Johannes J. Arens

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Johannes J. Arens (* 1975 in Aachen ) is a German cultural anthropologist, author and journalist with a focus on food culture . Since October 2010 he has been running the blog Nachschlag: Food culture in words and pictures .

Life

Johannes J. Arens trained as a fashion and textile designer at the Academie Beeldende Kunsten in Maastricht , the Netherlands , from 1996 to 2000 and then worked in Amsterdam until 2002 . From 2002 to 2006 he studied cultural anthropology , Dutch and art history at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and the University of Cologne . He is an alumnus of the German National Academic Foundation .

From 2008 to 2010 he was editor of the magazine Männer in Berlin, responsible for politics and life. Between 2009 and 2011 he lectured as a lecturer at the local Institute for German Studies, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Department of Cultural Anthropology / Folklore.

Since 2009 he has been writing as a freelance writer for taz and the Kölner StadtRevue . He lives in Aachen and Cologne.

Fonts

  • Chorizo, salame and German zervelat. Europe's future and sausage culture . Berlin 2011 ISBN 978-3-86408-029-6 (The text from 2010 is based on a lecture entitled It's about the sausage - European integration using the example of food culture , the arenas in the framework program for the award of the city's International Charlemagne Prize Aachen held.)
  • Lookup Berlin. On the culture of eating and drinking in the capital . Berlin 2010 ISBN 978-3-940621-22-1 (The essay collection published in 2010 deals with different aspects of a local, urban food culture.)
  • Africa is different. Positions and strategies of African chefs in Aachen and Cologne. In: Rheinisches Jahrbuch für Volkskunde . Volume 39 (2012)
  • Lookup Cologne. From eating and drinking in the Rhine metropolis . Berlin 2013 ISBN 978-3-86408-095-1

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personal data
SURNAME Arens, Johannes J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arens, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cultural anthropologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen