Manuel Rauchholz

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Manuel Rauchholz (born April 28, 1972 in Micronesia ) is a German-American theologian , ethnologist , associate professor for anthropology and intercultural studies at the "Trinity International University" in Deerfield (Illinois) and author .

Live and act

Manuel Rauchholz grew up as the son of the missionaries Roland and Dorothea Rauchholz with four siblings in Micronesia, Japan, Germany and the USA. After graduating from high school in Tokyo, he studied Protestant theology and ethnology in Heidelberg , Tübingen and Chicago . 2010 doctorate he in Heidelberg with his work on Towards an Understanding of adoption, person, and Emotion: The ideal norm and reality of life amongst the Chuukese of Micronesia for Ph.D. (summa cum laude). From 2012 to 2016 he worked as an assistant professor and researcher at the Institute for Anthropology at Heidelberg University. He deals with topics such as migration and integration, violence and conflict resolution strategies, intercultural ethics, human rights and legal systems. In 2011, he was a research fellow in anthropology at the Micronesian Area Research Center at the University of Guam while doing field research in Micronesia . In collaboration with the University of St. Andrews, Scotland (EU funded) and the National District Attorneys Association (Washington DC, USA), he conducted a research project on ethics and human trafficking in Oceania between 2012 and 2016. Afterwards he developed an interdisciplinary education and research project, the “Faichuk Educational Development and Research Project”, in cooperation with his consulting firm “Rauchholz International Consulting” with the government of the state of Chuuk in Micronesia, within the framework of which he was looking for opportunities, teachers for the environment to train that they find in the villages.

Since 2019 he has been Professor of Anthropology and Intercultural Studies at Trinity International University in Deerfield (Illinois) .

Rauchholz is a speaker at the Albrecht Bengel House in Tübingen and the author of numerous specialist articles .

Awards

  • 2011: Frobenius Research Prize of the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main for his study on the emotional effects of adoption in Chuuk with the title “Towards an Understanding of Adoption, Person, and Emotion. The Ideal Norm and Reality of Life amongst the Chuukese in Micronesia “(On the way to adoption, person and emotion. The ideal norm and reality of life among the Chuukese in Micronesia).

Private

Rauchholz is married to the theologian Mihamm Kim-Rauchholz . The couple have three daughters and live in Chicago .

Publications

  • Towards an Understanding of Adoption, Person, and Emotion: The ideal norm and reality of life amongst the Chuukese of Micronesia , (PhD Diss.), Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg 2009. DNB
as a co-author
  • Understanding and Interpretations of “Sin” and “Curse” in Chuuk, Micronesia , in Friedemann Walldorf, Lothar Käser and Bernd Brandl (eds.): Mission and Reflection in Context: Perspectives on Evangelical Mission Studies in the 21st Century - Festschrift for Klaus W. Müller on his 65th birthday , Verlag für Theologie und Religionswissenschaft (VTR) Nürnberg 2010, pp. 264–276, ISBN 978-3-941750265 .
  • Discourses on Chuukese Customary Adoption, Migration, and the Law's of State (s) , in: Jan Rensel and Alan Howard (Eds.): Pacific Islands Diaspora, Identity, and Incorporation , Special issue of Pacific Studies 35, 2012 (1/2 ), Pp. 119-143.
  • Aspects Ethnographiques de la Micronésie , in: Christian Polak and Kiyoko Sawatari (eds.): Un artiste voyageur en Micronésie: L'univers flottant de Paul Jacoulet , Somogy and Musée du quai Branly, Paris 2013, pp. 65–74.
  • Ethical dilemmas as a challenge in ethnological research: Reflections from Micronesia , in: Annette Hornbacher (Ed.): Ethnologie und Ethik , Special Issue of Ethnoscripts 15 (2), 2013, pp. 110–130.
  • The German evangelical missionary activity in Micronesia , in: Hermann Joseph Hiery (ed.): Die Deutsche Südsee 1884–1914: Ein Handbuch , Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh , Paderborn 2001, 3rd edition 2014, ISBN 978-3-506-73912-4 .
Essays
  • Demythologizing Adoption: From the Practice to the Effects of Adoption in Chuuk , Pacific Studies, Micronesia, Vol. 31 Nos. 3 / 4– Sept./Dec. 2008, pp. 156-181.
  • Notes on Clan Histories and Migration in Micronesia , Pacific Asia Inquiry Vol. 2 No. 1, Fall 2011, pp. 53-68.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rauchholz: Academic staff member at the Institute for Social Anthropology at Heidelberg University , eth.uni-heidelberg.de, accessed on August 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ Rauchholz: Kurzvita , ev-kirche-nuembrecht.de, message from May 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ Researcher of Anthropology of the Micronesian Area Research Center of the University of Guam , eastwestcenter.org, accessed on August 11, 2015.
  4. ↑ IHL Research Center: Traditional, Legal and Christian Forms of Resolving Violent Conflicts in Chuuk, Micronesia , ihl.eu, accessed on August 11, 2015.
  5. ^ "Faichuk Educational Development and Research Project" Chuuk / Micronesia
  6. ↑ Manuel Rauchholz at TIU , tiu.edu, notification from June 18, 2018.
  7. ↑ Faculty: Manuel R. Rauchholz, PhD , tiu.edu, accessed on May 30, 2020.
  8. ^ Lecture at the ABH: Ethnology and Theology - Why we have to deal with cultural issues , bengelhaus.de, event on January 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ Rauchholz: Publications , eth.uni-heidelberg.de, accessed on August 11, 2015.
  10. ↑ Research Promotion Prize: previous winners , frobenius-institut.de, accessed on June 4, 2020.
  11. ↑ Personnel 2/2012: Honors - Awards - Appointments ( Memento of November 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Rauchholz, Manuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rauchholz, Manuel Roland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American ethnologist and anthropologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Micronesia