen und Marita Alberts

Kathrin Heinrichs

Gunter Gerlach

Raimon Weber

Stefan Holtkötter

Kein Feiertag ist ihnen heilig! 'Mit Mordsgeschichten durch das Jahr' ist das Motto dieser Kurzgeschichtensammlung. Und nicht nur das Motto ist besonders, sondern auch die Gesellschaft, die die Taten auf dem Papier begeht. Der Jahresplaner des feinsinnigen Mordens im Überblick: Neujahr: Sunil Mann, Valentinstag: Peter Godazgar, Aschermittwoch: Frank Göhre, 29. Februar: Marita und Jürgen Alberts, Internationaler Tag der Frau: Kathrin Heinrichs , 1. April: Erwin Grosche, Karfreitag: Jürgen Banscherus, Ostern: Volker Kutscher, 1. Mai: Nina George und Joe Bausch, Muttertag: Marie-Luise Marjan und Ralf Kramp, Pfingsten: Lucie Flebbe, Fronleichnam: Alexandra Kui, Mariä Himmelfahrt: Peter Probst, Ramadan (Zuckerfest): Norbert Horst, 3. Oktober: Gunter Gerlach, Allerheiligen: Jürgen Kehrer, Karnevalsbeginn: Thomas Hackenberg, Barbaratag: Stefan Holtkötter, Nikolaus: Edda Minck, Weihnachten: René Kollo und Silvester: Rita Falk.

Mord am Hellweg VI

Kalendarium des Todes

Peter Probst

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