Herbert Ganslmayr

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Herbert Ganslmayr , also Herbert Ganslmayer , (* 1937 ; † April 27, 1991 in Athens ) was a German ethnologist . From 1975 to 1990 he was director of the Überseemuseum in Bremen . Ganslmayr died during a UNESCO conference that dealt with the return of stolen cultural property to the countries of origin.

Life

Ganslmayr studied pedagogy, ethnology , Egyptology and ancient history in Munich and Basel . After receiving his doctorate in 1965, he worked as a lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Munich and conducted field studies in southern Nigeria . After working as a curator at the Bremen Überseemuseum, he was appointed director there in 1975.

In the International Committee for Museums of Ethnography (ICME), a sub-organization of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), Gansmyr held various prominent positions, including as chairman of the ICME from 1974 to 1980 and from 1986 until his death. Among other things, he was Chairman of the Advisory Committee at ICOM from 1980 to 1986.

Herbert Ganslmayr advocated an active role for ethnological museums (ethnological museums) in today's development of countries in the southern hemisphere. At the same time, he envisaged the task of the ethnographic museums in the industrialized countries to provide information about the current situation in the developing countries. The Bremen Überseemuseum got involved in this direction under his leadership.

Publications (selection)

  • The crocodile in the cult and myth of African tribes. Munich 1969 (university thesis; Munich, Philosophical Faculty, dissertation dated June 30, 1969)
  • with Jacques Maquet : Kindler's cultural history. Part of africa. The black civilizations. [Translated from the French by Ingrid Ganslmayr and expanded with contributions by Herbert Ganslmayr], Kindler, Zurich 1970
  • with Jacques Maquet: Africa. The black civilizations. [Translated by Ingrid Ganslmayr and expanded with articles by Herbert Ganslmayr], Magnus-Verlag, Essen 1975
  • [as publisher:] Commemorative publication Gustav Nachtigal. 1874 - 1974. Übersee-Museum, Bremen 1977
  • with Jacques Maquet: The Africans. Peoples and cultures of the black continent. Paperback edition. Heyne, Munich 1978; ISBN 3-453-00889-8
  • [as publisher:] Ibiza studies. Übersee-Museum, Bremen 1978
  • [as editor:] with Otto Heigl: From James Baldwin to the Free Southern Theater. Positions of black American drama in the socio-cultural context of the USA. Übersee-Museum, Bremen 1979
  • [Scientific Arr .:] Art from Zaire. Masks and sculptures from the National Collection Inst. Des Musées Nationaux du Zaire (IMNZ). Exhibition of the Übersee-Museum and the Berliner Festspiele GmbH from January 5th to April 7th, 1980 in the Übersee-Museum in Bremen. [Catalog text: Lema Gwete. Ms .: Makoso Bingulu. Translator: Ute Becker u. a.], Übersee-Museum, Bremen 1980; ISBN 3-921749-17-4
  • with Gert von Paczensky : Nefertiti wants to go home. Europe - treasure house of the "Third World". Bertelsmann, Munich 1984
  • [as editor:] Protocoles et acte général de la Conference de Berlin. 1884 - 1885. Congo Conference 1884 - 1885, Berlin. Übersee-Museum, Bremen 1984; ISBN 3-88299-042-2
  • [with Alexandros Pistofidis as editor:] Aphrodite's sisters and Christian Cyprus. 9000 years of Cyprus culture. Exhibition catalog Übersee-Museum Bremen. [Translation: U. Braun u. a .; Catalog design: H. Albers; B. Wenzel], Eichborn, Frankfurt / Main 1987; ISBN 3-8218-1717-8
  • with Manfred O. Hinz and Hartmut Müller : white on black. Colonialism, Apartheid and African Resistance. Elefanten Press, Berlin, 2nd, updated edition 1986; ISBN 3-88520-135-6

literature

  • Herbert Ganslmayr: Musées et artisanat, in: Museum International (Edition Francaise), Volume 40, Issue 1, pages 2–9, January / December 1989 (sic!)
  • Herbert Ganslmayr: Museums and Crafts, in: Museum International (English Edition), Volume 40, Issue 1, pages 2–9, January / December 1988 (sic!)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b In memoriam Herbert Ganslmayr, ICME Newsletter no. 18, 1991 ( Memento from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.1 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Ganslmayr, Herbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ganslmayer, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ethnologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1937
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1991
Place of death Athens