Renate von Gizycki

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Renate von Gizycki (born September 10, 1928 in Braunschweig ) is a German ethnologist , South Sea researcher , author , poet and translator who lives in Kassel .

Life

Von Gizycki, née Cronjaeger, grew up in Giessen, Berlin and Goslar. She obtained her Abitur in 1947. She then stayed in England for two years and returned to Germany in 1950. After various activities and stays abroad, she began studying ethnology, sociology, cultural anthropology and the like in 1959. a. with Helmuth Plessner , Folklore, Philosophy and History at the University of Göttingen . In 1970 she received her doctorate with a dissertation on the role of the poet in Polynesian society (Haku mele), which was published in 1971.

This was followed by research stays and trips to the USA, Vietnam and the Pacific: u. a. Hawaii , Tonga , Fiji , Samoa , New Zealand and Papua New Guinea . Due to this experience she showed a special commitment in the dissemination of the literature of the South Seas in Germany through editing and translations of Polynesian poets and writers, as well as through lectures and readings. For Kindler's new literary encyclopedia she took over the part The modern literature of Polynesia / Oceania in 1991 .

She had lectureships at the Göttingen Institute for Ethnology, but also worked as a freelance worker and author at Westdeutscher Rundfunk. She publishes articles in publications such as the Frankfurter Hefte , the Anthropos or in Alternative (Berlin), Kürbiskern (Munich) or L '80 (Berlin).

She is an honorary member of the German-Pacific Society and the Göttingen Society for Ethnology.

Renate von Gizycki had been married to Horst von Gizycki (1930–2009), professor of psychology of art at the University of Kassel , since 1955 .

Book publications

  • 1971 Haku mele. The poet in Polynesia. A social anthropological contribution to the role of the artist. (Göttingen philosophical dissertation). Munich.
  • Neighbors in the South Seas. Travel reports about islands in the Pacific. Frankfurt 1986 (Fischer-Taschenbuch 3884) ISBN 3-596-23884-6
  • Encounter with Vietnam. Story of a trip. Frankfurt 1987 (Fischertaschenbuch 3885) ISBN 3-596-23885-4
  • Where the day begins, dreams end. Encounters in the South Seas. Ethnological and literary expeditions. Frankfurt 1998. (Fischer-Taschenbuch 14091) ISBN 3-596-14091-9

Poetry

  • Darkness over Newfoundland. Poems 1962–1988. Nuremberg: Tolling Publishing House
  • Star on withdrawal. Poems and drawings. Kassel 2004 edition giz
  • Farewell to the South Seas. Poems and drawings. Kassel 2007 edition giz

Editorships

  • Horst von Gizycki : From Bosch to Beuys or can art change our lives. Selected essays 1969–2008. kassel university press 2011
  • Horst von Gizycki: Sketchbook. Nulla dies sine linea, selected drawings 1965 to 2009. edition giz 2014

To: minorities, media, third world

  • Is the university a men's business? Georgia Augusta (university magazine) Göttingen, No. 5, 1965
  • War in Vietnam on social and cultural background. In Politikon - Göttingen student magazine - 1965
  • Welfare or Final Solution - Materials on the situation of the hill tribes in Indochina and Thailand. - In: Frankfurter Hefte - magazine for culture and politics 3 (175-184) and 4/1972 (257-266)
  • Reports from the Third World - a German misery. In: Frankfurter Hefte - magazine for culture and politics 5 and 6/73.
  • Critical remarks on self-image and the role of foreign correspondents on television in the FRG. In: Medium - magazine for radio, television, film, image, sound. Frankfurt 4/74.
  • Gorleben begins on the Amazon. Uranium finds threaten the land of the Yanomamo Indians. Frankfurter Hefte 10/1977 (37–42)
  • Country with a future in Canada? Indians and Eskimos defend their land and life rights. Frankfurter Hefte 12/1977 (26–32)
  • Resistance in the Fourth World. Frankfurter Hefte-Sonderheft: Resistance and Adaptation 4/1979 (75–78)
  • Our religion is patriotism! Example Vietnam 1979. Nationalism, national consciousness, identity or chauvinism? - Observations and reflections by an ethnologist on site. In: Reflections on Historical Practice. Ed. H. Givsan et al. W. Schmied-Kowarzik. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann. 1993

To: Cultural change, art and literature in Oceania

  • 1977: Survival in Hawaii. To the current situation of its natives. In: Frankfurter Hefte - magazine for culture and politics 1,2 / 77. Reprinted in: Frankfurter Hefte - extra: 1978 and Oases of Freedom - On the Difficulty of Self-Determination. Reports. Experience. Models. Frankfurt: Fischer alternative.
  • 1978: Faikava. Poets in Polynesia today. In: Baessler Archive NF. Berlin XXVI / 1. ISSN  0005-3856
  • 1978: Haku Mele. The Role of the Poet in Polynesia Society. In: Mana - A South Pacific Journal of Language and Literature. Suva, Fiji: 2/2.
  • 1980: Cultural initiatives between Samoa and Papua New Guinea. In: The Overview - Journal for Ecumenical Encounters and International Cooperation. Hamburg 4/80
  • 1982: Maori and Pakeha in New Zealand. Model of racial harmony? In: Frankfurter Hefte - magazine for culture and politics 5/82.
  • 1983: Farewell to the Papalagi ?. Encounter with writers from the South Seas. Introduction to a selection of contemporary poetry and prose from the South Seas. In: L '80 - Political and literary contributions 25. Ed. Heinrich Böll, Günter Grass et al., Berlin.
  • 1983: Margaret Mead and Samoa. A controversy without a Samoan? In: Frankfurter Hefte - magazine for culture and politics 9/83. Introduction to: Albert Wendt: Margaret Meads Samoa - an indictment.
  • 1984: Margaret Meads Samoa. A controversy with or without a Samoan. Comments on the reception of Margaret Mead and Samoa: The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth by Derek Freeman. In: Anthropos 79/84.
  • 1984: Mirror of the soul and map of their time. The new literature of the South Seas. In: The Overview - Journal for Ecumenical Encounters and International Cooperation. Hamburg: 2/84.
  • 1985: What do we need the noble savage for? In: The Overview - Journal for Ecumenical Encounters and International Cooperation. (Special issue: Longing for wilderness and questionable civilization). Hamburg: 2/85.
  • 1986: Island fire. Poems from Tonga by Konai Helu Thaman . Selection, translation and afterword by Renate von Gizycki. Nuremberg: Tolling Verlag (literature series of the Pacific).
  • 1986: Our own Visions of Oceania and Earth. Contemporary writers in the South Pacific (Polynesia) and problems of cultural identity. Report on an ongoing research project. In: Anthropos 81/86 and KEA - Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften special volume 1 (1995). Ethnology and literature. Edited by Thomas Hauschild .
  • 1988: Oceania - Peoples of the South Seas - Transfigured and forgotten. In: Lebenslieder - death laments. Reading book of forgotten peoples. Edited by Klemens Ludwig. Introduction and selection to Oceania.
  • 1988: return through the back door. Satires from Tonga by Epeli Hau'ofa . Selection, epilogue and translation by Renate von Gizycki u. a. Nuremberg: Tolling Verlag (literature series of the Pacific).
  • 1988: The Canoe is afloat… On the origin and development of the South Pacific Creative Arts Society. An example of cultural initiatives in the process of decolonization. In: Anthropos 83/88.
  • 1989: Darkness over Newfoundland. Poems 1962–1988. (Travel poems). Nuremberg (Tolling Verlag)
  • 1991: The modern literature of Polynesia / Oceania. In: Kindler's new literature lexicon, vol. 20, pp. 764–768. Essays / complete register.
  • 1993: Island fire. Literary voyage of discovery to the South Seas. In: From coconut to plastic: South Sea cultures in transition. (Exhibition catalog) Ed. By Markus Schindlbeck , Berlin
  • 1994: Our fathers Bent the Wind… The contribution of Polynesian writers and poets to the discussion about cultural identity and tradition in Oceania. History and Oral Tradition in Oceania. Edited by Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin. Basel contributions to ethnology. Basel
  • 1994/1995: Faikava. Encounter with the new literature of Oceania. Conversations with writers about identity and cultural change. Self-published, Göttingen / Kassel (online)
  • 1998: Where the day begins, dreams end. Encounters in the South Seas. Ethnological and literary expeditions. Frankfurt. (Fischer paperback 14091)
  • 2000: Tonga in cultural change - contemporary literature and art: "Departure into a new time" In: Guide to the exhibition "There where the day begins." Göttingen (special exhibition of the ethnographic collection for Expo 2000)
  • 2002: The color of my glasses. Experiences with Georg Forster between Göttingen and Tonga in: Georg Forster Studies VII. Kassel University Press.
  • 2004: Oceania - our Sea of ​​Islands. Encounter with writers in the Pacific. Dossier No. 69 Pacific Network (Text of the lecture Institute for Social Anthropology February 8, 2004) (PDF; 4.2 MB)
  • 2005: Farewell Papalangi. European explorers from the point of view of the locals: Polynesians and Polynesian writers - For the discussion of ethno-historical reconstruction attempts. Georg Forster Studies X (2005) Ed. By the Georg Forster Society, Kassel University Press

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SURNAME Gizycki, Renate von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cronjaeger, Renate (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ethnologist, author, poet and translator
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig