Robert Kruker

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Robert Kruker (* 1946 ) is a Swiss ethnographer and publicist .

He was a bookseller in St. Gallen , Toronto and Basel , studied at the University of Zurich and worked in teaching and research from 1978 to 1984. From 1984 to 1989 he was head of department at Land und Menschen at Swiss Radio and from 1990 to 2005 Head of Training at Swiss Radio. He has been an independent researcher and publicist since 2006.

Robert Kruker is married to Verena Kruker.

Publications

  • Inner-alpine transport problems and cultural solution patterns. Everyday cultures and simple techniques. In: Special edition of Vol. 29, No. 1 of the Swiss Journal of History (1979), pp. 101–125.
  • Shepherds in the Niolo, developments in their way of life and economy. In: Swiss Archive for Folklore, Volume 76 (1980), pp. 148–174.
  • Shepherds and flocks, alpine culture in Switzerland, with photographs by Herbert Maeder. Olten, Walter Verlag, 1983.
  • Youth in the mountain area, professional, social, cultural and spatial orientations. Investigations in the regions Albulatal / Mittelbünden (GR), Leuk (VS), Diemtigtal (BE) Chur, Rüegger Verlag, 1984.
  • Landscape Switzerland Threat and Preservation, with Herbert Maeder, Hans Weiss Hans, Zurich, Orell Füssli, 1989.
  • Sankt Gotthard: landscape, people. Together with Verena Meier; Photos: Herbert Maeder, Robert Kruker, Offizin-Zürich-Verlags-AG, 1992.
  • Alpine culture and society. In: Hugger, Paul (Ed.): Handbuch der Schweizerischen Volkskultur, Basel, 1992.
  • People at Grabserberg, together with Giorgio von Arb (photographs), Hans Stricker (texts), Peter Zimmermann (production). Zurich, Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2007.
  • Andermatt in transition, together with Verena Meier; Photos: Beat Brechbühl, Franca Pedrazzetti, Zurich, Rotpunktverlag, 2012.
  • Klaus Anderegg - ethnologist, designer, cultural mediator. In: Antonietti, Thomas (Ed.): Nahe Ferne. A century of ethnology in the Valais. Baden, here + now, 2013.
  • Surselva, valleys and crossings on the Vorderrhein, hiking in the west of Graubünden. Together with Reto Solèr. Zurich, Rotpunktverlag, 2014 (2nd updated edition)
  • Alpinavera ,. Boot goat. and. Golf landscapes. In: Risi, Marius (Ed.) Alpenland. Terrain of modernity. Münster, Waxmann Verlag, 2011.
  • Alps - shepherds, herds and alpine culture in the canton of Uri. In: Püntener, Vanessa. Alp - portrait of a hidden world. Zurich, Rotpunktverlag, 2014.
  • "A life without bees would be difficult for me to imagine", a sketch about people and motives for keeping bees. In: Swiss Archives for Folklore, Volume 113 (2017), Issue 1, pp. 41–63.
  • Traffic on old roads. In: Dechau, Wilfried. Nossa punt. Tavanasa: bridges, landscape. bridges, landscape. punts - cuntrada. Zurich, Scheidegger & Spiess 2018.
  • Agricultural modernization, in: Farmhouses of the Canton of St. Gallen. Volume 35.2. Basel, Swiss Folklore Society 2018.

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SURNAME Kruker, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ethnographer and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH 1946