Eva Kreissl

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Eva Kreissl (* 1958 in Immerath as Eva Viethen ) is a German-Austrian cultural scientist and curator at the Universalmuseum Joanneum in Graz .

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Life

After finishing school, Eva Viethen studied art history and folklore from 1976 to 1978 at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . She then continued her studies at the University of Vienna . In 1984 she did her doctorate in Vienna with Helmut Fielhauer and Roland Girtler on the subject of Viennese workers: life between family, wage labor and political engagement .

After completing her doctorate, she worked as a lecturer at the Ludwig Uhland Institute for Empirical Cultural Studies at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and from 1990 to 1995 at the Institute for European Ethnology at the University of Vienna. At the same time she worked as a freelance cultural scientist and curator until 2005. Eva Kreissl designed numerous exhibitions in museums, a. a. the museum village Trattenbach as part of the Upper Austrian Provincial Exhibition in 1998 . She has been a curator at the Universalmuseum Joanneum in Graz since 2005 and has developed and implemented numerous concepts for special exhibitions at the Joanneum. A focus of her research activities are folklore and cultural-historical topics, including a. the development of folk medicine and superstition .

In addition to numerous scientific specialist publications, she also published works of fiction with a scientific background.

Exhibition concepts (selection)

  • Karl Heinrich Waggerl House, Wagrain 1994
  • Construction of the museum village Trattenbach on the occasion of the Upper Austrian provincial exhibition Land der Hämmer , Trattenbach 1998
  • Hidden Waters , permanent exhibition in the National Park Information Center Kalkalpen, Molln 2001
  • Celebrations , Upper Austrian State Exhibition, Waldhausen 2002 (together with Andrea Scheichl and Karl Vocelka)
  • NaturGeschichten - ThayaTales , permanent exhibition, Hardegg 2003
  • 12 nights in Europe , special exhibition, Folklore Museum Graz 2005
  • Healing. Folk medicine between experience and belief , special exhibition, Folklore Museum Graz 2006
  • The power of the mask , special exhibition, Landscape Museum Schloss Trautenfels 2007
  • Blood, sweat and tears - messages from the body , special exhibition, Volkskundemuseum Graz 2008
  • Good signs - bad signs: images, symbols, codes and their interpretation , special exhibition, Volkskundemuseum Graz 2009
  • Krampus - The Tamed Evil , special exhibition, Folklore Museum Graz 2009
  • Nice presents - from the Christ Child or Santa Claus? Special exhibition, Folklore Museum Graz 2010
  • ZeitZeitZeit ... On the fast life and the art of lingering , special exhibition, Folklore Museum Graz 2011/12
  • Dirndl, jeans and silk stockings: What clothes make of us , special exhibition, Folklore Museum Graz 2013
  • Superstition - ignorance: world without chance , special exhibition, Folklore Museum Graz 2014
  • Styria at a Glance: Perspectives on a Landscape , Special Exhibition, Folklore Museum Graz 2015

Publications (selection)

  • Tradition and Appropriation of Reality - Mining Women in Industrial Change , Vienna, Munich, Zurich 1982 (article)
  • Viennese workers: life between family, wage labor and political engagement , dissertation, Vienna 1984
  • Wiener Vorstadtmädel: Differences to a literary cliché , Vienna 1989
  • Who fills the shoe? Christmas time in Europe, exhibition catalog, Vienna 1994
  • The aunt. A woman with qualities, Milena-Verlag, Vienna 1996
  • Trattenbach - In the valley of the Feitelmacher , In: Landeskulturdirektion Oberösterreich (Hrsg.): Land der Hämmer. Heimat Eisenwurzen , catalog for the Upper Austrian Provincial Exhibition 1998, Salzburg 1998
  • The sunken world of the Schwoagerinnen. From alpine life at the foot of the Bodenwies , In: Landeskulturdirektion Oberösterreich (Hrsg.): Land der Hämmer. Heimat Eisenwurzen , catalog for the Upper Austrian Provincial Exhibition 1998, Salzburg 1998
  • Trattenbach museum village. Im Tal der Feitelmacher, exhibition catalog, Steyr 1998
  • Natural stories - ThayaTales , exhibition catalog and booklet for children, Hardegg 2003
  • Auf der Alm ... , exhibition catalog, Trautenfels 2004 (with Bodo Hell and Franz Mandl)
  • Healing. Folk medicine between experience and faith , Graz 2006 (with Roswitha Orac-Stipperger and Jutta Trafoier)
  • The power of the mask , Reader, Weitra 2007
  • Small worlds. Between fairy tales and milieu. Works by Stefanie Erjautz, catalog, Weitra 2007
  • Krampus - the tamed evil. From the Wabitsch Collection, exhibition catalog, Graz 2009
  • Cultural technique superstition. Between enlightenment and spirituality. Strategies for the rationalization of chance, Bielefeld 2013
  • Stories of clothing: collected - researched - exhibited, Graz 2013 (with Roswitha Orač-Stipperger)
  • Superstition - Aberwissen, exhibition catalog, Graz 2014
  • Faith matters : collected - researched - exhibited, Graz 2015 (with Roswitha Orač-Stipperger)
  • Living habits: collected - researched - exhibited, Graz 2017 (with Roswitha Orač-Stipperger)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Diploma theses and dissertations 1981–1990 - Departmental Library of European Ethnology. Retrieved October 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Eva Kreissl «eisenerZ * ART | iron ore * ART. Retrieved October 22, 2019 (German).
  3. ^ Employees of the Joanneum: Eva Kreissl. Retrieved October 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Kreissl, Eva
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Viethen, Eva (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian cultural scientist and curator
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Immerath