Frank Bliss

Frank Bliss (born March 21, 1956 in Bonn ) is a German ethnologist and Islamic scholar .

Life

Bliss is Professor of Ethnology at the University of Hamburg and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Development and Peace ( INEF ) at the University of Duisburg-Essen ; He is also the chairman of the Working Group on Development Ethnology ( AGEE ), the association of anthropologists working in development cooperation or researching in this area in Germany. He has been a member of the Innovation Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development ( BMZ ) since 2011 .

Since 1991 he has been co-owner of the development consultancy firm Bliss & Gaesing - Associated Consultants with a focus on the planning, implementation and evaluation of development projects, including for the BMZ, the World Bank , the Asian Development Bank and German and international non-governmental organizations, specializing in socio-economic and socio-cultural issues, gender -Equality in development cooperation and population participation (participation).

His research between 1979 and 1988 dealt with ethnographic foundations as well as social and economic change in the western desert of Egypt (Arabic: Sahara al Gharbiya ), in 1988 after the hunger crisis in Darfur (Republic of Sudan ) on recovery potential and since 1995 in Central Asia ( Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan ), especially for the participation of civil society organizations in national and regional development planning.

Publications (excerpt)

• 1998: Artisanat et artisanat d'art dans les oasis du désert occidental Egypt . Publications of the Frobenius Institute. Cologne.
• 1998: Siwa - The oasis of the sun god. Life in an Egyptian oasis from the Middle Ages to the present day (= The Egyptian oases. Volume 1). Bonn.
• 2006: Oasis life. The Egyptian oases of Bahriya and Farafra past and present . The Egyptian Oases Volume 2. Bonn.
• 2006: Social and economic Change in the Pamirs (Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) . (Routledge / Curzon Press) London.
• 2011: Drinking water for Mayo Kebbi. A project of the German cooperation with Chad . Bad Honnef.
• 2014: (with Stefan Neumann) Development planning and population participation in Central Asia. The examples of the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan (= contributions to the discussion on participation. Volume 2). Bonn.