Werner Petermann
Werner Petermann (* 1947 ) is a German ethnologist , editor, publicist , author and translator.
Petermann studied ethnology, philosophy and Egyptology in Munich. Although he opposed Helmut Straube's line during his studies , Petermann ultimately sees himself shaped by this ethnologist. He wrote his doctoral thesis on the "rain cults and rainmakers among Bantu -speaking ethnic groups in East and South Africa".
While he was still a student, he helped found the ethnological magazine Trickster , from which a publisher of the same name later emerged. Today Edition Trickster is part of Peter Hammer Verlag .
From the 1980s he was involved in numerous book publications and published independent works. His broad-based "History of Ethnology" (2004), which Karl-Heinz Kohl discussed in the features section of the FAZ, attracted particular attention .
Also, merits in the promotion of visual anthropology and ethnographic film. Together with Enno Patalas and others, he developed a retrospective of enthnographic film, which was reflected in the seminal publication "Seeing the Strangers" (1984). Also participation as an author in film productions. Together with Hans A. Guttner , he received the Romy in 1999 for "Kreuz und quer".
Dr. Petermann is a lecturer at the Institute for Ethnology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich.
Web links
- http://www.germananthropology.com/cms/media/uploads/4e317de336954/interview_4e317f6a7f0de.pdf
- http://www.perlentaucher.de/autor/werner-petermann.html
- GND 129017078
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0136353/awards?ref_=tt_awd
- Werner Petermann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/rezensions/sachbuch/ausfahrt-der-neugier-in-die-weit-fremde-welt-1197399.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petermann, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ethnologist, editor, publicist, author and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1947 |