Karl Lukesch

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Karl Lukesch (* 1917 in Graz ; † 1991 in Graden ), like his brother Anton Lukesch, was an Austrian theologian , missionary and South American researcher.

Life

Karl Lukesch studied theology at the University of Graz and then worked in some parishes in Styria, such as provisional in Osterwitz from 1958 to 1960. As early as 1954, he and his brother Anton had the Indian tribe of Asurini do as missionaries among the Indians on the Brazilian Rio Xingu Xingo and that of the Araweté , who until then had lived in isolation from civilization. In 1971, before the construction of the “ Transamazônica ”, they tried to establish peaceful contacts with the peoples living there: “to contact one of the few really isolated and unacculturated societies that still survives in the modern world and to study, understand, and make known their aboriginal way of life represents the most cherished dream of every ethnologist ". These expeditions were also justified as necessary “participation”, which was important in order to avoid dramatic and tragic inter-ethnic confrontations.

After his missionary work, Karl Lukesch took over a pastor's position in Graden , in his home country Styria .

During his years in South America, he and his brother put together a collection of cultural objects (ceramics, tools, weapons, jewelry).

This collection was acquired by the Province of Styria in 1982 and some of it was also exhibited. The money from the sale was used to build a hospital in South America. The collection of Anton Lukesch and his brother Karl was also integrated into the Köflach City Museum as an Indian museum . The collection was donated to representatives of Brazil in mid-March 2020. The reason for the donation was that the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro fell victim to a fire in 2019 , so it received some new exhibits. The donation was subject to the condition that the original owners on the Rio Xingu were informed of the donation.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Catholic Church of Styria
  2. ^ Anton Lukesch (1969): Happy news on the Amazon. About the missionary work of the brother missionaries Dr. Anton and Karl Lukesch. Sunday paper for Styria, pp. 8-10.
  3. ↑ Erich Kräutler : Menschen am Xingu: a documentary autobiography , p. 288. Vienna: Böhlau 1997 ISBN 3-205-98763-2
  4. ^ Anton Lukesch (1973): Making contact with jungle Indians (Brazil): The Asuriní in the Xingu region. Anthropos, Vol. 68, H. 5./6., Pp. 801-814.
  5. ^ History of contact.
  6. ^ Anton Lukesch, Gertrude Laschen Solstein, Karl Lukesch & Renate Brigitte Viertler (1976): Mito e vida dos índios caiapós . São Paulo: Livr. Pioneira Ed.
  7. ↑ a b Out and about in Deutschlandsberg: Original objects from the Lukesch collection go to Rio. In: Weststeirische Rundschau . No. 12, Volume 2020 (March 20, 2020) 93rd Volume. ZDB -ID 2303595-X . Simadruck Aigner u. Weisi, Deutschlandsberg 2020, p. 3.
  8. ↑ Kleine Zeitung, October 29, 2013, Indian Museum: Neue Heimat in Köflach
  9. ↑ Kleine Zeitung, March 9, 2020, Styria: Indigenous art returns home to Brazil
personal data
SURNAME Lukesch, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH 1991
Place of death Graden (municipality of Köflach)