Bernhard Ankermann

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Bernhard Ankermann (born February 14, 1859 in Tapiau , East Prussia , † October 26, 1943 in Berlin ) was a German ethnologist and Africa researcher . He was a representative of the cultural-historical method and culture-circle theory .

Life

Ankermann received his doctorate in 1901 at the University of Leipzig on African musical instruments and was initially assistant director at the Royal Museum of Ethnology in Berlin and later director of its Africa department. In 1925 he retired and Alfred Schachtzabel was his successor.

Ankermann was a longstanding board member of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory .

Works

  • The African musical instruments . (Inaugural dissertation to obtain a doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig) Haack, Berlin 1901 ( archive.org )
  • Cultures and cultural groups in Africa . In: Journal of Ethnology . Volume 37, 1905, pp. 54-86.
  • Instructions for ethnological observation and collecting . Georg Reimer, Berlin 1914.
  • Spread and forms of totemism . Asher, Berlin 1915.
  • The religion of the primitive peoples . In: Textbook of the history of religion . Founded by Chantepie de la Saussaye . Volume I. Publisher by JCB Mohr, Tübingen 1925.
  • (Arr.) Native law. Edited by Erich Schultz-Ewerth and Dr. Leonhard Adam . Volume I: East Africa . Strecker and Schröder, Stuttgart 1929.

literature

  • Walter Hirschberg : The work of Bernhard Ankermann. In: Journal of Ethnology , Volume 70, Issue 3/5 (1938), pp. 130–143.
  • Bernhard Ankermann. For my 80th birthday. Berlin 1939. Separate print from Zeitschrift für Ethnologie .

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personal data
SURNAME Ankermann, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ethnologist and Africa researcher
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Tapiau , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1943
Place of death Berlin