Clara Mayer-Himmelträger

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Clara Mayer-Himmelträger (* 1970 as Clara Himmelträger ) is a German ethnologist and curator .

Life

She is the granddaughter of the ethnologist couple Ulrike and Hans Himmelträger . Her mother is the art historian and former bookseller Susanne Himmelheber . The ethnologist Eberhard Fischer is her uncle.

job

In 2001 she completed her doctorate in ethnology at the University of Cologne with the dissertation Die Regalia des Kabaka von Buganda : A biography of things .

Clara Mayer-Himmelträger and her uncle Eberhard Fischer organized the exhibitions “ Zaire 1938/39” and “Die Kultur der Baule ” in Zurich in 1993 and 1997 with photographs and ethnological collections by Hans Himmelträger. They also wrote the exhibition catalogs together.

Since 2011 she has been the head of the Africa department and curator at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne . For example, she curated the exhibition “ Namibia - Germany: A Divided History” in Cologne in 2004 and in 2004/2005 at the German Historical Museum in Berlin. In 2016/2017 she also directed the exhibition “ Pilgrims . Longing for happiness? ”.

Publications (selection)

  • 1993: Zaire 1938/39. Exhibition catalog. Edited with Eberhard Fischer
  • 1996: The culture of the Baule: Ivory Coast 1933 and 1934/35. Exhibition catalog. Edited with Eberhard Fischer
  • 1997: Pottery and other strategies for securing income: Risk minimization in northern Namibia , with Dorothea Meyer-Bauer et al. In: History, Cultural Traditions and Innovations in Southern Africa, Vol. 4
  • 2002: The dog is a kola nut for the hyena. Contemporary art and culture from Africa , with Marjorie Jongbloed and Marcel Odenbach . In: Jahresring 49, yearbook for modern art. Oktagon, Cologne. ISBN 3-89611-103-5
  • 2004: The Regalia of the Kabaka of Buganda. A biography of things. LIT publishing house. ISBN 978-3-825868833
  • 2004: Contribution to the catalog for the exhibition Sexuality and Death: AIDS in Contemporary African Art

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Research by Hans Himmelträger in the Congo , May 31, 2008. In: Website About Africa & the rest of the world . Retrieved February 26, 2017
  2. ^ Sky lifter, Ulrike; born Romans . In: Bettina Beer : Women in German-speaking ethnology: a manual. Böhlau Verlag, 2007. ISBN 9783412112066 . Pages 90-94. ( Google Book )
  3. ↑ Review: Stefan Eisenhofer: Die Regalia des Kabaka von Buganda. A biography of things by Clara Mayer-Himmelträger. In: Journal for Ethnology , Volume 131, 2006, Issue 2, pp. 362–365. ( JSTOR 25843066 ). Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ Hans and Ulrike Himmelheber, Stations of Life , May 31, 2008. In: Website About Africa & the rest of the world .. Accessed on February 27, 2017
  5. ↑ Do pilgrims make you happy, Ms. Himmelträger? (Interview), October 8, 2016. In: WDR.de . Retrieved February 27, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Mayer-Himmelträger, Clara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Himmelhub, Clara (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ethnologist and curator
DATE OF BIRTH 1970