Etta Becker-Donner

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Etta Becker-Donner (born December 5, 1911 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary as Violetta Donner ; † September 25, 1975 there ) was an Austrian ethnologist .

Life

Etta Donner studied ethnology and African linguistics at the University of Vienna .

In 1934 the then 22-year-old Donner made her first trip to Liberia , in 1936 and 1937 a second one.

In the war year 1941 she married the Americanist Hans Becker , who was transferred to Chile for work in 1947. So Becker-Donner changed her research focus to Latin America. After the death of her husband in 1948, however, she returned to Vienna.

In 1954 she went on her first expedition to Brazil . She took more to Costa Rica and Guatemala . The focus was on South American art. Research trips also led to China , the USA and the Soviet Union . She usually went on these trips without a European travel companion and was mostly only with local guides or interpreters.

In 1955 she took over the management of the then independent Völkerkundemuseum Vienna , which she already knew because she was employed there as a research assistant from 1938. She was in charge of the museum for 20 years, during which time she expanded the area of ​​special exhibitions and events.

However, their activities also extended to development policy. She was one of the founders of the Latin America Institute in Vienna.

Works (excerpt)

  • The Acrobats of the Snake League , 1936
  • Togba, a Woman's Society in Liberia , 1938
  • -, Winifred M. Deans (transl.): Hinterland Liberia , (English), London 1939, reprint New York 1977, OBV
  • Native American painting from the United States. Contemporary Indian painting, handicrafts, everyday objects , exhibition catalog, 1958
  • Pre-Columbian painting , 1962
  • Masterpieces of Korean Art. Exhibition organized by the Federal Ministry for Education, May 18, 1962 - June 30, 1962 , exhibition catalog, 1962
  • Folk woodcuts from NE Brazil , exhibition catalog (introduction), 1962
  • Central America, Mexico. Peoples and Cultures, Special Exhibition 1964 , (exterior shots), 1964
  • The language of Mano , 1965
  • Guatemala and its folk art, special exhibition spring 1967, Museum für Völkerkunde , (exterior photos), 1967
  • Peru. Exhibition 1968, Matzen Castle Museum , (text), 1968
  • Brazil's Indians , 1969

Awards

literature

  • Christian F. Feest : Etta Becker-Donner (1911-1975) in Indiana , pp. 265-268, 1977
  • Brigitte Fuchs: Etta Becker-Donner. In: Brigitta Keintzel, Ilse Korotin (ed.): Scientists in and from Austria. Life - work - work. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2002, ISBN 3-205-99467-1 , pp. 53-55.
  • Hans Manndorff: In Memoriam Etta Becker-Donner in Wiener Völkerkundliche Mitteilungen , 1976
  • Hans Manndorff: In Memoriam Dr. Etta Becker-Donner in communications from the Anthropological Society in Vienna 108, 1978

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A courageous woman returned home from the jungle. The successful research trip of the Viennese ethnologist Dr. Becker-Donner . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 25, 1954, p. 6 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  2. ↑ 2011/12: Adventure Science: Etta Becker-Donner in Africa and Latin America. ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.weltmuseumwien.at
personal data
SURNAME Becker-Donner, Etta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Donner, Violetta (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ethnologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1975
Place of death Vienna