Anton Lukesch

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Anton Lukesch (born December 29, 1912 in Graz , † June 5, 2003 in Lima in Peru ) was an Austrian theologian and, like his brother Karl Lukesch, a missionary and researcher in South America.

Life

Anton Lukesch studied law and theology at the University of Graz . In 1948 he was ordained a priest. He then worked as a chaplain in several Styrian places. He then entered the order of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood in Salzburg . In 1952 he went to Brazil for his first mission. Between 1959 and 1965 he was the Styrian Caritas director, but soon went back to South America. He eventually became a professor of missiology and ethnology at the universities of Graz and Vienna , but in between he always did research in the Amazon region .

For 15 years he lived exclusively as a missionary among the Indians on the Brazilian Rio Xingu and, together with his brother Karl Lukesch, discovered the Indian tribe of the Asurini do Xingu , who until then had lived completely isolated. In 1985, as a pensioner, he finally retired to South America to devote himself to the impoverished Indians in the Andes. During his years in South America, he and his brother put together a collection of cultural objects (ceramics, tools, weapons, jewelry).

This collection was acquired by the Province of Styria in 1982 and some of it was also exhibited. The money from the sale was used to build a hospital in South America. The collection of Anton Lukesch and his brother Karl was also integrated into the Köflach City Museum as an Indian museum . The collection was donated to representatives of Brazil in mid-March 2020. The reason for the donation was that the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro fell victim to a fire in 2019 , so it received some new exhibits. The donation was subject to the condition that the original owners on the Rio Xingu were informed of the donation.

Honors

  • Honorary doctorate (Dr. phil.hc) from the University of Vienna on November 13, 1991

Publications

  • 1963: Kayapó Indian religious book: a contribution to accommodation and acculturation among primitive peoples. St. Gabriel-Verlag: Mödling.
  • 1972: Josef Haekel , Anton Lukesch: Introduction to the ethnology of South America. Institute for Ethnology at the University of Vienna: Engelbert Stiglmayr Verlag.
  • 1976: Bearded Indians of the Tropical Forest. The Asurini of the Ipiacaba: notes and observations on the first contact and living together. Academic printing and publishing company: Graz. ISBN 3201009687 .
  • 1980: South America's area of ​​tension. Publisher Styria: Graz. ISBN 3222112606 .
  • 1990: Shamans on the Rio Xingu: Newly discovered Indian tribes in the Brazilian jungle . Graz: Verlag Böhlau. ISBN 3205052889 .
  • 1994: The tapir that gnaws at the sky support. Myth and life of the Kayapo Indians . Graz: Verlag Böhlau. ISBN 3-205-98160-X .
  • 1994: The Missionary and the Cultures . International Catholic journal Communio, No. 6, pp. 556-576.

literature

  • H. & W. Senft (1999): Departure into the Unknown. Graz: Stocker Verlag.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Der Standard, June 11, 2003, missionary Lukesch died
  2. ↑ a b Out and about in Deutschlandsberg: Original objects from the Lukesch collection go to Rio. In: Weststeirische Rundschau . No. 12, Volume 2020 (March 20, 2020) 93rd Volume. ZDB -ID 2303595-X . Simadruck Aigner u. Weisi, Deutschlandsberg 2020, p. 3.
  3. ↑ Kleine Zeitung, October 29, 2013, Indian Museum: Neue Heimat in Köflach
  4. ↑ Kleine Zeitung, March 9, 2020, Styria: Indigenous art returns home to Brazil
  5. ^ Honorary doctorate for Anton Lukesch at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Vienna . Retrieved July 19, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Lukesch, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian theologian
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 2003
Place of death Lima , Peru