Dirk Schlottmann

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Dirk Schlottmann (born December 25, 1968 in Mainz ) is a German ethnologist and photographer .

Professional background

Schlottmann studied ethnology and African philology with the ethnologist Ivo Strecker at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and received his doctorate in 2007 with Susanne Schröter at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main in historical ethnology on the topic of Korean shamanism in the new millennium . From 2008 to 2010 he was visiting professor at Konkuk University (Global Campus) in South Korea. From 2010 to 2017 he worked as a visiting professor at the Korea National University of Education (South Korea). In 2018 he founded the Institute for Korean Shamanism in Berlin.

His doctoral thesis is considered a standard work on modern Korean shamanism in German-speaking countries . His main research interests are Korean shamanism, Asian spirituality , trance and ecstasy, and visual anthropology .

Fonts (selection)

  • 2007: Korean Shamanism in the New Millennium. European university publications. Folklore / Ethnology. P. Lang, Frankfurt / Bern, ISBN 978-3-631-56856-9 .
  • 2009: Kim Soo-nam's shaman photography - a border crossing between art and documentation. In: DAF scene Korea. No. 29, Berlin / Seoul.
  • 2011: with Vincent Prevost Tana Toraja: Cult of the Dead and Beyond . Self-published by Blurb. San Francisco, ISBN 978-2-9538894-0-6 .
  • 2012: Catholicism and indigenous religion - traditional spiritual healers on Siquijor. In: Edgar W. Harnack (Ed.): Yearbook for Spirituality and Transcendental Psychology. MV-Wissenschaft, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-86991-926-3 .
  • 2014: Cyber ​​Shamanism in South Korea. Online Publication: Institute of Cyber ​​Society. Kyung Hee Cyber ​​University Seoul
  • 2015: Obsession and incorporation in Hwanghaedo shamanism. In: Journal of International Studies. Volume 23, Keimyung University, April 2015, pp. 89-120.
  • 2016: Trance, Ecstasy, and Obsession in Korean Shamanism. Rituals of the Hwanghaedo tradition in Seoul (= Edition MV-Wissenschaft. ). Monsenstein & Vannerdat, Münster, ISBN 978-3-95645-747-0 .
  • 2018: Spirit Possession in Korean Shaman rituals of the Hwanghaedo tradition. In: Journal for the Study of Religious Experiences. Vol.4 No.2. The Religious Experience Research Center (RERC) at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
  • 2019: Dealing with Uncertainty: “Hell Joseon” and the Korean Shaman rituals for happiness and against misfortune. In: Shaman - Journal of the International Society for Academic Research on Shamanism. Vol. 27. no 1 & 2, p. 65-95. Budapest: Molnar & Kelemen Oriental Publishers, ISSN  1216-7827

literature

  • Roman Lach: Gods, Spirits and Ancestors - Dirk Schlottmann's description of altered states of consciousness in Korean shamanism . In: Korea Forum . 2016, p. 90-92 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lukas Pokorny: Dirk Schlottmann, Korean Shamanism in the New Millennium in the digital library of the 'Digital Library of the Faculty of Arts' at Masaryk University , accessed on August 12, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Schlottmann, Dirk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ethnologist and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz