Karl-heinz Kohl
Former Director of the Frobenius Institute (1996 -
Cultural Anthropological Research
Frobenius Institute
Germany
Biography
Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the Institute of Ethnology, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main Full member of the Scientific Society of Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main Full member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science (section arts and humanities) "Principal Investigator" of the Cluster of Excellence, "The Formation of Normative Orders", at the Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main Chairman of the German Society for Peoples Editor of the journal Paideuma. Messages for Cultural Studies and of the series "Studies on Contemporary Culture" and "Religion Ethnological Studies"
Research Interest
Research focus: History and theory of anthropology, anthropology of religion, xenology Regional focus: eastern Indonesia, Melanesia
Publications
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"Leo Frobenius and his Institute", in: Jürgen Zimmerer (eds.): No place in the sun. Memories of German colonial history. Frankfurt / M., New York: Campus Verlag, 2013, pp. 383-404.
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"The future of ethnology lies in its past", in: Thomas Bierschenk, Matthias Krings and Carola Lentz (Ed.): Ethnology in the 21st Century. Berlin: Reimer, 2013, pp. 131-146.
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"Writing as a rationalization of oral traditions: on the ethnological production of sacred texts", in: Andreas Kabitz and Christoph Markschies (eds.): Heilige Texte. Religion and rationality. Social Science Colloquium 1. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2013, pp. 243-259.
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"Dreams and a visit in the field", in: Ivo Strecker and Shauna La Tosky (Eds.): Writing in the field. Festschrift for Stephen Tyler. Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2013, pp. 103-106.
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"Ethnology and the ambiguity of German colonialism", in: Divinato 36 (2012/13), pp. 25-39.
