Andreas Gruschke

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Andreas Gruschke (born April 16, 1960 in Blumenfeld ; † January 30, 2018 ) was a German author , photographer and Tibetologist with a scientific background as a geographer , sinologist and ethnologist .

Career

After attending high school in Singen and doing his community service, Gruschke studied from 1981 to 1990 in Aachen and Freiburg . During this time he also spent two months studying in East Asia and Southeast Asia and also completed a year-long study of the Chinese language at the Beijing University of Language and Culture in the People's Republic of China in 1984/85 . In 1990 he completed his studies in Freiburg with a Magister Artium . His master's thesis was published under the title “ New land development in arid regions of the People's Republic of China and its importance for the food supply of the Chinese population ”.

In 1985/86 he taught at the Shanxi Agricultural University in Taigu ( Shanxi , People's Republic of China), and in 1992/93 as a visiting professor at the Kangweon National University in Chuncheon ( South Korea ).

From July 2004 to June 2012, Gruschke was a research associate at the University of Leipzig, responsible for research work within the special research area “Difference and Integration” on nomads in Eastern Tibet . In 2009 he received his doctorate in development geography from the University of Leipzig. From November 2012 Gruschke held a research professorship at the "Institute for Studies on Social Development and (Economic) Development of Western China" ( Shehui fazhan yu xibu kaifa yanjiuyuan ) at Sichuan University in Chengdu .

Andreas Gruschke died after a short, serious illness at the age of 57. In an obituary, the University of Leipzig characterized him as "one of the few German geographers who was internationally known as a proven expert on China and Tibet and who was highly valued for his expertise and commitment".

Services

As early as 1987, Gruschke worked as a freelance author and photo journalist with a focus on Tibet, the Himalayan region , the Silk Road and East Asia, gave lectures and seminars at the adult education center in Freiburg and other adult education institutions, and also carried out self-designed study trips to East Asia. Even after completing his studies, he took numerous study trips to Southeast Asia , China , Korea , Central Asia and, in particular, longer research stays in the highlands of Tibet .

Gruschke has published numerous books and articles mainly on Tibetan culture, including pioneering work on monasteries in the eastern Tibetan areas of Amdo and Kham . Other books and reports deal with the Silk Road, China, Korea and the Himalayas, as well as two illustrated books about his home region: the Hegau and the Upper Rhine .

Movies

Works

Books

  • Nomadic resource use and livelihood security in transition. The East Tibetan region of Yushu (Qinghai, PR China) (Nomaden and Sessige series, 15), Wiesbaden 2012, ISBN 978-3-89500-643-2
  • When the world egg broke: Myths and Legends of China (with Astrid Zimmermann as co-author), Munich-Kreuzlingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7205-3052-1
  • Tea. Sweet Dew of Heaven (together with Astrid Zimmermann and Andreas Schörner), Freiburg 2007, ISBN 3000223274 (first edition dtv, Munich 2001)
  • Tibetan Buddhism , Munich-Kreuzlingen 2003, ISBN 3720523918
  • South Korea. HB-Bildatlas Special 49 , Norderstedt 1998, ISBN 3-616-06449-X
  • Myths and legends of the Tibetans , Munich 1996, ISBN 3-424-01309-9
  • The Hegau. Freiburg im Breisgau 1991, ISBN 3-7930-0576-3
  • The Upper Rhine. An Alemannic river landscape . Freiburg im Breisgau 1995, ISBN 3-89155-183-5
  • New land development in arid regions of the PR China and its importance for the food supply of the Chinese population , communications from the Institute for Asian Studies No. 194, Hamburg 1991
  • Transasia. From the Bosporus to the Yellow Sea , book by A. Gruschke and Astrid Zimmermann for the Hessischer Rundfunk television series of the same name (on ARD in July / August 1997), Cologne 1997

Articles and reports

  • " Conflicts in pastureland - conflicts over pastureland? Renegotiation of Resource Access in Tibetan Nomad Areas ”. In: Geographische Rundschau , 63.7 / 8 (2011). Pp. 20-26.
  • “ Quo vadis Tibet? The riots in Tibet and China's search for a 'harmonious society' ”, in: das neue China , 35th vol. No. 2 (June 2008), pp. 23–30.
  • “ Nomads Without Pastures? Globalization, Regionalization, and Livelihood Security of Nomads and Former Nomads in Northern Khams ”. In: Ken Bauer, Geoff Childs, Andrew Fischer, and Daniel Winkler (eds.), In the Shadow of the Leaping Dragon: Demography, Development, and the Environment in Tibetan Areas, in: JIATS, 4 (December 2008) (PDF; 840 kB).
  • " A Vital Monastic Center of the Jonang Tradition: The Grand Lamasery of Dzamthang ", in: China Tibetology , 2008 No. 1
  • “ Unemployment and Underemployment in Tibet. Political means of pressure or consequences of social change? “, In: International Asia Forum , 34th vol., No. 3-4 (2003), pp. 303-330.
  • “ Tibetica sales and the commercialization of the image of Tibet ” by Andreas Gruschke and Astrid Zimmermann, in: das neue China , Vol. 28, no. 3 (Sept. 2001), pp. 14-17
  • " Meeting essay. Tibet and the peoples ' right to self-determination ”, in: International Asia Forum, Volume 31, No. 3–4 (2000), pp. 356–369
  • “ The white gold of the steppe. The salt caravans in the north Tibetan Changthang ”, by A. Gruschke & Loten Dahortsang, in: Ärztliches Reise & Medizin journal, 22nd year, No. 11, Nov. 1998, pp. 4-16

Online articles

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SFB employee Dr. Andreas Gruschke
  2. ↑ Andreas Gruschke 特聘 教授 ( Memento from April 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ SZ commemoration: Andreas Gruschke. Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 10, 2018, accessed on September 23, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Obituary. Badische Zeitung, accessed on February 9, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Messages: Mr. Andreas Gruschke. Faculty of Physics and Geosciences at the University of Leipzig, February 7, 2018, accessed on September 23, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Archive: Himalaya / Tibet and further reviews in Current Book Reviews: Himalaya / Tibet
  7. ^ Monastic boom in the east of Tibet
  8. ↑ Book review of the interreligious office rpi-virtuell ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Review in Kantowsky, Cha Do. Tee Weg , p. 121
personal data
SURNAME Gruschke, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Field of flowers
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 2018